Faithful Writers

So the rabbis suggest that the serpent in the garden was actually satan’s attempt to mimic God by creating counterfeit life.

If before eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, there was no sin in the world and Adam and Eve did not have sin natures, how did Eve have the potential to sin in the first place by eating from the tree?

The reason is that if Adam and Eve hadn’t been infected with sin, they wouldn’t have had the capability to sin in the first place.

I once heard a pastor say something quite profound and quite accurate. He pointed out that there are ONLY two religions in the world. One is that man is or can become God. The other one is that ONLY God is God.

Two very important principles are established here. First, man of his own devisings cannot save himself. Second, the only suitable payment for sin is the shedding of innocent blood.

It is only because the Messiah has come and gone that we can now recognize the prophetic nature of these and other verses in Scripture. We tend to look down on the early Hebrews for being ignorant and not recognizing or paying heed to God’s prophetic statements.

Discover the peace of living fully in the present moment by surrendering your worries and plans to God. Learn to trust His guidance and find rest in today’s gift, grounded in scripture.

I want to propose a different way of looking at “be still” for anyone struggling and waiting on God.