Daily Devotions – A Moment For The Master

January 03, 2023
Daily Reading – Genesis 3 – 5 / Matthew 2

GOD’S WORD:

Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

    “What is the big deal?” “Who does it hurt anyway?” “I can live my life any way I choose to, it is not anybody’s business but my own.” These are just some of the things I have heard people say over the years trying to justify their sinful lifestyles. The mindset of man seems to be that my sin really only hurts me. While it is true that sin ultimately will be most harmful to the person committing the sin, it is not true that it only hurts them. Truth is that sin separates.

    In Genesis 3 we found sin separating man from the beautiful place God had prepared for them. God in His mercy took man from the garden to keep them from eating of the tree of life, and then living forever in their sinful state. In chapter 4 we find Cain removed from His family and friends because of his sinfulness. In Genesis 5:3 we find that Cain is also removed from even being listed as Adams firstborn son. However, the greatest separation recorded in these chapters is found in our verse today. Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Cain is separated from the presence of God and lived in the land of Nod. The word Nod means “Wandering.” That my friend is the worst separation Sin causes in anyone’s life. He lived out his life wandering around without God. 

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

Do not let sin separate you from friends and family. Do not let sin separate you from places you might want to go to. Most of all, do not let sin set you wandering on this planet separated from God who created you and loves you. 

Can anything be more horrible than that?

Living In His Word Ministries
       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12

January 02, 2023
Daily Reading – Genesis 1 – 2 / Matthew 1

GOD’S WORD:

Genesis 1:27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

    In the first few chapters of Genesis, we see several things. First, we see that earth and all its creation was all God’s idea. No Angel, including Lucifer, had any part in this grand creation that we enjoy today called earth. We also see that God needed no help in its creation. The Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, worked together in all creation. We see it in verse one when it says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The original word used there for God is plural which shows the trinity at work. However, the greatest thing we notice in this passage is that God made man special.

    Man was created as a trinity in the image of God. Plants have life. They have a structure, or what we may think of as a body, but they have no soul or spirit. Animals, while they may appear similar to man are not the same. While animals also have life, a body, and self-consciousness, they have no God-consciousness. You do not find animals creating places of worship. Man, however, was made SPECIAL. Man has life, yet a life different from that of plants and animals. While we have a body and a self-consciousness, we also have the awareness of God. God breathed this special life into man. 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. You see, man is not the same as others in God’s creation. You’re SPECIAL! 

GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

  Remember, in all of God’s Creations, you were made to be like Him. We are not the ancestors of any other creation, nor the evolutionary product of time. We are created by God, and for God. 

Will you let the world see today that,
You are SPECIAL TO GOD?

Living In His Word Ministries
       “Getting people into the Word of God…
                               … and the Word of God into people.”

Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12