MISSION 1: THE HEART OF GOD (1 OF 3)
by Rich Wooten
Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3
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Mission 1: The Heart of God (1 of 3)
Series: The Heart of God
Rich Wooten
Genesis 12:1-3
What is our mission? Perhaps even more fundamental to this is why are we 'saved' to use a very Christianized word. What is the big picture that we are part of when we choose to follow Jesus? Well, to answer this we really need to do some digging. We can find much in the way of answers in the NT, but I think that we have to actually go back to the OT to discover why the NT says what it says about this question.
For those who are new to church or to faith, you may not know the beginning story. And for those that have been 'in' for a long time, always good to refresh.
In Genesis, God brings creation, brings order, out of the chaos. And in the center of his activity in that creation, Earth, a place called the Garden of Eden, he forms humanity from the dust, male and female, created in his image. The relationship at that point between humanity and creation was that of harmony, marked by the continual presence of God. And God, wanting a free creation, gave choice to Adam and Eve. One prohibition was put on their choices, and this very thing is what they chose, to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. At that point, everything changes. Sin enters in full force, chaos again begins to rule and reign, distance is put between humanity and their creator. Adam and Eve, the originals, marred and broken, begin to have children, and begin to bring them up in the hardships of their new reality.
In all of this, God hasn't given up. Through flood, a tower built in direct opposition to the Father, and countless opportunities to serve and follow, humanity chose, almost always, to walk away. This is our story. We are familiar with it.
Then we arrive at Genesis 12 and a guy by the name of Abram. Soon to called Abraham, and his wife Sarah, it's as if a new Adam and Eve are asked to believe in God, in a fresh way, called out from among the cultural chaos to go to ...
Series: The Heart of God
Rich Wooten
Genesis 12:1-3
What is our mission? Perhaps even more fundamental to this is why are we 'saved' to use a very Christianized word. What is the big picture that we are part of when we choose to follow Jesus? Well, to answer this we really need to do some digging. We can find much in the way of answers in the NT, but I think that we have to actually go back to the OT to discover why the NT says what it says about this question.
For those who are new to church or to faith, you may not know the beginning story. And for those that have been 'in' for a long time, always good to refresh.
In Genesis, God brings creation, brings order, out of the chaos. And in the center of his activity in that creation, Earth, a place called the Garden of Eden, he forms humanity from the dust, male and female, created in his image. The relationship at that point between humanity and creation was that of harmony, marked by the continual presence of God. And God, wanting a free creation, gave choice to Adam and Eve. One prohibition was put on their choices, and this very thing is what they chose, to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. At that point, everything changes. Sin enters in full force, chaos again begins to rule and reign, distance is put between humanity and their creator. Adam and Eve, the originals, marred and broken, begin to have children, and begin to bring them up in the hardships of their new reality.
In all of this, God hasn't given up. Through flood, a tower built in direct opposition to the Father, and countless opportunities to serve and follow, humanity chose, almost always, to walk away. This is our story. We are familiar with it.
Then we arrive at Genesis 12 and a guy by the name of Abram. Soon to called Abraham, and his wife Sarah, it's as if a new Adam and Eve are asked to believe in God, in a fresh way, called out from among the cultural chaos to go to ...
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