WHAT IS MAN?
1) What does God claim with reference to man's origin?
"I have created him,..... I have formed him; Yea, I have made him." Isaiah 43:7
Genesis 2:7 " 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."
NOTE(JB) Please notice that man became a living soul, thus a souls is not a separate item but part of the whole being. Not something that exists beyond death, God's BREATH OF LIFE?
Ecclesiastes 12:7 "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. "
DUST?
Genesis 3:19 "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
2) What physical characteristics has he [man] in common with other living creatures?
See Genesis 2:7 above and... Acts 17:25 " Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;:
Ecclesiastes 3:19 " For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; ......"\
NOTE(JB): "...Yea, they all have one breath...." This is God's "Breath of Life" interchangeable with with the word "SPIRIT" !which is interchangeable with the word, "SOUL." It for the reason of human desire to be different, to set our own path, to make our own interpretations of God's Word which is why there's 43,000 so called "Christian" denominations on earth! All from ONE WORD, ONE CROSS and ONE SAVIOR! The reason why for this verse.....
Matthew 24:4-5 "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
3) How does man differ from the lower orders of creation?
A) God communicated to man a nature akin His own. Genesis 9:6 "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."
B) God intended man to know and understand His messages of truth.
Matthew 4:4 " But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
4) With what faculties are we humans able to apprehend God and His will?
Isaiah 26:9 "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness"
5) Of what three parts is man composed?.
"I pray God your whole Spirit and Soul [mind] and Body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
6) Having given men the capacity for communion with God, what invitation does the Creator extend to them?
Amos 5:8 " Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:"
7) If we avail ourselves of the privilege of communion with God, what are we promised?
Hebrews 11:6 " But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
NOTE(JB) Hebrews 11 is the FAITH CHAPTER.
8) How does God desire us to regard Him?
Malachi 2:10 " Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?"
Note(JB): As God The Father is The Creator, through Jesus Christ, then all men are by nature His children. As all are His children, that makes us all brothers and sisters, in Christ Jesus, who is in fact our OLDER BROTHER and Savior!
9) What harmonious relation should likewise obtain between man and man?
Mark 12:30-31 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."
John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."
NOTE(JB) Sadly many fall far short of this standard, then, and now! WHY?
Matthew 7:13 "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:"
WHY IS THIS? Many are to self-centered and live their lives only for self, the old "I did it MY way"! syndrome. None can save self!
J.L. Liebman, "Peace of Mind p.194 "Constantly, without our knowing it, we are sources of infection for good and evil. We are the carriers of health and disease, either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety. No one can be immunized against us; as long as we live we make the world freer or more enslaved, nobler or more degraded."
NOTE(JB): Those who are born during the 1940's know this all too well, our national morality has gone down the toilet! Today its anything goes, there are few taboos left in society at large today, we need only to look at our Presidential election of 2016, to know there's not bottom to the filth and sleaze and lies!
10) What authority did God give man on this earth?
Psalms 8:6 "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet"
11) Though God has made man a steward on the earth how does the Creator declare His ownership?
Job 41:11 "Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine."
12) What does God require of a steward?
1 Corinthians 4:2 " Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
13) Will God call man to account for his stewardship?
1 Corinthians 3:8 " Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.."
14) What will the unfaithful steward forfeit?
Ezekiel 33:9 " Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."
15) Will God take pleasure in withdrawing life forever from the sinner?
Ezekiel 33:11 "Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
16) What gracious offer, therefore, is made to those who repent and seek to fulfill the divine intention?
Ezekiel 18:30 "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin."
NOTE(JB) BEFORE someone runs of half-cocked, please look at this term "House of Israel".....
Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.."
Therefore IF you belong to Christ in loving obedience, YOU are also a "Child of the Promise", and thus a SEED of Abraham, through Christ! This makes one a "Spiritual Israelite" !
THANKING Y O U FOR YOUR TIME. Questions? Comments? John at
www.servant@frontier.com
NEXT: "Whence Come Evil " [ The word God in English came from the word GOOD. The word devil came to us from the English word EVIL!..fun-facts]
Want/Need more? Visit your Seventh-day Adventist Church any Saturday/Sabbath at 9-10 AM & learn just how much Jesus loves YOU!
