HFD Ministries

Genesis 3 - part 1 - The genius of the serpents deception

Scripture focus (referenced): Genesis 3:1–11; Genesis 3:21Scripture focus (thematic): James 1:17; Romans 8; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Hebrews 4:16
Themes:Exposing the fall as a deception about God’s character that produced fear, shame, and self-protection, rather than separation from God, revealing the Gospel as the restoration of true sight.
Keywords:Genesis 3, fall of man, deception, fear and shame, fig leaves, self-protection, God’s character, restored sight

You are of your father, the devil!

Scripture focus (referenced): John 8:44; Ephesians 5:8Scripture focus (thematic): John 1:9; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; Romans 8; John 3:3
Themes:Clarifying “son of the devil” language as describing source and belief, not human nature, showing that darkness is blindness healed through revelation of the Father.
Keywords:your father the devil, sons of darkness, sin nature, spiritual blindness, deception, restored sight, identity, Gospel of Jesus

Who bewitched you?

Scripture focus (referenced): Galatians 3:1–3Scripture focus (thematic): Galatians 2:20; Romans 8; Colossians 2:6–7; Hebrews 4
Themes:Exposing bewitchment as a shift from trusting Christ to relying on self-effort, revealing how performance-based religion subtly replaces rest in the finished work.
Keywords:who bewitched you, Galatians 3, self-reliance, finished work of Christ, performance, trust, grace, rest

Everything is permissible, but not everything is life

Scripture focus (referenced): 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 10:23Scripture focus (thematic): Galatians 5:1; Romans 8; Hebrews 12:1
Themes:Reframing Christian freedom as discernment rooted in love, showing that while believers are free from law, wisdom guides choices toward what brings life rather than what enslaves.
Keywords:everything is permissible, Christian freedom, wisdom, self-mastery, life-giving choices, grace, identity, love

You have to leave religion to come home to the Father

Scripture focus (referenced): —Scripture focus (thematic): Luke 15:11–24; Matthew 11:28–30; Romans 8; Galatians 4:4–7
Themes:Calling believers out of performance-based religion into relational trust, showing that intimacy with the Father begins when self-reliance is laid down.
Keywords:leave religion, performance-based faith, intimacy with the Father, self-reliance, trust, sonship, freedom

What kind of Father wants his children to come home terrified?

Scripture focus (referenced): 1 John 4:18; 1 John 4:19Scripture focus (thematic): Luke 15; Romans 8; Matthew 11:28–30; John 14:9
Themes:Revealing that fear may produce compliance but never intimacy, showing that the Father draws His children home through love, safety, and restored trust rather than fear of punishment.
Keywords:fear of hell, love casts out fear, intimacy with God, trust, sonship, Gospel of grace, freedom

Sin is not about disobedience

Scripture focus (referenced): Genesis 3:1–11; John 14:9Scripture focus (thematic): Romans 8; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 1 John 4:18; Hebrews 4:16
Themes:Defining sin as living from a distorted view of the Father that produces fear and self-protection, showing that transformation comes through restored sight rather than behavioral control.
Keywords:what is sin, Genesis 3, fear and shame, fig leaves, self-protection, distorted image of God, Gospel of grace

Hell - part 7 - Restoration of all things

Scripture focus (referenced): Acts 3:21; Colossians 1:20; Romans 8:19–21; Revelation 21–22Scripture focus (thematic): 1 Corinthians 15:24–28; Revelation 20:14; Hebrews 12:29
Themes:Presenting judgment as restorative rather than punitive, showing God’s purpose as the healing and liberation of creation through the removal of death, deception, and corruption.
Keywords:restoration of all things, judgment, hell explained, lake of fire, reconciliation, renewal of creation, finished work, Father’s heart