SERIES: MAJOR ELEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR GOD (PART 1) ( A LOOK AT WATER)

Ooh yes I'm liking and enjoying series now.

So we start a new series titled ‘KEY ELEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR GOD’ 

In this series, we'll be using the following elements and more that is WATER, LIGHT, FIRE,EARTH/LAND& AIR to give a clearer and deeper description of our LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

Tonight we look at the Water element (Gen 1). As has been the custom of late, we do PART 1 today.

The entire universe is made up of certain materials or elements. The beauty of it is that God made them in their diversity- some visible & others not. This is for our own benefit & most importantly to help in serving him pleasingly.

These elements are in various forms as accounted in biblical times. We have minor elements like doves, salt and many others to look at later but mind you I said key ones so we dwell on WATER now. 

Water is H2O(being scientific) Well, it is a clear liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain or obtained from natural bodies/ resources.

In school& in our science lessons, we say water is colourless, tasteless &odourless. Apart from what its natural state can be used for, water is purified& mainly used for drinking,cooking,washing& other domestic duties. 

 

It also has industrial& productive purposes benefiting man economically&socially. Water covers about 71% of the earth's surface now. I believe you have been reminded of, as well as educated so far. 

I think I better stop here before it turns into an academic lesson.

So, where did water come from? Genesis will help us in chapter 1 v.2
‘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'

That was the first mention of water in creation telling us of its source. God in Gen.1, divided the waters into two, so that we can have dry land and the sea (which is full of water).

Dwelling on Gen. 1, after creatures like fish sprang up from it, we saw the use of water running through the Old Testament. 

A lot for domestic purposes& also an aid in sacrifices as well.

However, the ugliest we saw of water was in Noah’s era when it was used to destroy the world at the time all because of sin-Gen.6.

(NO WONDER IN LAST YEAR’S FLOOD DISASTER IN GHANA’S COASTAL AREAS, WE JUST COULDN’T STAND IT. MIND YOU, THAT WAS NOT GOD PUNISHING US BUT WE PUNISHING OURSELVES BECAUSE OF THE P.P FACTOR- POOR PLANNING) 

Entering into the New Testament, we see some basic& important truths about water. The instrumental one is Jesus Baptism in water by John the Baptist in Matt. 3.

John makes a profound statement of the mightier one to come after him  who will baptize with the SPRIT(Jesus himself) 

As we could see, water baptism was a crucial element and still is. It was only made ancillary to the spirit baptism which is all we need now.

More so, the cleansing element & domestic purposes are also reflected in Luke 7:44. However, all these point to one thing that water is a basic necessity we can't do without hence as simple as we say it WATER IS LIFE.

 

I end here with PART 1 which calls for PART 2 tomorrow on 'ON THIS MORNING'.

SO I SAY:
WATER IS INDEED A KEY ELEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR GOD