Can God Keep His Word?
God’s words cannot fail. He made everything there is. Therefore all things belong to Him and He directs the world according to his own master plan. Despite the actions of people He has allowed to rebel against him, His good purposes will surely succeed at last. This is why God can make plans that will forever affect our future. God invites everyone to come to Him as the Father of all things. Then He will carry out His kind desires for us. (Genesis 1:1-2)
Genesis 1:1-2
Creation of heaven and earth
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
“It’s just human nature!”
You often heard that excuse for someone’s bad behavior. In other words, “He’s just made that way; he can’t help it.” But here we are told that God created us “to be like Himself…very good!” As we are going to see, something went wrong, because bad behavior is not “just human nature.” The good news is that God is always ready to do what he did in the beginning. He will create you all over again “to be like His self.” You can see how Jesus explained this to a man in the New Testament (see John 3:1-8)
John 3:1-8
You Must Be Born Again
There was a man named Nicodemus who was a Pharisee and a Jewish leader. One night he went to Jesus and said, “Sir, we know that God has sent you to teach us. You could not work these miracles, unless God were with you.”
Jesus replied, “I tell you for certain that you must be born from above before you can see God’s kingdom!”
Nicodemus asked, “How can a grown man ever be born a second time?”
Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that before you can get into God’s kingdom, you must be born not only by water, but by the Spirit.
Humans give life to their children. Yet only God’s Spirit can change you into a child of God. Don’t be surprised when I say that you must be born from above.
Only God’s Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going.
