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7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” Humankind was designed by God to rule over the other inhabitants of the earth. Instead, because of sinContinue reading “31Jan2009 Genesis 4:7”

23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. Did you notice the subtle shift in this verse? Adam is sent out to take care of the garden, the dirt, from which he was made. His job had been to rule overContinue reading “29Jan2009 Genesis 3:23”

16 To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” The last part of this verse articulates the great struggle of relationships. A woman’s desire, her longing, is for aContinue reading “27Jan2009 Genesis 3:16”

12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” This is the first time in history someone was guilty of “passing the buck.” It is amazing that excuse making entered the world right after sin. Excuses usually follow sin and this isContinue reading “26Jan2009 Genesis 3:12”

5 “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Why would anyone choose to know evil and all it horrendous out-workings like 9/11 and Somalia? The choice Eve made to listen to Satan’s half-truth was fatal, literally. Knowing goodContinue reading “25Jan2009 Genesis 3:5”

3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ Satan always wants us to make God’s simple commands more difficult. We think that everything is too good to be true. But God offersContinue reading “24Jan2009 Genesis 3:3”

1Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Crafty is not always a bad thing! The main dark character in this chapter, and for that matter theContinue reading “23Jan2009 Genesis 3:1”

25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Imagine that, naked with no shame. There was no need to cover up, nothing to hide. Their relationship was one we might call transparent. They were there with and for each other with no ulterior motives. All their needs were providedContinue reading “22Jan2009 Genesis 2:25”