The premise of this series is to crawl through the biblical text and determine how each of God's actions were full of Truth and Grace, the 2 characteristics describing Jesus in John 1:14,17.
We often think that God was 'justice' in the Old Testament and was 'love' in the New Testament. Nothing could be further from the truth. I hope this series will help show that God never changed and was equally Truth and Grace from the very beginning.
---GENESIS
1
Truth created the world, Grace made it good for man
Truth created the world in order, Grace created man, in His image, at the end of the order so man could benefit from it
2
Truth created the world in six days, Grace rested the seventh day
Truth created the world, Grace gave man dominion over it and blessed him
Truth created and forbade the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, Grace created and gave the Tree of Life and whole Garden of Eden
Truth put man in the Garden to work and keep it, Grace gave him a helper called Eve, and created marriage
Truth gave man specific instructions in the Garden, Grace walked with him everyday
3
Truth forbade them to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Grace gave man the freedom to choose
Truth revealed man's nakedness, Grace killed an animal, provided man with coats of skins and covered his sin
Truth shamed man into hiding, Grace sought them out
Truth pronounced judgment on Adam and Eve, Grace spared their lives, clothed them, prophesised of the coming hope in Christ, gave them a family
4
Truth rejoiced in Abel's offering and rejected Cain's, Grace told Cain how to do right offerings
Truth pronounced judgment on Cain, Grace spared his life, protected him and gave him a family
5
Truth brought death to Adam's seed, Grace gave them many many years
Truth was Enoch's guide, Grace took him before he died
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