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- By Apostle Anthony Berry
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Apostle Anthony Berry
I have been saved for 27 years, and have experienced a number of situations where the only way I was able to be delivered is through God's merciful graces. It is my obligation to share the agape of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to a loveless civilization.
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A New Beginning
By Elder Anthony Berry
Genesis 1:1-
The central theme of the Bible is Christ and his creative and Redemptive work. This work begins in Genesis 1st chapter with the first verse where the bible says that God created Heaven and Earth. I guess you wonder where the creative power of the Lord Jesus Christ comes in, and we will look at this right now.
The Creative Christ Colossians 1
Read from 12 to 15
A. Who is the image of the invisible God
B. The firstborn of every creature
Jesus is known as the first born of every creature because he existed before all creation, and his advent into the world in the form of the flesh took place in heaven before the fall of man.
C. For by him were all things created (Col. 1:16)
D. That are in heaven, and that are in Earth
E. Visible and invisible
F. Whether they be thrones or dominions
G. Or principalities, or powers
H. All things were created by him and for him.
Jesus had to be born into the Earth to redeem man from the curse that was placed on man by God starting in the Garden of Eden. This will be addressed in the 3rd chapter of Genesis.
The person that Jesus Christ is has been reported in the bible. While he was on earth he was the Son of God as is reported by Simon Peter. Jesus made many claims such as the father being greater than he was. This is due to the statement in Philippians chapter 4 Paul states that when he found himself in the fashion (likeness) of a man he humbled himself and became a servant. This leaves a big question; what was he before that he lowered his personage from. We discovered that Jesus created everything in creation, but it was before he became the man Jesus Christ; the Messiah. The Gospel of John the divine (not the Baptist) starts with the first verse as follows: John 1:1-10 (read), In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. (this also applies anywhere in the bible where God says let us. The “let us” of God does not apply to Angels; Angels are created beings). When we say let us, and we are talking about ourselves a psychiatrist would say that we are paranoid schizophrenic; God can do anything, be anything, anywhere, anytime, and all at the same time. This is what being God entails; he is limitless. At the same time that Jesus made the statements that “my father is greater than I, I go unto my Father, no man knows the son save the father, when you pray go into your closet and pray our Father which art in heaven”. All of the statements were made because he humbled himself, and became a servant and a sacrifice. When we can accept these biblical facts; we can then understand how the central theme of the bible fits.
In the second chapter of Genesis we find more information about the account of the creation of man, and the planting of the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 2:7-8
I. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground
a. And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
b. And the man became a living soul.
II. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Here we see that man was created before the garden was planted. God made everything that was needed to sustain the garden without intervention from man. The man was put in the garden to dress it and to keep it; here the word dress is used to mean decorate. Man was used as an ornament, not to work in the garden, but just to make it look better. The garden was watered by dew that fell to the ground Gen. 2:4-7. The Lord planted the garden in Eden after he made the man. Let’s not get it mixed up now. The Lord created every other plant bearing fruit on the third day Gen. 1:12. At the end of the sixth day God looked back on all that he had created, and it was Very Good.
The Fall: Gen 3
The Bible says that the serpent was more subtle than any other beast of the field which the Lord God had made. Subtle means that he was more intelligent, I would say cunning than every other animal, and he said to the woman:
1. Has God said that you shall not eat from every tree in the garden?
2. And the woman said “we can eat from every tree in the garden but
3. Of the tree in middle of the garden we can’t eat
4. Or touch it or we will die.
The serpent said the woman
1. You won’t die; God knows that when you eat from the tree
2. You will be like gods knowing both good and evil.
Now it gets interesting. First of all it is not recorded that Eve got the commandment concerning the garden from God. Eve had not been created when God gave the commandment concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to Adam Gen. 2:16-19. But the serpent was there, this is how he was able to ask Eve the questions that he asked her.
to be continued
This proves that Adam was not present with Eve when she originally ate the fruit. Because of the innocence of Adam and Eve by the serpent introducing an unknown element into the mix; Eve is curious about what evil could be. Evil existed before the creation of heaven and earth. Evil began with Lucifer wanting to be as the most high. This is also how he becomes father of lies. When the truth is twisted this is the highest form of lying. Lucifer was able to convince a third of the angels to his way of thinking. This is the reason for man replenishing the earth. The earth had to have been inhabited at one time to need to be replenished Gen. 1:27. All of this happens after the “Let there be light” of God.
The big bang theory is the antithesis of the act of creation. The big bang theory is just that… a theory. A theory is an idea; it can be accepted or renounced. Theories always are subject to change; just as all things involved with man are. Man’s science is him once again making gods that he can control (Rom. 1). Man makes up the rules as he goes along. Man calls the idea that God creating the heavens and earth in seven days crazy. What science doesn’t realize is that at that point in the history of the story between God and man; that the 24 hour day didn’t exist. When the bible speaks of a day it speaks of the dark (it was dark before God said let there be light), and that light were a day. To explain further; concerning the creation in seven days, the day is measured in God’s equivalent of time:
1. For a thousand years in they sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night (Psalms 90:4)
2. But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (II Peter 3 read the whole chapter and this in itself disproves the big bang theory).
