Thank you for continuing to pray for us here in Amdu and for the Amdu people
\nas we walk them through His story. The past week we got into some tough
\nconcepts but are happy with how well everyone seemed to understand them. We
\ntold the story of God creating Adam in God’s own image and being given the
\nposition of ruler of the world God had made. We could see that people were
\nunderstanding the concept clearly as we talked about the fact that God
\nwasn’t having conversations with the pigs or the dogs that he had made.
\nAnother spot in the lesson where we could see understanding taking place was
\nwhen we asked about Adam making use of creation. We asked, “If Adam took
\nsome land without permission and started a garden would that be okay?”
\nEvery group answered with an initial, “No! That would be bad.” Coming from
\nthe Amdu perspective one can never just take land and work it without first
\ngetting permission from the person who has authority over it. But as we
\nreviewed what it was that Adam had been given by God it become clear to
\neveryone that it was totally fine for Adam to take anything he wanted in
\ncreation and make use of it. That was his privilege as the ruler over God’s
\ncreation.<\/p>\n
Another lesson we worked through was the lesson about the Tree of the
\nKnowledge of Good and Evil. We wanted to make sure that everyone understood
\nthat Adam was in a position of choice. We talked about this by describing
\nAdam at a crossroads. One trail led to life. The other trail led to death.
\nAfter explaining things we asked audience members to come and role play, by
\ngiving Adam their advice about what trail he should follow. We were
\nsurprised when some of the older members of the audience jumped up to advise
\nAdam not to go down the road leading to death. It was precious to see
\nenthusiasm in their eyes. One young man also came up to give ‘Adam’ advice.
\nHis was unclear, but the group immediately helped by correcting his error.
\nWe’re so happy these key concepts are coming across clearly.<\/p>\n
The last point we wanted to make sure was clear was the meaning of death.
\nDeath doesn’t just mean the cessation of physical life. If Adam abandoned
\nGod and went his own way and ate of the forbidden fruit his excellent
\nrelationship with God would end. We illustrated the point focusing on the
\nrelationship between a branch and the tree. While they remain connected,
\ngrowth and life happen. Once the branch is severed however, there is
\nnothing that can be done to make life happen again. The people were very
\nclear on this point. No matter what we described doing to try and mend the
\nbreak between branch and tree they were adamant that the branch would never
\nyield fruit again. This is a very key point. Everyone needs to see
\nthemselves as helplessly and hopelessly lost before they will truly
\nunderstand God’s work of Salvation. We are very glad this point was clear
\nand that the illustration taught the point powerfully.<\/p>\n
Today, we started into the creation of Eve and the fall of both Lucifer and
\nthe happy couple in Eden. These are hugely significant stories. Pray for
\nunderstanding and for clarity in our teaching. We’re so thankful to all of
\nyou who are supporting us in prayer. The importance of every word you speak
\nto the Father cannot be measured. We deeply appreciate all your thoughts on
\nour behalf and on behalf of our dear Amdu friends.<\/p>\n