Genesis 3
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Toriano Mayo wrote a new blog post: Why Do You Try to Save Yourself by Works: Yes You Christians 1 year, 2 months ago · View
You know, something has been striking me recently as sort of surprising, and really disturbing. There are so many people who claimed they are saved by grace, but then they go on living, as if they were saved by works. We see this same problem in Galatians, and for some reason we think we are far [...] -
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
Its interesting that we often forget about ”the serpent” in our everyday life. We’re busy, we’re stressed, we’ve got things to do. We may not see the deception that is slowly spoken over us throughout the day – lies, empty promise, provocative thoughts. We shrug these off as our own thoughts, maybe our own brokenness. Praying that God would help me to distinguish His voice and say ”NO!” to the lies of the serpent.Genesis 3:12-13 = BLAME
When we are in a compromised situation, it is so easy to pass the blame off to others. ”She told me to do it.” ”I was decieved; I didn’t know.” ”It is not my fault.” But, God knows. He knew that while Adam & Eve were decieved, they both gave into a temptation of pride, jealousy, desire. They wanted to be like God. Praying that God would help me to see my true heart intentions behind my everyday actions. -
Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: The Oldest Lie in the Book 1 year, 5 months ago · View
Perhaps you’ve heard the cliché “the oldest lie in the book” referring sometimes to “the check’s in the mail” but “the oldest lie in the book” is literally in the Book of Beginnings, the book of Genesis. It is spoken by the “father of lies”, satan. Satan’s opening line, posed as a question (Gen 3:1), [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: A LABOR OF LOVE 2 years ago · View
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street. (Lamentations 2:19) LET THE CHILDREN There is a sinister, ugly spirit, a [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: the “Genesis” of my Biblefox reading plan! 2 years, 9 months ago · View
Genesis 1:27 - God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. What a good thing to recognize that God not only created us, but created us in his own image . I recently read part of a book called Designed for Dignity . It was good in that it really stressed [...]
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Hannah Venable wrote a new blog post: Childbearing and Women 3 years, 2 months ago · View
As I read many of these stories, I am struck by the importance of childbearing. It seems like one of the primary callings for women is to bear a child. And it seems like it is one of the main ways that God wants to use them. In Judges 13-16, we saw how God gave [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable commented on the blog post Ruins of the Tower 3 years, 3 months ago · View
When satan asked Adam and Eve “Hath God said?” in Genesis 3, he sowed those seeds of suspicion. He then implied, reading between the lines, that God was withholding his best from Adam and Eve, not permitting them to “be as gods.” So those first seeds of suspicion of God’s goodness have been multiplying ever [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: The Fall of Man and the Grace of God 3 years, 3 months ago · View
Its interesting reading where God curses Satan and says He’ll put enmity between him and the woman, and between his seed and her seed”. This is intersting because as far as I’m aware a woman doesn’t provide a seed with reproduction. Its the man who has the sperm which is the seed. The only man [...]
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shireen wrote a new blog post: The impact of Genesis 3 3 years, 3 months ago · View
This passage has really challenged me to consider the impact and consequence of that decision that Adam and Eve made in the Garden of Eden. Too often when we talk about sin… its in little letters and rather understated. But the SIN as the notes say caused the perfect relationship that man was to have [...]
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Hannah Venable wrote a new blog post: Stumbling Around 3 years, 3 months ago · View
After Crossroad on Sunday night, some of us walked outside to see a drunk man stumbling about. He had such a lack of control that he fell into the street. Providentially, there were no cars coming on Queen Street and he was able to pick himself up and get out of the street before he [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Noah’s Ark 3 years, 3 months ago · View
I was reading Genesis 6-8 the other day – the story of Noah’s ark – and I thought, wow, Noah was one faithful man. How much did he have to trust God? A whole lot. He had to trust that God was going to actually send the rain . Think about it, they are in a desert. [...]