A New Beginning
By Elder Anthony Berry
Genesis 1:1-
The central theme of the Bible is Christ and his creative and Redemptive work. This work begins in Genesis 1st chapter with the first verse where the bible says that God created Heaven and Earth. I guess you wonder where the creative power of the Lord Jesus Christ comes in, and we will look at this right now.
The Creative Christ Colossians 1
Read from 12 to 15
A. Who is the image of the invisible God
B. The firstborn of every creature
Jesus is known as the first born of every creature because he existed before all creation, and his advent into the world in the form of the flesh took place in heaven before the fall of man.
C. For by him were all things created (Col. 1:16)
D. That are in heaven, and that are in Earth
E. Visible and invisible
F. Whether they be thrones or dominions
G. Or principalities, or powers
H. All things were created by him and for him.
Jesus had to be born into the Earth to redeem man from the curse that was placed on man by God starting in the Garden of Eden. This will be addressed in the 3rd chapter of Genesis.
The person that Jesus Christ is has been reported in the bible. While he was on earth he was the Son of God as is reported by Simon Peter. Jesus made many claims such as the father being greater than he was. This is due to the statement in Philippians chapter 4 Paul states that when he found himself in the fashion (likeness) of a man he humbled himself and became a servant. This leaves a big question; what was he before that he lowered his personage from. We discovered that Jesus created everything in creation, but it was before he became the man Jesus Christ; the Messiah. The Gospel of John the divine (not the Baptist) starts with the first verse as follows: John 1:1-10 (read), In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. (this also applies anywhere in the bible where God says let us. The “let us” of God does not apply to Angels; Angels are created beings). When we say let us, and we are talking about ourselves a psychiatrist would say that we are paranoid schizophrenic; God can do anything, be anything, anywhere, anytime, and all at the same time. This is what being God entails; he is limitless. At the same time that Jesus made the statements that “my father is greater than I, I go unto my Father, no man knows the son save the father, when you pray go into your closet and pray our Father which art in heaven”. All of the statements were made because he humbled himself, and became a servant and a sacrifice. When we can accept these biblical facts; we can then understand how the central theme of the bible fits.
In the second chapter of Genesis we find more information about the account of the creation of man, and the planting of the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 2:7-8
I. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground
a. And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
b. And the man became a living soul.
II. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Here we see that man was created before the garden was planted. God made everything that was needed to sustain the garden without intervention from man. The man was put in the garden to dress it and to keep it; here the word dress is used to mean decorate. Man was used as an ornament, not to work in the garden, but just to make it look better. The garden was watered by dew that fell to the ground Gen. 2:4-7. The Lord planted the garden in Eden after he made the man. Let’s not get it mixed up now. The Lord created every other plant bearing fruit on the third day Gen. 1:12. At the end of the sixth day God looked back on all that he had created, and it was Very Good.
The Fall: Gen 3
The Bible says that the serpent was more subtle than any other beast of the field which the Lord God had made. Subtle means that he was more intelligent, I would say cunning than every other animal, and he said to the woman:
1. Has God said that you shall not eat from every tree in the garden?
2. And the woman said “we can eat from every tree in the garden but
3. Of the tree in middle of the garden we can’t eat
4. Or touch it or we will die.
The serpent said the woman
1. You won’t die; God knows that when you eat from the tree
2. You will be like gods knowing both good and evil.
Now it gets interesting. First of all it is not recorded that Eve got the commandment concerning the garden from God. Eve had not been created when God gave the commandment concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to Adam Gen. 2:16-19. But the serpent was there, this is how he was able to ask Eve the questions that he asked her.
to be continued
This proves that Adam was not present with Eve when she originally ate the fruit. Because of the innocence of Adam and Eve by the serpent introducing an unknown element into the mix; Eve is curious about what evil could be. Evil existed before the creation of heaven and earth. Evil began with Lucifer wanting to be as the most high. This is also how he becomes father of lies. When the truth is twisted this is the highest form of lying. Lucifer was able to convince a third of the angels to his way of thinking. This is the reason for man replenishing the earth. The earth had to have been inhabited at one time to need to be replenished Gen. 1:27. All of this happens after the “Let there be light” of God.
The big bang theory is the antithesis of the act of creation. The big bang theory is just that… a theory. A theory is an idea; it can be accepted or renounced. Theories always are subject to change; just as all things involved with man are. Man’s science is him once again making gods that he can control (Rom. 1). Man makes up the rules as he goes along. Man calls the idea that God creating the heavens and earth in seven days crazy. What science doesn’t realize is that at that point in the history of the story between God and man; that the 24 hour day didn’t exist. When the bible speaks of a day it speaks of the dark (it was dark before God said let there be light), and that light were a day. To explain further; concerning the creation in seven days, the day is measured in God’s equivalent of time:
1. For a thousand years in they sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night (Psalms 90:4)
2. But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (II Peter 3 read the whole chapter and this in itself disproves the big bang theory).