Category: Bible Study

Posted on

The Creation Story Pt. 2: The Creation of Man

God created man in His own image. After He found no mate for the man He had created, God created woman. If God created man and woman, when did they evolve? Where does evolution play in the creation of man? And why was woman created from man? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the truth behind the creation of man in the second part of his, The Creation Story series.

Genesis 2:1-4
Genesis 1:1
Hebrews 2:6-8
Genesis 2:19
Genesis 2:7
Genesis 2:21-22
Genesis 2:24

Just to clarify, the word Heavens in Genesis 1:1 is not actually a plural word when going back to the Hebrew. We firmly believe that only the Third Heaven (and Earth) was created at the time Genesis 1:1 is referring to, not the other two heavens discussed in the video above.

The Creation of Man

Science teaches us that man evolved out of apes. But is that what God has told us?

The Creation Story: God first created man

5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 2:5-7

The Creation Story: Then God created woman

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Genesis 2:18-22

Then They Became One Flesh

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

According to Scripture, man did not evolve. He was created in the image of God. If Scripture does not support evolution, then evolution cannot be deemed true. Instead, it is a lie sold to us by the enemy. We did not evolve, we were created. Formed by the creator Himself.

Part 1?

Part 3?

Part 4?

Back to Too Deep?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

Is Belief Enough Pt. 3: The Final Three

Jesus said that belief isn’t enough to save us. Why? Why isn’t belief enough? We need Forgiveness, Love, Righteous Humility, Purity, and Biblical Correctness. But is there still more? What are the final three steps? Join ArieRashelle in the final video, The Final Three, of our three-part series, Is Belief Enough?

Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 12:46-50
Luke 22:42
2 Peter 3:9
John 3:16-17
Matthew 10:5-6
Acts 13:44-47
Romans 12:4-8
James 2:14-17
Ephesians 2:8-9
Matthew 25:41-46
1 Timothy 5:8
Matthew 7:13-14
Malachi 3:8-12
Genesis 14:18-20
Genesis 28:20-22
Malachi 3:10
Matthew 22:21
Acts 5:1-11
1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Is Belief Enough?

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, His mother and His brothers stood outside, asking to speak to Him. 48 But He replied to the man who told Him, ‘Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?’ 49 And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’

Matthew 12:46-50

If we want inheritance with Christ, then we have to be spiritually related to Christ. The only way to do that is to do the will of the Father. Belief isn’t enough on its own. Faith without action is dead. We have to have action behind our faith. Each of us has a specific calling, as well as an overall calling.

All of us are called to be fishers of men. We are to win souls. Why? Because that is the overall will of the Father.

16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.

John 3:16-17

God’s will is that none should perish but all come to repentance. That is the overall will of the Father. We are all called to win souls for Christ.

Part One?

Part Two?

Back to Nuggets of Truth?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

The Creation Story Pt. 1: How Old Is The Earth?

We all know Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” But do we all know what that means? Do we understand what Moses meant when he said, “3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3). Or maybe when he said, “6 And God said, ‘Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ 7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.” How about evolution, is it fact or fiction? How old is the Earth? Does the Bible even say how old the earth is? Why did Moses say ‘evening then morning,’ if there was no sun? So, join Rev. Kenny Yates as he uncovers the truth behind the Creation Story in part one, How Old Is The Earth, of his four-part series, The Creation Story.

Hebrews 10:1
Colossians 2:16-17
Deuteronomy 19:15
Psalms 90:4
2 Peter 3:8
Psalms 95:10-11
Hebrews 3:7-11
Revelation 20:1-6

How Old is the Earth?

Does the Bible really say how old the earth is? The Bible starts with the words in the beginning.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

If the Bible starts with, in the beginning, then wouldn’t it make sense that the Bible gives us the age of the earth?

7 But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 Peter 3:7-9

Part 2?

Part 3?

Part 4?

Back to Too Deep?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

Is Belief Enough Pt. 2: What More Is There?

We now know that belief isn’t enough. We know we need to forgive, to love, and to have righteous humility, but what more do we need? What more is there to get into Heaven? Join ArieRashelle as she guides you through the next steps after Salvation, in part two, What More Is There, of the three-part series, Is Belief Enough?

John 8:51
John 15:10
Matthew 5:27-30
Proverbs 7:21-23
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
John 2:19
Matthew 6:22-23
2 Corinthians 6:14
Matthew 10:32-33
Ezekiel 33:7-9
John 3:16-17
Matthew 7:21
John 15:5-6
Matthew 10:34-39
Matthew 25:33-46

Is Belief Enough?

Is There More?: We Must Be Pure

If belief isn’t enough, what more is there?

8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8

9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 1:9-11

8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Philippians 4:8

As the body of Christ, we must be pure. Pure in our actions, our thoughts, our speech. We must be pure.

Is There More?: We Must Be Biblically Correct

7 So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

Ezekiel 33:7-9

In other words, you can’t be a Christian in speech only. You have to be a Christian in your actions. You have to correct sin, even if it offends. Look what God said about being a friend of the world.

