The Beginning

Genesis 1

Genesis begins with these words: “In the beginning, God . . . .” This simple introduction to the book—and to the entire Bible—reminds us of an incredibly significant fact: the God who created this world and us has existed forever in glory, splendor, and power.

Think about this for a moment. There has never been a time—ever—that God has not existed. There was a time when you did not yet exist. There was a time when this entire world—the whole universe—did not exist. God, though, is eternal; he has always existed in his perfect being, glory, and holiness. This concept is far beyond our capacity as humans to completely grasp.

In the beginning, before anything existed, God was there; he chose to create the universe, the reality that we know and see all around us. So what does this mean for us as we study the Bible?

God has existed eternally as the same God.
First, it means that God has always been the same; he has not changed throughout time but has eternally existed as exactly the same God. The Bible reveals him to us as one God in three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God has eternally existed in this way, and always will.

This idea that God never changes is very important when studying the Old Testament accounts of God’s dealings with his people. The same God who spoke to Moses and Abraham is the God who invites us to know him and worship him through faith in Christ!

God has life within himself.
Next, the truth of God’s eternality means that he has life within himself. No one gives life to God; he exists completely on his own. This is a difficult concept to grasp because this is true of no other being in the universe, including Satan and all the angels. God is the only being who does not depend on any other factor for his existence. He has existed from eternity as who he is, having life within himself, and in perfect harmony as one God in three persons.

God does not need us.
This truth flows out of the last one. If God has existed eternally with life within himself and with perfect harmony within the Trinity, then it follows that God does not need us. He did not choose to create the heavens, the earth, and human beings because of some deficiency in his existence or because he was lonely! God is completely self-sufficient—“happy” and full of life within himself. It must be that God chose to create simply for his own glory—out of the overflow of his own goodness and pleasure, which he possessed before the universe began.

We need God.
This all means, of course, that while God does not need us, we desperately need him. We are finite beings; because of sin (Gen. 3), we get sick, grow old, and die. Our only hope on this earth is to find a way to know this glorious Creator and to be saved through a relationship with him. Human beings desperately need this salvation. The amazing promise that we learn as we study the Bible is that God truly offers this salvation to the humans he has created.


Jon Nielson
 

The Lords Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer (KJV)

Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6 Steps taught in the Lord’s Prayer.

1. Address God’s rightful place as the Father
2. Worship and praise God for who He is and all that He has done
3. Acknowledge that it is God’s will and plans are in control and not our own
4. Ask God for the things that we need
5. Confess our sins and repent
6. Request protection and help in overcoming sin and Satan’s attacks on us

Meaning of the Lord’s Prayer

The Father-Son relationship within the Trinity reveals our potential relationship with God. Christ, the Son of God, grants us the privilege of calling God Our Father by the grace of adoption (Galatians 4:4-7). As a “son of God,” the Christian is called to love, trust, and serve God as Christ does the Father. We must note that God is not our Father simply because He created us. He is the only Father to those in a saving and personal relationship with Him, a communion that only comes by the grace of adoption.

The Book of Enoch

There is a reason why the Book of Enoch, is so Beloved and Strongly Defended by the Conspiracy Theory Crowd, it’s actually a favorite of New Age movement crowd, Witches & Warlocks Soothsayers, Mediums, the Zodiac Crowd, and a Majority of Mystics-They all love it so much for a reason that’s for sure!

They love the Apocalyptic Mysticism and Fantastical Imagery found in the false Book called the Book of Enoch.

Pastor Danno

Holy Faith Bible Church

Do you believe in deliverance?

Someone asked me If I believe in deliverance, and my answer was, of course, when you are saved you are delivered from the penalty of sin and bondage of sin.

But after you are saved you don’t need salvation again, and again, and you don’t need deliverance, again and again – because Salvation is Deliverance, and Deliverance is Salvation!

John 8:36-NASB
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free

2 Corinthians 3:17-NASB
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Pastor Danno M. Romann

Holy Faith Bible Church

Testing the Spirits

This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here. But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4: 2-4,9-10