Unveiling Jesus Blogs
37: Do You Know What You Have?
When I look at the accounts of the displays of the supernatural power of God in the early church, a frustration with the state of the church today rises up in me and expresses itself with three words: “It’s NOT okay!” It’s not okay for sons and daughters of God to be treading water and…
38: Crowned with Glory and Honor
Crowned with Glory and Honor. What was God’s original plan for mankind? Where did it all begin? What happened to mess things up? David wrote of God’s original intent for man: When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You…
39: Yahweh
Throughout Genesis 1, we see the name of God, the Hebrew word “Elohim,” in the creation. “In the beginning God [Elohim] …”1 Elohim is a plural word for God because it is referring to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Elohim is the Creator God. In chapter 2 where we see passages referring to the…
40: The Two Trees in the Garden
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the…
41: The Great Deception
In the Garden of Eden, a great deception took place. Adam and Eve believed the greatest lie of all humanity. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree…
42: The Fruit of the Deadly Tree
Do you know where the love of the world first crept in to the heart of man? It was in the Garden of Eden. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its…
43: Repentance, Confession, Forgiveness
What about confession, repentance, and asking for forgiveness? If we’re not supposed to be sin conscious, what to we do with these spiritual exercises? Aren’t we supposed to do those things? Yes, we are, but perhaps not in the way we have been taught. Here are those three words and what they mean: Confess is…
44: 1 John 1:9
Many Christians have the idea that we are to confess our sins to God on a daily or even hourly basis. The reasoning is that we want to stay “in fellowship” with God. 1 John 1:9 is a verse that many people have taken out of context and used to support the idea that believers…
45: The Choice
Have you ever wondered why God put The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil there in the first place? It was there to give man the choice to believe God or reject Him. Believing Him meant they would trust Him when He said that the forbidden fruit would kill them. Obeying His voice…
46: Only One Way to Relate to God
Before the fall, God put the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden to establish a principle: man had a choice. So what about the purpose of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil AFTER the fall? After they ate the forbidden fruit, the Tree of the…
47: The Fruitless Fig Tree
Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves because of their shame.1 Fig leaves are mentioned thousands of years later in the story of Jesus’ encounter with a fruitless fig tree following His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. I believe this example can teach us much about man’s efforts and self-righteousness. The account from Mark 11…
48: The Devil Made Me Do It
Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12-13)1Did you notice that the man blamed the…