In the Beginning (a message for our youth today)

Sister Lin
Sep 18, 2020
4 min read

Updated: Aug 19, 2024

In the beginning of time God created all things new, all things were bright and beautiful, they were good in GOD'S eyes. GOD created man and woman (in all cleanliness and purity) in His likeness and image, yet giving to them the ability to choose – whether it be for the good or bad. He gave them strict instructions not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, for in the day they ate of it, they would die.

Then the Tempter to came to them with the intent and purpose of deceiving them into eating of that tree. They believed him and obeyed his voice, for which reason they and all mankind after them must now have an end to their life. “For the wages of sin is death” - Jesus Christ came to offer us life anew, to give us Eternal Life, and to be our Salvation - “the gift of GOD is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our LORD” (Romans 6:23). When we accept this great Salvation for our souls, we must not walk in the ways of darkness, but choose the paths of uprightness, and thus choose Life.

When we first come to know the LORD, we have a natural hunger and thirst for Rightness, to be right before GOD – to do whatever is right in His eyes, so as not to become dirtied again as we once were.

Isaiah 51:1, 4-5 “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Hearken unto Me, My people; and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for a law shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for a light of the people. My righteousness is near; My salvation is gone forth, and Mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon Me, and on Mine arm shall they trust.”

The world is designed to appear as if it is getting somewhere: people coming and going, doing this and that – busy hands, busy minds always thinking, always discovering something new to do, or new possibilities, new theories, etc. - all the while, forgetting more and more about the TRUTH, and forsaking the ONE TRUE GOD. They drift in the current wherever it might take them – without their realization of the true Life that is found in GOD. The child of GOD can be carried away in these dangerous currents as well, if they continue to dabble in the ways of the thoughts of this world. This is the OPPOSITE of waiting on the LORD, waiting only upon Him, looking to Him alone – from whom comes our Salvation.

The moving and actions of the LORD are far greater than that which man can do or ever will.

“For man looks [and works] on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks [and works] on the heart” 1 Samuel 16:7.

It is like taking a very cool car and painting the outside of it until it looks absolutely gorgeous, yet the engine is dead, or has so many problems under the hood that it will not function properly to its fullest capability unless it is repaired.

A teenage boy had a dream: He saw a man throwing a bundle over the side of a drop-off where there was a reddish-orange glow, he didn't know what it was. He looked over to see what was happening when the bundle was thrown in and there were terrible screams coming from it then the dream ended.

The young man understood this dream to be from the LORD, and a man of GOD told him: Don't be curious about what the bundle was, the bundle was sin, and the more curious you are about sin, the further into its flames it will draw you until you are unable to return.

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof” Romans 13:14.

“Neither give place to the devil.” Ephesians 4:27

Proverbs 7:7 "I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding”

In this 7th chapter of Proverbs, there is the story of a young man who was instructed to desire Wisdom and Understanding, to keep GOD'S commandments and Law as the apple of his eye (his central focus). However he was in the street near the corner of the house of a strange woman [a picture of the Tempter who works to deceive both young and old to leave the paths of instruction and go the way that is appealing to the eyes – decorous, appealing to the taste and smell, riches, etc. - this is the way of the world.

Proverbs 7:24-27 “Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways [go down to her level], go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.”

Just because something is out there doesn't mean one has to know about it.

Proverbs 8:4 “Unto you, O men, I call; and MY voice is to the sons of man.” 6 “Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of MY lips shall be right things.” 10 “Receive MY Instruction, and not silver; and Knowledge rather than choice gold.” 11 “For Wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.” 13 “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” 17 “I love them that love ME; and those that seek ME early shall find ME.” 21 “That I may cause those that love ME to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.”