Other sites: aftv.org: blbn.org: amazingdiscoveries.org : itiswritten.com
See Genesis 2:7 above and... Acts 17:25 " Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;:
Ecclesiastes 3:19 " For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; ......"\
NOTE(JB): "...Yea, they all have one breath...." This is God's "Breath of Life" interchangeable with with the word "SPIRIT" !which is interchangeable with the word, "SOUL." It for the reason of human desire to be different, to set our own path, to make our own interpretations of God's Word which is why there's 43,000 so called "Christian" denominations on earth! All from ONE WORD, ONE CROSS and ONE SAVIOR! The reason why for this verse.....
Matthew 24:4-5 "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
3) How does man differ from the lower orders of creation?
A) God communicated to man a nature akin His own. Genesis 9:6 "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."
B) God intended man to know and understand His messages of truth.
Matthew 4:4 " But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
4) With what faculties are we humans able to apprehend God and His will?
Isaiah 26:9 "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness"
5) Of what three parts is man composed?.
"I pray God your whole Spirit and Soul [mind] and Body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
6) Having given men the capacity for communion with God, what invitation does the Creator extend to them?
Amos 5:8 " Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:"
7) If we avail ourselves of the privilege of communion with God, what are we promised?
Hebrews 11:6 " But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
NOTE(JB) Hebrews 11 is the FAITH CHAPTER.
8) How does God desire us to regard Him?
Malachi 2:10 " Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?"
Note(JB): As God The Father is The Creator, through Jesus Christ, then all men are by nature His children. As all are His children, that makes us all brothers and sisters, in Christ Jesus, who is in fact our OLDER BROTHER and Savior!
9) What harmonious relation should likewise obtain between man and man?
Mark 12:30-31 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."
John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."
NOTE(JB) Sadly many fall far short of this standard, then, and now! WHY?
Matthew 7:13 "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:"
WHY IS THIS? Many are to self-centered and live their lives only for self, the old "I did it MY way"! syndrome. None can save self!
J.L. Liebman, "Peace of Mind p.194 "Constantly, without our knowing it, we are sources of infection for good and evil. We are the carriers of health and disease, either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety. No one can be immunized against us; as long as we live we make the world freer or more enslaved, nobler or more degraded."
NOTE(JB): Those who are born during the 1940's know this all too well, our national morality has gone down the toilet! Today its anything goes, there are few taboos left in society at large today, we need only to look at our Presidential election of 2016, to know there's not bottom to the filth and sleaze and lies!
10) What authority did God give man on this earth?
Psalms 8:6 "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet"
11) Though God has made man a steward on the earth how does the Creator declare His ownership?
Job 41:11 "Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine."
12) What does God require of a steward?
1 Corinthians 4:2 " Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
13) Will God call man to account for his stewardship?
1 Corinthians 3:8 " Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.."
14) What will the unfaithful steward forfeit?
Ezekiel 33:9 " Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."
15) Will God take pleasure in withdrawing life forever from the sinner?
Ezekiel 33:11 "Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
16) What gracious offer, therefore, is made to those who repent and seek to fulfill the divine intention?
Ezekiel 18:30 "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin."
NOTE(JB) BEFORE someone runs of half-cocked, please look at this term "House of Israel".....
Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.."
Therefore IF you belong to Christ in loving obedience, YOU are also a "Child of the Promise", and thus a SEED of Abraham, through Christ! This makes one a "Spiritual Israelite" !
THANKING Y O U FOR YOUR TIME. Questions? Comments? John at
www.servant@frontier.com
NEXT: "Whence Come Evil " [ The word God in English came from the word GOOD. The word devil came to us from the English word EVIL!..fun-facts]
Want/Need more? Visit your Seventh-day Adventist Church any Saturday/Sabbath at 9-10 AM & learn just how much Jesus loves YOU!
Other sites: aftv.org: blbn.org: amazingdiscoveries.org : itiswritten.com
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