Pastor Mark Biltz brought a lesson to Grace Street Wednesday night that brought mountains of knowledge and wisdom to all who heard the teaching.

Pastor broke down the gospel into the original Hebrew and showed everyone how from the very beginning God described Jesus and the redemption for all of us through His son.  He gently rebuked everyone who sought identity in anything other than God and showed how God repeatedly has wanted to show our identity is in Him.

The spent the first part of his talk sharing the different ways that people found their identity in other things. He referenced people who said they wanted to follow the Lord but put identity first such as the rich young ruler who walked away because his identity was in his wealth.

He shared how the story of blind Bartimaeus and how despite being blind, could see that Jesus was the Son of God.  He pointed out a part of Scripture that many Christians never realize as they study it.  Bartimaeus called Jesus “son of David”…not the son of Joesph…meaning he realized Jesus’ divinity when even the disciples didn’t realize it.

Then it was a breakdown of Hebrew to show that Eve was created to be a valiant protector of Adam.  Pastor Mark outlined how Eve was created because God wanted to create someone to watch Adam’s back and be a support and protector.  God created a woman because all of the animals in creation couldn’t protect Adam from Satan:  they could only protect against Earthly enemies.

He then used the description of a marriage to show how God has from the beginning built a home for the ultimate family…Jesus and his bride, God’s church.

The evening was filled with powerful wisdom that left no one on Grace Street walking away without a deeper appreciation for God’s creation.