The Incredible Human Potential PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

66 THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIALreproductive process, each reproducing after its own kind - cattleafter the cattle kind, horses after the horse kind, etc.But now God (Elohim) said, "Let us make man in our image,after our likeness [form, shape] ... "(Gen. 1:26); in other words,AFTER THE Goo KIND.God had created angels out of SPIRIT. But now, for His ownreproductive purpose, MATTER offered God the properties Heneeded.And so " ... the ETERNAL God formed man of the dust of theground"- out of MATTER (Gen. 2:7).IF and WHEN Man SinnedAt this point we must consider a basic principie of Goo's GOV­ERNMENT. The state can never be without a head. God placed Luciferon the throne of the earth. He was no longer administeringthe GOVERNMENT OF Goo- he was now disqualified- but he (hisname now changed to Satan) must remain on that throne until hissuccessor has qualified and also been inducted into office. Thevery fact that Satan was there to tempt the first humans- that heis, even now, "the god of this world" (11 Cor. 4:4) and "the princeof the power of the air" (Eph. 2:2) - is sufficient evidence of thisbasic principie of the GOVERNMENT OF GOD.More than this, once the earth became inhabited by those inrebellion against the government of God - once that governmentceased to function - it became necessary for someone to qualifyas successor to Lucifer (now Satan) - and in order to qualify torestore the government and w A Y of God, the successor mustactually reject and/or turn from Satan's WAY!More, those who are to reign WITH Christ, must also qualifyby turning from or rejecting Satan's way, overcoming that way,and actually living under the WAY of God's Law.Knowing this, God knew the inevitability that Satan wouldtempt the first created MAN to disbelieve God and commit sin. Ifthe super archangel and all his angels had been led into rebellion,how much more certain that man, made lower than the angels,would also sin!Can you visualize God and with Him the Word (also Godofthe God F AMILY) planning this supreme feat of their crea ti ve