Month: June 2020

II. The tree of life and the river of life both signifying Christ—Gen. 2:9–10

A. Christ is life—John 1:4; 14:6; 11:25; Col. 3:4.

Verses for praying:

John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.

Verses for reading:

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live.

Genesis 2:9–10 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four branches.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

I. Life is needed for God’s expression and representation—Gen. 1:26–27

A. As a vessel man can only express what is contained within him—2 Cor. 4:7

2 Cor. 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.

B. For man to express and represent God he must receive Him as life—Gen. 2:9

Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

Here is this week’s outline & verses in a downloadable PDF format.

2020 Summer Truth Pursuit Week 3

Message 3: The Tree of Life and the River of Life Signifying God as Life to Man

Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9–10; John 1:4; 14:6; John 10:10b; John 6:57; John 7:37–38; Rev. 22:1

I. Life is needed for God’s expression and representation—Gen. 1:26–27

Genesis 1:26–27 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 27 And God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following video podcast sometime during the day.