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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”

18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Here is an amazing statement. God has repeatedly stated that what He has made is “good”, or even “very good.” Now he looks at Adam’s singleness and says that this singleness isContinue reading “21Jan2009 Genesis 2:18”

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die. Adam had everything in the garden except one tree. That tree carried with it a meaning and consequence unlike any other tree. God told him not to eat fromContinue reading “19Jan2009 Genesis 2:17”

15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Human being’s original role on earth was to work and care for the Garden. That’s right, part of God’s original plan involved some work. Man was responsible for doing the gardening. ThereContinue reading “18Jan2009 Genesis 2:15”

7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Man is more than just dust from the ground. Evolution says just that. Evolution says we are a random assembly of accidents. But the reality isContinue reading “17Jan2009 Genesis 2:7”

4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens This verse begins with the closing statement of the previous section and ends with the beginning words of the next section. Many people miss this important structural element of theContinue reading “16Jan2009 Genesis 2:4”

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Man is the first thing created that hasContinue reading “15Jan2009 Genesis 1:26”

16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. Have you ever wondered what would it be like if we didn’t have a moon that lit the night sky? Yes, it would be darker at night, but what otherContinue reading “12Jan2009 Genesis 1:16”