As undeserving as we are, God takes very good care of us. Our gratitude should forever compel us to love God in return. Genesis Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. Philippians Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. The Creator of everything is the Owner of everything. Therefore, as stewards and caretakers of God's property, we should "tend and keep it" very carefully.
God would have us conserve our resources rather than be wasteful or unnecessarily destructive. We should have the heart of a good shepherd, not the attitude of a "hireling" who "does not care about the sheep" John A caring shepherd tries to rescue every sheep that goes astray Matthew We must dutifully provide for those under our care 1 Timothy Keep in mind that people are much more important to God than animals.
It's sinful to be a pantheist or to worship "the creature rather than the Creator" Romans Lesson 5: The Bible and creation teach us to look to the Maker for instructions. Deuteronomy "Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess.
Deuteronomy "And it [a copy of the Scriptures] shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes. Psalm , 98, You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Who best understands a product? The inventor or manufacturer. Similarly, our Heavenly Father knows best. He is the expert, with perfect understanding of His creation.
He understands us much better than we understand ourselves, so we need to trust His guidance. God supplied us with the Manual, the Instruction Book, so we need to read the Book!
In fact, it is only through God's Word that we can learn the reason for our existence. For a clear explanation of why we were born, please see our free booklet What Is Your Destiny? Lesson 6: The Bible and creation teach us to rely on our Maker for help and healing to solve every problem. Matthew "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Philippians , NIV Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. James Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Since God made everything, He knows how to repair everything and solve every problem. He gave us a lifetime guarantee in the sense that we can go to God for help and healing at any time with no charge.
When people get into trouble, they tend to try everything else before trying God. When no cures work, people will say "You are in God's hands. This does not mean we should not then do what we can, such as seeking treatment. See our lesson " Dealing With Health Problems " for more about this.
God has given us a marvelous immune system; our bodies automatically try to heal themselves. In addition, God often miraculously heals those who pray for His healing. New Testament Overviews. Book Collections. Visual Commentaries. All Podcasts. Bible Reader. Croatian Hrvatski. Dutch Nederlands. Finnish Suomi. German Deutsch. Hungarian Magyar.
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia. Italian Italiano. Norwegian Norsk. Polish Polski. Swahili Kiswahili. Swedish Svenska. But of course the Bible is not just another book, it was given to man from God to reveal Jesus Christ as our savior.
From Genesis, the very first book, to Revelation, the last book, the purpose of the Bible is Jesus. In John Jesus himself says, "These are the Scriptures that testify about me. Let's look up some scriptures that may help us understand the significance and truth about the Bible. Help the children find the following verses and have someone read each one. Then discuss each verse.
Where does all Scripture come from? From God. What is Scripture good for? Teaching, rebuking, correcting, training and equipping. Does Scripture come from the will of man? No, from the Will of God. Who "inspired" or "carried" men to write the Bible? The Holy Spirit. Psalm 1. Does the Bible contain any mistakes? No, it is flawless. He created the flowers, sharks, cotton candy and recess! Second, God is perfect. He never makes mistakes.
If he went to school with you, he would get a perfect score on every test because he knows everything! Third, God IS love. The most loving thing God has done for us is sending Jesus to die for us.
Jesus came to save us from our sins so that we could be in relationship with him. God is amazing.
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