The Issues About Woman's Liberty pt. 11

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right in. So last Sunday we stopped at a scripture.

that we got from Matthew 19 so that the Pharisees

came to test Jesus with a question that is it

lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just

any other reason and we noted that the Pharisee

had a twisted knowledge or understanding of a

woman because whatever action you would take

to a friend to someone who is close to you will

depend on how you see the person and we noted

a quite difference between what jesus was pointing

at and what the pharisees were insisting their

focus is to put away understand they knew the

law that is not uh at for any cause now they

want to ask jesus Can we put her away for any

cause? Remember, they want to test him. But Jesus'

focus was, no. In the beginning, it was not so.

In the beginning, the idea is to join, not to

put away. So by saying just to join, Jesus pointed

us to something very critical. Which we are trying

to explore. As we continue. But he quoted. Two

scriptures. In verse 4. That. And. He answered

and said. To them. Have you not read. That he

who made them. At the beginning. Made them male

and female. This scripture is taken from. Genesis

Genesis 1:27

chapter 1, verse 27. And we saw that scripture

repeated in Genesis 5 too. We're going to that.

Then verse 5, and said, for this reason, for

the reason of what? That is for the reason of

the verse 4. That is they are made male and female.

And we noted that we are coming to that. That

male and female, they are made in the image of

God. So Jesus was not just talking about marriage.

It's beyond marriage what he's trying to talk

about. So then he said, on the basis of this

understanding that they are made in the image

of God, male and female, a woman is not less

of the image of God than the man. You understand?

Based on this understanding, therefore shall

a man, you understand, leave his father and mother

and be joined to his wife. So it's about the

joining. And the joining is predicated upon an

understanding, you understand, of who the woman

is or the image of God. Because she's the same

as the man, you understand, the image of God.

Either join. But they did not have that understanding.

That was why Jesus said. Have you not read. In

the beginning it was not so. Because they have

no understanding of this. Value of a woman. That

both the woman and the man. In the image of God.

So they see a woman of a lesser value. So it's

just about. Let's put her away. Understand. Let's

put her away. And remember. that the focus is

always the woman. What about the Pharisee? So

he can go and sleep anywhere, anyhow, and nothing

happens to him. Because there was no any idea

around what will happen to the Pharisee, you

understand? If he's the one that misbehaved.

But the focus is the woman because she is of

a lesser value to them. Because that's a patriarchal

culture. You understand? So, and then we now

move to look at those two scriptures, which we

said we are going to explain them. But before

I come to Genesis 1, then we move to look at

Genesis 2, verse 24, where Jesus said, therefore,

Genesis 2:24

for this reason, man shall leave his father and

mother and join to his wife. Then we move to

Genesis 2, verse 24. Genesis 2 .24, which we

Genesis 2:24

said, that scripture as always, because we started

work on that. And then we read that scripture.

And then we said, for us to understand the basis,

because he said, therefore, you understand. Are

we together? Verse 24. Are you there? Genesis

24 and 2 .24. Therefore, a man shall leave his

father and mother. And then what we did was to

read because what we see, therefore, that means

it's coming to a conclusion. You understand?

This is something that needs to be understood.

Are we together? Just the same way, Jesus, the

way Jesus also arranged the scripture in Matthew

is not haphazard. You understand? Definitely,

that verse he quoted, male and female. You understand?

Then, therefore, it's not by mystic. is by the

spirit of God that it was put that way. And that's

why you find out that even in the scripture here,

the way also, that's the same, because there

must be that kind of revelation first before

the devil, because the devil, shall a man leave

his father and mother and join to his wife, is

like a conclusion predicated upon actually this

understanding and revelation. And we said, okay,

let's go back and read a little bit in the sand

to understand. what the Bible is saying before

coming to this day of all. And then we started

from verse 18. And then we will go behind, but

we will start at verse 18 because it says, and

the Lord God said, it is not good that a man

should be alone. You understand? Then he now

said, I will make him a helpmate. Or in my version

here, I see a helper. I think those who are using

King James says a help me. Amen. So he said a

helper comparable to him. A helper comparable

to him. And then we read that. So we stop at

verse 18. And as we said, oftentimes this verse.

is taught as the woman that is the woman as the

helper and so we explore some ideas in the sense

that because when you start reading from behind

it looks as if uh the issue of tending of the

um the garden and all that is a work of the man

and so the woman is coming to help the man in

his assignment so more or less as it has always

been taught that the man is a one day That God

gave him the work. He is the man that has the

assignment. The man that has the ministry. The

woman is coming. Actually to help the man in

the work. And then we noted that. That actually

does not hold true. Through our scriptures. Because

as we said. That the Holy Spirit is the author.

