The Finger Of God

John 8:3-6 (ESV Strong's)

3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

It is the finger of God that wrote his commandments on tablets of stone. 

It is the finger of the high priest that sprinkles the cleansing blood on the altar for the forgiveness of sins. 

It is the finger of Jesus that wrote on the the ground before the scribes and Pharisees a new word of mercy and forgiveness. 

It is the finger of God who writes His word on our hearts of flesh. 

It is the finger of the Son of God who has done these things. 

Dust Of The Earth

Genesis 13:14-18 (ESV Strong's)

14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

The offspring or seed of Abraham are those who are of the earth and receive this land forever. Abraham is their father. They are as the dust of the earth. 

Our Father is in heaven and our promised land is the kingdom of heaven. It is eternal life. We are as the stars in the sky and are the light of the world. 

Heaven and earth come together when the Lord returns to the earth to stay. The light will shine from the New Jerusalem and the twelve tribes of Israel will be as the twelve leaves from the tree of life which are for the healing of the nations. 

Hearing The Word

Luke 8:8-10 (ESV Strong's)

8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

The word of God contains the secrets of God. The good news is has been given to those who seek and receive Him. The same word is a parable to others, “so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.”

We have been given eyes to see and ears to hear for understanding His word. We have understood His word if we do it, when it becomes our own. We enter the body body of Christ and become sons of God. 

The word is the life of God. There is no end of His life. The one who does not have the word is left with the life of man, and that will soon fade away.

Luke 8:18 (ESV Strong's)

Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

Luke 8:19-21 (ESV Strong's)

19 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” 21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

Crossing The Distance

Luke 7:48-50 (ESV Strong's)

48 And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49 Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50 And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Only Jesus can forgive sins, yet it is our faith that saves us. Jesus has drawn near, but we must go to Him. It takes both of us to cross the distance between us. We meet at the cross of Calvary. 

Jesus has opened the door of the kingdom of heaven. Faith allows us to walk across the threshold. 

Sons Of God

Luke 3:23 (ESV Strong's)

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Luke 3:38 (ESV Strong's)

the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Adam was created, but was not born a man. He was the son of God. 

Jesus was born a man, but was not created. He is the Son of God. 

We are born of man, then reborn from above. We are sons of God. 

Written For Our Instruction

1 Corinthians 10:11-13 (ESV Strong's)

11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

All Scripture is profitable for teaching. 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV Strong's)

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Revelations are given by the Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth. 

Scripture is like a parable that reveals the truth of God only in the presence of the Holy Spirit. 

Confused?

Genesis 11:5-9 (ESV Strong's)

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.” 8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Adam was removed from the Garden before he could eat from the tree of life because of his disobedience to the Lord. The Lord confused the language of the children of man and dispersed them before they could attempt to reach heaven on their own. It is the nature of man to seek a name for himself rather than the name of the Lord. This is what makes the forbidden fruit so attractive. 

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit would bring order to this confusion of language. The Lord would provide the way into heaven. The one place this is possible is at the feet of Jesus Christ. It is when we confess the word of the Lord that the kingdom of heaven is opened to us. This is why He comes to us. 

Acts 2:1-4 (ESV Strong's)

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.