{"id":2505,"date":"2020-06-05T13:56:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T13:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:20:26","slug":"he-created-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/he-created-them\/","title":{"rendered":"He Created Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ca5ff7a6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div style=\"font-size:24px;\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color adobe-reg-italic wp-elements-85a8a21107b8ee66b96e773a6aa630b7 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-web-light-green-color\"><time datetime=\"2020-06-05T13:56:23+00:00\">June 5, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"color:#ffffff; font-size:45px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:4px;\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color proxima-font wp-elements-8489a226fd32958d683121eb2fa02d00 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\">He Created Them<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ff58fa98 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p class=\"adobe-reg blog-link has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-97b66a21c548bee6ed5e73538e3385ab\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">The Bible tells us God created the world and everything in it, including humans; the Bible reveals both human sin and every person\u2019s need of a savior from sin. The Bible also plainly states God created just two genders: \u201cWhen God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.&nbsp;He created them male and female and blessed them\u201d (Genesis 5:1-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg blog-link has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c71be05e6e42d4985ba9facc3dfb2d2\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">When a person claims to be of a third gender (or of the gender opposite of his or her birth), then we can be certain that demonic forces are behind that person\u2019s confusion. Those demonic forces are attempting to discredit God by discrediting and confounding the genders He created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg blog-link has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-457e9e0aedd315727d22553b9fda032e\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">Satan led a rebellion that encompassed one third of the angels. Satan, who was created as one of the highest angelic beings (Ezekiel 28:12-17), wasn\u2019t satisfied with his lofty position. He wanted more; he wanted to be God. So he and his many angelic followers rebelled against their creator. God cast the rebels from heaven, and the rebels have been trying to thwart God ever since. Ultimately, Satan wants to harm God, but doing that directly isn\u2019t possible. Instead, Satan seeks to harm God by harming the highest of God\u2019s earthly creations\u2014humans. And, again, the most perverse way he can do that is to muddle the most basic aspect of God\u2019s creation of humans: \u201cMale and female He created them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg blog-link has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-de2887fdb6aadbb17f4ed0c1cc59ab9d\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">Through Christ\u2019s death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead, God defeated Satan\u2019s attempts to keep humans separated from their creator. Jesus\u2019s death made it possible for sinners to have a relationship with their God. But Satan still tries to block that relationship by stealing our identity as God\u2019s adopted children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg blog-link has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6cafc55e9d78bed26fb6ae97b632aca6\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">We don\u2019t have to be stopped by that barrier. The apostle Paul wrote, \u201cPut on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes\u201d (Ephesians 6:11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"adobe-reg blog-link has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b840916d03182ae8f05168cb219be10c\" style=\"color:#1a1a1ab3;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:0px\">When we arm ourselves with God\u2019s truth, righteousness, peace, and faith, we can stand firm for ourselves and our loved ones (Ephesians 6:13-17). We also can \u201cpray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests\u201d (verse 18). These spiritual weapons help us thwart Satan\u2019s attempts to rob us and others of their God-given identity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"uncategorized\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1591365383\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"He Created Them\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible tells us God created the world and everything in it, including humans; the Bible reveals both human sin and every person\u2019s need of a savior from sin. The Bible also plainly states God created just two genders: \u201cWhen God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.&nbsp;He created them male and &#8230; <a title=\"He Created Them\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/he-created-them\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about He Created Them\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/author\/livingstone_g3td4qe3\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Bible tells us God created the world and everything in it, including humans; the Bible reveals both human sin and every person\u2019s need of a savior from sin. 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