God's Love Letter # 2

Did you understand the first letter all right? Please ask a question about anything you don’t understand. In this second letter, it would be helpful to look at something the first man and woman did.

The Creator gave them a place to live in a beautiful garden called the Garden of Eden. They had everything they needed to be happy. The Creator was their Teacher. They knew very little about the world in which they lived, but the Creator knew all things. His desire was to teach them the right way to think, the right way to do things, and the best way to use the things He had given them. If they were willing to listen to His words and obey them, then they would learn many valuable lessons. If they did not learn to obey His teaching, they would make many painful mistakes. Their relationship with the holy God would be broken, and God would punish them.

To begin His teaching, the Creator gave them a rule to follow. They would be allowed to eat any of the food growing in their home, the Garden of Eden. But the fruit on one tree, they would not be allowed to touch or eat.

If they obeyed the Creator, they would show their love for Him. If they disobeyed their Creator, they would show that they did not love Him. Then, their friendship with Him would die. The Creator loved them and wanted very much for them to choose to love Him and obey Him. He wanted very much to teach them how to live a very happy life on the earth.

Soon a very unhappy thing happened. One of the angels whom God had created before the world was made did not love the Creator of all things. He wanted to turn the first man and woman against their Creator. He did not want them to love their Creator or obey Him. He began to whisper lies in the ears of the first woman, Eve. She believed the lies. Then she caused her husband, Adam, to believe the lies.

God's Love Letter # 1

I am convinced that all people want to live a happy life that does something to help other people. So many people seem to miss this kind of life that I would like to make some helpful suggestions. In my heart, I feel that the One who made all of us also wants us to live a happy life—loving, caring and helping.

Would you like to live this kind of life? I do. I don’t like hating, killing, stealing, telling lies, cheating, having sex outside of marriage and so many other bad things that produce a very poor quality of life.

To begin with, I believe that I should understand where I came from and who made me. God’s Word tells me that God Himself is the Creator. He made every person who has ever been born on the earth. He made all things that make up the earth, as well as the whole universe. In other words, all things belong to Him. I have no right to feel that they belong to me. Since all things belong to Him, He will have a time of accounting concerning the things He allows me to use while I live on the earth.

Next, I need to understand that the One who made each one of us has a plan for the life of each one of us, including you and me. It is a good plan. It gives us assurance that someone is guiding us. It takes away fear that something bad might happen to us. It gives us good work to do as long as He allows us to live on the earth. He loves us and already has a good place prepared for each one who will love Him and allow Him to do the guiding. He tells us that He will come personally to take us when the time comes for us to leave the earth.