Is one. Therefore whatever that is taught in

Genesis. Must be consistent. with the entire

bible because that's the entire context so and

then we look at it we said in no part when we

begin to read and i read some i mean it's a scripture

like second corinthians uh 5 17 to 20 and we

saw that actually that scripture is is showing

to us that the ministry is both for male and

female no one is is is actually like a quote

-unquote a helper of the order You understand?

That we are all, those who have been reconciled

are given the ministry of reconciliation. And

those who have been given the ministry of reconciliation

are those who have been reconciled. And those

who have been reconciled are male and female.

You understand? All have been reconciled. And

these are people in Christ. So I say, okay. So

it actually contradicts a lot of things. And

we didn't look at it as actually making any sense.

In the sense that, so what about those ladies

who are not married? Okay, we said every woman

is a helper of a man. What about those who are

not married? Does that mean that a woman becomes

useless if she is not married? And then we noted

that also, again, the purposes of God is not

gender -based. It's also marriage -determined.

Marriage is a choice. You can decide to marry.

Decide not to marry in the sun. But as we noted,

if we decide to get married, it must be because

of the Lord. If we decide not to get married,

it also must be for the Lord. If you go and do

it for any other selfish reason, are you savvy?

We are not dead yet. We are not dead yet also.

So, because the consequences is going to come

along the line. And so, the point is that now

we want to understand then in the sun. Is the

woman the helper of the man? So we want to go

down to look at the word helper and then explain

to understand whether the woman is the helper

of the man. Now let's look at that verse 18 again.

And the Lord God said, it is not good that man

should be alone. That man should be alone. So

I will make him a helper. So the issue of I will

make him a helper comparable to him was God's

response to actually it is not good that man

be alone. It's not good that man be alone. Now,

we have done that study for those of us who have

been in the church for some time. We have done

this study. during some of our teachings about

marriage and relationship and also teachings

about salvation. But let's go over it. We have

a lot of people who have not been with us. But

then again, we really need to go over it again.

First, I want us to know that word alone. That

word alone. It is not good that man be or should

be alone. That word alone. That word alone in

Greek is B -A -D. Bad. B -A -D. Alone. That word

alone in Hebrew is B -A -D. It's B -A -D. That

is bad. You understand? Not bad the one in English.

Not the bad in English. Yes. So that word. Bad

is a noun, actually. So it means separation or

apart from. That's what it means. It means separation

or apart from. And when I looked at it more deeply,

it is from a root word, badad. B -A -D -A -D.

Badad is from a root word, badad. So that word

bad, which is alone. is from the root word badad.

Of course, the root word is a verb. B -A -D -A

-D. It means to separate or separate or be isolated.

That's what it means. Separate or be isolated.

That's what it means. So we can say, if we plug

that into the verse, we can say that it is not

good that Man should be separate or apart from.

Man should be separate or apart from. But there

is a question we need to ask here at this point.

Be separate or apart from what? Because that's

the question we want to ask. If man is not good

to be separate or to be alone or to be... apart

from to be separate or to be apart from what

what exactly are we together now to answer that

question we need to so just bear with me that's

the reason why i use questions a lot because

that it takes us gradually you understand so

um to answer that question we need to explain

the word helper because um In that verse 18,

God's response to it is not good that man be

alone is that he will make him a helper. Did

you understand what I'm saying? So that means

if we can understand the word helper, we will

then understand actually what God... never intended

or did not want or the reason why god did not

want man to be separate or to be apart from in

the sun are we together we have already noted

that that could not be the woman because of some

of the question we have raised which does not

actually uh meet the test of the entire scripture

because there are other scriptures that seems

to show that the woman have a ministry and have

a purpose apart from the man. So it could not

be that. But let's look at it closely again,

as we said. So let's look at the word helper.

