Genesis 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Here is the first recorded lie offered to mankind by the Adversary: “You won’t die […]
Genesis 3:2-3 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” In response to […]
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’” Obviously, there are many concepts revealed in this one verse, hence, the attention we are […]
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’” When it comes to Satan’s attempts to seduce God’s people away from the truth, rarely […]
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’” The Hebrew word translated as “serpent” is nachash which literally means “shining one.” This is […]
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’” The Hebrew word translated as “cunning” could also be rendered as “shrewd, crafty” or “sly” […]
Genesis 2:25 “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” Before the fall, man had no reason to be ashamed — he was in right standing with the Almighty and did not know, through experience, the shame that is associated with transgressing the will of the Heavenly Father. Obviously, […]
Genesis 2:23-24 “And Adam said: ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” In the formation of woman […]
Genesis 2:23-24 “And Adam said: ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” When God presented the woman […]
Genesis 2:22 “Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.” From the beginning, we see that the standard the Creator established for marriage was one man and one woman. Later, of course, other notable men — righteous men — would […]
Genesis 2:21 “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept, and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.” It’s interesting that when the Creator determined to make a woman, He did not repeat the steps He first took when He made […]
Genesis 2:20 “So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam, there was not found a helper comparable to him.” Previously, the Bible records that God determined it was not good for man to live alone and, so, He determined to […]
