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Day Six of God’s Creation

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Day Six of God’s Creation

The sixth day of God’s creation begins with the creation of wild animals on earth. (Genesis 1: 24-25) Again God announced that all things would appear in their kind. There is no blurring of lines with God.

The witness of God’s creation is around us; crosses of various types cannot have offspring. The best example of this fact is mules. Mules are crosses between horses and donkeys; they cannot reproduce and give birth to children. God’s Word applies today as usual.

This is the sixth day that God declared that he made man in his image, in his likeness. (Genesis 1: 26-31) On the first day, God revealed the triune nature by identifying himself as “a deep face” (Father), “the Spirit of God,” (the Holy Spirit), and “the face of the waters” (Jesus Christ, Son God). He also created man as a trinity with body, soul, and spirit. Honor can create in the image of God!

God, who created everything in a different order, gave humans domination over everything on earth. He includes fish, poultry, and creatures on earth. Man does not get dominance because of the process of natural selection because he develops a thumb or other ridiculous explanation. God controlled him. A man was created to rule the earth under God’s grace and direction.

God provided everything that humans and animals need to survive before he created humans. He created the earth and the sea, he offered the atmosphere, he provided light and heat, and he provided food for all beings. There is nothing left for chance. The structure and order of the universe prove that the creation of the world is a planned and structured event. A kind Creator provides all things.

The principle of God’s separation and protection is evident everywhere in creation. God even states that nothing can be added to or taken from God’s creation (Ecclesiastes 3:14). It is fascinating to note that science agrees with the Bible. The First Law of Thermodynamics supports the fact that nothing can be added to or taken from creation; energy can shift in chemical processes, but it cannot be made or destroyed.

God’s final statement about His creation is that it is extraordinary, and I fully agree. (Not that God needs my approval.)

Day Five of God’s Creation

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Day Five of God’s Creation

Creation of fish and birds

On the fifth day of creation, God created fish and poultry. He created animals to fill the ocean and fly in the air. (Genesis 1: 20-23) God then told them to be fruitful and multiply in the sea and on earth. God even provides creatures with the means to multiply on the earth.

Here again, God states that all things must reproduce according to their types. God places a separation between each animal species.

When I was writing this article, I thought of an old joke that was popular when I was a child.

Question: What do you get when you cross and elephants with leeches?
Answer: Big sucker!

Some jokes are funny, and some are not so funny, but in reality, if animals can cross species lines, the confusion will be very significant. God, who is the God of Order, has created everything in an orderly manner. He is not a problem writer. The principle of God’s separation and protection even applies to animals.

Separation and Protection

Another interesting fact that is worth noting is that God made the difference between the high horizon called heaven (outer space), which created on the second day of creation and the open heaven horizon (or earth’s atmosphere), which built on the fifth day. Creation day. God separates backgrounds from each other to protect the earth and its creatures. The principle of God’s separation and protection proven in the creation of the earth’s atmosphere.

Remember that the Bible was written thousands of years before man’s ability to make a clear distinction between atmosphere and space. These simple verses show the extraordinary intelligence that worked in the planning, creation, and provision of the universe long before man’s ability to make these differences.

Other Creation Facts in the Bible

Facts about God’s amazing creation seen throughout the Bible. Examples of other creative effects:

The Bible shows the use of subatomic material in creation. (Hebrews 11: 3) The Bible reveals the Jet stream centuries before man’s ability to make such a difference. (Ecclesiastes 1: 6) The list of scientifically observable Bible facts is endless.

Conclusion

God gives us much concrete evidence of its existence and its provision for His creation. The truth of God’s word, the Bible, is evident all around us if we will only seek it wholeheartedly.

Day Four of God’s Creation

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Day Four of God’s Creation

Man’s Time

The Bible states that the fourth day of creation is the day God created the sun and moon and stars. (Genesis 1: 14-19) They are placed on the horizon of heaven and given signs, seasons, days, and years. This is the fourth day of creation that God created human time. (Remember that one day the Lord is a thousand human years. (II Peter 3: 8) The Bible also states that God arranges the lamps in the sky to rule day and night.

It is interesting to note that the Bible, from the beginning, stated that the sun and moon and stars would affect human time. Earth’s rotation for days; the position of the earth to the sun for the seasons; Earth’s orbit has been around the sun for years; lunar orbit to give light at night on earth; the moon phase for months; the position of the stars in their season. All of these things started before the human ability to distinguish them scientifically. These things did not happen by accident. It is a program of events created by a loving God.

An allegory

Not only did God through Jesus Christ create the physical universe, but he also, in his great wisdom, used his creation to reveal himself. God uses the sun and moon as allegories for Christ and his followers.

Just as God’s love through Christ (the Light in Genesis 1: 3) shines on the earth, so the real sun shines directly on the surface. It is the Light of Christ that expresses God’s love and concern for humanity. The Light of Christ draws people to God that they, through Christ, can have eternal life.

Just as the earth can block the moonlight, so the light of a Christian can be prevented by things in this world. Christians do not have their intelligence. He must reflect the love of Christ. He cannot do anything without Christ. (John 15: 5) The light of the Christian (his testimony of Christ before men) must always pay homage to the Father in Heaven through Christ. (Matthew 5: 14-16)

Just as moonlight can block the earth, so also the light of Christians can be hindered by things that exist in this world. The deception of wealth, the pride of life, the desires of the eyes, and the desires of the flesh can all cause Christian joy, fellowship with God, and people’s testimony to diminish.

