The Incredible Human Potential PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

52 THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIALThe fourth word in all the Bible is "God" (Gen. 1: 1). Andthe original Hebrew word is "Eiohim," a uní-plural noun like theword family, church, or group. The family is God. There is oneGod- the one Family, but more than one Person.God saw that no being less than God, in the God Family,could be cerlainly relied on never to sin - to be like God -whocannot sin. To fulfill His purpose for the entire vast universe, Godsaw that nothing less than Himself (as the God Family) could beabsolutely relied upon to carry out that supreme purpose in theentire universe.God then purposed lo reproduce Himself, through humans,made in His image and likeness, but made first from materialftesh and blood, subject to death if there is sin unrepented of -yetwith the possibility ofbeing boro into the Divine Family begottenby God the Father.God saw how this could be done through Christ, who gaveHimself for that purpose.A nd lhal is why God pul man on 1he earlh! That is whatcaused God to do this most colossal, tremendous thing ever undertakenby the supreme, almighty God - to reproduc_e Himself!The following chapter will make this undeniably clear.