#159 LTLT S5 EP 33: Understanding Genesis: A Spiritual Awakening with Pastor Catherine

Whenever you're listening to it it could be Monday night , I don't know but I am so glad to be before you , so glad that you decided to take a listen to today's lesson . We are journeying through the book of Genesis . Amen , the book of Genesis . So , if you are able to get your Bible , follow along with me . Please , please , please , do that . Amen .

It's always a good thing . I just truly believe it is always a good thing when we are going and following along together in the word of God , amen . So , as you are doing that , let's go ahead and pray . Father , thank you so much for this day . Thank you , god , for allowing us another moment , another time , to be able to get into your word .

Pray , god , that you use me , father , that I might be a help to your people , a light to the kingdom .

Father , I just pray that you would grant me supernatural understanding as , as I go into this book today , god , lead God and order my steps as we journey through this , through the very beginning of life , and I just pray , god , that Everyone that is here is , is and has a mind to want to Learn more about you and just all that you have called each and every

one of us to . Every diamond will shine today . I pray god , that when we go forth , we go forth for the mind that says I am valuable , I am beautiful . I pray in the name of jesus . Again , have your way , turn it over to you . In jesus , christ name , I I do pray , amen , amen , y'all .

Okay , I didn't introduce myself , but I mean you should know me by now . Y'all , my name is Catherine . Amen . Pastor of Exposed Life Change Ministries . Hallelujah , right in the heart of Madison Heights , virginia . If you're ever , ever , in our , in our area , please do stop by . Yeah , on 4800 South Amherst Highway , right in the heart of Madison Heights .

As I said , virginia , amen , we are exposing the enemy so that lives can truly be changed to the glory of God . Amen , hallelujah .

So , uh , we've been through um , first , the book of first John , amen , uh , the spirit has , over the years , led me , always led me , especially in teaching uh to that particular book , because it really is , um , it is uh , how do I say it ? It is foundational truth .

When you first come into Jesus , it's all about salvation in a way that does not cause any confusion . Very plain , very direct , because if you have been in the word any amount of time , you know that the word of God can be a bit complex amen .

It is absolutely a puzzle , it is a mystery to those who do not know him , and so I truly believe that a lot of this journey , when we first get in , it's easy , but it requires the heart to continue . Hallelujah , y'all heard that . Amen .

It requires the heart to continue To go forth , because it certainly will rebuke , reprove , correct and all of the above the things that we typically don't like . Here is exactly what the word of God does Amen , but he truly says , though , in the book of John the gospel , according to John , he said look the word , if you stay there , it will set you free .

Amen , truly , you will be free . Amen , but you gotta stay , and that , most of the time , is a problem For a lot of folks . Amen , typically , you know this part is boring , I don't want to read this . A whole lot of excuses , but stay in the word , yeah , cause it will set you free , amen .

So that is primarily the meaning , rainy reason why I started in the back of the Bible , that particular book , just because that's , that's what the God , what Lord , what the Lord . Excuse me , y'all , I'm stumbling here . That's what the Lord , excuse me , I'm stumbling here .

The Lord has showed me to do whenever introducing the word of God to my brothers and sisters in Christ Amen . So we have , we've been over first , sean .

So he led me all the way back to the beginning because and I truly believe this because , simply , we need to know from the beginning how all of these things have come about , like who we are , um , how things were created , you know ? I mean , it's , it's , yeah , definitely read the new testament , read the entire bible , uh , but read the entire bible .

Uh , but foundation , we want to set a foundation , um , because at some point , somebody's gonna find this , uh podcast and it's gonna become a foundational thing for them . It's something that they're gonna need and want , that's gonna set their foundation .

This is what I always want to bring to you , um , always , firstly , bringing you what the Lord tells me and then , secondly , bringing you truth , amen , bringing you true based on the way that God shows me and , uh , the third rooted in the word of God . So this is why I said make sure you got your Bible . I use the King James version , amen .