4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?

James 4:4-5

We can’t put the feelings of the world over or before the righteousness of God. God has to come first, or He is no longer your God. Whatever you put before God has taken His place in your life and has become your god.

Part One?

Part Three?

Back to Nuggets of Truth?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

Is Belief Enough Pt. 1: Are There Requirements To Enter Heaven?

I believe in God, but is that enough? Is believing that God exists enough, or is there another step? Can you enter Eternal Life simply by saying you believe, or are there some kind of requirements? Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” So what does that means? Join ArieRashelle as she uses Scripture to explain what Jesus meant in Matthew 7:21, in her video series Is Belief Enough?

Ephesians 2:8-9
James 2:14-26
Matthew 7:21-23
John 14:15
Matthew 6:14-15
Matthew 18:32-35
Matthew 11:28-30
Matthew 10:22
Matthew 5:43-48
1 John 4:19-21
Luke 10:25-29
John 4:9
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
1 Corinthians 13:4-10
1 John 4:19-21
Luke 6:27-31
Philippians 2:5-8
Proverbs 16:18
Proverbs 11:2
Romans 12:3-8
Matthew 7:13-14
Jeremiah 29:11
Malachi 3:10-12
John 10:10
John 14:12-14

Is Belief Enough?

The verse many people have as a defense for the way they live their lives is:

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

But is this really what Paul meant by this statement? Was he saying that works are unnecessary and pointless? Was he saying that it didn’t matter the way we lived our lives because we can’t save ourselves? Or was he saying that we can’t save ourselves, but once we are saved, we have to change, for there can be no unrighteousness with God?

Let’s take a look at what Jesus said during His earthly ministry.

14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:14-15

According to Jesus, belief isn’t enough. You have to forgive if you want to be forgiven.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

1 John 4:7-9

According to John, you have to have love in order to be a new creation in Christ Jesus. In order to keep your salvation, you must love.

Part Two?

Part Three?

Back to Nuggets of Truth?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

The Beasts of the Field

In Genesis 3, God compares Satan’s intelligence to that of the Beasts of the Field. Why? Throughout history, we’re told of mythological creatures such as centaurs, satyrs, minotaurs, etc. Many people hear about these mythological creatures and think that they’re just all make-believe. But what if they’re not? What if there is more to these mythological creatures? What if there are mythological creatures in the Bible? What if Satan being called a dragon is more than what it seems? Crazy? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the Truth in her video, The Beasts of The Field.

Genesis 3:1
Hebrews 2:6-8
Deuteronomy 28:26
Isaiah 18:6
Genesis 2:18-20
Revelation 12:9
Matthew 18:10
John 3:14-15
Numbers 21:8
Isaiah 6:2
Job 1:6-7
Revelation 12:7-8
Genesis 6:1-2
Jude 1:6
Luke 3:38
1 Peter 5:8
Revelation 12:10
Genesis 2:18-19
Isaiah 34:14
Genesis 1:26
Isaiah 13:21
Revelation 13:2-4
Revelation 18:2
Deuteronomy 32:17
Genesis 1:1
Psalms 82:1-7
Matthew 25:46
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
Matthew 19:17
Luke 23:39-43

The Beasts of the Field

Satan Compared to a Beast of the Field

If Satan is an angel and the beasts of the field are just animals, why did God compare his intelligence to an animal?

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

Genesis 3:1a

Mythological Creatures in the Bible

Satan Called a Dragon

If Satan is an angel, why is he never referred to as such? Why is he referred to as a dragon or a serpent (which are beasts of the field)?

7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:7-9

The beasts of the field aren’t animals, they are supernatural beings created on earth. That’s why they were brought to the man when God saw he was lonely.

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

Genesis 2:18-19

Satan isn’t an angel. He is a beast of the field.

Back to Too Deep?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

Identity Thief

Do you know who you are in Christ? That’s a question I feel we no longer know the answer to in today’s society. We are too busy classifying ourselves according to what the world says instead of what the Word of God says. The case of missing identity has become very prevalent in our society. There is definitely an Identity Thief on the loose out there. So once again I ask, do you know who you are in Christ?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Colossians 3:5-10
John 15:19
Romans 12:1-2
1 John 2:4-6
Ephesians 5:1
Galatians 3:26-29
Psalms 103:8-13
Isaiah 43:25
Matthew 11:28-30
2 Corinthians 5:17
John 3:3
Ephesians 4:21-24

Identity Thief in Our World Today

In our culture today, we have no idea who we are anymore. Every day we push more and more to take away our identities. We pushed to remove God from our schools. We’re currently pushing to remove gender altogether. But why? The enemy knows that if we don’t have an identity, we are lost. He also knows that if we will believe that we are our sin, then we will reject the Truth.

See, the Truth sets us free, but if we believe that the Truth is trying to destroy our identity then we will never accept it. The enemy didn’t sneak and take our identity and our children’s identities one night while we were sleeping. No, in fact, he walked in through the front door and slowly began to change the way we think through movements of ’empowerment’. From the very beginning the Devil has been good at getting us to willingly accept poison as he convinces us that we like it.

