Counseling ministry has existed from the beginning of the world, originating with God in the Garden towards mankind and for mankind to share with others. A Big Picture for Biblical Counseling
Counseling is not a new kind of ministry or activity. People didn’t create it during recent centuries. Since the beginning of the world, God has offered His Word for counsel. His Word is truth, touches every aspect of human life, and expresses His nature and purpose for the eternal good of His people. The counsel of God reveals Him and leads down a road of joyful fellowship with Him.
From the Garden Onward
Godly or “biblical” counsel began in the Garden of Eden. Counsel happened between God and Adam soon after his creation. God created Adam and then God counseled Adam concerning the blessed course of life and the cursed one, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17) The counsel of God was truthful, His word on issues of life, and loving. His counsel revealed Himself
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