The Issues about Women's Liberty pt 15

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Now, we've been trying to... Go through a series

for some time on the matter or the topic issues

about or around women's liberty. So if you are

coming newly or you have not been following us,

it will be good to find the teachings online.

Whether you're a man or a woman, this teaching

is for you because ministry is not done in isolation.

It's a collective responsibility, which means

that you will need to always work with other

people to accomplish God's purpose on earth.

So if there is a problem with part of the church

where you're supposed to collaborate, where you're

supposed to cooperate together, and you despise

the gift of God, you're not going to be blessed

by it. Are we together? So if you're a man...

And you despise it. And it happens between, oftentimes,

sometimes between husband and wife. When the

husband always think, and that's where we try

to correlate with the few teachings, I think

the past few, two teachings, to understand that

when it comes to the grace of life, that you

are equal partners in Christ, there is no male

or female. Scripture says, Peter was discussing.

1 Peter 3, 7. Husband, likewise, dwell with them

according to knowledge. Are we together? It's

a giving honor. You can't give honor to your

wife when you have no understanding that you

are equal partners of the grace of life. And

that's why, you see, sometimes husbands will

be... struggling on some certain things, and

the solution is there in their house. You know,

I was telling some of our sisters, they said

one of our sisters was sick, and I said, what

did you do? She said she's not going to be able

to come to cell meeting. And I said, what did

you do? And then I tried to encourage them to

know that they have the grace to heal. why didn't

you lay hands on her? I said, when you go back,

and I will ask them, when you go back, go and

lay hands on her. And I told them that sometimes

my body is doing me because I listen to my body.

When I begin to feel something small, my wife

will lay hands on me. Did you understand what

I'm trying to say? If you're a coward of a husband,

you will neglect the gift of God. Did you understand

what I'm trying to say? You will neglect. Recently,

we were talking with Pastor Chidi. I told him,

Pastor Chidi, since you know this thing, I'm

not going to read about it. I'm not going to

do anything. I'm coming to you. Just tell me

this. Just tell. How can I see a gift closer

and then I'll be going to suffer somewhere? You

remember what Pastor Ima told us? In the sun.

So to partake from the gift of God, from the

blessings around you, you have to acknowledge

the greatest thing that destroy or that that

makes you not to partake of the grace and the

blessings around you is dishonor. Are we together?

So this teaching is so that just because we say

women's liberty, you say, it's not for me, it's

not for me. You are joking. Are we together?

And if you have been following, you know that

it's for you also. So we have discussed a number

of things, whether it's scriptural for a woman

to speak. or to keep quiet because there are

scriptures that appear to look as if they say

women should keep quiet in church. You know,

one thing you don't ask, and they use those texts,

and you have not asked, why is it that you, you

are a lady, you are still talking in church?

Even the church that they say they shouldn't

talk, they are still talking. I mean, there are

scriptures that you know that, even if you don't

know scripture, you know that that interpretation

is wrong. because it's not practicable that every

of these ladies should come here and keep quiet.

They never talk again. Even if you say, bless

your sister. Hallelujah. And then we looked at

that way. We looked at true scriptures and we

checked also, is it permitted? One of the biggest

problem, is it permitted for a woman to lead

a church? You understand? To lead a church or

to pastor a church? You understand? Or to teach

men? And we looked at that and we gave the answer

through scripture. And then we are in the next

thing which we have been on it for a long time.

What is God's original plan or intention in creating

a woman? What's God's intention? And then we

move and start looking. And there are other issues

we need to talk about. But we're still on this,

and there are a number of things that I want

us to address. First, let's look at that scripture

I call 2 Corinthians 5, verse 16. It says, Therefore,

2 Corinthians 5:16

from now on, we regard no one. Please, let's

read together. It's here. Okay, one, two, three,

go. Therefore, no one. Even though we ourselves

have known Christ according to the flesh, yet

now, hallelujah, we say we know no one, both

male, female, according to the flesh. Even Christ

before, this is Paul saying, we used to look

at him, meaning from the natural standpoint.

That means you cannot know anyone. from what

you see, from the natural. Some versions will

say from the worldly point of view. Meaning that

if you want to know Jesus, you cannot know him

through his ethnicity. And say he's a Jew, you

understand? He came from Israel. Are we together?

