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Ge.4:25-26 "Parallel accounts"

"Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord."

It is significant that Adam names Eve only after their fall. Nevertheless God had blessed them even before they were formed, As Cain the firstborn he ought to have carried as the heir of promise. He proved by his deeds that he was unfit. "If thou does well will not thou be accepted" does not change since God cannot deny his holiness.

Eve under curse and as the mother of all living bares Cain who is the head of a family and his genealogy reveals they went into arts and crafts. Also significant is the fact she bares a godly child who is called Abel who is qualified in the book of life as the righteous one.( 1 John 3:12) From vv.18-24 we have a list of names, which is typical of artisans whose mastery is essential for burnishing the gloss of urban life to a sheen. Notwithstanding not all were city dwellers as Cain was. "And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle." (v.20).

Then there were Jubal ("He was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ,"v.21) and Tubalcain ( an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron"-v.22). God set Adam to keep the ground, meaning that God chose his tasks while Cain's progeny as mentioned here above chose their careers to prosper in their new environment. Henceforth the city would shape them so their families would have altogether livelihood of their choice, which meant they would set before them new priorities entirely different than Adam had. At the end of this chapter we read this verse,"Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord." Father Mendel did not tell anything new with his experiment with peas and we have how God works with His creation. The two worlds set in Adam carried 'bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh' and it showed up in Abel and later in Seth. This would set a holy family which shall be gathered for the Millennial Reign.

2 Sa.11:1-9 Sin Lies at the door

"But David tarried still at Jerusalem (v.1)."

David tarrying in Jerusalem was in the fitness of things where a mighty man of warrior like Joab knew his business and he relied on his expertise. So the king sent him,"and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah'.

Jerusalem is a geographical name and it had nothing in itself to protect David from sinning. What defiles a man comes from his heart. This being the case Jerusalem is a name doubling for any other for instance Egypt, Sodom or Babylon (Re.11:8). On the other hand his heart remained the most vulnerable and having time out from an overload of work and in between awaiting reports from the battle front he had more chances of slipping up in his daily devotion. The heart is like a city, "Except theLordkeep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain(Ps.127:1)" and it applies to our hearts as well.

In this context this short dialogue between God and Cain shall help us understand that heart is where any meaningful association between God and man could be set up. Cain and his younger brother offered sacrifices, and God counseled of sin lying at the door.(Ge.4:3-7).

King David let himself go astray from his sensory inputs."And from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon./And David sent and enquired after the woman(vv.3-4) He let his eyes deceive him.

"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?/Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts./ Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God(Jas,4:1-4)."

Ge.4:13-17 "A vagabond"

The curse that now God administers upon Cain is not anything new. Because of disobedience God had pronounced it before Adam, "Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life." Adam's lot was to return to dust,"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."(3:17-19) "Cursed is the ground for thy sake" was impersonal, setting kingdoms of the world to his act of disobedience. Eden held nothing remotely connecting with the disobedient. 'What concord has light with darkness?'. For this reason His holiness would not allow Adam remain in the Garden.

In acting out his jealousy on his younger brother he showed himself as the hatchet man for Satan. In the world of the body he did away with the righteousness so he served as a sign. He became the servant to sin. "And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever."( John 8:35). Consequently the man who shall redeem the earth of his guilt must have to begin from the world of the Spirit. It explains the logos aspect of the Son.

Cain was a sign for the wicked one. The mark that God set on him was only good for habitations where shadows created more headlines, and genteel folks either thrown under the bus or cast aside were 'muppets.' Alternate reality made them corporate czars and in no time they could also end up as convicted felon. Land of Nod is where playing stocks gave men a chance to succeed and also lose the shirts off their back. God let Cain thrive and take chances as every vagabond heart who chafed at laws. While tempting Jesus Satan showed the glories of his kingdom which Jesus would not take. He came to the earth as light of the world. Satan set up eternal habitations for the dead, and the nightlife in cities, their speakeasies are run by the dead. Jesus did not let him.

