Why Adam Lost His Agency in the Garden – Chapter 1

 

Why Adam Lost His Agency in the Garden – Chapter 1 https://hisworkmanship.net/why-adam-lost-his-agency-in-the-garden-chpt-01/  This study is about the agency and the duty of agents based on Adam and his agency.  Adam was the first man created in God’s image and likeness from the dust of the earth and given his agency initially in the garden of Eden.  He was created by God to inhabit and be inhabited by God’s glory, and was placed in the garden to dress and keep it.  But when temped, Adam transgressed the command of God.  As a result, the scope and location of his agency was decidedly changed.  God had created Adam in the image of His light and the likeness of His love, yet Adam sinned against God by disobeying His command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Consequently, God took the agency of Adam and his family and their posterity from the garden and gave them their agency in a temporary life of probation, called Today, to prepare them to meet Him and be placed in a kingdom where they will receive their agency in eternity.  To promote a sound understanding of our agency in the life of probation, this study begins with a discussion of principles and definitions and what it means to be agents unto ourselves.  In subsequent chapters, the agency of those who either fulfilled their agency or had it taken from them in this life is reviewed.  For some who had been entrusted with the Lord’s work, disqualified themselves from continuing as agents in a particular role or capacity because of transgression.  Included in this study is a review of free will and why we must reconcile our wills to our Creator’s will to express free will.  To be truly free, we must be liberated from all sin by faith in His Word. Those who do not reconcile their will to God’s will as revealed in Jesus Christ will remain bound (without free will) in sin as captives of Satan, the enemy of all righteousness.  Whereas, those who reconcile their will to God’s will may exercise free will by the power of His Spirit of truth.  Why Adam Lost His Agency in the Garden – Chapter 2 https://hisworkmanship.net/why-adam-lost-his-agency-in-the-garden-chpt-02/  Agency involves making decisions and acting on those decisions in the place and time in which we live—which, at present, is on earth in this mortal (temporal) life.  The consequences of our decisions and actions depend on whether they are in harmony with God’s commands, covenants, and laws by which He governs our existence.  Contemplating beyond this mortal life, how we choose to think and act now will determine the place in which we receive our agency in eternity.  Consider Adam. When first created, he was given dominion over all the earth and placed in the garden of Eden where he lived freely with one exception; God commanded him to not eat the fruit of a specific tree.  While all other decisions made by Adam did not bring him under condemnation, choosing to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree did.  After he partook of the fruit, he was cut off from God’s presence by God driving him from the garden and limiting his time on the earth.  Adam’s agency in the garden meant he had power to make consequential decisions based on the terms and conditions presented to him by God while he was in the garden, e.g. with respect to what he could and could not eat.  Thus, his agency did not give him unlimited liberty whereby he could make decisions that violated God’s commands and laws without penalties.  When Adam transgressed God’s command, his agency was curtailed dramatically by God.  The new but more restrictive bounds and conditions of Adam’s agency in the mortal state into which he was placed after his fall were markedly different compared to the unique bounds and conditions of the agency he had been given in the garden.  These new terms and conditions of his agency in mortality were more limiting by God’s design based on His justice and mercy. …  See the links above for the remainder of the posts with references.  Blessings, Dwight B

Healing Hearts Meetings in January 2025

 Healing Hearts Meetings in January 2025

Healing Hearts is a Christ centered group open to all who are currently widowed (widows and widowers).  We offer fellowship, friendship, fun and worship.  We support each other emotionally through our presence and our common grief.  This group is open to all who are widowed, regardless of church affiliation.

We will meet at Colbern Road Restoration Branch on:

Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2:30 - 4:00 PM

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 2:30 - 4:00 PM

The Church of Jesus Christ

Colbern Road Restoration Branch

9525 Lake Lotawana Rd., Gate 2

Lee’s Summit, MO 64086 

Contact:  Mary Drummond 816-665-9051

Restoration Bookstore Hours during the Holidays

 Restoration Bookstore Hours during the Holidays

Restoration Bookstore will be closed from Tuesday, December 24 through Sunday, December 29.