The word helper is a word E -Z -E -R or E -Z

-E -R. However, either you say Z or Z, whichever

one you use. So E -Z -E -R. Ezar. That's what

it means. Now, this word Ezar, please follow

me gradually. I'm a bit detailed this time around.

It occurs 21 times in the Bible. 21 times. That

word particularly. It occurs 21 times. Now, Moses

alone, Moses alone in his five books, that is

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,

Moses alone uses six times. Use that same word

six times. Then in the book of Psalms alone,

it is used 11 times. In the book of Psalms, it's

used 11 times. Then in Isaiah, it is used once.

In Ezekiel, it is used once. In Daniel, it is

used once. And then Hosea, it is used once. Let

me come again. Moses alone used that. We said

the whole that word Isaiah is used 21 times in

the Bible. I'm using King James, so probably,

let's say about 21, because I used the King James.

So that means if you're using any other translation,

maybe you can find a different number. However,

it will be about that. So, as I said, Moses alone

uses six times in his five books. In the book

of Psalms, 11 times that word was used, Ezzah.

In Isaiah, it was used one time. In Ezekiel,

one time or once. In Daniel, it was used once.

And then Hosea also once. So quickly, let's already

look at the first one in the book of Moses in

Genesis. If you look at Genesis 1 .18, can you

see that Genesis 1 .18? Genesis 1 .18. Helper

is there. So that's one time. When you go to

verse 20, that's the second one. Verse 20. So

Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of

the air, and to every beast of the field. But

for Adam, there was not found a helper comparable

to him. There was not found a helper comparable

to him. So that word helper there is also Ezar.

That's the second time Moses is using it. The

third time Moses uses or used that word is in

Exodus 18. Exodus 18 verse 4. Exodus 18 verse

Exodus 18:4 Exodus 18:4

4. And the name of the order was Elijah. For

he said, so note that word Elisa is from the

word El and Ezar. You understand? El and Ezar.

Remember the E -L, El refers to God. Ezar, we

said, is the word helper. So Elisa means, that's

why he explained what that means. He said, for

he said, God, the God. Of my fathers was my what?

Was my help and delivered me from the sword of

Pharaoh. So, I want you to note the use of this

one here. At least, let's put the ones in Genesis

first. Let's move with these ones. Now, in this

place, Ezra means God. You understand? And God

as a deliverer. That's what is clear here. God

as a deliverer. Okay, Deuteronomy 33. That's

the fourth one. Deuteronomy 33, that Moses used

that word. Because Moses was the one who started

using this word. So we have to follow to see

how Moses used the same word in other places.

Because that would give us an idea. Because he

was the one who used the word. So, if you look

at Deuteronomy 33, verse 7. Deuteronomy 33, verse

Deuteronomy 33:7 Deuteronomy 33:7

7. And this he said of Judah. Hear the Lord,

the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people.

Let his hand be sufficient for him, and may you

be a help against his enemy. Again, he's using

this place as referring to God, a help against

his enemy. Okay. We'll go to 26, Deuteronomy

33, 26. There is no one like the God of Jehurum,

or Jeshurum, rather, who rides the heaven. To

help you. So it's referring still to God. To

help you. And in his excellencies. Of the cloud.

Deuteronomy 33. 29. So move to 29. Verse 29.

That same chapter. So in Deuteronomy. Just 33.

He uses it three times. Verse 29. Happy are you.

O Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by

the Lord, the shield of your help. So that means

it's still referring to God as a shield of his

help, that is of your help. And the sword of

your majesty, your enemies shall submit to you

and you shall tread down their high places. So

we can see this is the, so we can see that from

Exodus and the three verses in Deuteronomy 33.

All of them refers to God as Ezzah, you understand,

who came to deliver. You can see that he's explaining

that word in the direction that God is the deliverer.

God as a help means God as a deliverer or a savior

or one who rescues. from enemies, from danger.

