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Series: What Does It Mean to Be Human
Jason Dees
Genesis 2:18-25
The thing about this whole series is that we are talking about things that God gave to man. What does it mean to be human? Well it means to understand how and why we were made, but one of the clues to that is understanding what God gave us. He gave us an identity – we were made in the image of God, complete with gender, purpose and value. He gave us food to eat, he gave us place, you see? He gave the man a job, he gave the man a wife, he gave the man a garden and he gave the man companionship. And all of these gifts have given us desires for these things, and those desires are supposed to be good, but they have to be controlled. For example, we have a desire for work, right? And that is good, you should work, it is right to work. God made the man to care for the garden, to work it, but that desire has to be controlled, it has to be bound. One of the first things we see in the Bible is rest. God rested from his work and, of course, throughout the Law of Moses there are a number of Sabbath laws, intricate laws. And you may have thought to yourself, why is this? The reason is that it is very difficult to stop working. Once you start working it is very difficult to stop. To take a true 24-hour Sabbath to rest, to rest your mind and heart and soul, to focus on the Lord to be fully engaged with people and place and not task, is very hard. So God gave his people a lot of laws.
It is the same with all of our desires, our appetites. God gave us food. We need food and the food that the Lord has given us is magnificent. I just went on this trip to Germany and one of my favorite parts of the trip was the food. I loved the flavors, and meats, and the chocolate, and so many other things. That is good, God has given us these things as gifts, but you have to watch your appetites. Your appetites can control you. If you don’t have food you die, but if you have too much food or if you ...
Series: What Does It Mean to Be Human
Jason Dees
Genesis 2:18-25
The thing about this whole series is that we are talking about things that God gave to man. What does it mean to be human? Well it means to understand how and why we were made, but one of the clues to that is understanding what God gave us. He gave us an identity – we were made in the image of God, complete with gender, purpose and value. He gave us food to eat, he gave us place, you see? He gave the man a job, he gave the man a wife, he gave the man a garden and he gave the man companionship. And all of these gifts have given us desires for these things, and those desires are supposed to be good, but they have to be controlled. For example, we have a desire for work, right? And that is good, you should work, it is right to work. God made the man to care for the garden, to work it, but that desire has to be controlled, it has to be bound. One of the first things we see in the Bible is rest. God rested from his work and, of course, throughout the Law of Moses there are a number of Sabbath laws, intricate laws. And you may have thought to yourself, why is this? The reason is that it is very difficult to stop working. Once you start working it is very difficult to stop. To take a true 24-hour Sabbath to rest, to rest your mind and heart and soul, to focus on the Lord to be fully engaged with people and place and not task, is very hard. So God gave his people a lot of laws.
It is the same with all of our desires, our appetites. God gave us food. We need food and the food that the Lord has given us is magnificent. I just went on this trip to Germany and one of my favorite parts of the trip was the food. I loved the flavors, and meats, and the chocolate, and so many other things. That is good, God has given us these things as gifts, but you have to watch your appetites. Your appetites can control you. If you don’t have food you die, but if you have too much food or if you ...
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