Of all the fascinating facts and incredible beauty that await our discovery throughout the earth made new and the far reaches of the universe, absolutely nothing will captivate our attention more than the indescribable love that we will behold in the face of Christ.

The idea of divine personal protection given by God to extend Cain’s opportunity unto repentance has been co-opted and counterfeited by the adversary for his deceptive purpose: to lead people away from God.

It’s fascinating to think that, from His own babyhood, Jesus was taught by His earthly parents the very words He Himself had spoken at Creation and at Mount Sinai.

It was directly from their Father that the children of the Most High were given instruction. Before sin, education of our first parents centered around the wonders of Creation and the loving character of the Creator. These are still the foundation of education today, along with the plan of Redemption.

To view our Creator as the God who knows what is best for His creatures is a solid foundation for wholeheartedly building proper recognition of His authority.

Because of the plan of salvation, all is not lost. The gift of choice and the equipping to choose rightly—originally provided by our Creator—are both still available.

The greatest privilege in our fallen world is to invite fellow humans into the soon-coming, never-ending Kingdom of God.

Oh, how he loved her! And now he couldn’t bear the thought of living without her.

Eve, in spite of the opportunity close-at-hand to check on this contradiction of what she had been taught by the Creator, chose to accept the serpent’s message without checking. Her acceptance of the “revised” message shows us just how easily we can be misled into doubting the plain precepts given to us by the LORD.

From the outset, yes, even in a perfect (unfallen) world, the reality of human free will is made clear. Yes, indeed: each of us is a free moral agent.

Seeing the joy that teachers have as they prepare their classrooms for a new school session is a glimpse into the joy in the heart of the Maker as He crowned a perfectly beautiful world with the area known as the garden of Eden.

Today, in our own process of being taught, we have the opportunity to look closely at what happened and why. We are given gifts of both hindsight and foresight from the Creator whose highest hope is that each of us will choose Him, moment by moment, every day, as the only Instructor whose teaching is worthy of following.

These last days are marked very distinctly with Satan’s intensifying attack against the precepts of God. God is allowing it, even as He is telling us about it in His word. Being confronted with specific tests has a way of bringing our decision-making into sharp focus.