And on and on. You cannot know Christ through

that way. You know, we did a teaching in the

cell and we noted that even his brother, like

James, When he was writing his epistle, he wrote

nothing about the life of Christ. His physical

life. Nothing. They knew him. They grew in the

same place. They ate together. They slept together.

He knew his childhood. You understand? Although

he was his younger brother. You understand? According

to the flesh. Are we together? Yet when he was

writing, he wrote nothing. Remember? They were

the ones who were telling him, go and show yourself

now. If you are the Christ before. But when the

reality came on them, when their eyes opened

and they knew him, they knew he's not this one.

Are we together? That I've been sleeping with.

He's my savior. Hallelujah. Amen. The same way

in this regard, you cannot know a woman in the

sun after the flesh. We have to see her as God

sees her. From the supernatural standpoint. From

who she is. Matthew chapter 19. We are our brother

Matthew 19 · chapter mention

red. Matthew chapter 19. Now, if you look at

Matthew 19 · chapter mention

it, go to verse 4. Now, we have studied this

passage before. And we said, the Pharisee came

with a question about divorce. In responding

to them, Jesus pointed them back to Genesis.

He quoted two scriptures there, one from Genesis

1 .27 and another from Genesis 2 .24. And we

studied that part to see how Jesus responded

to them. The first response was, In Genesis chapter

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1. Look at verse 4. And he answered and said

to them. Have you not read? He who made them.

Where? At the what? At the beginning. Made them

male and female. So in the past couples of teachings.

We have explored. The second one. Which is verse

5. And said. For this reason. A man shall leave

his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

and the two shall become one flesh. The two shall

be one flesh. And we studied the idea of one

flesh, bones of my bones, and we got to understand

that this scripture is not actually about marriage,

but about a realization, you understand, that

you... And the one you are uniting with, that

you are of the same stock. You understand? You

are of the same stock. And we studied Ephesians

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chapter 5. We saw that when you stay in the context,

you understand, you don't lift any scripture

out. You will understand that what Paul is discussing

is about making the believers understand they

are of the same family. Are we together? The

same way we are of the same family with Christ.

That's why he said, we are his body, the bones

of his bones, and the what? The flesh of his

flesh. Hallelujah. And Peter, where I also quoted

1 Peter 3, verse 7, is admonishing husbands to

1 Peter 3:7

come to their reality, what Paul was discussing.

He said, giving honor unto her. You understand?

As unto a weaker vessel, he said, and also heirs

of the grace of life. Meaning that you are equal,

you are of the same family. What she has, you

have. That the husband ought to, that scripture

is not talking about marriage, but is admonishing

husband to come to a realization that their wives

are equal partners in the grace of life. And

it is by that you give honor unto her. is that

by that you give honor unto her. So, today we

will actually dwell, we will start to dwell on

the first response. We didn't deal with it much,

you understand, because we focused on the second

response, which is verse 5, the one you quoted.

No, no, I mean second scripture you quoted from

Genesis, not response. So, we will start to deal

with... The first part of the scripture he quoted,

which is verse 4. And he answered and said to

them, have you not read? He who met them at what?

The beginning. Who met them at the beginning?

Who met them at the beginning? Now, I want to

note something very fast before we continue what

we noted earlier. And I don't want you to miss

that. I don't want you to miss that. is look

at the response of the Pharisee. I mean the questions,

rather. He said, the Pharisee also, verse 3,

came to him testing him and saying to him, is

it lawful for a man to divorce his wife just

for any reason? To divorce. Some other versions

say to put away. Look at how they are thinking.

To do what? To put away. To put away. I want

you to note something. See. See what's. Genesis

Genesis 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. See what Adam said. When God brought

the woman to Adam. Adam knew why God brought

the woman. Look at. We have studied that in chapter

2. But I want to add something. In chapter 3.

Verse 12. Look at verse 12. He said. Then the

man said. The woman whom you gave to be with.

Oh, talk with me. To put her away. He said the

woman, which he do what? To be with. But then

why is the Pharisee, he says, to put her away?

