0186 The Purpose of Man

The Purpose of Man

Our bodies were not designed to handle sin (pain, depression, sickness, divorce, alcohol, drugs, cigars or fornication) Car wasn’t designed to handle the weight of the semi truck

As fish needs water, birds need food, body needs oxygen so are you in need of presence

A nice car without gas will not work

You don’t make anything until you know what do you want and why do you want it

The purpose of something determines its design, nature and features

Life is not an experiment or a trial run

It’s foolish to ask the creation for the purpose

Gen.1:26; 2:8-9, 19; 3:8

Man is made in God’s image (Mt.22:15-22)

Whatever had the image of Caesar was the property of Caesar

Your money may belong to Caesar but your heart belongs to God

The value of the coin is not its color, size but the image

Man is made to have dominion over earth

God said let them have dominion

He will not change even if we will - God is faithful even if we are unfaithful

God has dominion over heaven man has dominion over earth

God shares His dominion

Man is responsible for earth not God (because of its mess) (Ps.115:16)

Man doesn’t have the ownership of the earth but the rulership of it (Ps.24:1)

Man named animals not God (Gen.2:19)

What you name you claim; what you claim you have responsibility for

Jesus was named, claimed and responsibility of the Father

Abraham & Jacob & Peter was named, claimed and responsibility of the Father

You have a new name (Is.62) child of the King – Satan has no claims on you

Man was given dominion over serpent (Gen.3:1; 1:26-28)

Man ate the forbidden

Why did serpent deceive Adam?

Serpent is thirsty for power for he has none; he’ll do anything to get it

Serpent wants to be like God (have dominion); and man has what he wants

He tried to deceive Jesus as well because Jesus came to take what he took from Adam (Mt.4:9)

The difference between the forbidden trees is not looks

When you eat of the forbidden you make him your kind and yourself his slave

God is king over kings not slaves; Satan is king over slaves

Man was removed from the presence

Just as fish was made for water so are you for presence (not for drugs, alcohol and etc)

The first indication that you have eaten of forbidden is when there is no presence

You can’t have dominion without the presence and you can’t have presence without dominion

Have you lost your dominion?

Do you live in the presence?

Have you eaten the forbidden?

Presence of God – just to be in His presence or to be where He is present not including speaking

I prefer God’s presence more then presence of 150 souls

We build the wall of separation God tore that wall “flesh” of His Son

Can you get to know someone or see them behind a wall – God made a door