Pastor’s Corner March 2025 The Beginning: The Book of Genesis records; that in the beginning, God made heaven and earth, all that is above, below, and therein and said, “it is good”! After having prepared the earth for habitation for His ultimate creation, God made “man” and concluded in Genesis 1:31 “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” The first man was named Adam. God created him from the "dust of the ground", and breathed breath into him. (Genesis 2:7). It has been determined that all this took place in what is now known as the continent of Africa. Adam is the ancestor of all humankind. Take heed, read the Holy Word, rely on the Holy spirit, and trust our Lord through life. From the Old through the New Testament, our Lord emphasizes the oneness of man: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 “Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings! Acts 5:29 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 “Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.” Colossians 3:11 “For God shows no partiality.” Romans 2:11 “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth”, Acts 17:26 “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.” Romans 10:12 “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Revelation 7:9-10 “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. (Numbers 23:19) “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews. 13:8”).