The Christian should remember that just as the moon’s position to the sun doesn’t change, so also the Christian’s belief in Christ doesn’t change. Salvation depends on God’s grace through Christ’s sacrifice. Nothing can add, and nothing can take from him. (John 10: 28-29)

God’s creation is truly amazing.

Day Three of God’s Creation

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Day Three of God’s Creation

God’s Word, the Bible, tells us that God gathered all the water under the sky to one place. He then separated the dry land from the sea. The water he called the ocean, and the dry land he called the Earth. (Genesis 1: 9-13) Here again, is the principle of God’s separation and protection.

Example of Daily Creation

Incredibly, God shows examples of His creation every day. What is the standard? Give birth. Childbirth is a perfect example of God’s creation and the principle of separation and protection. Just as water separated from the water on the second day of creation, so also bodily fluids are separated from baby fluids during the baby’s growth in the womb. The fluid sac surrounding the baby separates and protects the baby.

Just as water separated from the Earth, so does a baby, separated from its fluid pouch during childbirth.

Every day, throughout the world, the Lord bears witness to us about His marvelous creation. It is truly amazing to me that God touched every family on Earth with this witness of creation. God showed himself to humanity in many surprising ways if we would only seek Him.

Another example of separation

Also, on the third day, God decided that plants would produce seeds according to their kind. Again the principle of separation of God is clear. Hybrids show the belief that plants reproduce according to their nature. Hybrid plants, (cross-breeding plants), cannot produce printable seeds. That’s why seedless grapes don’t have seeds. That is why hybrid wheat seeds cannot be replanted and grown.

By keeping plants separated according to type, God allows us to recognize edible plants from edible plants, building materials from non-building materials. The principle of separation and protection applies even to plants.

A Universe Ordered

It is truly extraordinary that God provided for humans before he even created. God’s Word is valid today and proven. Nothing is done by chance, everything planned and made in order.
 
If we look, we can see the glory of God shown around us. God states that “it’s good,” at the end of the third day of creation, and I tend to believe it. God’s creation is truly amazing.

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Keys to Effective Christian Life – Prayer and Fasting

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Keys to Effective Christian Life – Prayer and Fasting

Prayer is indeed a powerful thing, for it brings us into contact with God. However, if you desire to see your prayer life, take a quantum leap, add fasting to it.
Those who spend time fasting and praying will attest to the fact that things which they had prayed about, actually manifested after they applied the spiritual principle of fasting. Fasting works.

Many religions in the world are involved in fasting with various types. However, fasting for Christians is somewhat different. Religious people fast to get God’s attention, and they try to get a position with God. Fasting Christians to uphold our position bought through the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Fasting is abstinence from food for a specific period, while the attention given to seeking God, through His Word and prayer. It is not just staying away from food, but rather, it is using the time we would have been engaged in the temporary to seek the eternal. In other words, fasting, God’s way, is not just, not eating. It is using the time to pray.

There are various kinds of fast spoken of in The Holy Bible:

We can engage in a personal fast, which is a personal decision to seek God by this means.

Then again, we can engage in a proclaimed fast, which is fasting as a group, a local church body, or even a nation before Almighty God.

Then there are varied manners we can use in fasting. We can do a total fast, which is no eating, and only the drinking of water. Alternatively, we can engage in a partial fast, which is the putting aside of certain foods of pleasure for a particular period.

As it pertains to the time and length of the fast, it is dependent upon what kind of fast you engage in. For instance, with a personal fast, the person fasting determines the length of the fast. When it comes to a proclaimed fast among others, the length of the fast may be decided by the pastor, if it is a local church body, or by the leader of the group.

In the Holy Bible, some people fasted from in the morning to six in the evening. Then some fasted, like in the days of Queen Esther, for three days. The Lord Jesus Christ fasted for forty days. Daniel did a partial fast for twenty-one days. There is no strict rule as to how long you may fast. It depends upon how you seem led by the Holy Spirit.

The main thing about fasting is that the purpose of the fast must be established before you begin the fast. What is the reason you desire to fast before the Lord?

You can fast:

  1. To spend more time drawing closer to the Lord.
  2. To pray concerning a particular situation or circumstance.
  3. To experience a breakthrough from an ungodly habit, addiction, or problem.
  4. To become more sensitive to the Holy Spirit.
  5. To cast out demons.
  6. To seek God for the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit.
  7. To be filled with more of God.
  8. To find God’s plan and purpose for your life.
  9. To discipline the flesh, enforcing its spiritual position of mortification.
  10. To change an atmosphere.
  11. To get answers from the Lord concerning a particular situation.
  12. To bolster your faith in God for the miraculous.

Fasting is an effective way to approach God. Fantastic help for hungry Christians who want to seek God. Jesus taught us how we should fast. Invaluable tools help us become stronger in God.
I believe that the church should give more time to fasting and prayer before the Lord. Even if it is a partial fast, or only from six in the morning to six in the evening, we should engage in this spiritual activity called fasting. We can always work our way up.

But if the truth be known, we can come to a place of desperation, where we need God to give us an answer, or where we just get more hungry for His will, plan and purpose for our lives, that we literally abandon food for a period of time as we seek the Face of God until His power and presence fills and floods our lives. In times like these, we need to fast and pray.

Do you want God’s will for your life? Are you praying about it? Then, if you are not hearing what He is saying to your Spirit, maybe you should add the next part of the power-twins and begin to fast.

Just a word of caution: If you are on medication, please seek your doctor concerning what kind of fast you may be able to practice.

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