ScriptureFirst

ScriptureFirst

9 Bible verses about putting God first

God is described in the Bible as the only God and the creator of all things. We worship Jesus because He is first — above all rule and authority — and He alone is worthy
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The Story with extensive endnotes

For all eternity, past and future, God is love.[1] Since this love is other-centered, not self-centered,[2] He was never only self.[3] He is Master of space and time. They have
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Unexplainable foreign element

Into this peaceful realm of love and faith one day a mysterious and unexplainable sentiment arose. It was harbored first in the heart of the highest created being, the one closest to God,
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Tragic fruit of living the lie

Rapidly the consequences of the alluring but deadly principle of the lie became evident. Out of their miraculously remaining but strained oneness, Adam and Eve were given their firstborn “possession,” Cain.
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The universal standard

Since God is love, all that He makes is an expression of love, and is intended to reveal love. Thus nothing was designed to live for itself. Especially the intelligent beings were created
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The ultimate going-down

At last the time came, and the greatest of all prophets was raised up to herald the coming of the Word. John the Baptist announced the coming kingdom and King, laying the ax
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The truth affirmed

The victory He won was not left hidden in the apparent defeat of His ultimate humiliation. The validity of His justifying by going down, rather than condemning by exalting Himself, was affirmed by
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The greatest assault on the truth

Messiah and His disciples embodied the principle, “he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” The rejection of this message and the messengers by the remnant of Abraham’s descendants
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The earthly father of the faithful

Noah’s descendants reproduced the mistakes of unbelief, and developed new systems of creature worship. The center of Babel (the gate of god, Babylon) became a prototype of all human-centered religions and
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The earth joins the controversy

One day Eve encountered Lucifer in one of his disguises, as a serpent, at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Using his wisdom perverted into the service of self-seeking, he
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The early harvest

The account is brief but sad. The development of the lie in the long-lived ancients was such that within a few generations it had reached maturity. Self-seeking had developed into a fearful degree
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The beginning of the end

In God’s providence the seeds of the truth eventually burst into new life, growing for the final showdown. For three hundreds years at least they developed against great odds. And on
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Relating to the created

Of these Three, the One who has ever been the special connection to the created ones is the Son. Though They all are Creator, He has been the main agent of creation. As
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Our day: the final appeal of genuine love

It is here and now that we find ourselves in this, The Story of stories. God has imparted unprecedented prosperity, technical knowledge, and peace to enable this final mission. Most do not discern
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More witnesses to the truth

Messiah’s exaltation included His returning to the Father, a departure He had explained at length to His disciples. He had promised to send the Spirit in His place, who could be
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Love's pursuit of lost lovers

It was God, in His other-centered seeking and all-knowing wisdom, who came searching for the missing pair. He who knew where they were and what they had done, confronted them with questions borne
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Glory and desolation

Abraham’s family further revealed the victory that faith brings, from the child of promise (the son of faith, Isaac) through the overcoming grandson (Israel, the one who prevailed with God-dependence after
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Elements of the conflict

Thus at the very beginning of The Story on this earth, the key elements of the battle that still exists were laid out in the events recorded: 1. The other-centered One creating a
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Before the beginning

For all eternity, past and future, God is love. Since this love is other-centered, not self-centered, He was never only self. He is Master of space and time. They have always served Him
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A new expression of love

After this controversy began, our world was created as another expression of His love and power. He spoke and it was done. And He said, “Let Us make man in Our image,
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