Part 2 - God's Puzzle Solved

70 God’s Puzzle Completedmust master himself. In order to gain maturity, Cainneeded a total change of mind and thinking. He, also,needed to repent. Instead, he killed Abel. However,he knew about The Tree of Life and kept searching forit. Obviously, he did not want to repent. Cain wantedto do it his way (Genesis 4:7). Cain, guided by Satan,was the world’s first terrorist.When Israel came out of Egypt (sin), they did not learntheir lesson. They obeyed God out of fear instead ofwanting to follow Him. God had to bring them to repentance.So, they had to roam in the wilderness ontheir own. He gave them The Law of Moses so theycould come to repentance. That generation did notlearn. Under Joshua (a savior), they had to obey TheLaw strictly or be cursed. The Law became their righteousness.Routinely, through sinning and sacrificing,they would, hopefully, learn not to sin. Instead, theywould learn to have faith. Only then could this leadthem to Christ and Salvation (Galatians 3:24).Christ Our MasterIndividuals must, eventually, learn that their humanweakness causes them to sin. However, be aware thatno one can keep The Law of Moses faithfully or perfectly.You may need help re-thinking this clue. Byrepenting, you come to Christ. He is your Author. Youmust live by every Word of God. Only God and Christcan lead you to perfection. Doctrine will not do it.Going from doctrine to doctrine and being tossed toand fro is not the answer. Jesus proclaims He is youronly Master. It was never the scribes or even The Law