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The Devil is a real being. He is not the creation of some movie director in Hollywood nor was he thought up by an author of some fiction book. He is real and he is evil. Jesus states that the Devil was a murderer from the beginning and that the truth does not exist in him. Yet, as we read these words questions arise in our minds. Who is this villain? Where did he come from? How long has he existed? Has he always been evil? What is his purpose and how does he accomplish it?
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On the sixth day of creation, God made man. Prior to this event God simply spoke and the rest of creation came into being. With man, however, a Divine Council took place. God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit discussed what was to be the crown jewel of their creation. Man was to be different from the rest of creation. God made man to be different, wonderful, the most excellent of all His creation. God made man in His image, after His likeness.
The Flood is a prominent story in the Bible. Four of the first eleven chapters in the book of Genesis are devoted to recording this great event. In fact, more scripture is devoted to recording the flood than to Creation. Next to Creation, the Flood of Noah's day is the greatest single event in the history of the world.
The events that transpired in the Garden of Eden are foundational to a proper understanding of the word of God. In fact, if you consider all of the different beliefs that people have today they are determined by what they believe about the account of Adam and Eve. What exactly happened in that Garden scene and how does it affect us today? We want to look at Adam and Eve's experience in the Garden of Eden and determine from the Bible what it means for us today.
No other subject shows the controversy between conflicting worldviews better than the dinosaurs. What are we to make of these creatures? Are they mentioned in the Bible? What happened to them? We intend to discuss these questions and more as we consider the topic "The Day Man Saw Dinosaurs."
As we read the Bible, we find that nearly 1,700 years after creation the world had become a wicked place. In fact, the scriptures teach that man was consumed with wickedness. All of his thoughts were evil continually. Things were so bad that God saw fit to destroy man, and He was sorry that He had ever made man. Just when it seemed that all hope was lost one man found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God extended grace to Noah, but it was through faith that Noah benefited from it.
The Old Testament contains the most poignant stories of ancient man. Within its pages are contained the greatest accounts of man's history. Both the good and the bad can be found within its pages. In the Old Testament we can read of great moral victories as well as defeats. It contains accurate pictures of man and his struggles. This, of course, is for the purpose of giving us an example as the Apostle Paul told the Corinthians. There are lessons to be learned and some of the most practical lessons come from the Genesis account of the first man and woman.
The question of how everything originated has always been within man. In fact, the Bible teaches us that God placed it there. Man has a desire to know how he came to be as well as the universe around him. Yet, God's creation is so vast that we simply cannot know it all, otherwise, we would be God. God has, however, provided us with the information we need to know Him.
Upon completing His creation, God looked upon all that He had made and said, "It was very good." It was a world free from murderers or thieves. There was no strife, hatred, or jealousy. It was void of all pain and suffering. Unfortunately, this state did not last long. That fateful day upon which man gave into temptation and disobeyed the Creator, sin was brought into God's creation. Since that time it has had devastating effects on the entire world.
When Adam chose to disobey God, he essentially removed God's standard and made one of his own. As a result, God's paradise became a place of pain, suffering, and death. If this were the end of the story it would be tragic indeed, but a promise was given by God. It was the promise of a redeemer. God foretold of a descendant of the woman who would deliver a crushing blow to the serpent and defeat him. We know of this redeemer as Christ the Son of God. His mission to redeem man led Him to the cruel cross of Calvary. Thus we have two very important periods of man's history, Eden and Calvary.
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