Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The opening passages, which we will read later on are very humbling, and when juxtaposed together, present an all together different perspective than most earthlings hold. In fact, when the Scriptures are studied carefully on the doctrine of ownership, it is discovered that we are just stewards, managing goods and materials lent us by God. But as far as owning anything goes, in the full sense of the word, we do not own anything.
Yes, we may have in our possession titles, and deeds to houses, and lands, and yes, many other materials may be in our name but when the straight unadulterated truth is studied, an entirely different picture emerges. You may hear a lot of talk about “my country” and my life, and my possession, and my this and my that and because persons have been brainwashed into believing that material things of earth belong to us, they could become encased in the delusion that we actually own things.
This delusion comes directly from the father of lies, who himself is self-deceived on this point, hence the reason why he presumed to offer to Christ the earth and its kingdoms in exchange for worship. But it was a boldfaced proposal, which prompted Jesus to then dismiss him summarily.
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb 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.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!