usually i will nod head when tutor is going through step by step. but when it comes to a certain part, i will shake my head. however when i did econs revision paper this morning, i realised that im able to really recall what the tutor taught. pieces are fixing into right place, & this time im genuinely nodding my head to those questions. no doubt i will still have some questions, but i will still make some effort to email the tutor. i shall email her later. today has been a long day for me. let me post up the sermon today, although im still trying my best to understand. i pray that as i post it up, im revising it once more. & that i will have a better understanding than just now. amen (:
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat 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 has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” (genesis chapter 3, nkjv)
adam ate the fruit of wisdom, told in genesis, because eve told him that he may eat it. however when he confessed to god, he blame it on the lord and said, it was you the one who created eve whom asked me eat it. instead of protecting eve as a man, he blamed it onto the lord.
therefore man was made to have dominion over the world. but because of this fault, they dominate one another. and when this is so, our relationship with the lord is break off. unless we're born again. what do you mean by that? you mean i have to go through another cycle in my mother's womb and be born into the earth again? no! to born again is to born in the spirit.
human can reproduce to human life, but only holy spirit can give birth to spiritual life. therefore to have a relationship with god again, we must be born again!
holy spirit
the gifts of the holy spirit;
- word of kingdom
- word of wisdom
- word of faith
- word of healing
- word of tongue
- discerning of spirit
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. (john 1 :1-5 nkjv)
word of god --> faith --> life --> light
this is the right order. therefore to posses faith (believe) there must be the word of god inside us. we would then have life and light. however, satan cuts us off from the lord. how did satan do that? he cannot cut off our life because we're already living in this world. but if we did not have the word of god, we would not have the subsequent things too, faith, life & light. therefore he cuts us off from the word of god & revise his own's word. this caused us to be double-minded. god's word gives us vision but the satan divides it & it became division! when satan cannot cut off god's word, he will give you another word. therefore when we knew that somethings are correct, but instead of doing it, going the right way, we chose the other route out. satan's words & ways are often the easiest ones. god's way are often the most difficult one. which one would you normally choose? another example pastor gave was man's thoughts. often a man would knew himself that she is the perfect person he was looking for, but a double-minded division caused him to lust over the other woman. are you on the right track? let god's words secure you! take the difficult way out, because it is god's way & it is always right.
*claps to the pastor*