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Do Your Immediate Cravings And Yearnings Present Stumbling-blocks To Your Relationship With God.

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HOW IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD or DID YO COME ACROSS A "STUMBLING BLOCK"     Genesis 25:29-34 (29) Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he  was  weary. (30) And Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red  stew,  for I  am  weary." Therefore his name was called Edom. (31) But Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright as of this day." (32) And Esau said, "Look, I  am  about to die; so what  is  this birthright to me?" (33) Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. (34) And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised  his  birthright.  New King James Version "Perhaps never in all man's history has something so valuable been purchased for so little! The major flaw in Esau's character reveals itself in his careless disregard of the high value of his bi...

Science Verses Religion, What Is True?

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Science Verses Religion The majority of the people in the world hold one of two basic beliefs on when life began.  One belief is based on scientific and archeological evidence.  The other belief is based on the creation story as told in the book of Genesis.  “Which is myth, God or Evolution?  Louis Boundure, director of Frances Strasbourg Zoological Museum and professor of biology at the University of Strasbourg, stated: Evolution is a fairy tale for grownups.  This theory has helped nothing in the progress of science.  It is useless.”(14[pg. 3]) Due to the lack of evidence for the theory of evolution as presented by Darwin, scientists are starting to accept the idea of an intelligent designer.  This idea is the basic concept of the creation story as told in the book of Genesis.  “ ‘Certainly not all scientists agree that no Creator exists and that we as human beings are the product of random chance. In 1972 the California State ...

The Truth in Biblical Symbols.

You can learn answers to life’s greatest questions through FREE informative Bible guides.  CLICK LINK FOR YOUR FREE GUIDES.  Read Genesis 4:3-7 . What do their two different sacrifices symbolize? The sacrifices symbolize the difference between attempting to work one's way to heaven represented by Cain’s offering and the realization that salvation is by grace alone, made available to us only through the merits of a blood sacrifice which is the symbolism of Abel’s offering.   Abel’s offering pointed toward eventual salvation through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. There was a difference in the offerings they brought: Abel’s was a more excellent sacrifice than Cain’s.   “…the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:   But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect…” (Genesis 4:4-5).    Cain’s offering was only a sacrifice of acknowledgment that God was the creator.   But, Abel brought a sacrifice of atonement, for his ...