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What does the word 'religion' mean?

Answer

He made a covenant with man, and man always breaks his covenant. But man has always tried to find some way to save hisself, try to make hisself. It comes from a strain: In the garden of Eden, when man realized he had sinned, he tried to make hisself a religion, a covering. The word religion means “c...
Israel and the Church #3, 1953-03-27, Jeffersonville, IN, §20 Read more →

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What were the two trees in the garden of Eden?

Answer

I said, “In my heart.” That’s right. And I said, “The trouble of it is, doctor, in the garden of Eden, there’s two trees; one was knowledge and one was faith. One was Life. One was death of knowledge, other one was life by faith. And as long as they eat by faith of this tree, all right, they lived....
Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever, 1952-08-10, Chicago, IL, §42 Read more →

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What does the word 'religion' mean?

Answer

Look at Adam, made, they made aprons of fig leaves, and put that around them, the fig leaves. But when they came to the place where God called Adam and Eve to stand before Him, they realized that they had a man-made religion. The word religion means, “a covering.” And they were covered by a self-mad...
Prodigal, 1950-08-27, Cleveland, OH, §54 Read more →

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What did Christ restore that Adam lost in the garden of Eden?

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Now, we realize, and everyone knows there is spirits. Then if there’s spirits, there’s bound to be a Master of that spirit, because It changes the nature of sinners into Christians. And there’s bound to be a Master or Head there somewhere, and that’s God. And He sent His Son on earth, made in likene...
Led by the Spirit, 1950-07-15, Minneapolis, MN, §6 Read more →

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