The Wages of Sin for Adam’s Seed

30Jun09

So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” ~ Gen. 4:6-7

Whenever I’m tempted to be dissatisfied, disgruntled, or angry — I can remember these words, “sin lies at the door”. Interesting how God tells us “you should rule over it”. Where sin is concerned, we always have a choice.

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In the Beginning… The Messiah

29Jun09

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” ~ Gen. 1:26-28 When God speaks of Himself in the plural sense, this is indicative of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I love how the very first thing God did after He created man and woman was to bless them! The second thing He did was give them the responsibility of taking care of the Earth and all its creatures.

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Genesis Overview

27Jun09

Courtesy of Henrietta C. Mears, author of What The Bible Is All About

The word “Genesis” is Greek for “origin”, and accordingly this book explains the beginnings of everything except God. The book was written by Moses. In chapter 3, Satan is exposed as the enemy of God and the deceiver of the human race. Satan attacks the book of Genesis for several reasons:

Witness of a divine Creator and creation
Divine promise of a Redeemer
Bible that is “God-breathed” and therefore divinely inspired
The book’s scientific accuracy
Literal testimony to human sin as deliberate disobedience to God
Its infallible truth and foreshadowing of the Messiah was confirmed by Jesus in John 5:46-47

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