Drippings from the Honeycomb: The sweetness of God’s Word one verse at a time‪.‬ Another12 Ministries

How should fallen humans approach the Holy God to worship Him? Of course, humans should worship God; that is obvious, but how? How can sinful beings come before the perfect, holy, and all-powerful God without being immediately consumed? 


This was one of the many problems that impacted humanity as a result of the sin of Adam and Eve in the garden. Their once open and intimate relationship with God was now limited by the sinfulness of their fallen nature. They could no longer commune face-to-face with God. Their access to His presence had been cut off. 


However, God had a plan, a plan that would still allow Him and His people to fellowship together. At first, this plan was temporary and heavily symbolic. The sacrificial system was instituted to point the heart and thoughts of humanity towards the coming of the redeemer who would make the final sacrifice for all humanity. Yet, despite its symbolism, the sacrificial system was required by God because the nature of His Divinity required it. 


Today, those who follow Jesus and are members of the family of God no longer need to sacrifice animals because Jesus’ sacrifice was final. However, God still calls his people to sacrifice themself to Him and to His will. He requires repentance and obedience from those who would follow Him. To follow Jesus is to give every aspect of one’s self over to God in totality. This is true in every area of our lives, especially in our worship.
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What is the ultimate consequence of sin? Is it a guilty conscience? Is it public embarrassment? Is it broken relationships, hurting others, or perhaps even loss? It could be all or part of these but are any of these really the ultimate consequence for sin? 


The reality is that there is only one ultimate consequence for sin, and that is separation from God. When we sin, we remove ourselves from the presence of God because He is holy and cannot be in the presence of sin. When we choose to sin, we walk away from our relationship with God, and we choose to glorify ourselves. 


Thankfully, God is merciful and just, and He extends His grace to us, with forgiveness, because He loves us and because of Jesus' sacrifice. God calls His children to be in relationship with Him, and sin is the opposite of that relationship.  


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Everyone knows the story of the fall. A creepy snake tempts Eve into eating some fruit from some tree in some garden that God had made, and just like that, sin, death, and destruction become part of the world we know and live in today. But is that really all there is to the story, or does the sin that caused the fall go deeper than Eve’s actions?


The reality is that it wasn’t just Eve; Adam took an active part in the sin that caused the fall. It also wasn’t just about a single action, like a child taking a cookie that spoils their dinner. At its core, The Fall was about rebellion and idolatry. The desire of man to vaunt himself into the position of God. The sin of Adam and Eve and the sin of Satan were the same sin. The Scripture is clear about it; they desired to be LIKE GOD, the creature coveting equality with the Creator. 


The Scriptures would later point out that the attitude of Jesus was completely different. Jesus, God Himself, would remain humble in His heart attitude. Paul described it this way, “...Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped…” (Philippians 2). Being God Himself, Jesus had every right to claim equality with God. However, so that He could fulfill the role of the sin sacrifice as a perfect HUMAN, He humbled Himself in His humanity and became obedient to the Father. 


That is why Adam brought the world to ruin, and Jesus Christ accomplished redemption.


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“Let us make man in our own image.” How can we even begin to understand all that those simple words contain? We, as humans, are made in the image of God! What are the implications of such a reality? If we are made in God’s image, what does that say about us? What does that say about Him? What does it say about our uniqueness? What does it say about our purpose?


God did not utter those words about anything else that He created. Mankind alone is exclusively made in His image. We know from the Scriptures that even the heavenly beings, like angels, are not made in God’s image. This truth is so incredible, so unfathomable, and so monumental that it demands further investigation. We MUST look into this to understand the depths of its meaning for us. We must strive to learn all that we can about why the One True God chose to create us uniquely in His image. The more we contemplate this, the deeper we will understand why Jesus Christ died on the cross exclusively for our redemption. Humanity is precious to God for many reasons, not the least of which is that we are uniquely created in His own image.
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The creation account. It’s more than just the first sentence of the Bible. In truth, Genesis 1:1 is a worldview packed into ten words. At its core, it is the declaration to all creation of who God is. It tells humanity that God is all-powerful, sovereign, unrivaled, and the one true God. In order to create all that is, God must be a being that is “uncreated,” immortal, and without beginning. It speaks to who God is and confirms that He created all the universe for His own pleasure to fulfill a purpose and a plan entirely of His own devising. It tells us that God is no mere craftsman but that He is able to will into existence that which He desires from nothing, meaning He is perfectly self-sufficient. 


Genesis 1:1 is a verse that is so easy to read over, to bypass because we are so familiar with it. However, the reality is that if we pause for just a moment, we will find that this verse is packed with truth and meaning. We will see that it gives us a window into the heart of God, of who He is, and why He alone is worthy of our worship.
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Are you ready to jump into the book of Genesis and see the truths God has revealed to His people within its pages? 

Before we begin this incredible journey, we pause to take a look at the foundations of this incredible book: the truths from which it derives its overwhelming authority. We pause to consider the man that God selected to write these words, a man who spoke with God face to face "as a man speaks with his friend," and we pause to prepare our hearts to understand the passionate love of God for His creation and the depths to which His plan has driven Him to go in pursuit of a way of salvation for humanity.
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