Gen 1 27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food.And it was so".
God gave man His law. He implanted His law in mans heart. Every man is gifted by God with the ability to rule his own kingdom.Ps 115 16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD ,but the earth he has given to man." God gave man every thing he needed to prosper. Every thing in Gods creation works according to Gods law in its kind.
God has made the world complete from the beginning of time to the end. God has shown His glory by being absolutely free to do as He pleases. The earth is a place that is controlled by God. If God was not absolutely free then man would never be able to be a reflection of God who does not face an opposition that thwarts His will. If man is not absolute sovereign over His own choices then God is not sovereign. If man is not able to be as successful as God is in using all the gifts that God has bestowed upon man then man would not be free. So God gave man His governing law and established man under His eternal governing success. We believe that the principle of Gods government is that nothing every happens unless God allows or prevents it. Man would not be able to make a choice for his own pleasure if God was not free to allow and prevent.
But when the serpent entered the garden, He tempted man to create his own government. The serpent was the first governor to enact violence into Gods universe. God had to prevent man from governing over his garden because man was unable to be free to chose for himself by creating his own success. God had to redeem all of the legal troubles of mans fall. God had to return man to his original innocence by doing the work necessary to provide man complete deliverance from his guilt.
We must understand that God never lost control over His creation when man sinned. God always established man with the authority to rule the earth as He created man for His glory. Man never lost the ability to choose freely according to mans pleasure. God was never thwarted by mans fall into sin. He preordained man to fall into sin. Even before the garden God created mankind and foresaw mans sin. If God was absolutely free then He had to be completely successful in dealing with sin and corruption and on the other hand the purpose to glorify Himself. He had to completely destroy the government of the serpent at the time of the fall of man. So before the fall God chose to exercise His authority in His foresight by enacting His control to free mans will by the absolute standard of the line between blessing and cursing. God cursed the wicked , creation and the serpent in order to re establish His government through the righteous seed. Gods success through His elect is the complete deliverance over all opposition.He established His government over the earth in cursing the serpent. All earthly governments that followed the attempt of the serpent to thwart Gods power were destroyed by the absolute power of the curse.
David expressed Gods pronouncement in establishing His kingdom over His creation through man in this absolute statement. Ps 9 4 For you have upheld my right and my cause;you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,you have uprooted their cities;even the memory of them has perished". David is teaching that because God covenanted with His people to provide them with all that they needed in this life that God gave man an understanding and awareness of His sovereignty that is expressed in thinking thoughts after God.David was teaching that as he pronounced Gods laws, covenants, curses, statutes and promises that God would be free to allow and prevent David from destruction as the way that God established Davids freedom over all that God gave him. David is saying that these gifts united his desires with Gods absolute pronouncements of blessing and cursing at all times and throughout Davids reign. Gods kingdom dwells in His people.
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food.And it was so".
God gave man His law. He implanted His law in mans heart. Every man is gifted by God with the ability to rule his own kingdom.Ps 115 16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD ,but the earth he has given to man." God gave man every thing he needed to prosper. Every thing in Gods creation works according to Gods law in its kind.
God has made the world complete from the beginning of time to the end. God has shown His glory by being absolutely free to do as He pleases. The earth is a place that is controlled by God. If God was not absolutely free then man would never be able to be a reflection of God who does not face an opposition that thwarts His will. If man is not absolute sovereign over His own choices then God is not sovereign. If man is not able to be as successful as God is in using all the gifts that God has bestowed upon man then man would not be free. So God gave man His governing law and established man under His eternal governing success. We believe that the principle of Gods government is that nothing every happens unless God allows or prevents it. Man would not be able to make a choice for his own pleasure if God was not free to allow and prevent.
But when the serpent entered the garden, He tempted man to create his own government. The serpent was the first governor to enact violence into Gods universe. God had to prevent man from governing over his garden because man was unable to be free to chose for himself by creating his own success. God had to redeem all of the legal troubles of mans fall. God had to return man to his original innocence by doing the work necessary to provide man complete deliverance from his guilt.
We must understand that God never lost control over His creation when man sinned. God always established man with the authority to rule the earth as He created man for His glory. Man never lost the ability to choose freely according to mans pleasure. God was never thwarted by mans fall into sin. He preordained man to fall into sin. Even before the garden God created mankind and foresaw mans sin. If God was absolutely free then He had to be completely successful in dealing with sin and corruption and on the other hand the purpose to glorify Himself. He had to completely destroy the government of the serpent at the time of the fall of man. So before the fall God chose to exercise His authority in His foresight by enacting His control to free mans will by the absolute standard of the line between blessing and cursing. God cursed the wicked , creation and the serpent in order to re establish His government through the righteous seed. Gods success through His elect is the complete deliverance over all opposition.He established His government over the earth in cursing the serpent. All earthly governments that followed the attempt of the serpent to thwart Gods power were destroyed by the absolute power of the curse.
David expressed Gods pronouncement in establishing His kingdom over His creation through man in this absolute statement. Ps 9 4 For you have upheld my right and my cause;you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,you have uprooted their cities;even the memory of them has perished". David is teaching that because God covenanted with His people to provide them with all that they needed in this life that God gave man an understanding and awareness of His sovereignty that is expressed in thinking thoughts after God.David was teaching that as he pronounced Gods laws, covenants, curses, statutes and promises that God would be free to allow and prevent David from destruction as the way that God established Davids freedom over all that God gave him. David is saying that these gifts united his desires with Gods absolute pronouncements of blessing and cursing at all times and throughout Davids reign. Gods kingdom dwells in His people.
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