It will open again on Monday, December 30, from 9:00 to 5:00, and will be open from 9:00 until noon on Tuesday, December 31.

Our regular business hours will resume on Thursday, January 2:

Monday through Thursday: 9:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m.

Friday: Closed

Saturday: 9:00 a.m.–Noon 

We wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your financial support in 2024.  As we have stated before, as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, one-half of our income must come from donations, so we are grateful for each contribution.  We also wanted to again thank the many volunteers who helped with the renovations to the Bookstore this past fall.  We are so thankful for the financial assistance we have had and the blessings we have received.

We hope all of you have a very wonderful Christmas and many blessings in the New Year, as each of us seek to keep God’s commandments and assist Him in the establishment of Zion.

Board of Directors and Staff

Price Publishing Company

Handy Man Available For Work

 Handy Man Available For Work


I do sheet rock, taping and mudding, spray texture, patching, old plaster, interior and exterior plastering, stucco, exterior synthetic (eifs) 

40 years experience 

Jeff Musgrave

816-699-2430

Two Wheelchairs For Sale

 Two Wheelchairs For Sale

I have two wheelchairs, brand new. They are Invacare Tracer EX2. $150.00 each. Cash. No returns. Call me at 816-833-6552, if sincerely interested. Thanks,  Paul Gage Feel free to pass this on to anyone who might have a need.

LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD DECEMBER 19, 2024

 LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD DECEMBER 19, 2024

 

Glorious greetings and salutations to each lovely servant of our Lord, JESUS CHRIST,

Though we are into the Christmas season, which many people of the world believe to be the date of the birth of Jesus Christ, it is still amazing and perhaps even shocking at the number of people, even Christians, even Restorationists who don’t seem to put much emphasis actually on JESUS. It is disturbing to get Christmas cards from church people that don’t even mention Jesus Christ. I was in a public establishment this week and they were playing rap music. When I suggested that they play Christmas music, one of the supervisors said, “We did that and many people complained,” so they gave in to the complaints. The world, at large, especially the western world appears to be “complaining” about anything that is a reference to God and Jesus Christ. Wherein do they have any hope for the future on this earth and beyond?

 

The only hope anyone has is in Jesus Christ and the great sacrifice He made to save us from our sins and alienation from God, if we so choose. In spite of countless pages of research, no one, except God knows when Jesus was really born, but the most important thing is that HE WAS BORN and lives today, to offer us salvation and a place in His Kingdom. We won’t make it to His Kingdom until we are willing to give up “Our kingdoms.” The following hymn is not particularly a Christmas hymn because it is applicable to us every day of our lives.

 

Hope of the world, Thou Christ of great compassion:

       Speak to our fearful hearts by conflict rent;

Save us, Thy people, from consuming passion,

       Who by our own false hopes and aims are spent.

 

Hope of the world, God's gift from highest heaven,

       Bringing to hungry souls the bread of life:

Still let Thy Spirit unto us be given

       To heal earth's wounds and end her bitter strife.

 

Hope of the world, afoot on dusty highways,

       Showing to wandering souls the path of light:

Walk Thou beside us, lest the tempting byways

       Lure us away from Thee to endless night.

 

Hope of the world, who by Thy cross did save us

       From death and dark despair, from sin and guilt:

We render back the love Thy mercy gave us;

       Take Thou our lives and use them as Thou wilt.

 

Hope of the world, O Christ, o'er death victorious,

       Who by this sign did conquer grief and pain:

We would be faithful to your gospel glorious;

       Thou art our Lord! Thou dost forever reign!

 

God bless

Paul Gage

ANNOUNCEMENT: Pastors of Zion, 5th Sunday Service, December 29, 2024. Waldo Avenue RB.

5:45 pm Song Service, 6:00 pm Service. Restoration Branch High Priests presiding.

 

Kate Burford - Baby Shower

 

BABY SHOWER – SCRB Ladies are invited to a baby shower for Kate Burford on Saturday December 28th at 10:00am in the Fellowship Hall.  Kate is registered at https://my.babylist.com/kate-burford . Baby Books, new or used, instead of a card would be appreciated, just sign the inside of the book cover. Please join us in supporting the mother-to-be!