From Tree To Tree From the TREE of Life (Garden of Eden) to the TREE of Life (Cross of Christ) Gal 3:13 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” From the TREE of Life (Garden of Eden) Gen 1:11-12 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after… Gen 1:11-12 …his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb… Gen 1:11-12 …yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good” Gen 2:9 “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil” Gen 2:15-17 “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every… Gen 2:15-17 …tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” Gen 3:22-24 “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life… Gen 3:22-24 …and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove… Gen 3:22-24 …out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life” Prov 3:13 “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding” Prov 3:13, 18 “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding…18 She is a tree of life to them…” To the TREE of Life (Cross of Christ) Gal 3:13 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” Deut 21:23 “His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance” Luke 23:33 “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left” 1 Pet 2:21-25 “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye… 1 Pet 2:21-25 …should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled… 1 Pet 2:21-25 …reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously… 1 Pet 2:21-25 …Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness… 1 Pet 2:21-25 …by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls” Acts 13:29-30 “And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the dead” Acts 10:39-40 “And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly” Acts 5:30 “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree” Rev 22:14 “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” Rev 22:2 “In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of… Rev 22:2 …fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations” Rev 2:7 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God” From the TREE of Life (Garden of Eden) to the TREE of Life (Cross of Christ) Luke 6:43-45 “For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns… Luke 6:43-45 …men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good… Luke 6:43-45 …and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” Luke 3:9 “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire” Jer 17:7-8 “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her… Jer 17:7-8 …roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit” Seed + Soil + Water. Gal 3:16 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ” Luke 8:11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God” 1 Pet 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” Heart = Soil Matt 13:23 “But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty” Luke 8:15 “But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience” Matt 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” Isaiah 66:22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain” Psa 126:6 “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him” Baptized Water Eph 5:26 “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” Acts 10:47 “Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?” Heb 10:22 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water” 2 Pet 2:17 “These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever” Gal 3:27 “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” From Tree To Tree Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, Baptized