So this is not just only about marriage, but

their idea about how they see a woman. The idea

of how they see a woman, not as equal partner,

as one, just like an object, you know, somewhere

you can just put it away because you have not

recognized. her part in the agenda of God. Because

if you have understood her part in the agenda

of God, you will not be thinking of putting her

away. Are we together? You will not be thinking

of putting her away. Never. So Jesus answered

and told them that no, she's not for putting

away. Never. She's not for putting away. Hallelujah.

And he pointed them that you have not been reading.

There's something wrong with your way you read.

We talk about that word, read, anagnosko. That

is how you pay attention to details. You are

scholars. You know these days, scholars. Whereby

you pass in here, you pick this one, pick this

one, pick that. Those of us who have been, especially

PhD student and master's student, yes, must have

understood this. Where you just pass here, pass

here, you carry somebody's thought, you put here,

carry this one, put here. You don't even care.

I know some students have been doing that. You

give them an assignment, they will go to Wikipedia

and copy it and paste. Then bring anything and

put here. You understand? They don't know that

anywhere you pick, we can find the place. So,

and I gave, recently I gave one of my PhD students

an assignment. And he did something. He went

and just did anything. When I sat down to read

the first line, I mean, the first paragraph,

I knew he used AI. You understand? I don't have

a problem with using AI. I told him already.

We can guide you how to use it ethically. And

I taught him how to use it. I don't have a problem.

But I see a man who has become lazy. You know,

every field has a resistance. Meaning there are

words that you use that are only applicable to

certain fields. But you see, Chad GPT, I mean,

you see, because you want to make your professors

see that you didn't use the AI to generate it.

So you use humanized AI to humanize it. But you

see, the humanized AI does not understand registers.

Do you understand what I'm saying? So the word

that Chad GPT have tried have brought a lot of

technical word that has to do with that. By the

time you are humanizing it, humanized AI will

use English. You understand? To humanize it.

But because you did not read it, you are lazy.

So you pick whatever the humanized AI gave you

and then bring it. Like in biochemistry, you

cannot say that the authors theorize or the theory.

No, we don't use those words as theory. You understand

what I'm saying? You go to physics, that's okay.

We cannot use him by chemistry theory. You can

use hypothesis. You can use propose. Do you understand

what I'm saying? So there are words that once

I start reading, I already catch you. Do you

understand what I'm trying to say? So I guess

the Pharisees are in that category. They will

just go over without actually paying attention.

Do you understand what I'm trying to say? So

Jesus told them, have you not read? They say

they are the teachers of the law, but they have

skipped details. They have not been thorough.

Today, we have a lot of this type of professionals.

Some of you, unfortunately, you are becoming

that. We don't like it. I've told pastors, I've

seen some people who go online. If you check

their LinkedIn profile, you wonder, this is a

professional. This is a professional. And you

are lying. We know you, you don't know it. You

don't know it. You understand? You'll be speaking

BB grammar. In fact, if you know, you know that

this is... I said, I'll just shake my head. And

some people who are far away, they didn't know.

I saw one professional from US. Even shared the

thought of one of... I will not say the name.

He said, that is how. I think I'm encouraged

when I see this. I say, hey, hey, hey. Don't

do that because you'll be implicating yourself.

You understand? When you go to look for work,

now they can go through your linking profile.

And then when they are asking you questions,

they don't see what is matching their heart with

this one. Be sincere. If you have no reason,

don't say it. You understand? Hallelujah. Let's

return back to the Pharisees. What I'm trying

to say is that he said, Have you not read? Have

you not been thorough? Checking the details that

in the beginning. In the beginning. He pointed

to the beginning. Look at Matthew 22. The reason

why there's a problem was that there is no knowledge

of scripture. And you can't know scripture without

paying attention to details. 22 verse 29. This

time around, you meet another sect. They are

called the Sadducees. And look at what he told

them. When they asked you a question, he said,

you are in error. You are in error. And he told

them why they are in error. 29. He said, Jesus

answered and said to them, you are mistaken.

Not knowing the scripture, nor the power of God.

Not knowing. That is, you see, that word mistaken

means you are deceived. It's not just like a

mistake like that, that happened like an accident.

