Tuesday | 19 May 2026
In Adam, we all died. 1Co 15:22. When the word of the Lord came calling to Adam to restore him, through atonement, to the pathway upon which he could obtain his predestination, it also came calling to you. The call of God to Adam, and to humanity in Adam, was ‘Where are you?’ Gen 3:9.
With this statement, Adam and Eve were given a choice. Likewise, you are given a choice. You are brought to the valley of decision. As the prophet Joel declared, ‘Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.’ Joe 3:14. In the valley of decision, the enslaving power of sin has been pushed back. You are free to choose, through repentance, to return again to Paradise. Making this choice begins with the acknowledgement of your sin and your departure from first love. Then, your repentance is to choose first love. This is the love and fellowship that we had with God at the tree of life.
As you find repentance, God, through Christ, gives faith to you. By faith, you are able to obey from the heart the word of the kingdom that is being taught to you by Christ’s messengers. You are now becoming a slave of this word. The word, of which you have become a slave, is the word of righteousness. You are, therefore, now also a slave of righteousness as you heed the proceeding word. Rom 6:17‑19.
The works that you do as a slave of righteousness are the works that belong to your name as a son of God. Christ has already accomplished these righteous works for you. Accordingly, to do these works of righteousness, you must, again, become His disciple‑friend. Joh 15:15. In choosing repentance, you are again the friend of Christ, who is the King of kings and Lord of lords. Your confession is that Christ is your Lord and King, and that you have returned to the fellowship of the tree of life that is in the Paradise of God.
Further Study:
Joel 3
References:
1Co 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
Gen 3:9
Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, ‘Where are you?’
Joe 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Rom 6:17-19
But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
Joh 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.