Are you walking in sin and chaos, tortured by the tactics of Satan or have you received a revelation of abundant living?
God’s kingdom on earth was intended to be ruled by his own creative beings. (Genesis 1:26-28) Here is what God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’ So, God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:26-28 (NIV)
The Lord God had given a command to the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 2:16-17 (NIV)
Now Genesis 2:25 notes that God’s earthly beings, “Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” They were innocent and knew no sin.
Satan would change their innocence when he trespassed in the Garden of Eden with the intent of sabotaging God’s earthly plan. John 10:10a notes, “He came to kill, steal and destroy.” The crafty serpent (Satan), in discourse with the woman, got her to eat the forbidden fruit. She, in turn, gave the fruit to her husband who was there with her and he ate the fruit as well. They disobeyed God’s edict concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This act of disobedience severed their relationship and communion with God and subjected them and subsequent generations to sin and death. In his attempt to steal, kill and destroy, Satan thought that he had won!
He did not realized that there was an another plan, a plan in which Jesus, the Son, would come to earth to redeem mankind from the disastrous fall in the Garden of Eden. He did not realize that Jesus was the agent and instrument of creation. (John 2:3; Colossians 1:16) He was God before he became the Incarnate Christ here on the earth. Even when Jesus came to the earth in earthly form as a man, Satan thought that he had defeated him after his death on that cross at Cavalry. He did not realize that Jesus came to redeem his own through his, crucifixion and resurrection on the cross. (Romans 5:8) Jesus came to set the captives free from sin and death. He came to destroy the works of Satan (the devil). (1 John 3:8) It was Satan who was defeated!
Jesus’ death and resurrection on the cross right regained right standing with Father God for his creation. His came to change the hearts of a disobedient, sinful people to a people with hearts of obedience and righteousness. Jesus provided human beings with the tools to take back dominion over sin and death. (Romans 6:9; 6:14) He said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV) …more abundantly. (NKJV)
We still have a choice: Do we want Satan’s plan of sin, death and destruction or do we choose Jesus and abundant life? Abundant life is our portion. I choose Jesus and his abundant life, what about you, my friends?
Be blessed.
Scripture References:
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV)
. . . and that they may have it more abundantly. (NKJV)
1 John 3:8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
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