When God created the Heavens and the Earth, “in the beginning”, He did so with mankind in mind. A place just for all to have eternal and glorious habitation, alongside the other creatures they could enjoy (Gen. 1:1-2).
My life’s work has been as a Pastor, teacher, Minister, counselor and friend to many. I believe that every day is a new beginning for each and every one of us. As “if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another” (John 1:7). “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ” and minister to all we encounter is the only true way (Eph. 4:15). Taking the words that God gave us and using them as a guide in daily life and work. I take every day to be the person that Christ and …show more content…
1:27). This means that we all have the characteristics of God. We have the ability to think and reason, to love, to correct and reproof and so many other attributes, because that was what God wanted for us (Kuyper, 2001). God did not just make us from dust and put us on earth to be lost and blind. He gave us the “Word”. In the Old Testament He spoke to the Prophets: Jacob, Abraham, Isaac and Moses, to carry His word to the people. The Prophets were instructed to “write it down”; this was a way for the “word” to be carried to all man throughout history and through all lands. The word was given as a means of a guide book, so to speak. God did not stop here. He allowed His son, Jesus Christ, to come to earth and walk along the same paths as other men. Christ was then crucified and died for all man’s sins to be taken forever. This was a means of reconciliation not the payment of a debt, as stated by Augustine (Piana, Apr., 1917). Sin came into the world by one (1) man Adam, and it was taken out by one (1) man, Jesus Christ. When Christ left, He gave a promise to send a helper or comforter for all mankind: the Holy
My life’s work has been as a Pastor, teacher, Minister, counselor and friend to many. I believe that every day is a new beginning for each and every one of us. As “if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another” (John 1:7). “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ” and minister to all we encounter is the only true way (Eph. 4:15). Taking the words that God gave us and using them as a guide in daily life and work. I take every day to be the person that Christ and …show more content…
1:27). This means that we all have the characteristics of God. We have the ability to think and reason, to love, to correct and reproof and so many other attributes, because that was what God wanted for us (Kuyper, 2001). God did not just make us from dust and put us on earth to be lost and blind. He gave us the “Word”. In the Old Testament He spoke to the Prophets: Jacob, Abraham, Isaac and Moses, to carry His word to the people. The Prophets were instructed to “write it down”; this was a way for the “word” to be carried to all man throughout history and through all lands. The word was given as a means of a guide book, so to speak. God did not stop here. He allowed His son, Jesus Christ, to come to earth and walk along the same paths as other men. Christ was then crucified and died for all man’s sins to be taken forever. This was a means of reconciliation not the payment of a debt, as stated by Augustine (Piana, Apr., 1917). Sin came into the world by one (1) man Adam, and it was taken out by one (1) man, Jesus Christ. When Christ left, He gave a promise to send a helper or comforter for all mankind: the Holy