Okay, let's go to Psalms 20. Let's look at the

verses in the Psalms. Psalms. We said there are

11 verses in Psalms that use the word helper

or ezer or help. 20 verse 2. 20 verse 2, Psalms

Psalms 20:2

20 verse 2. May he send you help from the sanctuary

and strengthen you out of Zion. Now, when you

read verse 1, you will understand he's talking

about the Lord. Verse 1 says, may the Lord answer

you in the day of trouble. May the name of the

God of Jacob defend you. May he send you. So

he's still talking about God sending you help

in times of trouble. Okay. Psalm 33, verse 20.

Psalms 33:20

Psalm 33, verse 20. Our soul awaits for the Lord.

Psalms 33:20

He is our help and our shield. Again, referring

to God. Psalm 70, verse 5. Psalm 70, verse 5.

Psalms 70:5 Psalms 70:5

But I am poor and needy. Make haste to me, O

God. You are my help and my deliverer. So God

as a deliverer. God as a help, O Ezra. Psalms

Psalms 89:19

89 verse 19. The next one is Psalms 89 verse

Psalms 89:19

19. Then you spoke in a vision to your Holy One

and said, I have given help to one who is mighty.

I have exalted one chosen from the people. Yes,

talking about, because when you read, verse 18

says, our shield belongs to the Lord and our

king to the Holy One of Israel. Then verse 19

says, then you spoke in a vision to your Holy

One. So when you continue, you understand what

that is talking about also. Okay. Psalms 115.

That is 115 verse 9. Psalms 115 verse 9. O Israel,

Psalms 115:9

trust in the Lord. He is your help and your shield.

He is your help and your shield. Then the next

verse, that's verse 10. So add one, Psalms 115

Psalms 115:10

verse 10. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord.

He is your help and your shield. Then the next

verse also, Psalms 115 verse 11. You who hear

Psalms 115:11

the Lord, trust in the Lord. He is their help

and their shield. So you can see. Someone who

shields you. Someone who rescues you. Someone

who delivers from trouble. That is Ezzah. That

is Ezzah. The popular one, Psalms 121. Next one.

Psalms 121. This one is popular. I will lift

up my eyes to the hills. From whence comes my

help. Did you see that? Verse 1. That word help

is exact. From whence comes my help? Then verse

2. That's another one. So Psalms 121 verse 2.

Psalms 121:2

He said my help comes from the Lord. That word

help is exact. Who made heavens and the earth?

Who made the heavens and the earth? Who made

the heavens and the earth? Psalms 124, look at

124, verse 8. Our help is in the name of the

Lord who made heaven and earth. There again,

talking about God. Psalms 146, verse 5, the last

Psalms 146:5

one in the book of Psalms. Psalms 148. Sorry,

46. Let's say 48. 46 verse 5. Happy is he who

has God of Jacob for his help. Who has the God

of Jacob for his help. Whose hope is in the Lord

is God. So again, you can see throughout the

book of Psalms the 11 times it presents that.

Isaiah is God referring to God who saves, who

shields, who delivers. Are we together? Who saves,

who shields from trouble, who helps from trouble,

who delivers from trouble. Okay. Then we said

there is one verse in Isaiah. Isaiah 30 verse

Isaiah 30:5

5. Isaiah 30 verse 5. Opening plenty scripture

Isaiah 30:5

is good for our health. Glory to Jesus. Are you

in verse 30? I'm sorry, chapter 30 verse 5. He

said, they were all ashamed of a people who could

not benefit them or be helped. Or benefits. But

a shame. And also a reproach. Now I want you

to see something here. Very dramatically. He

said a people. Who could not. Benefit them. Or

be a help. That is. They could not be a czar.

A people. That could not be a czar. I want you

to be very instructive. So it appears to look

as if it's only God that can be Ezzah. Because

we have a people who cannot give benefit them

or be Ezzah. You understand? So I want you to

see this very clearly. Now when you read here

in the text, you will see it talks about how

uh the egyptians couldn't help uh actually um

if you go back by the time you read from uh verse

even from verse three he said therefore the strength

of pharaoh shall not shall not be your shame

and that and trust in the shadow of egypt shall

be your humiliation for his princess were as

soon and his ambassadors came to harness They

were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit

them or be a help. So it's talking about Egypt,

the Egyptian who could not be a czar to Israel.