No. It's that you are let into the error. That

is, this thing you are saying, actually you are

being deceived. I've said it often times. You

refuse to grow and know the scripture, you will

be a candidate of deception. It's not a prophecy.

It's that it's a reality. Are we together? He

said, you are mistaken, meaning you are deceived.

If we check the original word, it's that you

are deceived. You err. Why? You did not know

the scripture. You did not know the scripture.

So Jesus exposed their idea. That their idea

came from sin. Go back to that Matthew 19. Look

at verse 8. Hallelujah. Look at verse 7. He said,

they said to him, why then did Moses command

to give a certificate of divorce and to put her

away? Because when Jesus said, no, no, no, no,

no, no, that's not it. They said, okay, but Moses,

this is what Moses. Look at what Jesus said in

verse 8. And he said to them, Moses, because

of the hardness of your heart, they are still

naked people. They are hardened people. They

are unbelievers. They refuse to believe. He said,

Moses, the reason, he said, he permitted you

to divorce your wife. Why? The reason of divorce

is not Moses. The reason of divorce is the hardness

of your heart. Is the hardness of your heart.

He said, but from the beginning it was not so.

He again referred them back to the plan of God.

It was not so in the beginning. Now let's go

back to that beginning. Hallelujah. Genesis chapter

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1. In the beginning it was not so. You haven't

read what you are saying. It is your sin, your

unbelief. That means the hardness of heart. That

hardness is refusing to believe in the plan of

God. Refusing to agree to be part of the plan

of God. Moses have written already this thing

before the issue of divorce. Moses has written

to them. He has preached to them. They refuse

to believe. He said, in the beginning, it was

not so. Hallelujah. Verse 27, he says, so God

created man. Let's start from verse 26. Then

God said, let us make man in our image. According

to our likeness, let them have dominion over

the fish of the sea, over the breath of the air,

and over the cattle, over all the earth, and

every... And over every creeping thing that creeps

on the earth. Verse 27. So God created man in

his own image. In the image of God, he created

him. Male and what? And female. He created them.

Male and female. He created them. Now, if you

are distracted, wake up. Hallelujah. Wake up.

Now, I want to, there are some things earlier

on about this text. Now, the first, some interpretation

I want to news to you before we go. Remember,

this text, Jesus quoted, was in the response

to Pharisees' question, you understand? Pointing

them that in the beginning, you understand, it

was not so. What is was not so? Putting away

is not in God's agenda. That God brings a woman

and a man together and his plan is that they

will be part of his new humanity. Are we together?

There are parts to be his house. Are we together?

When a man does not recognize that or a woman

does not recognize that, she will abuse the relationships.

Do you understand what I'm trying to say? So

he pointed them back to this. And I want you

to pay attention to this. The first interpretation

which I was growing, I got, the first one, was

that Adam, that this scripture is talking about

Adam. That God made Adam in the image of God.

Now, don't worry. Whatever that image is, we're

going to explore it. That's the reason why we're

studying it. Because when we understand the image,

we will understand why Jesus has to point to

this scripture. Do you understand what I'm trying

to say? So, Adam is made in the image of God.

And when he ate the tree of good, I mean, the

knowledge of good and evil, or he disobeyed God.

Are we together? That. He lost the image. Follow

me. That was what we were taught earlier on when

I was growing. So Adam lost the image and then

got the image of sin by his disobedience. And

then they use this verse. Come to me, chapter

5. Chapter 5, verse 3. And Adam lived 130 years

and begot a son in his own image. After his what?

His what? Are we together? And he named him who?

Seth. He named him Seth. They said Adam was in

the image of God. And then Adam sinned and he

lost the image. That's why he gave birth to a

son. in his image, that that image that he gave

birth to Seth from, that is the image of sin.

And then that is a genesis of how people begin

to think, are we together, of what we call the

original sin, the concept of what is called the

original sin. That when Christ came, was to restore

us back from what Adam lost. Do you understand

the concept? So they call it the original sin.

which refers that the inherent state of all humanity

to be at a state of sin, that is everybody on

earth is born in sin. You understand? You've

not done anything. They just get back to you

and you're in sin. All humans share an inherited

from Adam and Eve. You understand? Due to their

fall. Now, let me tell you the problem with this

interpretation, which later, as we grow, we found

out. Now the problem with this explanation is

that it makes sin, which is a spiritual problem,

are we together? Like a genetic disease. Did

you understand what I'm saying? Like a what?

