Romans 7 ~ Two Words That Narrow Down the Sin Problem
Having said that once born again we are made righteous and no longer have a sin nature, one could raise the question, “Then why do we still sin?” Continue reading
29 October 2012 
The Other Half of the Story
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Romans 5 ~ The Curse Reversed
The hopeless plight of fallen man, born with an unchangeable sin nature appeared to leave all of us in a perpetual state of doing our best and getting forgiveness for the rest. The endless failure, frustration, and guilt of this condition was what I had lived with and I’d heard echoed by the Apostle Paul in Romans 7.Continue reading
24 October 2012
Man’s Greatest Loss
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Genesis 1, 2, 5 ~ Man’s Nature Before & After the Fall ….continued from Monday
I hesitate to move too quickly past the truth we’ve discovered in realizing man’s design. It is essential that we know this, for it is more than relevant to the subject under consideration. It is vital. Let’s also not forget what that subject is lest we lose sight of the goal…to fulfill those first words spoken by God to his man. They are the words He is still speaking to us today. Be fruitful.Continue reading
22 October 2012
The Me You Can’t See
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Genesis 2, 5 ~ The Day Adam Died
Unwilling to make a false argument which would release me from accountability, and knowing I surely was misunderstanding something about Paul’s statements in Romans, I headed back to Genesis only to find more light that would take me another step closer to the freedom I longed for. Again, I began reading the story of Adam and Eve…Continue reading
19 October 2012
The Blame Game?
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Romans 7 ~ Was Paul ‘Copping Out’ ?
The things I had discovered in Genesis were indeed helping me to some degree. I was thankful for what I’d been made aware of thus far, but was still puzzled as to how to bear the good fruit God expected of me. I had learned what didn’t work but was still clueless as to what did.Continue reading
17 October 2012
The Fruit of Disobedience
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Genesis 2, 3 ~ The Surprising Effect of Adam’s Sin
Still looking for a solution to my fruitless life, my search for answers continues…
Several things about this story in Genesis had correlated with my own struggle. I’d seen that, like Eve, partaking of the knowledge of good and evil in me was not getting me closer to my goal of being like God. I had thought it would, seemingly just like she had, but I also had been deceived. Continue reading
12 October 2012
Eve’s Fall
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Genesis 2 ~ The Real Lie Eve Fell For
Good and evil. Yes, I’d heard those two words used before. Two little words used far back in the very beginning. They first appear at the start of man’s existence…all the way back in the Garden of Eden. I wasn’t sure what I’d find in this first account of history that would be relevant to my history, but I headed to Genesis to find out.