But you use whatever version you choose , amen . But at the end of the day you'll be led by the Spirit . The Spirit leads you to use NIV or English Standard Version or the Message Bible . Use whatever version the Lord has told you to , because I started off with I think it was the English version that I started off .

It's broken down , simplified a bit , but the more I grew in Christ , the more I had to make sure that what I was um getting was from the Lord . Amen . And so I ended up and I wound up with the King James Version . I don't use any other version because for me , it dares me to think , amen .

It dares me to really think and to dive deep and wait on God . This is what it requires of me . When I read the King James Version , most people don't , especially when they start out . They don't go , they're not drawn to King James Version because it can be confusing if you don't understand meanings of words and context .

So I hope that y'all are ready , because I don't want to hold you long . I want to try to be about 15 minutes , 15 , 20 minutes , and so we are already seven minutes in , so I need to get into it . Try to get at least through the first few verses . So first , no , not first , I'm sorry .

Genesis , one verse one says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth , and the earth was without form and void , and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . So Paul said just for a second so in the beginning , what we have to know is that God created heaven and earth .

Okay , life started that way , yeah . Then he says the earth had no form . Okay , hallelujah , we know . They say christopher columbus , um , figured out that the world was round because everybody had an assumption that it was flat , it was just straight across . But he ended up starting at one point , ended up back at the same point .

So he discovered that it was round . Supposedly that's what they say . This is what the history books teaches us . But here here , even greater than what he found , god teaches us that it had no form , that he gave it shape . Yeah . Just as he gives our lives shape , he makes us and mold us to the men and women of God he desires us to be .

We typically start off a hot mess , but when he comes on the scene , he gives us form , amen . He gives us fashion , he gives us

life . He says it was without form and void . Void just means that it was nothing . It's nothing , what is just saying it's like an empty space . He said before , he said he created it all and and once he created it , it didn't have any life . So what do you think he did ? He brought forth life , because why he is life ?

He said it was without form , it was void and darkness was upon the face of the deep . So there was no light , nothing , there was no form , it was no life . It was no life , it was void and it had no light . He says , it says and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water . Spirit of God .

You could almost in a sense , say kind of look down on what he had created . It's like I gotta do more , yeah . Kind of like us . You know we , we get into to the house or we build the house and we look at like I gotta do more to this . This ain't complete . You ever did that , ladies especially . Yeah , we done .

We created something , did something in our homes and we're looking at it and we said , hmm , that ain't it , that ain't it , it's more . I got to do more to it . I got to bring it to life . It just looks dull , it looks empty , it doesn't look like it's anything . I got to do more to it to give it a pop .

If you have anything with colors or anything , we know you can't have all one color and expect it to have a pop . You got to throw another bright color in there to give it a pop . That's just . That's just a visual picture of what happened here . God saw what he had created . He said it's not done . It's not done . He said I am a part of the equation .

I can't just create and not none of me be in it . Oh , come on , somebody never saw it like that . Amen , but that's a word . Amen . We can create all kinds of things in this life , but if you don't put a bit of you in it , then it doesn't have .

Uh , it's kind of like you know how a dog will mark its territory and it will pee on the tree or whatever have you , because it's leaving its mark . This is mine , hallelujah . I created this . This is my spot . You heard hallelujah , so you know the table marker . They typically they have one thing that they do on every table . Why ?

Because it leaves that mark . Yeah , artists do the same . They have something that they do , uh , in particular , or all of their artwork that signifies it was them . Do you understand what I'm saying ? So , god , he had created heaven and earth , but he had to put a mark of himself which was his . What his spirit ?

He said , the spirit of god moved upon the face of the water . So his spirit , he put his spirit , into the water . Water is in everything , hallelujah . Our body is made up I believe it's 99% just water . Everything and anything that has life , water is in it , hallelujah . And so that's the dominating factor , that he's in everything . Water is in it .