You understand? It was like a futility to depend

on them to give you help. Okay. Then Ezekiel

Ezekiel 12:14

12 verse 14. Ezekiel 12 verse 14 he said I will

Ezekiel 12:14

scatter to every wind all who are around him

to help him and all his troops and I will draw

out the sword after them if you read also contextually

you will see that this text is showing the captivity

of Judah, how God will scatter their helper.

You can see that he said, I will scatter. When

you read this one, I don't want us to read one

because that's not the direction we are going.

But if you read in the context, you will see

that he's talking about Judah, you understand,

the captivity of Judah and how God will scatter

those who provide help, you understand, any person,

you understand, their helper. God will scatter

them. And then look at Daniel chapter 11. I know

Daniel 11 · chapter mention

we like that verse closely. You understand? That

other verse. 1130. Daniel 1130. We like that

verse, right? Amen. Now look at, I'm not reading

32. That's the one most people normally quote.

But if you read also in the context, you understand

what that means. You understand? But I will read.

34. Now when they fall, they shall be aided with

a little help, but many shall join with them

by entry. So if you read behind, I mean, if you

read in the context, I mean, those post -texts,

you will see that this scripture is talking about

the king of the north that set himself against

the people of the covenant. you understand he

set himself against the people of the covenant

and then the people of the covenant could not

get much help you could only get little help

in that time of persecution you understand you

could only get little help in that time of persecution

you understand of course the scripture we normally

read is those who do wickedly against the covenant

shall be corrupt with flattery that means Because

it was a time of trouble. There are those people

who will be corrupted. But then the Bible says

that, but the people who know their God shall

be strong and carry out great exploits. Meaning

that they shall stand their ground. Because the

king of the north was coming against the people

of the covenant. So some will be corrupted. those

people who know their god they shall withstand

they shall stand strong are we together and so

when you go down he talks about also that these

people of the covenant in that time of difficulty

they could not receive much or they received

little help in the sun are we together amen then

lastly hosiah hosiah hosiah 13 verse 9 oh israel

you are destroyed but your help is from me i

will be your king where is any other that he

may save you in all your cities and your judges

to whom you said give me a king and princess

so here again is pointing god as a zap Now, in

all these places where it appears, now, you know,

as we thought, each time you read context, you

try to find the original meaning of the word

and where it appears and in different contexts.

We try to look at, even though, yes, the root

word does not tell us what the meaning of that

word contextually. But they help us to give us

an idea of actually how we can relate to what

the world is talking about. So, sometimes when

we look at the world, it appears in different

contexts differently. You understand? Just like

even here that we saw. You understand? But you

see, if you look at how it appears, it appears

majority showing God as Ezra. Are we together?

But in no place did it appear as showing that.

Ezra means a woman. So that is instructive for

us to pay attention. So in all the 21 places

where it appears in the sun, all of them in the

sun, the word helper does not refer to a woman

in no any place, no any place. But we could see

that Ezra refers to a savior. A rescuer. One

who is powerful. And superior. In strength. And

coming in times of trouble. To rescue. Or to

deliver. So we can see that. That one we can

be able to. Generally look at those. To conclude.

It mostly appeared as. That Ezar must be one.

Who is superior in strength. Who. comes to rescue

you who is powerful you understand and it comes

to help you in terms of trouble in times of trouble

this is not a description of a woman you understand

this certainly is not a description of a woman

no a woman is not described as a savior of a

man or neither as a rescuer of a man that's not

how She's not superior to a man. Remember, we

have already noted. Neither is a man superior

to her. Because we are coming back to that scripture.

Remember? I need to be reminding you. We are

coming back to that scripture. They are made

male and female in the image of God. That means

none is superior. Glory to God. Okay. So, this

helper is not the description of a woman. Okay.

So, what we can see here is that in all those

places, particularly, we'll pay attention to

because, let me tell you one thing. Everybody

in scripture gets his message from Moses. You

know what I'm saying? Everybody gets his message

from Moses. A subsequent prophet is from Moses.

