Today, we celebrate the victors in Genesis Jeopardy, the children! We have a bowling event put on by the parents and a theme of “Eye knee’d you”! Paul tells us in 1 Cor 12:21-25 that there is only one body made up of many parts and each of those parts of the body need each other. The eye cannot say to the hand I have no need of you. The hand can’t say to the feet I have no need of you. We need each other. Sometimes we don’t know how to get through all of our differences, but since we are members of one body (Rom. 12:4,5) we need to. Because they stand on the Word, in spite of our differences, they still stand and we need to stand with them as one body.

Paul told Timothy that in the last days, it’s going to get difficult. We know it’s true, but why? 2 Timothy 3:1-5 gives us a whole list. The headline of the list says it all: men will be lovers of themselves, covetous, proud, disobedient to parents, unthankful, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, no self-control, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of Elohim. They have a form of godliness but deny the power associated with it. From these individuals, Paul says, stay away from them.

We love ourselves way too much. We talk about ourselves all the time. Do we wake up in the morning and think of others or are we the first things on our mind? We have become the “selfie” generation! We want people to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, all kinds of instant photo connections, and we even have a page dedicated to ourselves on Facebook, where we constantly update new pictures of ourselves. They’ve even made a ‘selfie-stick’ for taking pictures of yourself so it looks like a friend took the picture. Amazing. Truly, our society is built on loving our self and it manifests in an amazing list of self-centered behaviors ultimately ending with lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Yahweh. This modern life theme shows up constantly by the way we desire to pleasure ourselves. Hollywood, the music industry, internet, athletics, restaurants, coffee shops, amusement parks and even the churches lure people by their pleasures of the eyes, flesh, and the pride of life (1 John 2:12-15). Yet, Yeshua told us and modeled for us that we should deny ourselves, pick up our execution stake, die daily and follow Him (Matt. 16:24-27).

By no stretch of the imagination am I saying ‘don’t have fun’! Life should be fun! It should be enjoyed. It’s a time of rejoicing, even in the midst of the persecution. It just shouldn’t be enjoyed with ‘ME’ as the focus of it all.

Today, the children will be rewarded for their participation and victory in Genesis Jeopardy. We’ll have fun! We’ll laugh and love. We will focus in on taking MY desires out of the forefront and keeping the body as the focus.

Yah-willing they will learn that ‘there is no such thing as a personal relationship with Yeshua…apart from the body’…this is true. Yah-willing we will all learn that today and in doing so we’ll learn to love each other well according to Yah’s way!

Congratulations kiddos!

How would you do with Genesis Jeopardy if you participated? Here’s a few answers. Do you know the questions?

Shalom,

Alan

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12 categories of fun! 72 Genesis Jeopardy questions. 72 life changing questions!
7000 points for the kiddos and their reward with a fun day of bowling.

Creation week for 300: They were created for the sake of the Moedim

Adam & His wife for 500: It pursued them in the garden and still does today

Consequences for 500: the original sin that brought the fire and brimstone

Day 4, Sun, moon and stars for 200: the three spring Moedim

Genealogy for 100: Adam

The second coming for 300: He moved with fear and saved His house

Abraham’s journey for 500: A royal meeting with bread and wine

I did it my way for 300: The distance between Hagar and Ishmael

The original goats and coats for 200: That’s a whole lot of meat

Jacob’s journey to the ‘white house’ for 300: well favored and tender eyed

Intertextual connections for 200: A stolen item from Rachel and Benjamin

Family relationships for 300: ‘I just want to be accepted’