Ge.4:18 "The Land of Nod"

"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden." (v.18)

God asked Cain a direct question , "Where is Abel thy brother?" God as a Spirit was not asking a silly question with regards to his brother but rather where had he despatched his soul by doing violence to his body. Cain knew what he meant. Cain truthfully replied, "I know not." The anger and violence that Cain meted out to his sibling came from and set him in context of a land, which in the world of the flesh casts a certain light and gives every man a certain value.

The light from the sun moon and the stars provides light so day and night a man can distinguish. But is he wise for all that? Cain had no clue where he had sent Abel. Nicodemus represents his knowledge when he quizzed Jesus. John 3:10-13) The heavenly things and the earthly things denote two worlds of the Spirit and of flesh.

God allowed Moses to see the glory God which the Spirit qualifies as the back parts."and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by./And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen."(Ex.33:22-23) Glory of God which one may see from the world of the body is of quality different than one may see through the light which is his Son, the true Light. (Ps.36:9). So whosoever abiding in Christ Jesus sees light as God has willed. "Be ye holy for I am holy" is doable for those who trust in him. They trust in his grace, Abel offered a better offering which pleased God. "Without faith it is impossible to please God". God formed all hearts alike, Abel pleased God by following truth. (2 Cor.4:6) This knowledge is defined as the presence of God, it is word based and it is doable.

Everything else is the land of shadows and the land of Nod is a label to denote where alternate reality is the norm.

Ge.4:14 "The Face"

"Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth."

With one man's disobedience sin entered into the world, and also death. But heart of man fashioned by God and truth in its spiritual space gave him still bearings about, and God's gift,- his breath making him knowable and accessible for any one in need, is irrevocable. The Holy Spirit gives it a concrete imagery, that of a door. The face of God in short signifies his love and the door that anyone may open by faith signifies heart of man. Abel opened his door to access what was pleasing in His sight. It was to this God referred, "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."(4:9) Cain's subsequent actions showed divine counsel was wasted on him. There were two worlds and he would not open the door seeking grace from the world of the Spirit.

His rational mind would have convinced him without the body of Abel God had nothing to pin him on. But blood of Abel wanted God avenge his death. Everything which man does good or evil shall come up before God. Christ is in whom the fullness of God dwells. The Spirits lays down the Law of Gradation, which we have from the words of Jesus,"All these things shall come upon this generation."(Matt.23:35-36)This generation is Person specific. Every death of a child of God is insult to the holiness of God who has adopted into the fellowship of God with Man. His death and resurrection is a sign and there shall be a day of judgment.

. But to find peace with God one only need open one door and abide therein. "I am the way, the truth, and life."

Ge.4:7 "The Door"

"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.(v.7)

The Lord fashioned all hearts alike so how come Cain responded to please God was different from that of Abel? Sin made all the difference. Sin created a smokescreen so man is easier handled by the conjuror's art, smoke and mirrors which man looks at believes in a lie of course.

God from whom comes all the good gifts now onwards becomes a 'bogy' to Adam and man and woman would rather hide as made His presence 'in the cool of day'. So their fall signified there were barriers put up between them and their God. This reality was reflected in their hearts as well.

Cain presented fruit of the field, which tells us the world of the flesh weighed uppermost in his calculation. Abel on the other hand laid much in store with the world of the Spirit. All that was knowable of God was in the heart of Cain and Abel alike. God tests their works as the Psalm quote tells us.(Ps.33:15)

God's calling and gifts are irrevocable. Their hearts presented a level playing field a face as the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters, which is between heaven and the earth.God forbade them access to this kingdom without getting rid of sin that put up barriers between the two. It is to which God referred." If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?" Peace with God was impossible with this crouching sin at the door. Cain had certainly a problem. It was obvious that he viewed the worlds that his heart circumscribed differently than his brother who was righteous as the Spirit annotates. Cain viewed according to the carnal wisdom taught by Satan.. St John writes of Cain,' who was of that wicked one,'( 1 John 3:12, 8) and contrasts his brother as righteous.

Luke 10:38-42 Mary chose the better part. Abel did better because he trusted in the promises of God.

