Tag: creation
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The first gospel. Studying Genesis 3:14-19
In Genesis 3, we see the fail of Adam and Eve. Instead of turning to God as a result of their sin, their initial response was to hide and try to cover up their sins. In Genesis 3:14-15, we see God’s initial response to Adam and Eve’s sin 14 The Lord God said to the…
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The Gospel according to Genesis. Studying Genesis 3:7-13
In Genesis 3, we see the fall of humanity into sin. What is also significant about the passage is that we see the initial reaction of Adam and Eve to their sin. They do what humanity has done countless times since that first sin: they try to cover up their own sins. Man’s attempt to…
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Eve and the Serpent. Studying Genesis 3:1-7
The doctrine of original sin is one that has confounded many throughout the centuries, but especially in recent decades. A talking snake talked Adam and Eve into sinning and that brought condemnation for all of humanity? That is the teaching of the Bible and the event is picked up again and referenced in the New…
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Sermon: The New Garden – John 18:1-11
This passage is a microcosm of the creation, fall, redemption that we see in the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis. Fittingly, Jesus is arrested in a garden. In the first garden, humanity sinned and brought forth death. But in this garden, Jesus will undo that curse and bring forth life as a result…
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All things were made through him. Studying John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.-John 1:3 John 1:3 is speaking to the divinity of Jesus. All things were made through him. All means all. The ground, the trees, the sand of the beaches, the stars in the sky, the air we breathe, the…
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