Genetic disease. Because sin is a spiritual problem.

So sin is unbelief in the gospel. Because you

believe in the gospel. It's an action of what

somebody will do for him to be in sin. or to

be in righteousness. Because how do you become

a believer? By believing. Are we together? So

you cannot become righteous because your parents

are righteous. Are we together? The same way

you cannot become a sinner, you understand, because

your parents are sinners. Oh, are we together?

So because it's a spiritual problem. So it has

to be by the action of every individual. Hallelujah.

So sin is an unbelief in the gospel. It is not

like a genetic disease that can be transmitted

from parent to children. And I want to note you

that if you, because Genesis from Genesis was

read that way, that was not the teachings of

Moses. Who wrote Genesis? Moses. It was not the,

that means you have moved away from the teaching

of Moses. Moses never said that sin can be transmitted

from parent to children. Are we together? 2 Chronicles,

look at that. 2 Chronicles chapter 25. 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 25 · chapter mention

chapter what? 25. I will read from verse 1. He

said, Amaziah was 25 years old when he became

king, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His

mother's name was Jehodan of Jerusalem, and he

did what was right in the sight of the Lord,

but not with a loyal heart. Verse 3, now it happened

as soon as a kingdom was established for him

that he executed his servant who had murdered

his father, the king. If you have been following

the canonical, the Bible through, you must have

read this place. Are we together? Verse 4, however,

he did not do what? Oh, talk with me. Let's read

4 together. 1, 2, 3. However, he did not execute

children. but did as it is written by what? Oh,

wait, wait, wait first there. So there's something

that the law of Moses wrote that he did as. What

did he do? Let's continue. Where the Lord commanded

saying, fathers shall not be put to death for

their children, nor shall the children be put

to death for their fathers, but a person. shall

die for his own word. Oh, read that last line.

But a person shall die for his word, for his

own sin. That was the teaching of Moses, that

you cannot transmit sin, that everybody will

die for his own sin. Hallelujah. Now, look at

it. Where did Amaziah quoted? Go to Deuteronomy.

Just move to Deuteronomy quickly. Deuteronomy

24. So Moses have taught, so you cannot pick

from Genesis what is not in Genesis. Are we together?

Look at what Moses said in Deuteronomy 24, 16.

Genesis, Deuteronomy 24, 16. I want us to read

together. One, two, three, go. Fathers shall

not be put to death for their children. No children

be put to death for their fathers. A person shall

be put to death for his own what? For his own

sin. For his own sin. For his own sin. And it

is from Moses. That was why when Jesus said in

Luke 24, O foolish ones, low of heart to believe

all that the prophets have spoken. Right? Ought

not Christ to have suffered these things and

to enter into his glory? Verse 27 says, and beginning

at what? Beginning at what? Moses and all the

prophets. Now, the theology of scriptures starts

from Moses. Other prophets, you know that's the

way we used to say, the prophets didn't know

themselves. You understand? At all. And they

were able to write something the same. Sir. They

know themselves. Some of them, yes, they are

not contemporary, but they read from each other.

Every of these ones read from the other. See,

all the prophets that came after Moses, it was

Moses' theology they used to communicate to the

rest. Did you understand what I'm trying to say?

Jesus, when he came to teach about himself, he

started from Moses. So Moses never... So you

can only read Genesis and say Adam was in the

image of God. He lost it. And then... Everybody

is born in sin. You understand? And then, no,

no, no, no, no, no. That's nothing like original

sin. That was not the message of Moses. Last,

let me just read some few verse about some other

prophet. You understand? Ezekiel. Come to Ezekiel.

Quickly. Ezekiel chapter 18. Hallelujah. I'm

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trying to move as steady as possible by the grace

of God. Because I don't want you to come back

to these ideas again. Are we together? You have

sufficient... You know, study of scripture is

what? Evidence. He said, for what? For reproof.

