Topic: In the beginning

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What did the fig leaves in the garden of Eden represent?

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Man has always wanted to make his own way. In the garden of Eden, God made a man so he didn’t have to shift for nothing. God made him perfect, but man wanted his own way. He wanted to tamper. He wanted to find out. And then as soon as he fell…We’ve went through that this week, in the studies of the...

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Where do we find where Noah preached for a hundred and twenty years and built the ark in a hundred and twenty years? Did I answer that?

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A generation, or a lotted time, a man’s lotted time on earth was one hundred and twenty years, which took Noah, the period, to build the ark, which was considered a generation in that day. One hundred and twenty years was a man’s lotted time. And he preached, according…Genesis 6:3, he preached to th...

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In Genesis 6:4, after the flood, where did the giants come from?

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That’s a good one, very good. That’s a sensible question. Where did these giants come from? Adam wasn’t a giant as far as we know, ’cause if it would, the Bible would said so. He was just an ordinary man. Where did they come from? Now—now, this is a great dispute, and this was just handed to me. It’...

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Is there more than one world?

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Yes, there’s worlds of worlds, Hebrews the 1st chapter the 2nd verse, Hebrews the 11th chapter and the 3rd verse. There’s worlds of worlds. God created the worlds, w-o-r-l-d-s, worlds.

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When Adam and Eve had their children in Eden, was there other people on earth at this time? In Genesis the 5th chapter and the 16th verse, Cain dwelt in the land of Nod and knew his wife.

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Now, that’s a—a wonderful question. Now, we are taught in the Bible…And many times these…sometimes we have carelessly…I used to put on a little slip of paper, and say, “Ask. Answer any Bible question.” And someone said, “Well, who was Cain’s wife?” Oh, I’d little joke with it or something, I’d say...

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Who these giants were in those days?

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Now, Josephus there…Course, I know, our church, you’re just like me. I—I’m a seventh-grade dummy and I—I don’t care about education and things. I think it’s the biggest hindrance the Gospel’s ever had. But yet, just sometimes, I take up a book or two. Now, my dealings with people like myself, we’re...

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Does the “sons of God” mean Angels or spirits from Heaven?

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That was the person’s question. All right. I believe that they wasn’t Angels. See, they were beings, “sons of God,” like the Scripture says. Not angels, they were sons of God. And they come from Heaven to the earth, and was put into flesh; not “pressed themselves into flesh,” I believe all flesh is...

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Where did the earth and the things in it come from?

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Jesus said that a sower sowed. And if you’ll just take It in your heart and don’t dig It up every day to see how it’s getting along. Just sink It in your heart and settle It. That’s all. Walk right on. God will take care of the rest of it. He’s obligated to His Word. Do you know that every thing tha...

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Where did Cain get his wife?

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Now, in Genesis we’ll have to start with two boys. That’s where the human race sprang from Adam and Eve, and out of Adam and Eve, of course, she had to have daughters. If she did not…Someone has often wondered…The old question was where did Cain get his wife? Cain had to marry his sister. He couldn’...

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What was the Tree of Life, and who guarded it?

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Now, the Tree of Life, I believe, was Jesus Christ. “He that eats My flesh and drinks My Blood has Everlasting Life.” He is the Tree of Life. God was guarding It with a Cherubim, an Angel with a flaming sword.

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If God is a Spirit, what kind of man did He make in His own image?

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Man before he was this man, he was a spirit man. God made the first man in His Own image. How many says that’s right? Well, what kind of a image has God got? He’s a Spirit, is that right? So He made a Spirit man ’fore He made a flesh man. Then He put man in five senses to contact his earthly home. H...

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What were the two trees in the garden of Eden, and what has come of eating from the tree of knowledge?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees: one was Life, one was knowledge. Man left the Tree of Life to eat off the tree of knowledge. And the first bite he took, he separated himself from God. And every time a man bites off of that tree of knowledge, he destroys himself. He bit off gun powder, ki...

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What does the word religion mean, and what was the apron Adam made for himself?

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Now, God, in the beginning when Adam and Eve…Man has always tried to prepare himself. Oh, yes, sir, he tries to prepare himself. When he first sinned in the beginning, the first thing you know, he went out and prepared himself an apron: fig leaves, wrapped it around him. He’s making himself…Now, the...

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What was the world made out of?

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You got to get the man right in his heart first, before he can believe. He ain’t got nothing to believe on. He ain’t got nothing to believe with. I’m sure the little, infant brain of a man knows nothing about belief. He’s got to have something in there stimulates his faith and makes him look yonder...

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What does the word 'religion' mean?

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Now, let’s begin with the first two people on earth, and that was Adam and Eve. And when they had sinned; God told them, “All these things you may have, but there’s one thing that you mustn’t touch.” And that was the—the forbidden tree. And of course, everybody has their ideas of what it was, and I...

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“God created man, male and female. Created man, male and female.” Now that’s, I think, the first point. Now in Genesis 2:7, it says, “He formed,” (underscored) “but first He created.” He’s got then…he’s got that underscored. “And He formed” (underscored) “man out of the dust, and breathed into his nostrils,” and so forth. Now, what is the difference, or where is the connection in the above Scriptures?

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Now, this is…Now, if you’ve got it wrote down, Genesis 1:26 to 28, and Genesis 2:7. Now, it’s a very touchy thing, and I—I may not…I just have my own idea of it, so I’ll just give it to you the way that I feel that it is. And if you different, well, that’s just fine. I want to compliment Brother Ne...

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What did the tree of death and the Tree of Life in the garden of Eden represent?

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Now, here’s the tree of death. I have my idea of what it was; you can have yours. But anyhow, that whenever they’d taken this tree, they were going to die. But if they ever taken this Tree, they were going to live. So, when they’d taken the tree of death, that separated them from God, and He put an...

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Was the serpent a reptile before it was cursed?

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And He said, “Serpent…” Now, he wasn’t a reptile then. He was the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. And He said, “Cursed is you.” And He took his legs from him and upon his belly he’d go all the days of—of his life. Dust should be his meat, and he will be hated. That’s where he is today.

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What does the word 'religion' mean?

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Now when, then, they sinned, he—he made hisself a reli-…A word religion means “covering.” It’s like something covers. This coat is a—is a—a moral religion to me, because it covers my being. And your clothes is the same way. And it’s a…It’s a—a covering.

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Was the serpent a reptile before it was cursed?

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And He said then, “Serpent, because you did this, walked up…” He wasn’t a reptile. He was a beast, walked up, more subtle than all the beasts of the field. Bear me record, that’s Scripture. Walked up, like a man, and he had deceived her. And He said, “And because you did this, off comes your legs, a...