Women - A Redemptive Instrument.
>2005-12-08 - 5:09 p.m.
Just read something uber cool!
Taken from the Spirit Filled Bible.
Genesis 4:25 The First Woman: A Redemptive Instrument (Eve), WOMEN. The Bible reveals that God created male and female, and that all mankind are descendants of that first pair. While Eve was deceived by the Serpent, and the first to violate the divine regulations governing their life (Genesis 2:16-17, 3:6), the Word of God holds Adam as the disobedient one, who knowingly broke trust with God (Romans 5:12, 5:17, 1 Timothy 2:14). This fact does not intimate that the woman was less intelligent or more vulnerable to deception than the man, but that under the circumstances in which the Fall of man occurred, deception of the woman preceded active disobedience of the man.
It is a remarkable token of divine grace that God, in His mercy and in His giving of the first promise of a Deliverer/Messiah (Genesis 3:15), chose to bring this about by Seed of the woman. In short, the one first scarred by sin is selected to be the one first promiised to become an instrument of God's redemptive working.
The birth of Seth, the "seed" given to replace the murdereed Abel, was the first in the "bloodline" that will trace to the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. Eve's distinct place in the failure of the first couple becomes the soil in which God's mercy plants the first seed of promise. The message is obvious: God is able to "make all grace abound" toward any of us. However deep the failure, Eve's testimony declares God's grace goes deeper yet.
Looking at the lyrics of Searchin' My Soul by Vonda Shepard, made me realise how much it is like with my walk with God. How God is like my light that I can shine to find my way back home! And now I know that with God, everything's gonna be alright (:
Vonda Shepard - Searchin' My Soul
I've been down this road walkin' the line
That's painted by pride
And I have made mistakes in my life
That I just can't hide
Oh I believe I am ready for what love has to bring
Got myself together, now I'm ready to sing
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
I know there's so much more to life
Now I know I can shine a light
To find my way back home
One by one, the chains around me unwind
Every day now I feel that I can leave those years behind
Oh I've been thinking of you for a long time
There's a side of my life where I've been blind and so...
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
I know there's so much more to life
Now I know I can shine a light
Everything gonna be alright
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
Don't wanna be alone in life
Now I know I can shine a light
To find my way back home
Baby I been holding back now my whole life
I've decided to move on now
Gonna leave all my worries behind
Oh I believe I am ready for what love has to give
Got myself together now I'm ready to live
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
I know there's so much more to life
Now I know I can shine a light
Everything gonna be alright
I've been searchin' my soul tonight
Don't wanna be alone in my life
Now I know I can shine a light
To find my way back home