That's evidence. For reproof. Evidence. What

did I say? Ezekiel 18, right? Look at verse 1.

Ezekiel 18, verse 1. The word of the Lord came

Ezekiel 18:1

to me again saying, what do you mean when you

use this proverb concerning the land of Israel?

The fathers have eaten soil grapes. And the children's

deeds are set on what? So where did you think

the concept of children can inherit the problems

of their fathers came from? It was a what? It

was a what? It was a proverb in Israel. Proverb

from God? Not at all. So these people were circulating

proverb. You understand? That's what they believe.

This is how they pick that. So don't walk with

the proverb of men. Go back to Genesis, the true

history. Look at verse 3. He said, As I live,

says the Lord God, you shall no longer use this

word, this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls

are mine and the souls of the Father and as well

as the souls of the Son is mine. The soul...

Whose sins shall do what? Shall die. Go to verse

20. Verse 20. Then the soul whose sins shall

do what? Oh, talk to me. Shall die. The son shall

not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father

bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness

of the righteous shall be upon himself. And the

wickedness. of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Jeremiah repeated that, Jeremiah 31, 29. Jeremiah

31, 29. I'm trying to tell you that these men

are actually preaching the words of Moses. Jeremiah

31, 29. In those days, they shall say no more.

The fathers have eaten sour grapes. Did you see

that? and the children's teeth are set on it.

That means this idea was not from God. This idea

that children inherit the sin and the problem,

that is, you take a sour... Who have taken a

sour something here? That you couldn't understand

your teeth again. How can you take something

and then you are expecting that your children

should face it? But now, even though they are

doing that in our nations, our leaders mark our

money and they are suffering. Are we together?

But that's not good. That's not the idea of God.

Look at what's starting. He said, but everyone

shall die for his own word. Iniquity. Every man

who eats the sour grape, his teeth shall set

on the word. So don't think that you use Dabaru

your life. You know, I was telling one of our

sisters. I said, Dabaru is a Greek word of scattering.

You know, you scatter it like. Hallelujah. Amen.

You understand Greek word? This is a Greek word

from Northern Nigeria. You see, when you dabaru

your life, don't dabaru your life and think somebody

will suffer for it. Are we together? Hallelujah.

So what are we trying to say? We are trying to

say that if you read Genesis, that there is original

sin, that every human being on earth is born

into sin. That is not Moses' message. You pick

it from the rumors around. from a proverb that

has been going on since in those times. That

was not the word of God because that's a wrong

thing. So you cannot interpret that text like

that. Are we together? When Jesus came himself,

let me read Jesus' words before we move away

from here. When Jesus came, what did Jesus do?

Look at John chapter 3. So it was never the message

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of Moses, neither the message of the prophet,

nor the message of Jesus or the apostles. John

John 3:18

chapter 3 verse 18. He said, he who believes

in him is what? Is not condemned. But he who

does not believe is what? Condemned already.

Because what? He has not believed in the name

of the only begotten son of God. That means everybody

will have to take decision of himself to either

become insane or become a sinner or be righteous

to be in righteousness. Are we together? So salvation

or sin is not a genetic disease. I mean, it's

not by genetic transmission. Are we together?

So the first one is not correct. Hallelujah.

Are we together? Amen. Now, the second part,

which I will introduce, because I have just few

time, I mean, just limited time. The second interpretation,

which of course we need to examine it also closely,

which we have preached. I have preached that

also. But then there are some texts that we have

not also included in the interpretation. Remember,

if you have been in this church, you will understand

that each preaching we preach is in itself how

to interpret scripture. Did you understand what

I'm trying to say? Yes, it helps you to know

how to interpret scripture. Now, let's go back

to that Genesis. Genesis 1. Genesis 1, 26 and

20. So the first one, I mean, the second one

is that, the second interpretation of this Genesis

1, 26 is that, that this Genesis 1, 26 and 27,

that is talking about the man in Christ. You

understand? That is talking about the man in

Christ. That is the image of God is the man in

Christ. Or the image of God is Christ. So if

he said he made man in the image of God, that

means he's talking about the man in Christ. Well,

that is true, but not fully. Because there is

a part that we need to include. And that's why

I want you to pay attention with this. Please,

I beg you to pay attention. I want us to think

through together. So in this interpretation,

it means that... Adam was not in the image of

God. In this interpretation, because Adam was

not in the image of God. So to be in the image

of God, he has to believe in the gospel. But

unfortunately, Adam disobeyed. Are we together?

