The single key Bible verse that sets the theme of the Scriptures is Genesis 3:15. The entirety of the Bible is working out this theme in history. It is the historic battle between the seed of Satan and the seed of the woman. This passage is known among theologians as the protoevangelium, the first promise in Scripture of a Savior and the defeat of our enemy, Satan or the Serpent.
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Whether you are new in Christ or an old saint, there will be times when you feel spiritually weak and not up to the task. None of us like being there. So, what do we do when we find ourselves spiritually weak?
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Do you know how God feels about you? Do you have the feeling that maybe he isn’t so pleased with you? Like, maybe he is mad at you and probably everybody else, too? Or, do you, perhaps, have the thought that God is giddy happy over you? Like the teenager who is in the midst of their “first love?”
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The New Covenant provides total and permanent forgiveness of sins through one sacrifice and one Priest. He lives today and makes intercession for us as you read this post.
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Recently I heard the story of my granddaughter, who is studying to become a Physician’s Assistant (PA). She has completed the academic portion of her studies and is now in the practical part of her training (the white coat training). One of the “exercises” she had to complete involved holding a beating human heart in her hands. The “patient” had been pronounced brain dead, but the body kept functioning with the aid of machines. I don’t know how to describe how I felt when I heard that story, but I am glad she will have the experience to qualify her as a Physician’s Assistant.
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God’s original design for every human being was to live in freedom. In the garden of Eden, there was only one stated prohibition; don’t eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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