Ge.4:3-7 "Either Or"

God laid before Adam a choice, the same He does now in an altered form. He asks Cain thus: "If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted?(v.7)

Now when God made Adam a living soul He breathed life into him quality of which is different fromthat of an amoeb and it responds to pleasure and avoid pain. Life abundant is different. When Moses would lay before Israel he declares the only way one might choose life, - which is abundant life, the very quality that comes from wisdom which is of God. "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:"(De.30:19) When God breathed into the nostrils he did just that so that 'both thou and thy seed may live'. Moses being man of God would not add anything to what is the truth. God set the truth in Adam for the sake of Cain and Abel and for the holy family adopted in his own Son. God blessed man saying. "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it."(1:28-29)

Serpent who beguiled Eve was not speaking in his own best interest but for Satan the father of lies. Ever since it is the carnal wisdom which as James rightly says is devilish and it is what is ruling in our times.(Jas.3:15)

Adam realized his eyes were opened while his eye of faith was shut, is more likely.

How this could have affected the siblings? Cain would present fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. He would have based the sweat and toil as quality that God would appreciate, while Abel would please him by offerings 'of firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.' Cain was pleased to base his physical labor in his choice while Abel chose what wisdom of his spirit prompted him.We read in v.5 "But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell."How did Abel settle upon a burnt offering? He relied on wisdom from heaven instead.

Ge.4:3-4 Cain and Abel

Fall of man is in not being able to choose well, but letting the truth under the bushel so to speak. By creating contextual or transactional truth it is liking putting the light of your life under a bushel. Many who would improve truth are killing it. Thus half truth is a lie.This no-man's land is all too familiar in our time. Alternate reality is called. You heard it and know it is an outright lie, right? But you let that pass because you know you shall soon use one of these counterfeit coins. Live and let live. There is honor among thieves so duds also pass hands. Call it free speech or whatever.This is the spirit of the times.

Following his father's example Can would have known the simple truth which St Paul teaches us, "Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:/ And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:/ But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."(1 Co.15:36-38) On the other hand Abel would choose a course that would intimate redemption came from shedding of blood. It is probable that he was well aware of the coats of skins with which God clothed his parents. Certainly as a living soul he knew that God was knowable and he certainly would have referred truth in his inward parts. As St Paul says, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them."(Ro.1:19-20)

Ge.4:1-4

Adam knew Eve, his wife

Adam knew his wife. Is it not what marriage for? It is not as simple as it seems on paper. Marriage is also a transaction between two parties. Disobeying God brought sin into the world.Sin lying at the door created a no man's land where knowing good and evil without the truth ripens into a bitter fruit. A proof to which is the familiar eleventh commandment. "Thou shalt not be found out" It is how Satan has set the line of least resistance before man. Peer pressure is yet another and envy as we shall see from the manner the career of Abel and Cain would show.

Man and woman were like gods in a manner of speaking but without the glory of God as their covering they were adrift from the wisdom, which came from heaven. So their carnal knowledge spelled a certain loss. "And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." By sin they came short of the fount of godly gifts they could freely access.. Adam as a representational figure came short of the glory of God. "The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."(3:23)

" For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Ro.3:23-NKJV). Adam was conscious of his nakedness and without the glory of God his knowledge was not adequate to safeguard the future prospects of his two sons. His carnal knowledge ever since would leave nothing but misery and union of man and woman up against mounting challenges, not to mention the dysfunctional families. Adam knew Eve and she knew that Cain was a gift from God. But with what would they fill his head? Without glory of God and access to wisdom from heaven he settled for an alternate reality. He took the easy way out by following his father's occupation. Abel instead went on to be the keeper of sheep.

Ge.3:22-25 "The Way"

"So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

The Holy Spirit began the narrative by 'now' which refers to the characteristic of serpent as created by God. So the fall of man must be seen 'in the present' as against the eternal mind of God where emblem of the slain Lamb or the brazen serpent raised on a pole ( John 3:14), which implied the death of his Son. In order to set the context of his fall the Spirit points to another emblem, which is also about the Son. I am the way, the truth and life." Jesus declared, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." ( John 14:6) So Salvation plan as determined by the Lord God was neither from the east west south or north but was Person specific. This tree of life symbolized the prince of Life.

