Liberating you from bad ideas about God
![[#61] The New Creation in the Gospel of John](https://redeeminggod.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gospel-of-john-podcast-150x150.jpg)
I have said numerous times before that Genesis forms the foundation for the entire Bible. Today we are going to jump forward into the New Testament and take a brief glimpse at how the Gospel of John pulls themes and ideas from Genesis 1–3, and also how the first Epistle of John pulls themes from Genesis 4.
![[#06] Genesis 1:6-8 – The Firmament in the Midst of the Waters](https://redeeminggod.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/One-Verse-Podcast-Jeremy-Myers-150x150.jpg)
Genesis 1:6-8 contains the description of the second day of creation. On this day, God separates the waters above from the waters below. This podcast episode shows how the Egyptian creation myths illuminate our understanding of what this text says.
Jesus went to the cross out of love, to rescue us from sin, death, and devil, but since the Gospels (or the rest of the New Testament for that matter) don’t place much emphasis on the blood of Jesus or the pain He went through on the cross, maybe we shouldn’t either.
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I firmly believe that many people hold on to personal goals and pet projects long after they should have let them die a natural death. If we would let these things die, this would enable God to raise up something new in our life from the dust and ashes of the past. Right now, one thing that will die temporarily is my blog…
We are all familiar with the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in John 11. But what exactly did Martha believe about Jesus in this event? When Martha said that she believed that Jesus was the Christ, was the same thing as believing that Jesus was the resurrection and the life?
Soul sleep is the idea that after a person dies, they exist unconsciously until the future resurrection. But is this idea taught in the Bible? I say no. I believe that after a person dies, if they have believed in Jesus for eternal life, they go immediately to be with God in heaven.
Has Jesus delayed His return? Many feel that Jesus is delaying His coming for various reasons, none of which make much sense. When will Jesus return? Some think He is delaying His return because He is creating a new world for us and it takes forever. Others think it is because Jesus is waiting for the full number of Gentiles to come in. What is the truth?
People sometimes say that God does not know what it is like to lose a son because God knew Jesus would rise again. But God does know the sorrow of death. This post looks at two reasons people sometimes give for how God knows what it is like to lose a son, and rejects both as insufficient answers.
If Jesus did not rise from the dead, probably most of Christianity is a lie. We could probably hold on to the idea of God, and some of the historical events in the Bible, but beyond that, most of it would probably not be true.
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