CANNOT BE BOXED

CANNOT BE BOXED

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

   Genesis 2:7-22 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. …  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. ….  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man …

   John 3:1-18 … even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 16  For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

  There are people that try to understand mankind by categorizing people in chart boxes and files.

  Some time ago someone showed me some charts in a discover-and-appreciate-yourself book written by a few Ph.D.s, exclaiming in great relief “See, that’s me . . . now I completely understand myself!”

  When I pointed out a few of their characteristics that didn’t mesh in their sector of some of the charts: For one, an item saying analytical individuals have difficulty making decisions. Whereas, though analytical, the friend gathered facts and quickly arrived at a conclusion, decided, and took action. Whereas another acquaintance never analyzed any issue and was expensively indecisive.

  My friend immediately looked troubled (Optimal fragility in response to outside stimuli; a trait in a different sector.), looked thoughtful . . . and then with realization declared “I’m unique, aren’t I?!!”

  God made Adam, then built Eve uniquely different, and has done so with men and women ever since. We may say “She/he is just like ______!!!” but this is never quite so.

  Examining the Hebrew in Genesis chapter 2 we find that God squeezed Adam into shape from the elements, dust, earth, at hand; whereas He took a rib from Adam and built Eve. And He has been wondrously forming us ever since.

  There is only one characteristic we have in common. A book has been compiled on the normal inherent  trait of humanity: We all are sinful, needing redemption, with Jesus being the only trustworthy Redeemer.

  Analytical or not, it is decision that definitely requires agreement with God to escape eternal condemnation. 

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