The cherubim is often represented as fiery beings attendant upon the Lord and jealous for His holiness. The flaming sword which turned every way therefore is to be understood beyond the heaven and earth and the kingdom of God. As mentioned earlier cardinal directions as we know the term have no bearing upon the Lord God As the visible image of the invisible God in him was the fulness of the heights and of the depths.

" For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:/ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence./ For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell."( Col 1:15-19)

Ge.1:15 "Enemity"

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

"Enmity between thee and the woman" which owes to the manner the man upset the order God had established. He sinned. It was useless as the creature questioning the creator, "Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?"(Is.45:9-ESV) St Paul references this in his epistle, "Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honourable use and another for dishonourable use?"(Ro.9:20-21) God set an order so she signified the body the holy family of God formed of the doctrine of God. The man was created in his own image meaning that he stood as the double for his Son. Byletting contextual truth come in between Adam created a no-man's land, a spiritual space nevertheless where truth is like putty and one moment it is transactional truth where we have the rider 'Caveat emptor! or 'all is fair in love and war'. Ways of the world is what man's disobedience created. To this God would address thus,"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."(Ge.4:7)

Ge.3:7

"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons."

Without commitment truth in the inward parts with Eve her heart was a strange continent and it was disengaged so to speak. So the rational way in which the serpent spoke and presented the delectable form and color of fruits inflamed her senses. Without which influencers of our times would not succeed in enriching themselves. Did you notice the instagram look these days? Lately it is sporting a gaunt look and they succeed to con the unwary undergo buccal fat removal. The sunken cheeks shall soon show that of a hideous hag, and when truth hits women, they shall rue that accentuating high cheekbones is pass. This is called ways of the world. Satan presides over the foolish and it works on this premise: 'every man's loss is someone else's gain'. In winning over Eve Satan gained thwarting the Salvation plan of God.

Eve passed on her knowledge of good and evil to her man. They did eat. Since then living in one world of now became the norm. The world of the Spirit for many is non-existent. Glory which was an ornament and a covering for them vanished! Their eyes opened only to know they were naked." What useless knowledge was that?

Without setting the truth like frontlets before your eyes how are you settling what is good or what is evil? Some barbaric countries are willing to hang the youth for matters they as old have not arrived at. Their religion have deceived them just Satan deceived Adam and Eve. They made themselves aprons which was what their knowledge could come up.

Jesus said, 'in me you might have peace'.( John 16:33). How true it is. Look how the man and woman reacted at the voice of the Lord! They were thrown into confusion.

Ge.3:6 "Living Soul"

"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."

Contextual truth is from Satan since it does not give truth its total sovereignty to the word as He intended. When He sent his Son he defined what he was. "I am the Way, the truth and the life" Instead believing it it opens way for extraneous matters judge truth. We have a couple of examples: Eve saw the fruit of the tree from the POV of Satan and let her senses settle the matter. Compare with Thomas who would not believe unless he saw the nail marks by his own eyes. What did Jesus Christ say," blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."( John 20:29). Adam in his turn let his love for Eve forget himself. He should have asked himself, "What has God said about eating of the fruit?" He simply ate what she gave to him.

Man thus became a servant to sin. Instead of the Law of Spirit he would be judged under the law of sin.

God had made his Will clear to Adam. What the serpent made of 'In the day' and saying thou shalt not die was at odds with the soul and it made the man accountable to God. God allowed to eat of all other fruits freely including from the tree of life. God's commandment, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," would have grave consequences upon the soul of man.

In the same vein the nascent church was given an underhand swipe when Constantine I adopted Christianity as the state religion. It eased the state policy of persecution. Outwardly it spared the body of the Church. Since then are we not assailed by heresies without let?

