tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389005494076814823.post4786771797764113704..comments2023-03-24T03:58:14.543-04:00Comments on Together In the Bible: GENESIS 3Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351559564489467817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389005494076814823.post-74693766482769938202010-05-04T21:49:13.313-04:002010-05-04T21:49:13.313-04:00Good stuff, Doc...thanks! Self-pursuit always ends...Good stuff, Doc...thanks! Self-pursuit always ends in anxiety and brokenness. Yeah, I could have the kind of worry-free, needs-met kind of life. And I know it's coming round again when Jesus returns:)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351559564489467817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389005494076814823.post-45908932149981778742010-05-04T21:25:23.144-04:002010-05-04T21:25:23.144-04:00More than any other section of the bible , I feel ...More than any other section of the bible , I feel this section has it's finger on the human condition .<br /><br />Picture yourself like a toddler . All your needs met. Satisfied , satiated , complete . All your physical needs met and exceeded . All your emotional and spiritual needs met and exceeded .<br /><br />There is nothing more that you would ever need that the loving Father does not provide . The absolute perfect life . <br /><br />Then the lie is delivered . There is more ! <br />You could have more ; it could be better ; lots better ; you could be like Him !!! He's keeping<br />something from you ; you are getting shortchanged ! <br /><br />So we buy into the lie ...... Hey wait a minute,<br />I work hard all day , I deserve this . So and so down the street has got this , why not me ? <br />What I'm doin doesn't hurt anybody else so......<br />and besides , it's nobody's business but mine ! <br /><br />What we wind up with is cravings , desires , needs, wants for things other than God .What we end up with is greed , envy , jealousy , pride , ambition ,anger , and emotional hurt .<br /><br />What would you give , right now , to go back to being like a toddler ? No stress . No emotional <br />pain and sadness, no fear of loss or rejection , <br />no need for anything but the overwhelming all encompassing love of your Father . The tender , loving , spiritual , emotional , and physical embrace of the One who loves you so much that He would die for you .<br /><br />I think the story of the fall is timeless .<br />That lie is speaking to you and me just as much as it spoke to Eve and Adam . <br /><br />Anyway , that's what I think .Docnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389005494076814823.post-86553839932089164232010-05-04T20:13:16.709-04:002010-05-04T20:13:16.709-04:00Some of my thoughts as I read this story: (1) we u...Some of my thoughts as I read this story: (1) we usually deal with problems by blaming; (2)fruit represents wanting what I want more than God; (3) the God who shaped humanity into being and breathed life into them is the God who shapes how we are supposed to live that life; (4) we so quickly latch onto half-truths that get us what we want than the whole truth that leads us to what we need; (5) the freedom to have everything except the one tree proves that getting what we want does not give us what we need; (6) only realize guilt when we are willing to be in the presence of the one we offended/sinned against...I think that's why people are always leaving, bailing, walking out, walking over and overstepping; (7) God's instruction always brings more freedom than our pursuit of autonomy!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351559564489467817noreply@blogger.com