8. God’s Heart Revealed Through His ‘Original Blessing’ “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. “They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden...
7. The Directional Flow of God’s perfect Blessing “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule...
6. The Perfection of God’s Original Blessing “God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”...
5. Our Perfect God’s Perfect Work of Creation God’s Torah (the first 5 books of the Bible) and other Scriptures, reveal in a variety of ways that God’s nature is perfect. What He is and all He does is infinitely and eternally flawless, blameless, pure and complete in...
4. Our Utterly Perfect God God reveals through His Creation and through various Scripture texts that His nature is utterly PERFECT! There is no flaw in His character or His wisdom, knowledge, deeds and almighty creative power. No one can justly accuse Him of any...
3. The Arena of Testimony Imagine what would go through your mind if an officer of the law served you with a summons ordering you to appear as a witness in a widely-publicized, high stakes, court trial. Suddenly your life would be invaded by a hard legal reality that...
First the Bad News, then the Good News "Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the...
A Personal History By John Marquez If you’re going to ponder a man's views of God and what that man thinks God is revealing in His written Word, it helps to know something about the man himself. Who is he? Where did he come from? How did he get to where he is today?...
This is an important question for all disciples-in-training to consider. In other meditations, we contrasted ‘Headless’ humans (those who run their own lives) with disciples who have come under the absolute authority and provision of God’s Living Word (Yeshua) and are...
Dear ones, As we mentioned previously, this is a work in progress. As such, we’ve been rethinking the ‘anonymity’ factor, especially in light of our ability to pray for one another. So although details were changed in the first Family News post, we’re rethinking that...
You’ve no doubt heard the old adage, “What you don’t know, won’t hurt you.” But what if that time-honored bit of ‘worldly wisdom’ is a lie? If lies are repeated endlessly, people mindlessly start believing them. That draws them into a dangerous state of delusion. But...
After our Lord ascended to Heaven and gave the gift of the Holy Spirit to His disciples, He gave tremendous spiritual authority to His apostle Peter. And that gives great weight to Peter’s teachings and epistles. He wrote his first epistle to all Jewish and non-Jewish...