Sacrificial Giving: The Cain & Abel Story.

Cain and Abel both sowed and reaped and from their harvests gave offerings to God.

Why was God happy with Abel and unhappy with Cain? Abel gave sacrificially; as an act of worship from his harvest and in total surrender.

On the other hand, Cain did not give sacrificially because he wanted something back from God. Sacrificial giving expects NOTHING in return. When Cain saw that God was unhappy with his offering, his countenance fell because his heart was not pure; he simply should have gone back to give God a better offering but instead chose to murder his own brother.

NOTE: They both sowed and reaped; Cain a tiller of the ground, Abel a livestock farmer. It was from their harvest that they gave offerings.

God is our provider and we must always expect Him to play His part of being a provider at all times for the sole and simple reason that HE IS GOD and he Has given us His word about the things He will do and give us in our lives. However, when we give it must be an act of faith and worship and should not be connected to our expectations of God.

If you can still tie and connect an open door or God's blessing to some seed you have sown, money you have given, help you have rendered or anything whatsoever on the face of this earth that you could have done to deserve or make this thing happen, you are only still scratching the surface of the things God is able to do in your life.

When God shows up, when He opens a door, when His hand is upon you, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, your lips of clay or your heart of flesh will NEVER be able to utter or phantom that it happened because of something you did or something you may have done.

Lailai!

NEVER!

1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Isaiah 64:4
For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.

LET THE CHURCH BE WARNED

Elijah was sent to a specific widow and not to all widows even though there were numerous widows in Zarepath.

We need to STOP misleading people with these financial gimmicks in order to raise money for the local church. Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin tried to correct this error in the body of Christ before going home to be with the Lord.

LET THE CHURCH BE WARNED.

We need to desist from this error and stop making a doctrine out of it.

TO HIM THAT HAS EARS TO HEAR; HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING.

A Word to the Men

Ok.

I want to talk to the men. Married and Single men.

A thought goes through my head this morning and I'm wondering, "Why on earth are there many single men and single women in church?" Why does it seem the single church girls end up marrying a "bad" boy who doesn't do church?" Why do the church girls find the church boys unattractive? I might not be able to answer these questions to the detail but I would like to talk to my fellow church boys...UP YOUR GAME MEN!

It seems we have mastered the art of sharing scriptures but are clueless about wooing a lady...

Every woman...in fact, every human being yearns for some intimacy...some physical touch...some romance...

She needs to feel swept off her feet mehn, so as you share them scriptures...take her out on a date...whisper into her ear and tell her sweet words...paint a picture of a future together that she desires...touch her...YES I SAID IT...TOUCH THE WOMAN KWA...hold her hands...put a hand on her shoulder...pretend to dust off something off her face...***winks***

Kilode...that's exactly what happens when she meets that bad boy who don't come to church...he tells her sweet things...he paints a picture of a future (even if na lie)...HE TOUCHES HER KWA...

Next thing, she be feeling good and she be thinking of this dude all day and all night...and then she be considering spending a lifetime with him simply because...HE MAKES HER FEEL DAMN GOOD...(pardon my french!)

LOL...

So my brothers in Christ, this is what I would have you do as this year winds up and we approach a New Year...

Is there a sister you like in church???

Oh Boy you need to make that sister feel good and you just might be on your way to a lifetime together forever...hahahaha

Brother, you need to get a job and make some cash...take her out to a movie...dinner...stroll and get some ice-cream...make her laugh...make her look forward to seeing you again and again and again...MAKE HER FEEL GOOD...!!!

Be BOLD...ask that sister out...what's the worst that could happen??? She's either gonna say YES or NO!

KEEP KEEPING ON AND GET THAT WOMAN MEHN!

I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ahead.

Cheers.

The Truth on Tithes & Offerings Part 3. Written by Ronald Robey

The tithe under the Law was different from the tithe that Abram had given before the Law. Abram tithed spoils of war, the Law required agricultural produce and livestock.

The tithe under the Law was not given to the Priests of Israel, it was given to the Levites. Nehemiah 10:37-38 reveal that the Priests had to be with the Levites when the Levites received the tithe from the children of Israel.

The Levite, in turn was to take a tithe of the tithe to the House of God. The children of Israel did not tithe to the house of God, they took their tithe to the Levites in their cities.

It was not the children of Israel who had robbed God in Malachi 3. No, it was the Priests of the Temple who had robbed Him.

I encourage you to read the entire book of Malachi. It is only four chapters. But, notice Malachi 2:1.

"And now, O ye Priests, this commandment is for you."

What commandment is God speaking of through Malachi the Prophet? There is no commandment at all in Malachi 2.

It is not until you get to Malachi 3:7 that you find a commandment....

"Return unto me". Return? How? "Will a Man Rob God?" How have we robbed you? "In tithes and offerings. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse..."

God was speaking to the Priests. They had robbed Him. The children of Israel had not robbed Him. They had done their part. They took the tithes as instructed in Nehemiah 10 to the Levites.

The Levites had done their part. They had taken the tithe of the tithe to the Temple. But Nehemiah reveals that the Priests had robbed God. They removed the tithes from the Temple chambers. Read Nehemiah 13:1-12.

Eliashib, the High Priest, removed the tithes from the chambers and moved God's enemy Tobiah the Ammonite in. What he did with those tithes we do not know.

However, God wanted them back. Nehiamiah instructed the tithes be brought back because the Levites were not getting the portion that was due them at the Temple during their work there. They were not being sustained through the tithes that they had brought to the Temple with them because the tithes had been stolen by the Priests.

Judah, a Levite, went out into Jerusalem and Israel to collect tithes. Now, the people had already given their tithes to the Levites previously. But here was the Levite collecting tithes a second time. The people were being robbed! They had given their tithes and now were expected to give more.

Judah brought the tithes he collected to the Temple chambers. But this was not the tithe that had been stolen from the chambers. This was tithes that were taken from the people to replace the stolen tithes. God's stolen tithes were still missing.

And God wanted them back. Hence, the commandment and subsequent instruction in Malachi 3. The Priests who had stolen the tithe were to bring the tithe back. The Priests were guilty of robbing God by removing the tithes, and the people were robbed by having to pay a second tithe that year.

What I Found About Making Money In The Bible

I hated being broke and poor; I hated going hungry for days. I was born-again and went to church regularly. I knew scriptures and was learning more daily. I was taught to give if I wanted to have so I gave as much as I could. The teaching was right but I felt it was INCOMPLETE. I needed to do my own search & research; I needed answers and OH! YES I GOT ANSWERS.

I stopped being broke and poor and I now eat to satisfaction when hungry. I am still born-again and I still go to church regularly. I am hungrier for God and His WORD than I've ever been. I desire to give more but I found I can't give what I don't have.

Here are a few things I found out in my study:

1. God created man in His image on the 6th day; male and female He created them. Man was created on the 6th day AFTER the trees and plants had been created on the 3rd day.
Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
2. Man was created but man did not have a form; man was not yet a living being. Man was a spirit that was inside God just like all of creation. However, man was formed and became a living being thereafter and man was formed BEFORE the trees, plants and even the animals.
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

I found out that God created man with the words He spoke but formed man from the dust of the ground. They taught us RIGHTLY but often times INCOMPLETELY to speak forth our MONEY in order to CREATE it but if we truly are created in God's image and likeness, we need to complete the process like God did by giving FORM to money. We have often CREATED with our words but only few have learnt how to give FORM through the WORK of their hands.

As I studied further, I found a teaching of Jesus on the subject of money.

Luke 19:11-27
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

I found 7 points in this teaching that has helped me tremendously on the subject of having money.

1. He gave money to ten of his servants to multiply by trading before he returned from his journey.
2. His citizens hated him because they disagreed with him.
3. When he returned he called the servants he had given money to know how much each had gained by trading.
4. A servant multiplied one pound to ten pounds and the master said to him "Well, thou good servant:because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities."
5. A second servant multiplid one pound to five "And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
6. A third servant refused to multiply and he was called "WICKED".
7. The money was collected from the wicked servant who refused to multiply his one pound and given to the servant with ten pounds.

You can not give what you don't have; If you want to give more you've got to have more.

In summary, whether we agree or not the money will always be collected from those of us who refuse to multiply it and be given to those of us that multiply it therefore SPEAK & CREATE with your words in agreement with the word of God but afterwards...

TAKE ACTION!

TRADE!!

MULTIPLY!!!

God Bless You.

I'm Blessed. Are you?

I am blessed, I am blessed
Everyday of my life, I am blessed
When I wake up in the morning & put my head on bed to rest
I am blessed, I am blessed.

There is absolutely nothing you can give God to provoke His blessing; neither a tithe nor an offering; you give to God because He has ALREADY blessed you.

Though I have been threatened and I have been attacked (verbally & physically) by fellow christians, I write without fear & I write without apology; God does not require ANYTHING from you in order to bless you.

When you give, give in thanks and appreciation of what you already have and not because you want to blackmail or twist God's arm to provoke a largesse on you.

Move from the realm of "10% belongs to God" to the realm of "100% belongs to God". You are only a custodian of your life and your wealth; it all belongs to God. You give of your life and your wealth as God leads you and as you purpose in your heart. God does not need you to lay your life or your money at any man made alter in order to prove to the world that you have given it to Him.

I heard God say, "I have heard the prayers of my people and I have answered them. Liberation has come. The chains have been broken. They have been set free. That's what happened at Calvary. Weep no more and rejoice because light has come."

All the Praise & Glory be to God Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth, the giver of life.

"Unquestionable Men, Questionable God?"

The greatest man I know alive happens to be my dad, 'Folahan Faneye.
He raised his children to be inquisitive and always ask questions and he indulged us by answering as many questions as he could.
There were times he had no answers and he was never ashamed to say he had none.
It is important that we always ASK questions so as to get answers.

UNQUESTIONABLE GOD.
It seems we have allowed men to fill in the space that only God deserves so we have "UNQUESTIONABLE men" in our lives.

We need to get back on track and let God only be UNQUESTIONABLE and every man be QUESTIONABLE.

Why do we encourage our followers to be different but feel threatened when they are actually different?

Why do we not question our leaders but follow blindly even when they are wrong?

Why don't we ask those that have succeeded in endeavours that we pursue so we can get the desired help?

Why must we wait for man's validation when God has given us all the validation we need?

Why do we promote a culture of borrowing when we know that debts are burden and lead to the destruction of many?

Why do we claim to love God yet harbour so much hatred towards one another?

Why do we surround ourselves with people that tell us lies and speak differently behind us?#

Why do we push away the very few that are courageous enough to tell us the truth?

Why have we allowed God become questionable while our leaders have become unquestionable?

Why? Why?? Why???

The Truth on Tithes & Offerings Part 2.

TITHING BEFORE THE LAW: Abram and Melchizedek.
Genesis 14: 18-24
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. And he blessed him and said:
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.
Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.” But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’— except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”

It is important to know that Abram did not give the tithe in order to be blessed by Melchizedek but it was rather in response to the blessing proferred on him by Melchizedek.
Abram also did not tithe from his income neither did he tithe from his wealth; he gave a tithe from the goods that was stolen from the king of sodom which he had recovered and he gave the remaining back to the king of sodom.

TITHING UNDER THE LAW.
Leveticus 27:30
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord.

Deutoronomy 14:22-29
“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the Lord your God has blessed you, then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

NEW TESTAMENT TRUTH.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Man was separated from God after the fall of Adam and a lot was required for man to please God. Nothing was adequate until Jesus came to the world and died for man's sins and fulfilled the law.

The offerings was to be given to the priests under the law when man was separated from God. However, NOW, Jesus is our high priest and he has made us kings and priests.

The way to give to our high priest has been given to us in the new testament.

Matthew 25:31-40
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

TITHING TO THE LOCAL CHURCH.
Tithing to the local church shows your loyalty and commitment to the work of God that is being done by your pastor. Tithing can NEVER connect anyone to God's blessing. It is Jesus ONLY that can do that. Jesus broke the curse and reconnected man to The Blessing.

Ephesians 1:3-6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

We have been blessed with all spiritual blessing IN CHRIST. That includes the blessing of Abraham that was promised to Abraham and to his seed, Christ.

2 Corinthians 9:6-9
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written:
“He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.

Every man should search scriptures for himself concerning every subject matter and not just limit his knowledge of God's word to what is being preached from the pulpit.

YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.

There is a fresh wind blowing in the body of Christ.

Abundance: God's Financial Plan for Man.

God wants to do so much through us to the world. A lot of us have been blinded by our incomes and we are satisfied to have just enough to live comfortable or luxurious lives and have enough to support immediate family and friends. We find it difficult to comprehend that from an income of N150,000 (One hundred & fifty thousand naira), we can fund a project of helping the poor with N150,000,000 (One hundred & fifty million naira).
The average human mind assumes that even if he does not spend a dime out of his salary and keeps it all, he will have N1.8m in a year and it will take him over 83 working years (without spending on anything) to accumulate such funds so the possibility of a project that "little" is so big and seems impossible in his/her mind.

God's plan for man however is absolute abundance. God blessed man at creation and said to man, "be FRUITFUL, and MULTIPLY, and REPLENISH the earth, and SUBDUE it, and have DOMINION.............."

Often times, man gets stuck in the being FRUITFUL stage or doesn't even enter there at all.

I want us to expand our minds and see ourselves the way God sees us. God is able to do immeasurably more than we can ASK or even IMAGINE.

The very first step is to be FRUITFUL. You must begin with having an income. In this instance, I will use the N150k salary. Saving just 10% of that in 10 months will be N150k.
After saving aside N150k, next is to multiply. Even if you have a N50k income, you'll accumulate N150k if you set aside N5k monthly for 30 months.

Aim to double the N150k in a business cycle.

Your N150k in business cycles become:

1. N300k
2. N600k
3. N1.2m
4. N2.4m
5. N4.8m
6. N9.6m
7. N19.2m
8. N38.4m
9. N76.8m
10. N153.6m

You will exceed the N150m needed for the project in just 10 business cycles.

WARNING. Salary "ONLY" no fit do am ooo unless you are a part of the top management of a company collecting seven or eight digit wages.

It is when you provide goods and/or services that you're paid for by a number of people through a business that will get you there.

If your average annual income from a customer is N10,000, you need 15,000 customers to accumulate the N150m that you need.

If your average annual income is just N1,000, you need 150,000 customers. You can only achieve this kind of income through a business.

Keep in mind that the population of our country is well over 100 million. You don't need to be in competition with anyone, just start a business and MIND YOUR BUSINESS.

Start with the N150k that you have and all you need to double it to N300k is 15 or 150 customers as the case may be in the first business cycle. Repeat the process over the business cycles till you get to your destination. Continue till you get to N150billion and beyond.

You replenish the earth anytime God uses you as a channel of blessing so make up your mind to give and share as much as you decide to alomg the way.

Its possible and you dont have to quit your job to begin.

Start now and just start it as an experiment. You have absolutely nothing to lose.

That is the true essence of the sowing and reaping process.

THE HARVEST IS NOW.

Creation vs Form

We create with our words and form with our hands. The words of our mouth are very important to the things we create in our lives but those things will only take form by and through the work of our hands.

Let us look at the account of creation in the book of Genesis when God showed the difference between creation and form.

Genesis 1:11-13
11 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.

On the third day, God created the grass, the seed yielding herb and the fruit tree.

Now let's look at what happened on the sixth day.

Genesis 1:27-31
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. 31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

On the sixth day, God created man in His own image, male and female He created them.

Its established that in creation God created the grass, herb and fruit tree on the third day and created man (male & female) on the sixth day.

Now let's see what happened thereafter in chapter two.

Genesis 2:1-7
1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. 4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; 6 but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

God rested on the seventh day because he ended His work which He had done.

Let's look at Genesis 2 very carefully.

In verses 4 & 5, it talks about the history of the heavens and the earth when God created them before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown.

(WHY?)

FOR THE LORD GOD HAD NOT CAUSED IT TO RAIN ON THE EARTH, AND THERE WAS NO MAN TO TILL THE GROUND.

God simply showed us a process here. He had created the tree on the third day and man on the sixth day but before the tree can take form, the earth had to be watered and man had to till the ground.

In verses 6 & 7, a mist went up from the earth and watered the ground and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Now let's see what happened after God had formed man.

Genesis 2:8-25
8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. 15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” 18 And the Lord God said, “ It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

God put man in the garden and after that he made every tree grow.

Verse 18, And the Lord God said, “ It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.

God created them male and female but when He formed Adam from the ground, he was alone and God said it wasn't good for man to be alone hence the need to form woman out of man.

Verse 19, Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

Let's note that though the trees and animals were created before Adam, God formed them out of the ground and brought them to Adam after Adam had been formed.

The words of our mouth are very important just as well is the work of our hands. We must not neglect one at the expense of the other. If all we do is speak words without forming, we will just have loads of things created in our spirit and if all we do is work without first creating with our words, we'll find ourselves living a life of struggle.

The perfect balance is the example God showed us at creation. If we are created in the image and likeness of God, it means we look like God and function like God so we must create with our words and form with the works of our hands.

FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.