Ge.3:5 "Contextual Truth"

"For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

Here we have the serpent speaking the will of Satan, the father of lies, as his own. This is what you call as contextual truth. You have not seen it working while something else is,- 'thy law is within my heart.'(Ps.40:8). In short he was rejecting that God had blessed him with, 'and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,'(Ge.1:30)included him as well.

He thus serves as the body for Satan to undermine his own state of being. So he speaks 'truth' which is contextual so it keeps changing, with whoever serves at time or place as the mouthpiece for Satan. It is thus heresies have come to stay. One says city of God and begins reforming all about meddling with princes to serve his own interests, and after he has taken over reins he sets to fire all opposition whether they are branded as witches or as heretics do not matter. It is truth as he frames it. Then comes another claiming 'worker's paradise' and bloodshed and bonfire of whatever he deems as false. Such contextual truth is like playing by the ear so it keeps changing, leading nowhere but it does prove indeed calamitous for the world.

Who was Eve but the bone of man's bones, and flesh of his flesh, in terms the law within her heart made her standing more than an entity. She was called to be the bride for the Son!"I am the Way, the truth and the life"

Ge.3:1

"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made."

Of his fulness every body reveals the glory in varying measure, meaning no two bodies are same. Serpent received his share as any other. When you apply this to the level of the body of Christ the church, we shall understand the significance of the Pauline dictum:"For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:/ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"(Ep.4:11-12)

Coming back to His creation God blessed them so the subtlety of the serpent was commendable. It is in this sense Jesus commends his disciples to take note of, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."(Matt.10:16) The serpents are wisdom, wisdom of which was emblematic of the divine blessing.

Fall of man or Corruption did not come from subtlety of the serpent. In paying heed to it another doctrine had got in by stealth. What was need for another when you have the perfect within? "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"(Jas.3:11). Doctrine of God was the same as of the Son. He declared, "I do always those things that please him"( John 8:29). This is what the Spirit means by the Psalm quote mentioned above. "The law was within my heart."

This same corruption we find where the heart is not established by grace; instead man's treasure conceals contraband goods,- riches of mammon. Serving mammon is evil communication which corrupts good manners. It is thus prosperity theology has corrupted great many, an evil.

Ge.3:1-5

"Coming short of the glory"

God blessed man on the sixth day (Ge.1:28-30). The everlasting covenant has been signed and sealed between God and Man,the Spirit annotates the abstract "and, behold, it was very good"-1:31). Those who still would not enter theerin and be part of the day sanctified is marked by 666. He is, to all intent and purpose, the son of perdition.

We have been studying in these two chapters how God placed Adam in the Garden planted by Him.

He did not need anyone telling him with regards to the commandment.

Now this advise from the serpent,"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die."(v.4)

Evil communication corrupts good manners and it is what happening with Eve. As flesh and boned drawn from the man she was in the full know being a living soul herself. What he was, she was in her own right as the Bride. "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you."( John 14:20) This is what the Spirit referred " and they shall be one flesh."

In going along with his gratuitous remark she looks at the forbidden fruit and she sees it as he wanted her to see. In order to guard aginst ii the Spirit gives us this recipe. "For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light."(Ps.36:9)

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Ge.2:25 Conclusion

"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."

Nakedness refers to the world of the flesh and blood. "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men." This flesh when dies is sown in dishonor. For those who die in the Lord it is raised in glory.(Re.14:13). For those who die to the world and sin at baptism by water, the same glory marks for those who are committed, we have this confidence, "we shall not be found naked."(2 Co.5:1-3)So the world of the body is distinct from the natural body where we are heirs of promise 'earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:'. We walk by faith and not by sight and also groan but the grace of God keeps our hearts established. It is the mid-air where our heavenly place is being hid in Christ. It was thus Adam was place in the Garden that God had planted. He had to dress his world also keep it.(2:15) Whether he did this part is what we are coming to in the next chapter.

