Someone has said words to this effect: “Reading the Bible is like eating a delicious piece of fish. Sometimes I come across sharp bones that slow me down. Time has taught me not to let them spoil the meal, but rather to do with these difficult texts what I do with the fish bones;…
In yesterday’s post from Genesis 4 about Cain and Able, I neglected to mention how God had seen Cain’s rising resentment against his brother and had come to him with a special message. It is found in verse 6: “So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance…
As I continue through the book of Genesis (the book of beginnings) I am amazed at the rapid downward trend that sin leads us along. Chapter 4 reveals that the very first child of the once innocent Adam and Eve also became the first murderer! While I have no idea of the amount of…
I’m backing up to Genesis chapter 2 briefly this morning as a great thought occurs to me. When God created the heavenly bodies and when He spoke the animals, fish and birds into existence, He did it by SPEAKING them into existence. However, when He created man, He FORMED him from the dust of…
I’m still browsing in Genesis chapter 3 this morning, and I find the answer to an old excuse that I have heard many people put forward as a reason for their wrongdoing. Here’s the excuse: “God could have done things differently and then I wouldn’t be in this mess!” Perhaps you’ve heard it stated this…
I’m still browsing in Genesis chapter 3 this morning, and I find the answer to an old excuse that I have heard many people put forward as a reason for their wrongdoing. Here’s the excuse: “God could have done things differently and then I wouldn’t be in this mess!” Perhaps you’ve heard it…
Genesis chapter 3 unfolds the story of Satan’s temptation of our first parents and their subsequent fall away from loyalty to God. Basically his ploy was to place them in a position where they came to DISTRUST GOD’S LOVE AND DOUBT HIS WISDOM. All the temptations that come to us today follow…
As I browse on the Word of God in Genesis 2 this morning I find the origin of the family and some admonition that the world needs so desperately just now! As the Creator forms Eve and brings her to Adam to make his life complete, the first family is begun. Then…
Two special trees! Genesis 2:10 tells of two trees that God placed in the Garden of Eden; the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Did you know that we will see one of them in Heaven, but not the other? (see Revelation 22:2) The Tree…
Reading Through The Bible: Number 11 Genesis 2:8 simply says: “The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.” When I awoke at 4:00am to the barking of Ding the Kelpie, God’s handiwork was on full display through the bedroom window. As I…