You understand? So, You see, first let's focus

in how Moses used the word. In the place we saw

Moses use the word, both in Exodus and in Deuteronomy,

he was teaching, please note that, he was teaching

the Israelites that God is their deliverer. God

is their deliverer. God is their rescuer from

trouble. And God is their savior. That was what

Moses was teaching. So, could that his teaching

from Exodus and Deuteronomy be different from

what he is teaching from Genesis? Remember, You

cannot understand fully Genesis without understanding

Exodus. Because the message of Genesis is revealed

to the Exodus. So we understand Exodus. And then,

because that's where the background is. Are we

together? So, let's go back to our 18th. That

is Genesis 2. Genesis 2 .18. Genesis 2 .18. So

now, let me just start to address something here,

even though I can't finish that. So, what we

see now here is that Moses was teaching and referring

to God as Ezra. So, bear in mind now. Now, let's

put God as the helper there. You understand?

So that means that a helper, you understand,

is God saying, I will be the helper of man. You

understand? Because it is not good that man be

alone, so I will be a helper to him. You understand?

I'll be a helper to him. So the question now

is, If God is to be a helper to man, and we saw

that the helper is rescuing from trouble, in

all that it appears, when we see God as Ezra,

is that he rescues from trouble. He delivers

from trouble. Are we together? Are we together?

Yes, that's very important. Now, the question

now is that, we should ask here is that, What

is God rescuing man from? Because that's the

question. Since God is a helper, dear, what is

he rescuing man from? Because we have to answer

that one to be able to be sure or to fully explain

that really that Ezzat there is God. What is

God rescuing man from? Now, I want us to move

back a little bit. You understand? Move back

a little bit. To. Verse 16. Because that verse

18. Could not have just moved like that. Because

there is some verses behind. So let's read behind.

Some verses in the first text. Now verse 16.

And the Lord God commanded man. Saying. Of every

tree. of the garden you may freely eat you may

freely eat but of the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil you shall not eat for in the day

you eat of it you shall surely die then Verse

18 says now, and the Lord God said, it is not

good for a man to be alone. It appears that God

has already is making plan for man because there

is imminent danger of what man will do. But let's

move so that we will not just answer it just

like that. We want to see it. From scriptures.

To explain it from scriptures. Because in the

day you eat. You shall surely die. Would it be

that God is becoming a help. For man to rescue

him from death. From. Did you get what I'm trying

to say? To rescue man from death. To rescue man

from death. Are we together? Okay. So. I want

you. But before that. I want you to know the

word every day. verse 16 every three you know

most times when we read this we normally use

we normally assume once we say every three we're

thinking there are plenty trees you understand

plenty trees around there understand that what

every is cold cold p sorry the icc k o l k o

l that word every in verse 16 of every in the

sun cold in hebrew k -o -l is a noun and it means

it could mean each it could also mean any it

could also mean all it could also mean whole

w h o l e It also means totality or everything.

So that word kol will mean any of this. Now,

it might interest you to know that that word

kol is from the root word kalal. That is K -L

-A -L. K -A -L, sorry, K -A -L -A -L. That is

kalal. And that word kalal means perfect or complete.

That's a verb. So a verb means complete or perfect.

So that means whole means whole, complete. I

mean, I want to point you to something. Generally,

when you use the word every, it is used before

what we call a singular noun. You know what I'm

saying? To refer to individual members of a set.

Like, for example, just, you know, individual

now. To refer to, like, all the individual members

of a set without exception. You understand? Of

a set of 18 without exception. And know that

that word every is not actually... uh a determinant

of the number in the set it's not he's not talking

about the number in the set or he's talking about

the kinds in the sets let's for example you have

a box the box has let's say 20 balls you understand

when you say every ball you are not referring

to the number of the box one you are also not

referring to the kinds of the balls let's say

blue green whatever no that's not your focus

your focus is actually saying all the balls that

is all the individual in the set without exception

are we together so that's the the the the focus

so it cannot tell you whether there are there

are two threes four threes five threes seven

threes so when you say every three it just talks

about all the trees But it's not referring to

there are plenty trees there. That's not what

he's saying. So it is reading in the context

that will tell us the trees there. You understand?

So every tree does not mean many trees. That's

not what it means. Look at verse 9. Because it

mentioned that also there. Also let me read verse

19 first. 19 also tells us about that every.

Out of the ground, the Lord God formed every

beast of the field, every breath of the air.

So you see, he's not trying to tell us the number.

