66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: Isaiah

At this Christmas season we sing about the Word made flesh-

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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And it is thru this Word- Jesus- that God has also created a ‘new Creation’ -

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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In the garden man ate from the forbidden tree-

Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil-

And because of this sin- he no longer had access to the Tree of Life.

Genesis 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

It would take the incarnate word to bring man back to the garden- back to the presence of God.

We read a sort of strange verse in the writings of Paul-

13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

1st Tim. 2

To some- it seems anti woman.

But what Paul is telling us is when Adam ate- he knew what he was doing.

He knowingly walked away for the presence of God- so he could be with his Bride.

Eve already ate- and Adam saw the writing on the wall.

He had a choice- and he chose to be with the bride.

Jesus went to the Cross- knowing that he would be separated from the presence of God- he did this in obedience-

Philippians 2:8

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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Why?

He did if for the Bride- us-

Jesus hung on ‘the tree’ for us-

Galatians 3:13

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

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He delivered man from the law- the tree of the knowledge of good and evil- which could never redeem man.

Romans 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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And he brought us back to the garden- he allowed us to be new creations in him.

Yes- the Word became flesh and dwelt among us- and it is thru this word that we have life today.

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Sunday sermon

Written by John Chiarello

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