He disobeyed. So Adam is not in the image of

God. Now, there are two. The problem now with

this interpretation is that it fails to take

into consideration at least two other scriptures.

In Genesis. Genesis first and foremost. Because

we have other scripture that talks about the

image. Remember Moses. We have to follow Moses

to know what he communicated. Are we together?

And also understand from the audience. What did

they hear? Are we together? What did they hear?

Now let me just read before I conclude. Read

these two texts. That normally when we interpret.

Genesis 1, 26 and 27, we don't normally include

them, you understand? It's chapter 5, you understand?

Verse 3, chapter 5, verse 3. This is a book of

the genealogy, verse 1, of Adam in the day that

God created man. He made him in the likeness

of God. He created them, male and female. Verse

1 and verse 2 is just repeating Genesis chapter

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

1, you understand? Verse 26 and 27. Right? Look

at verse... He blessed them and called them what?

Mankind. In the day they were created. That is

male and female. Look at verse 3. And Adam lived

130 years and begot a son in his own likeness,

after his own image, and named him what? So,

if Adam was not in the image of God, and we have

noted already from chapter 3 that he failed,

you understand, to be, I mean, or he disobeyed.

So, normally we would now regard that he is not

in the image of God. The question is that, which

image did he pass to Seth? Which image did he

pass to Seth? His son. Is it the image of sin?

Remember, we have already clarified that you

cannot transmit sin. Did you understand what

I'm trying to say? So it cannot be that the image

of sin that Adam passed to his son. So what image

did set God from who? From Adam. So you see,

this is another thing we haven't explained. Go

to Genesis chapter 9. That's the last one I'll

Genesis 9 · chapter mention

say before now. When we come next, I will start

from there and continue. Genesis chapter 9. This

Genesis 9 · chapter mention

is the second scripture in Genesis that talks

about the image. Hallelujah. Let me just read

verse 9, I mean verse 6 alone, because I'm going

to come back to study, we'll study this text

also. He said, Whosoever shed man's blood, by

man his blood shall be what? Shall be shed. For

in the image of God he made what? He made man.

So what he's trying to say is that, now look

at it. If we hold that according to the interpretation

we give, that Adam was not in the image of God,

or that to say man is not in the image of God.

Now if we hold that, that the image of God talked

about in Genesis chapter 1, 26 and 27, is talking

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

about the man in Christ. The question now is,

is this text, talking about not shedding the

blood of those in Christ alone? Is this text

saying that, because he said, whosoever shed

a man's blood, that means his only believers,

because his only believers will be man's blood.

So are we saying that, that shedding the blood

of those not in Christ is acceptable? Because

if you say, The image of God is only those in

Christ. Are you saying that those not in Christ,

of course, they don't have the image of God.

So that means if you shed their blood, no problem.

Did you understand what I'm trying to say? Hallelujah.

So that's where our problem lies. This is where

the problem lies. So that means already we know

throughout scripture. I don't want to take some

because we are already aware of it. Murder is

murder. Whether it's a person that is a believer

or not a person that is a believer. Do you understand

what I'm trying to say? We don't need to go through

that. So it's a sin to kill another man. Hallelujah.

So we're going to start from there. This means

that we need to now interpret what is the image

of God in the reality that includes these two

texts. You understand? Genesis 5 verse 3 and

Genesis 5:3

Genesis 9. verse 6 to make sure that our interpretation

is consistent throughout scripture. Are we together?

I think we taught that during cataclysmos. We

said that when you interpret a place and you

discover that it contradicts other areas of scripture,

that means you need to read it again. Are we

together? So I want you to think through me and

you can go back again to sit down on this text

shortly before we come. We're coming on Wednesday

to continue from there. Are we together? Can

you just thank the Lord and appreciate him and

say, Lord, thank you?