Last week we looked at
the first chapter of Genesis. I hope you enjoyed your time in God’s creation. I
hope He revealed to you that the creation is so complex that it could in no way
have just happened any more than a watch you found ticking on the sidewalk or a
car in the parking lot could have just happened. Anything and everything has
been created either by God or by man created in God’s image.
This week I’d like to dig
deeper looking at the next few chapters. Using our SOAP idea of choosing one or
two Scriptures from each
chapter that God has impressed on your heart. Make an Observation and an Application.
Then offer a Prayer
concerning God’s will for you through this study. Let’s begin.
Genesis 2 – The Seventh
Day – a day of rest, not made for God but made for man. A day for man to
consider the “excellency of His works and God’s goodness toward him” (Geneva
reference 2:3).
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Creation of marriage. I noticed the change in
wording from woman when she is created to wife as Adam declares the cleaving to
his wife.
Genesis 3 – The original
sin - James 1:15 The grandkids and I
were picking berries the other day and one said why do they have to have
thorns?
I replied because Adam and Eve sinned. We talked about the sin being
disobedience. She remembered the story
and I think she must have done some pondering because later she said. “What
about dinosaurs? Some people say Adam didn’t see the dinosaurs.” We logically
reasoned that if sin caused death, when did the dinosaurs die? In a world so
full of itself do we not still try to be gods, relying on our own ideas rather
than on God’s Truth?
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References to Adam and Eve as man and woman
until it speaks of their relationship as husband and wife. Mark 10:6-9
Hope this helps to get
you started digging deeper and seeking God. What God impresses on your heart
from these chapters may not be the same thing He impressed upon me. That’s why
it is so neat to share our discoveries. As we share we all grow.
Lord Jesus help us desire
to know You better through Your word. Give us unity through Your word that we
might be better servants of Thee. In Your name we pray. Amen.
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