Date: Oct. 4, 2014
Start Time: 5am
End Time: 12nn
Scripture: Genesis 2

1) God is alive and He is life.

verse - God breath life to man

Everything God created is living...
at the 2nd day He divided the water, one above (sky), the other below (seas)

water = life
human body consists of 70% water
vs says no plants yet for there's no rain yet

God situated Eden in the middle of 4 rivers

Lahat ng nilikha Nya ay buhay at puno din ng buhay... the plants and animals are alive and they give life.  man is a living being and he gives life.

Man by nature is alive and living so when death comes in our lives, everything in us by nature strives to be alive again.  Kahit na medyo masakit, at malaking kawalan ang na experience natin, in the end, we survive and we continue living because it is our nature to be alive.

So when death comes or loss or defeat, know that by nature we are living and so we should not allow them to end our lives because God is alive and HE created us living so we are built and designed to live despite of the death we experience, so we have the capability to bounce back and become alive again in every death we experience.  Sa lahat ng mga kamatayan, kawalan, kalungkutan, pagkatalo, etc na dinaanan natin or dadaanan pa, know that God created us to be alive and living so we have it in us to bounce back and come back to life!

2) God gives life!

vs - center is tree of life

so everything God created shows that He is alive and He is full of life.  HE is the source of life too. if you look down in the verse below, you will find that adam named each animals and you know what, the animals got their identity. Eve was also made to help Adam live his life on earth.

As God the creator gave life to His creations, so is His creations gives life to one another.  Adam gave the animals their name and they received their identity.  Even Adam's words gives life.  Adam's hands gives life to the plants.

plants become food to animals, animals become food to man, man's breathe becomes food to plants and when man dies, our bodies becomes food to the earth.  the cycle is about receiving and giving away life.

There's a reason why God placed the tree of life in the center of Eden.  It gives us an understanding as to who God is and His plans for us.  God is the giver of life as He places the tree of life at the center of the garden.

3) God is in control

verse - God place the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the center of the eden

God is an all knowing God and so when He created and placed the tree of good and evil in the midst of the garden, He knew that this tree could be a stumbling block for Adam and Eve, but He still kept the tree, why?  Kahit alam ni Lord na ang bunga ng punong ito ay magbibigay kamatayan sa tao, di Nya ito inalis sa hardin.  This tells me that God is in control kase di Sya na bahala sa ano man ang magagawa ng bunga ng punong ito sa kanyang mga nilikha.  Ngunit, ipinakita Nya na He can use anything and everything to show His glory to everyone.  Parang nakikita kong sabi ni Lord, naku ang kahoy na ito ay magiging instrumento sa pagpasok ng kamatayan sa buhay ng tao, sya cge, ang punong ito rin ang magiging instrumento para makita ng Tao kung Sino ako.

Di ba, hanggang ngayon, it is our sin that shows us how great God's grace is?  di ba ang ating mga kahinaan ang nagpapakita sa atin ng kalakasan at kapangyarihan ng Diyos?  Di ba ang ating mga limitasyon at pagkukulang ang nagpapakita kung gaano ka laki at lakas ng Panginoon sa buhay natin?  God did not throw away the tree of the knowledge of good and evil just because may potential ito na sirain ang buhay ng tao, instead ginamit Nya ito para mapakita sa lahat ang kanyang kakayahan bilang nag iisang Diyos na Buhay sa buong munda.  When Adam ate the fruit death came, and becauase of this, Jesus came and conquered death!

So sa buhay natin, we can be assured that God is in control.  Kahit na ano pa man ang problemang dumating, kahit gaano pa ito kalaki, instead na mabahala, expect God's glory seen.  Sabi ko nga, problems are opportunities for God to show His glory to us.

So di tayo dapat mabahala, kase una sa lahat, God created us to have life and full of it, so kahit anong problema, know that ang buhay na binigay ni Lord sa atin ay may kakayahang mag bounce back o ma survive ang ano mang problemang dinadaanan natin.  2nd, God gives life and we are the same.  so di Nya ginawa ang problema para sa atin...dahil gusto Nyang buhay tayo eternally with Him.  At pangatlo, He is in control.  Yang problemang yan na mag destroy sa Atin ay sya ring problema na gagamitin ni Lord para mapakita ang Kanyang kadakilaan at Kapangyarihan sa ating.

Kaya purihin si Lord!