Whether it's food , chemicals , whatever have you , water is in it . Brilliant , you ever hear me ? That is just brilliant when you think about it . Come on somebody . I'm going to try to get through the first day , hallelujah , because I got 12 . I got about five minutes , okay . So verse three . He says and God said let there be light . And there was light .

So his word was enough . He said let there be light . Light come into the room . Hallelujah , he said . And God saw the light , it was good . Hallelujah , it was good , light was good . You ever heard somebody say cut the light . Somebody's cut the light off .

Cut the light off , it's too bright , it's too bright , but once your eyes get adjusted to the light , it's good . Right , yeah , nobody wants to , uh , live in darkness , you don't , you don't want to live in dark because then you can't see . Hallelujah , amen .

You can't see what you're getting ready to trip over and stumble over , you can't tell what's coming at you . Hallelujah , so he said and god saw the light , and it was good . And god divided the light from the darkness . Okay , so he created a separation between light and darkness . So you had to know when he said and darkness ?

So you had to know when he said . When he said let there be light , darkness was still present , but it did not rule . Hallelujah , so he said he divided the light from the darkness .

So he like , like , taking a knife and slicing a piece of I can only equate it with food , because that's what I do yeah , uh , you take a , a piece of chicken breast and you butterfly it . You don't , you don't butterfly it , uh , straight , damn lengthwise . You cut it horizontally , you cut it across .

So so the chicken breast is split open , uh , let's say on the wide in , in the wide part of the chicken . So it's right in the middle and it's split in half . Yeah , so he said he split the light from the darkness . So he butterflied the light from the darkness . Wow , Come on , y'all , look at five . He said God called the light from the darkness .

Wow , come on y'all , look at 5 . He said God called the light day In the darkness . He called night , and the evening and the morning were the first day . Amen . So we oftentimes associate darkness with something bad , but there had to be a way to be able to signify what is day and what is night .

Light is day , night is dark , he says , and the evening and the morning were the first day . Hallelujah . So this is how we have light and darkness , this is how it all began . And I'm going to stop right there and we here . If this is your first time listening , I teach in nugget-sized pieces so you get a full understanding . You want to go further ?

You can help yourself if you can , but I'm just going to stop right there , just because , why not . Why not stop right there and pick up on day 2 and verse 6 and probably most likely go from 6 , day 2 and day 3 for tomorrow ? But we'll wait and see . Let's do what the spirit tells us to do , amen . So let us go in prayer .

Father , I thank you so much again for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us your grace and your mercy .

Thank you , god , for allowing us this time , god , to be in your word , and you've kept it real simple today , and I just pray , god , that everybody is able to receive this simplicity and really meditate on what you've given us thus far and think about what we've read in these few verses .

I pray , god , that the word of God will prevail in the days of your people .

I pray , god , that there will be a constant thinking about your word and associating your word with the things that are happening in that life , and that we would be able to apply more of you , that we would move through this life in wisdom and use our discernment that you've given us .

Father , we're winners and I pray that we would walk with the mind that I have won . We are victorious because you taught us that we are more than conquerors . Jesus , I pray , god , that everyone knows that we have won . We've won the battle . We've won the battle .

We've won the fight , no matter what the enemy might say , no matter what might be happening right now . We've won and I thank you . Thank you , god , for this platform . Thank you , god , for everyone , every diamond that is here . We pray the blessings of the Lord be on every single person who has a mind to serve you , and even those who don't .

You are blessed anyhow . We love you again and we pray that this prayer and all of our prayers are pleasing in your sight . In Jesus Christ's name , we do pray . Amen , amen and amen . Hallelujah , I hope that y'all come back with me again . We pick up at verse 6 . Amen , so much love . Soall come back with me again .

We pick up at verse six Amen , so much love . So many blessings from me to you . Y'all have a blessed day , a great night . Amen , I love you and we'll see you on next time . Amen and amen .