Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Since Adam, which in the Hebrew language means reddish man, was the first to be created, he had the responsibility to ensure that the order that God created originally is maintained. Firstly, Adam was created as a spiritual man (Gen. 1:27) who had no form i.e. no physicality and he only became a physical human being when God fashioned him from the dust of the earth and breathed the created Adamic spirit into his nostrils. Thus he became a living breathing spirit filled man (Gen 2:7). So Adam became a physical man with an eternal spirit with the remit to carry the Blessing of the Lord and pass it on, i.e. be fruitful, replenish the earth and take dominion over it (Gen. 1:28). Adam was deceived by the serpent and lost his ability to pass on the blessing of the Lord. So Abraham walked with God and was called his friend. Isaac, Jacob and Joseph carried the Blessing in spite of their character faults and passed it on. The purpose of Jesus coming in human form is to restore the order that once was and allow each  individual, starting with the man, to walk again in the Blessing of the Lord. Although the Blessing of the Lord a huge topic, it is a vital ingredient of the believer’s walk. It is our responsibility to carry the blessing and to pass it on unto at least three generations of our offspring. However, the Blessing is not just material things but comes in its fullness when we become recipients of the covenant made between God and Abraham in Gen 12 and explained in Galatians 3 particularly vv.13 -18. When we become people who live by faith we learn to activate the Blessing. So today let us become spiritual people by living ‘in Christ’ so that we can become friends of God.  Read Joshua 2.