He's not trying to tell us all the kinds. He's

just trying to tell us all the individuals in

the set. So look at verse 9. He said, out of

the ground, the Lord God made every tree. Grow.

That is pleasing to the sight. And good for food.

Then. The next line says. The tree of life. Was

also in the middle. Of the garden. And the tree

of the knowledge. Of good and evil. So I want

us to pay attention here. Because there is an

additional information. That verse 9 gives to

us. That verse. 16 did not. And 17. Because it

just tells us. Every tree of the garden. You

may freely eat. But of the tree of the knowledge

of good and evil. You shall not eat. For in the

day that you eat. Of it you shall surely die.

So that means it's focusing. If you look at verse

17. It's focusing on the tree of the knowledge

of good and evil. So it didn't give us any other

identity of the tree. But again, in verse 9 helps

us more further. It says the tree of life is

introduced another tree, which is a tree of life.

And then you also acknowledge the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil. So if you look at

the A part, and again, this is another thing

that if you are reading Genesis, you have to

be very careful because it's a slippery place.

In the sense that there are all kinds of mixture

between literal and figurative expression. Are

we together? Are we together? Yes. So that's

why you have to also pay attention. So if you

look at that verse, there is something here in

my Bible here, when he says the tree of life

was also in the middle of the garden. Actually,

translators added some of these words and make

it a little bit more confusing also. which I

want to clarify. For example, that word was is

not there because it is in italics. So it means

it was inserted by the translators. So there

is no word was there. So it was inserted. And

then if you look at also, that word also is one

word together. There is no also. You understand

what I'm trying to say? So it means just... the

tree of life because the tree of life also is

one word in the sense so that um also so if you

remove walls and also it becomes just the tree

of life are we together the tree of life in the

midst of the garden and the three of the knowledge

of good and evil so we can clearly see that that

the focus of this place and genesis is on two

trees you know sir on two trees which is the

the tree of life and the three of the knowledge

of good and evil and clearly when verse 16 says

and the lord commanded the man and saying of

every tree of the garden you may freely eat are

we together But he said, no, do not eat the tree

of the knowledge of good and evil. Because if

you do, you will die. Which means that the man

can partake from the tree of life which gives

life. But he is not to partake from the tree

of the knowledge of good and evil. Because when

he does that, The consequences is death. The

consequences is death. Now, I will refer us to

what Pastor Imad did with us again in a few weeks

message when he used that word command. You understand?

If you look at how Moses used the word command,

Pastor Imad taught us. Now, that word when you

hear commanded, it is not talking about something

you should do. You understand? It's talking about

something you should believe. And he took us

through a lot of scriptures, through Genesis.

In fact, he took us to what we call the Ten Commandments.

You understand? He took us to other scriptures

and shows to us that when the Bible says, and

God commanded or Moses commanded Israel. What

he is saying is that it means a call to obedience

or a call to believe the word of the Lord. And

the word of the Lord is the gospel. The word

of the Lord is the gospel. The word of the Lord

is the gospel. And again, which I will refer

to because we did that teaching also both in...

That, although when I come next, I will start

from there. But we did that teaching equally,

both in the cell meeting as well also in the

church. And we saw that because there is no fruit

on earth that when you eat, you will die. Do

you understand? There's no fruit like that on

earth. So God is speaking figuratively. Again,

from what Kaseyma taught us. Command talks about

obedience or believing. A call to faith. A call

to believing the word of the Lord. And what is

the word of the Lord? The word of the Lord is

the gospel. So when Moses gave them the Ten Commandments,

he was not expecting them to practice, so to

say. Because Jesus summarized the entire law

and the prophet. And said is love the Lord your

God. And love your neighbor as yourself. And

he said even the second is as the first. And

loving the Lord. Means believing in him. That's

what it means. So if you sing and say. I love

you Lord. I love you. Don't be thinking of works.

Be thinking that. I believe in you. Do you understand

what I'm trying to say. That's actually what

should be in your head. So. That is what that

means. So that's one clue to give us what God

was saying when he said, and the Lord God commanded

the man. In other way, God is demanding faith

from the man. In other words, God was preaching

the gospel to man. That's what he was doing.