The Devil, in the Garden of Eden, convinced Eve that the forbidden fruit wouldn’t cause death, but instead, it would make you wise like God. He convinced the people of Israel that God was their Baal. The Devil attacks the mind before anything else. Why? Because you are what you think. If you want your identity back, change the way you think. Be transformed by the renewal of your mind. Study your Bible so you know who you are in Christ Jesus, then put it into action by casting down any thought contrary to your identity in Christ Jesus.

Always remember, you are not your sin. You are not your past. You are a new creation in Christ Jesus.

Part One?

Part Two?

Back to Nuggets of Truth?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

From Lucifer to Satan

As Christians, we have been taught from a young age that Lucifer and Satan are one being. Lucifer was the choir director in Heaven. Throughout his body were musical pipes, but then pride was found in him, due to miraculous beauty. Lucifer was then thrown down to the Earth before the Earth was even formed, which resulted in the Earth being left in Chaos.

Once thrown down, he became known as the Devil and Satan, vowing to destroy all of mankind. But is this the true origin of Satan? Did he really fall before the Earth was even formed? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the truth.

Ezekiel 28:12-14
Isaiah 14:12
Revelation 12:9
Ezekiel 10:14
Ezekiel 10:20-22
Genesis 1:16
Revelation 9:1
Ezekiel 28:15
John 8:44
Isaiah 14:13-14
Revelation 12:4-6
Ephesians 5:22-27
Revelation 19:13-16
John 1:14
Matthew 2:13-15
Ezekiel 28:18-19
1 Peter 5:8
Isaiah 14:15
Revelation 20:3

Verses on Lucifer and Satan

Lucifer

His Sin

12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

Isaiah 14:12-14
His Punishment

15 But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.

Isaiah 14:15

Lucifer’s sin was that he desired to be like God, whereas Satan’s sin was that he tried to kill God.

Satan

His Sin

1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.

5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. 7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,

Revelation 12:1-7
His Punishment

8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:8-9

The Anointed Guardian Cherub

The Sin

14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. 16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.

Ezekiel 28:14-17
The Punishment

18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you.

Ezekiel 28:18

Lucifer, Satan, and the Anointed Guardian Cherub Table

Lucifer, Satan, and the Anointed Guardian Cherub are three different beings for several reasons, but specifically, because their sins and their punishments were very different. One was thrown to earth, another to the pit, and the last was destroyed (turned to ash).

Picture describing difference between Lucifer, Satan, and Anointed Guardian Cherub

Back to Too Deep?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

Sheol

We’ve often heard that the dead go to a special place, but what exactly is that place? When Jesus died and went into the belly of the Earth, was that place Hell? What is the difference between Hell and this Old Testament term, Sheol? Is there even a difference? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through both Old Testament and New Testament to find the answers, in her video Sheol.

Acts 17:11
Matthew 5:22
Genesis 37:35
2 Corinthians 5:8
Luke 16:22-23
Luke 16:25-28
Mark 9:43-48
Revelation 19:20
Revelation 20:14
Matthew 12:40
Revelation 20:11-15
Ephesians 4:8
Revelation 6:9-11
2 Corinthians 5:8
Matthew 16:25
John 14:1-4

Sheol

8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

Psalms 139:8

39 But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”

Matthew 12:39-41

22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s [bosom]. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’

Luke 16:22-24

13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:13-15

Back to Too Deep?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Posted on

Thou Shall Not Judge

“Judge not, that you be not judged. ” Matthew 7:1. This is one of the most quoted scriptures in our time. It’s usually quoted when someone is being corrected for doing something that they believe they should be able to do. “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7b is the other verse we love to quote after being corrected. Which leaves us all asking the question, can Christians judge? Or is it ‘Thou Shall Not Judge’?

Are Christians allowed to judge? Is that morally, right? Many believe that it is, while others believe that it is morally wrong and sinful. We love to say Jesus never judged. Jesus only showed love. So where does that leave us? Watch the video below, check the evidence presented, and you decide what the Bible deems is morally right.

Jonah 1:4-6
Matthew 26:40
1 Samuel 26:12
John 15:4
John 15:6
John 15:10
Matthew 10:28
Matthew 7:1
Galatians 5:24
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Proverbs 12:1
Matthew 7:5
Matthew 7:15-16
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Galatians 5:19-21
Matthew 7:17-20

Thou Shall Not Judge

We often quote Matthew 7 but never read the verse in its entirety.

1 Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

6 Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Matthew 7:1-6

Jesus isn’t saying ‘do not judge’. He’s saying judge righteously. Look at God’s warning to Elijah.

18 If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

Ezekiel 3:18-19

We are to judge righteously by calling sin sin, and living a righteous life by following Christ.

Back to Nuggets of Truth?

Back to Theology?

Similar Content

Like and Share This:
Proudly powered by WordPress