The Bible narrative begins from v.4,-and the generations from Adam to Jesus to draw an analogy from music, are strong chord progressions leading to the home key which is the day. So when God tells Adam "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.((2:17) it is to the day He references "in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens."(2:4). This holy family is set in mid-air which must be kept in mind. (Re.21:3)

Ge.2:24 "They shall be one flesh"

One flesh refers to the glory of the Word. It is in this sense we have this verse," All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men"(1 Co.15:39). The rib which as fashioned by or tailor-made by God for Adam is the doctrine of Christ. Jesus explained what he means by it."My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself."( John 7:16-19)

From the manner Adam responded to declaim," This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" he knew well the glory of the word made both bone and flesh a perfect fit. "Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace."(He.13:9). As a double for the Son his life henceforth was to do his will, which as we shall soon come to the simple question he had to answer, "Obey the commandment of God or not? Where did the strange doctrine come from? The serpent was merely a decoy. In the world of the flesh he was an entity and the strange doctrine was supplied to him by Satan

It is thus we need ask ourselves: are we fully living under grace or are we carried about by diverse and strange doctrines?

Ge.2:23-25 "One'

"And they shall be one flesh."

Here we have the answer to the mystery of the earth. It abides forever because it signifies the Son in whom all things hold together 'and by him all things consist.'. So the unseen God is made visible in his Son, and who was before all things.(Col.1:16-17) God separated the waters below in order to make the visible and the unseen in him as one. "by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Col.1:20) The abstract in ch.1 consequently laid out for us a principle which Jesus Christ signifies. Ministry of Reconciliation is the key to the Fellowship of God with Man.

This solves also the mystery of generations since they are pendant upon the day,"In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." Let us recall the preacher, "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.(Ec.1:4)

"And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." (v.23)

In the light of the explanation we need examine the role of Adam as the double for the Son and the Church derived from his death and resurrection sanctifies every member and St Paul records the service of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus(1 Co.16:17)and accordingly the Spirit has included their names as well. (1 Co.12:25-27)

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

We shall discuss only the first part. Jesus explained who were worthy ("He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me."-Matt.10:37-NKJV) Adam as the head allowed nothing else with regards to his body; The book of the Proverbs refers the 'strange' woman as rottenness to his bones (Pr.12:4) we can understand from the case of King Solomon (1 Ki.11:1-3).

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Have a blessed day or night.

1 Cor 6:7-9,

"Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind...,"

The unrighteous people, no matter believers or not, will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

1 Cor 5:11,

"But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person."

A brother from within the church doing all that? Well brethren not all of us will go to heaven at the end. If we want to be called brothers, since we are brothers, we have to be holy to be accepted by God.

1 Cor 5:6, "...Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"

A little sin will bring inside a bigger one, and it keeps going on and on.

- It is "small".

- Well it isn't

1 Cor 5:3-5,

"For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."

Paul here is talking about that man who was living with his father's wife (or girlfriend).

What does it mean "To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." It means that the church had to throw that man out of the fellowship. Once he is out, then the satan takes in charge and the man will suffer illness or any other bad thing in his flesh, since now he is not under God's protection. IF that brings repentance to him, then he will be saved although his flesh had suffered a lot.

1 Cor 4:19-20,

"But I(Paul) will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, NOT THE SPEECH of them which are puffed up, BUT THE POWER. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."

1 Cor 4:9-13,

"For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."

NOT the gospel of prosperity But the gospel of suffering. I heard once someone using the term "the gospel of the towel". I liked it.

1 Cor 4:4, "For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord."

Paul means that he finds nothing wrong in himself, but the Lord knows if and what.

1 Cor 3:12-13,

"12 Now if any man build upon this foundation(Jesus Christ) gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."

What materials do we use for building our spiritual house(selves)? The day of the trial will show. Shall it fall or shall it stay?

In much assurance !!!

1 Cor 2:4-5,

"4 And my(Paul's) speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, BUT IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND OF POWER: 5 That your faith should NOT stand in the wisdom of men, BUT in the power of God."

How many preachers can say that? I hear people saying that we don't need miracles any more, those were for those early times, just preaching is enough. I don't think Paul would agree with that.

1 Thessalonians 1:5,

"For our gospel came not unto you in word ONLY, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake."