Blind in the Past, podcast episodes

1. 17.8.21: Blind in the Past…Introduction.
   1. John 9:25: One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see.
   2. Ecclesiastes 3:11: God has set eternity in the human heart.
2. 23.8.21: The Big Story.
   1. Creation. Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
   2. Fall. Romans 3:23: “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
   3. Redemption. Ephesians 2:4: But God, who is rich in mercy.
   4. Re-creation. Revelation 21:5: “I am making everything new.”
3. 2.9.21: Creation: The Beginning.
   1. Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
   2. Genesi 1:10: “God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.”
   3. Genesi 1:26-28: “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.””
   4. Genesis 1:31: “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.”
   5. Salmo 24:1: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”
4. 18.9.21: The Image of God: Gift and Responsibility.
   1. 1. Genesi 1:26-28: “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.””
      2. Luke 12:48b: “Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.”
5. 11.8.21: The Image of God: Responsibility.
   1. -Genesis 2“8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”“16 And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die’.”
6. 3.1.22: The Fall.
   1. -Genesis 3:1-6: “1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”
7. 15.2.22: The Consequence: God Protects His Own Glory.
   1. –Isaiah 48:11: “For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed?  I will not yield my glory to another.”
8. 26.5.22: God Expels Us from His Presence.
   1. Genesis 3:22-24: “22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side^[a] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming swordflashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.“
9. 14.8.22: We are capable of much evil but also of much good.
   1. Romans 3:10-18: “10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” 13 “Their throat is pan open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 in their paths are ruin and misery, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.””
10. 28.8.22: Redemption: A Perfect Life that Did not Deserve Death.
    1. 1. John 8:29: “I always do the things that are pleasing to” the Father.
       2. Romans 6:23: “The wages of sin is death.”
11. 28.8.22: Jesus Christ Dies as a Substitute, and His Deity Gives Infinite Worth to that Death.
    1. 1 Peter 3:18: “Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.”
    2. John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
    3. John 1:14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, cand we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
    4. Isaiah 53:5: “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
12. The Resurrection changes, well, everything.
    1. Acts 2:24: “God raised [Jesus] from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him”.
    2. 2 Timothy 1:10: God’s grace “has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”
    3. 1 Corinthians 15:20-21: “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.”
13. Life, wow!
    1. John 11:21-27: “21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.””
    2. John 3:36: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”

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