by Dick Evans, www.dickevans.org
God, the great I Am, made the heavens and earth and populated it with lush gardens and all kinds of animals and others living things. He was the Godhead and nothing was above Him.
He was well pleased and brought forth man and gave him a woman to be his helpmate.
All was good and God was pleased. Man lived and trusted God and He gave them free will. He made a covenant with them that would last centuries.
Then came Satan disguised as a serpent. The young couple made a bad choice. They were deceived by the enemy and God was not pleased.
Mankind was filled for years with bad choices. A world of decadence created strange creatures only interested in their own selves. Except for one and he began to build a large boat at God’s instructions.
God wiped out all of mankind with a flood of the entire world. Noah and his family was saved along with two of every living creature. Mankind got another chance.
Mankind continued to make poor choices following their own desires fueled by the enemy. God choose a small group of believers and through miraculous events brought them out of bondage.
He spoke to their leader and gave him Ten Commandments to follow so they would know when they displeased God. He showed His love for them by providing food and water for them for forty years.
He brought them to the promised land and watched. They made even more laws. This was good but they had problems following them. They continued to sin. They continued to be deceived by the enemy by listening to him instead of following the law.
God sent word through prophets and came upon people from time to time to heal them. He sent angels to speak to his people. He told them His plans to send a savior to free them from this bondage to satan’s bidding. They did not listen.
This was to be the end of God’s wrath on mankind. Wrath was not the answer, love was.
The Godhead revealed its three persons. The Son was sent to earth born of a human woman. This Son was called Jesus and He was the only human ever to be capable of following all of the law and not be able to be deceived by the enemy.
Jesus laid the groundwork for the future of mankind. From that one man twelve were disciples who would become the foundation for the future of mankind.
When it was His time, the Son was crucified taking upon himself all the sins and lawless deeds of all mankind forevermore. The entire debt, the penalty for sin was paid. And Jesus said “It is finished”.
No longer did the Father have to see the wrong doings of mankind. He had forgiven them all for evermore. He sees our sins no more. They are as far from Him as the east is from the west.
He made a new covenant with mankind. He would love them and shower them with his mercy and grace forever. No longer a God to be feared. His love is unmerited and unconditional. God is love.
To those who believe, God sent the third person of the Godhead—Holy Spirit. His spirit is resident in every born again believer; at one with the believers spirit.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are alive and well. The Father loves all mankind. No longer does His wrath fall because He no longer sees their sin.
The Son and the Spirit guide and teach each believer. They intercede for each believer as they go about their lives and learn to be close to them.
Thank you Jesus for all you have done and continue to do for all mankind. Help us to take that risk and step out using the authority and power, His authority and power within us. Help us to use the Faith of Jesus that is in us.
In Jesus name we pray.
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