Finding Divine Favor Amidst Wickedness
on August 28th, 2022
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth . . . the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever . . . The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The LORD regretted that He had made humans beings on the earth, and His heart was deeply troubled. ... Read More
Sin Can Make Us Arrogant and Remorseless
on August 27th, 2022
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied, "Am I my brother's keeper?"The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. . . . When you work the ground, it will no long... Read More
Take Control Before You Lose Control
on August 26th, 2022
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man. Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. And Abel also brought an offering -- fat portions from some of the fir... Read More
Playing The Blame Game
on August 25th, 2022
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as He was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?" He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that... Read More
Never Believe the Devil
on August 24th, 2022
Now 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'?" The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat from the trees in the garden, 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.' " "You will no... Read More
The Image of God, Fruitfulness, and Dominion.
on August 22nd, 2022
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 ... Read More