| Genesis | In the Beginning:
Key Points: - -You are a creation of God, therefore, the Meaning of Life.pdf is to fulfill your role of a creation. **Ecclesiastes 12:13**: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
- -Gen 2:9 (NIV) The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground. Trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Gen 2:17 "But you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die".
- -Gen 3:22 And the Lord God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
- Gen 3:24 after he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Gen 6:3 Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years." Note: Now all of a sudden Time matters because days are numbered.
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| Romans | Key Points: - Paul's journey
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| Revelations (Oct 2024) | Key Points: - We are all instructed to read every word of this book. Also instructed to not add to, or take away, from the this book.
- God directly informs his people that it will take "wisdom" to not be deceived by the devil in the end times. So Pray to God each prayer for forgiveness of sins and wisdom to not be deceived. the Lords Prayer covers all this.
- Seven Trumpets and Seven Bowls of God's wrath as a warning of the end times and Jesus' return.
- The inhabitants of heaven witness that God's judgment of Babylon is just. God will punish Babylon for persecuting his Christians and destroying his system of things.
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1st John
| Key Points: - -We write this to make our joy complete. 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
- -If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
- -If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
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| Luke (Jan 2025) | Key Points: - Luke 1:77 (NIV) To give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
- 'God with us' Jesus was with us and understands our struggle, our pain, suffering and temptations. Jesus overcame the temptations of the devil and showed us how to follow him into God's kingdom.
- Faith, Love, Mercy, healing, forgiveness.
- Judging Other: Luke 6:37 Do Not Judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- No good tree bears bad fruit = be as good as you say you are or think you are. if you are good - then good fruit will come from you.
- All for the glory of God. We all should follow Jesus' example and be about our heavenly father's business. "A Fisher of men"
- Jesus rejected by the Pharisees and lawyers.
Jesus begins to speak in parables.pdf
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| Ecclesiastes | Key Points: - -Author (unknown) Ecclesiastes is the collected words of a “teacher” or “preacher.” The Teacher is described as having been king over Israel in Jerusalem, and as the son of David. Both of these mean that he was in the royal line of Judah. He is not further identified. Proper to leave a mystery.
- -This author's thesis mirrors the works of Russian Author Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy came to the proper conclusion and gave away his wealth and found happiness in a loving relationship with Jesus serving God.
- -The authors initial questions appear at first to be a lack of understanding or lack of a clear goal. However, this is just his writing style. He truly understands but is giving both sides of the argument. He writes in a style as if he is asking the "Meaning of Life". See Gen above
- Ecclesiastes 3:12-14 'I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. '
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 'So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly. '
- **Ecclesiastes 12:13-14: 'Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.'
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