DEEPER BIBLE LESSONS 2

Ques: What was God's plan in creating man? Answer: God wanted to connect his kingdom in heaven to the earth, he created the heaven and earth so he could reign in both heaven and earth. That is why Christ came to preach 'thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven' Matthew 6. He made man his earthly representative as he gave Adam, the responsibility of naming all other creatures. Gen 2:19 Ques: What nature was man made? What were his qualities? Answer: God breathed in to man and he became a living soul. Gen 2: 7 This made the first Adam predominantly soulish- a slave of his senses, i.e eyes, ears , taste, feel, smell. He is a terrestrial being and the spirit in him was subject to his accepted master. By the fall, the spirit was already subject to the devil and it began to strive with God. Gen 6:3. Ques: How can man acquire a celestial spirit? Answer: This is only made possible by faith in Christ Jesus. Had man a quickening spirit, 1 Cor 15:45, He would have possessed a celestial body which is immortal, but he did not eat the fruit of the tree of life Gen3:22 which in the sense realm could have given him this ability before he was driven out of the garden. God has both terrestrial and celestial body, so he functions in heaven and earth. And Christ, took up his celestial body after resurrection, because he has a quickening spirit, that is different from that of man. This enabled him to resurrect in the same earthly body. At new birth, we acquire the quickening spirit which manifests after physical death ,that gives us the eternal life 1 John 5 vs 12. At physical death, we pick up our celestial bodies. 1 Cor 15. This is no longer in the sense realm, but in the faith realm, because we are now justified by faith .Romans 5. Ques: How was eve deceived? Ans: Eve was deceived through the same thing that still deceives many Christians today. Which is contention with the word of God. God gave them direct instructions but they followed the voice of the stranger. The serpent knew that the spirit in man is subject to mastership {psalm 51:12}free spirit. He is a free moral agent, he re-analysed God's word and Eve gave in. Gen3:6. The major points to note in this matter were the things that informed the decision of Eve. 1. The woman saw that the fruit was good for food[lust of flesh] 1 john 2;15-17 2. She saw that it was pleasant to the eyes[lust of eyes]1 john 2 ;15-17 3. She learnt it would make her wise[pride of life] 1 john 2;15-17 The devil's real mission is to counter the word of God and provide an alternative that will get man into trouble. Ques: Does this have a root in the new testament of Jesus? Ans: Jesus is the Word of God manifested in the flesh John 1:14 and he being the word himself gave his own analysis as the sower of the word in Mark 4:14-19. The summary of this scripture is the same with the above. When the word of God is sown, if any of the above three things is present, it will definitely choke the word. One can have all the good things of life and live for Christ, if the word is treasured. Ques: How did satan start to reign through man? Ans: He made man to receive a curse and also, the spirit of man began to strive with God, so he became the pseudo ruler of this world taking the advantage of the dominion of man, and his free moral agency. He made this claim in Luke 4;6 Ques: Why did God chase man away from the garden? Ans; If God had not ejected man from the garden, he would have eaten the tree of life in his state of wickedness and have both celestial and terrestrial body that does not die. This would have been a disaster!!!!. Now the tree of life is to be taken by those who have overcome in Christ Jesus. Rev 2:7 Ques: what is the plan of God for man outside the garden? Ans: He sent the law and the prophets, so that we can know that we, who can not fully obey the laws are wretched and miserable. The devil already had become the author of death. He could however, legally kill people who sin, as the wages of sin is death. Jesus was made sin on our behalf so that we could be the the righteousness of God in him. His death met the claims of justice against man would be met and Satan would lose his Pseudo-ruler ship.