And again, we note it because it helps us to

know that What goes into the man of God does

not defile him. So there is no how God will be

referring of the literal fruit. You understand?

That when man eats, he will die. No. No. We did

that teaching. And Jesus helped us to know that

not everything that goes into a man, you understand,

defiles him, but that which comes from his heart.

And we saw also he taught in John chapter 6.

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You understand? And in John chapter 6, he shows

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to them what eating is. So eating talks about

faith. When he said, eat my flesh. If you do

not eat my flesh, you understand? He said, what

you have on your mind is this one. How can you

say we should eat your flesh? Is this one okay?

But you see, they are carnal men. They do not

understand. But as you read down, even though

I know it's not just only that, we have many

of our brothers and sisters who think that that

one is the Holy Communion. Once you take the

communion, it literally changes the body of Jesus.

I mean, how can you not read the context and

see what Jesus is talking about now? That means

you are like the Pharisees who do not even understand.

Because in that very scripture, I mean, that

very, this is the Jew. We are arguing, how can

we eat? In fact, that's the reason why many of

them left him. They left him. All of them left

him. And including, so I said, Kai, this teaching

is hard. And then he turned to his disciples

and said, are you also going? They said, to who

shall we go? You have the word of life. So, When

you read John 6, from the beginning to the end,

there is no how you can ever miss that Jesus

is talking about you should eat his flesh. But

now, you have gone to school. Don't look as if

the suffering, your parents have been paying

money and then you are not doing anything. So,

what we are trying to say is that Jesus defines

that eating talks about believing. So, when God

is talking about here, That in the day you eat,

you shall die. He was talking about believing,

not actually literal eating. That's figurative

expression. So when we come, we will see. But

what I'm trying to say here is that, is to understand

that what God spoke to man, concerning the trees

was the gospel. And he was commanding man, meaning

he was calling on man to believe that he should

eat from the tree of life, but not to eat from

the tree. You understand? The other tree, which

is a tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Because he said, in the day you did it, you would

die. And immediately, verse 17 ends. He now says,

and the Lord God said, it is not good. Oh, that

is, I do not want man to be separate from me.

That's what he said. I will rescue him from the

dead. Because there was already death, verse

17. That's why he said, and God said that it

was not good that man should be alone. I will

be his help. I will be his exile. Meaning I will

be his savior. I will be his rescuer. Who will

rescue him from death? That is the message of

the gospel. Are we together? That's the message

of the gospel. And that's the same message that

was also preached. We will see the message even

from Genesis 1. So, when you understand it this

way, then you will know that this place is not

talking about women. He's talking about the salvation

plan of God. He's talking about the gospel. In

the sand. Are we together? So when we come. We

will continue. To study. And come to a place.

To that place. Verse 24. Where he said therefore.

Now if you understand this very well. When we

come. To the verse. Therefore. You will see.

That there is no different from this Genesis

and the scripture that I read to you last time

in 2 Corinthians. You see that there is no different.

That scripture I read to you. You understand?

Because the ministry work is for both men and

women. You understand? Not for some certain people.

And understanding that, that the same value a

man has, that's the same value a woman has before

God. Both are of the same value. Both have the

spirit of God. Both are sons. Both, you understand,

they are the image of God. Then you will treat

the woman with respect. with honor she will not

become like a commodity that she's only good

you understand for children she's only good for

for for sex you understand she's only good because

that means her value is always attached either

to marriage either to children i mean that's

a confusion You understand? It's a big confusion.

That's the reason why we are suffering what we

are suffering. You understand? Because so many,

many of the breakup we have in marriage in homes,

if the woman, you understand, in those days,

that's the reason even why our great -great -father

married many women because they want more children.

You understand? And we have some men whose village

they are still following them. If it is not a

male child, you understand, that means something

is wrong fundamentally with you. Because you

think that you are here to build a name. He said,

who will carry the name of my family? I mean,

what sort of smelling information is that? Who

will carry the name? Did you think that you were

here to do with the name of your family? Did

you remember? Did you know the name of your great

-great -great -great -grandfather? How many people

do you remember their name? Are those people

who do something in life, something that is...

What nothing. There are people that are remembered,

not people who give back to male children. Glory

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