A Discourse on The Love Of God
A Discourse on The Love Of God
God said to all, It Is Written, in Genesis3:15,
"And I will put enmity between thee (satan) and the woman (mankind), and between thy seed (evil serpent of self will) and her seed (Jesus); It (Her Seed-Jesus) shall bruise thy head (of evil serpent of self will), and thou (evil serpent of self will) shalt bruise his heel (affections of mankind)."
God says to all, It Is Written, in Galatians 5:17,
"For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would."
This declaration of God to Adam, of His Pardon, and Redemption by The Seed of the Woman (Christ Jesus) is not to be considered, as we consider the declaration of a pardon made by some great prince to an offending subject, which is only a declaration of words, that are heard only with our outward ears and of a person that is entirely distinct from us.
God's Pardoning a sinner, or Redeeming fallen man, has nothing like this in it. This declaration to Adam, and in him to all mankind, is not the declaration of a being that is out of, or separate from us, but of a God In Whom, we live and move and have our being; Who is The Life of our life, The Spirit of our spirit; His Declaration therefore MUST signify some INWARD CHANGE, or NEW STATE of our existence In Him, or that HE IS, to us, and In us, that which HE was not before He Pardoned us.
When therefore, God said to Adam and Eve, The Seed (Christ Jesus) of the Woman shall bruise the head of the serpent, it had the same effect, as if God had said, "Be ye henceforth in a state of Salvation, and let The Redeeming Conquering Seed (Christ Jesus) of the Woman, from this time (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.2 Corinthians 6:2)
begin to Have Power in you, and be in you A Strength against the serpent. This declaration was not solely a promise of Something (Christ Jesus) to come, but of Something (Christ Jesus) then INWARDLY DONE AND GIVEN, by a God INWARDLY PRESENT in him, and signified no less than God's SEEKING AND MANIFESTING HIMSELF again to a creature, that had left Him as His God and Only Good.
God says to all, It Is Written, "O give thanks unto The Lord, Because The Lord is good, Because The Lord's Mercy (Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ) endures forever."
God says to all, It Is Written, in Psalms100,
"1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endurs to all generations."
