God puts Adam in a place of ample provision, sets borders and boundaries for him, gives him stewardship over it and provides one like him that corresponds to him to surround him with aid and assistance.

On the 7th day God finished His work of creating, He blessed the 7th day and sanctified it, setting it apart and setting the precedence of the Sabbath. This rest for the Christian is a time to cease from self-effort and trust in the finished work of Jesus for salvation and spiritual fulfillment.

Join us as we conclude our journey through chapter one of Genesis and the six days of creation where we discover God’s powerful performance of shaping the universe, creating and establishing Himself as the ultimate Creator, sovereign over all of creation, its diverse life forms, time, light and darkness and His creation of the crowning of all creation mankind, who His is to give dominion over all the works of His hand.

God is the One Who created all things, He created everything with "Let there be," with the exception of the crown jewel of His creation, man. He formed man from the "dust of the earth." Everything He created He did it purposefully, intentionally and specific to the need of man. Join us in today's episode of "The Spoken Word," as we explore the 8 days in creation.

The Spoken Word January 1, 2025

What we will be doing for 2026

There were two trees in the garden of Eden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. Adam forfeited the tree of life by eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but because of God’s great mercy He promised to redeem us from Adam’s error. God has given man words and visions of prophecy to hope in. In Adam we all die, but in Jesus Christ we have life and victory. In the concluding chapter of Revelation we see this promise, this victory, and eternal joy fulfilled. The ultimate hope, a new creation, purity and God’s presence forever. The Holy Spirit, and the bride, say come. Will you accept the invitation?

As believers we are called to and given the discernment to distinguish between heavenly values and the allures of this world. God has set before us life and death, blessing and cursing and He commands us to choose life, but will we. We are called to actively separate ourselves from the world system that promotes sin and rebellion against God and we are warned of the judgements that results if we don’t. Let’s take a look at how God will judge Babylon and take heed, knowing what to expect if we join ourselves to her and continue in her.

The Bible is Christocentric, its enter focus is Jesus. The OT speaks of a Savior is coming, it glorifies Jesus in prophecy. The NT speaks of a Savior that has come; the Gospels give us His history on the earth. The Acts shows His active in the Church through the Holy Spirit. The epistles expand on what we are shown in Acts and helps us know its relevance. The Revelation dramatizes graphically Christ in glory.

We, as believers, should live and conduct ourselves in a manner that proclaim the praises of God, influence unbelievers to glorify God, silence foolish people by our good works, win spouses to Christ, shame ungodly critics, and confuse our former associates. Are we or are we succumbing to the influence of the world? Peter tells us how our faith in Christ should be reflective of our hope and what it should produce in us.