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GENESIS 2:7 KJV
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.
GENESIS 2:8-9 MSG
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat.
The TREE-OF-LIFE was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
Only God can define life because He gave life.
Death came in as a result of Adam's disobedience.
Many people look at the world as right and wrong.
H2416 life
Original: חי
Transliteration: chay
Phonetic: khah'-ee
Strong's Definition: From H2421;
alive; raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong;
life (or living thing):
age, alive, appetite, beast, company, congregation, life (-time), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
H2421
Original: חיה
Transliteration: châyâh
Phonetic: khaw-yaw'
H2331
Original: חוה
Transliteration: châvâh
Phonetic: khaw-vah'
to tell, declare, show, make known
H238
Original: אזן
Transliteration: 'âzan
Phonetic: aw-zan'
to hear, listen
There is something that man was to declare; to show that this life is something.
Why do we need to get full understanding of revelation?
Because revelation changes our lives.
When we have God's life, we are protected.
Anyone without Christ is dead.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF YOU?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE?
JAMES 4:13 AMP
Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”
JAMES 4:14 NLT
How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
JAMES 4:14 AMP
Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [WHAT is SECURE in YOUR LIFE?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].
God revealed Himself to the Jews.
DEUTERONOMY 30:15-16a, 17-20
[YHWH:] “See, I have set before you today LIFE and GOODNESS [et ha-khayim w-et ha-tov], and DEATH and EVIL; in that I command you today to love YHWH your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may LIVE [w-khayita] and BECOME NUMEROUS…
DEUTERONOMY 30:15-16a, 17-20
But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you shall surely perish.
You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and take possession of it. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death [ha-khayim w-ha-mawet], the blessing and the curse.
DEUTERONOMY 30:15-16a, 17-20
So CHOOSE LIFE [ba-khayim] in order that you may LIVE [ti-kh’yeh], you and your descendants, by loving YHWH your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life [khayeka] and the length of your days…”
PSALM 27:1 NASB2020
The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom should I fear? The Lord is the defense of my LIFE; Whom should I dread?
They recognised Jehovah is their defense.
PSALM 27:4 NASB2020
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD ALL the DAYS of MY LIFE, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple.
The Jews' desire was to be in the house of the Lord.
PSALM 27:13 NASB2020
…I certainly believed that I would see the GOODNESS of YHWH in the land of the LIVING [b-eretskhayim]. Wait for YHWH; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for YHWH.
PSALM 16:8-9 NASB2020
I have SET the LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. THEREFORE my heart is GLAD and my glory REJOICES; My flesh also will dwell securely.
All the things of the world is what the Gentiles seek after but the Jews seek after God.
PSALM 16:10-11 NASB2020
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. YOU will make known to me the WAY of LIFE; In YOUR PRESENCE is fullness of joy; In YOUR RIGHT HAND there are pleasures forever.
The Jews experience the presence of God in the temple.
God shows to them the ways of life.
JOHN 6:33-35 TPT
The BREAD of GOD is the ONE WHO came out of heaven to GIVE HIS LIFE to feed the world.” “Then please, sir, give us this bread every day,” they replied.
Bread today symbolizes life.
JOHN 6:33-35 TPT
JESUS said to them, “I AM THE BREAD of LIFE. Come every day to me and you will never be hungry. Believe in me and you will never be thirsty.
JOHN 4:13-14 MSG
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The WATER I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of ENDLESS LIFE.”
Jesus will give us living waters.
MATTHEW 6:24 NASB2020
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
We can only serve one master; either God or Money.
The world says money equals life.
MATTHEW 6:25 NASB2020
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is LIFE not more than food, and the body more than clothing?
If we serve the wrong God, we will get death.
Worry, stress is part of death.
Jesus is helping us to see that there is more to life than food, clothing and money.
Jesus' definition of life is not about food or money.
MATTHEW 6:26 NASB2020
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS them. Are YOU not much more important than they?
A bird is meant to fly free.
The creator will cause them to settle at a place to have food.
If we are still worrying, we are still stuck at the true understanding of life.
Jesus said if you realise and come to me, I will provide for you.
Work without stress and worry.
MATTHEW 6:27 NASB2020
And which of you by worrying can add a single day to his life’s span?
MATTHEW 6:27 KJV
Which of you by taking THOUGHT can add one cubit unto his stature?
[a cubit - a measure of length equal to distance from the joint of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger (i.e. about 18 inches, (.5 m).]
Worry is all about thinking; our thoughts.
MATTHEW 6:28-29 NASB2020
And why are you worried about clothing? Notice how the lilies of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin thread for cloth, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
MATTHEW 6:30 NASB2020
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
MATTHEW 6:31 NASB2020
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear for clothing?’
MATTHEW 6:32 TPT
For that is WHAT the UNBELIEVERS chase after. Doesn’t YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER ALREADY KNOW the things your bodies require?
MATTHEW 6:33 TPT
“So above all, constantly SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM and HI RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN ALL these LESS IMPORTANT THINGS will be GIVEN to YOU ABUNDANTLY.
God will supply all our needs when we look to Him.
MATTHEW 6:34 TPT
Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, ONE DAY AT A TIME. Tomorrow will take care of itself.”
God wants to give us a life eternal.
MATTHEW 6:34 MSG
“Give your entire attention to WHAT GOD is DOING RIGHT NOW, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. GOD will help you deal with whatever hard things come up WHEN the time comes.
Do not worry about what is going to happen tomorrow.
Why God allow challenges to happen?
It is to mature our character; to be more like Christ.
To develop love, patience, tolerance
When we face situation, let God handle it.
COLOSSIANS 3:1 TPT
Christ’s resurrection is YOUR resurrection too. This is why we are to YEARN FOR ALL that is ABOVE, for that’s WHERE CHRIST SITS ENTHRONED at the place of all power, honor, and authority!
It's a new nature us inside to yearn for God.
God is our author and finisher of our faith.
God is our supplier, provider.
COLOSSIANS 3:2 TPT
Yes, FEAST on all the TREASURES of the HEAVENLY REALM and FILL YOUR THOUGHTS with HEAVENLY REALITIES, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.
Stay focus on God.
Meditation is to put our mind on God.
What is eternal is the real thing.
Open our eyes to see what is true and not true, what is real and not real.
Don't allow our physical lifestyles or relationships to distract us from the real thing that matters - Love, joy, peace and righteousness in the Holy Spirit.
This is the kingdom of God.
COLOSSIANS 3:1-2 MSG
So if you’re serious about living this NEW RESURRECTION LIFE with Christ, act like it. PURSUE the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to WHAT is GOING on AROUND CHRIST —that’s where the action is. SEE THINGS FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE.
We need to see from God's perspective.
How does God sees your life today?
We are define by how He define who we are.
He define us as a new creation, we are a righteousness of God in Christ.
How to discipline a mischievous person?
- Declare who he is in Christ
God will change a person.
We just transform as we know Christ.
COLOSSIANS 3:3-4 MSG
YOUR OLD LIFE is DEAD. YOUR NEW LIFE, which is your REAL LIFE—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. HE IS YOUR LIFE. When CHRIST (YOUR REAL LIFE, remember) shows up again on this earth, you’ll show up, too—the REAL YOU, the GLORIOUS YOU. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.
Jesus is your life.
We speak God's Word until His word is what we speak.
Today, Jesus is the word.
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