God the World and You

By Mary Esther Wacaster

My little book God, the World and You was created to use as a simple understandable book for the younger generation concerning the Bible. Over many, many years, many men had been inspired to write down God's word, and they all have written without any differences, if we care enough to search through what has been said in order to see how they are alike and how the whole story fits together, putting it together in a spiritual application.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary Esther Wacaster
• Release date: Oct 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301030613

Mary Esther Wacaster

I am a mother of 4 sons; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. I began writing poems when I was 17 or 18. Many of my poems were inspired by my own experiences, but many were also inspired by what I saw and heard from others and from studies from the Bible.. Many of my later poems have double meaning; thoughts from a physical standpoint, and thoughts from a spiritual standpoint. I sincerely hope that as the reader goes through this small collection of my poems, that he can draw comfort both physically and spiritually, as I did.

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God, the World and You

By Mary Esther Smith Wacaster

Copyright 2013 Mary E. Wacaster

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Dedication

To the Honor and Glory of the Lord Jehovah

My strength and my Redeemer

If I could have but walked the paths

Upon which Jesus tread,

To see His awesome miracles;

To see Him raise the dead;

To hear His words of hope and joy;

To eat of fish and bread;

How could I but suffer grief to see

The thorns that crowned His head!

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Contents

Preface

Introduction

God’s Word - The Bible

In The Beginning

The Garden

God Reaches Out

Two Sons

And Man Multiplied

The Flood

The Rainbow

The Faith of Abraham

Priesthood

A Covenant Promise Fulfilled

Analogies: Sons and the Covenant

The Ultimate Test of Faith

To Make A Nation

A Prophet Raised Up

Spiritual Drought

Fullness Of Time

Poems

The Planted Tree

The Drifter

Preface

Several years ago, I had some young people I was teaching, and found that I needed a document that was concise and simple for their understanding, while also trying to give young people a better understanding of the Bible and it’s purpose. This endeavor was an attempt to fulfill that purpose. I have started with the beginning of the Old Testament and brought it down to the New Testament.

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Introduction

Over many, many years, many men had been inspired to write down God's word, and they all have written without any differences, if we care enough to search through what has been said in order to see how they are alike and how the whole story fits together, putting it together in a spiritual application.

Although there are many stories we love to tell and retell, this is not a book to be considered as we would look at a novel. This is a book concerned with the God-Son called Jesus that was made finite for a time, walking among us to experience man-likeness, being tempted as a human, yet He did not sin. He existed in the form of God yet emptied Himself, and took on the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, humbled Himself, and was obedient as a servant under the Old Covenant to fulfill the Law’s requirements. He became the perfect Lamb of sacrifice to atone for sin in order that we could have the opportunity to return to God and be with Him in eternity. By God’s grace we have been redeemed to be set free from the burden of the rituals and ordinances apart from the Law. He was raised from the grave, glorified and exalted by God the Father, and now sits on the right hand of God’s throne where He will rule until time to turn control back to the Father.

We are to serve God while here on earth, but we can experience God-likeness through Jesus Christ, by becoming like Christ in our personality. It behooves us to take His yoke upon us in obedience to His commands and walk circumspectly throughout our lives in accordance with God’s will.

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God's Word: The Bible

There have been many Once upon a Time stories told, but there is one that is not just Once upon a Time, but is really true. It begins with In the beginning. It is found in the Bible, which is God's Holy Word. God inspired men to write His Word for Him. A man named Moses wrote down the first five books in the Old Testament of this one volume called the Bible.

This book called the Bible is God's word because He claims it as His word. With all of the archeological findings and many years of History as we know it from our History books, and other sources, what has been written in the Bible has been proven to be so, and through the years the testing, archeological findings, and verifications, the truth of it becomes stronger. It is the claim of the Bible to be a tool to furnish us with instruction in righteousness, discipline, and to learn what God expects from us.

2 Timothy 3:16,17: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

And God has promised us that if we do His Will, and walk in His ways that He will be with us, and will take us home with Him when our body dies. (Ezekiel 18:4-6 ; John 14:1-3 ;1 John 1-6).

God spoke to men over and over again through His prophets telling the things that would happen before it ever happened, and everything that they predicted came true, one hundred percent of the time! People that are called psychics today predict things that appear to come true, but only a small percentage of their predictions even appear to be true He commanded that we observe all that He commanded, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament; and that we should not add anything to it or