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Happy New Year! Today is Friday January 1, 2010 and we are reading through the Bible in a year. Today's message comes from the reading of the book of Genesis chapters 1-3. If you would like to read the chapters online along with us you can Click Here to read them or copy & paste this URL onto your browser: http://www.readytofollow.com/bible-january-1

The book of Genesis is the 1st book of the Old Testament and Bible and contains fifty chapters. The author of the book was Moses and it was first written to the people of Israel. The purpose of the book was to preserve the historical background of Israel and the record of creation, sin, redemption, and God's first dealings with man. What we are to learn from the book is that God is the creator of all living things and that His plan from the beginning included all nations, not just Israel. The Book of Genesis is known as the book of creation, the word Genesis means, the book of generation or production and accounts the origin of all creation from the earth to man. There is no other history so old. There is nothing in the most ancient book which exists that contradicts it, many things recorded by the oldest heathen writers confirm what is related in this book. God created the heavens, earth, and all living people, creatures, and plants in six days. “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” - Genesis 1:26-31. It boggles my mind when people question God as being the Creator of all things, think about the earth as we know it, it is magnificent, much too magnificent to be here just by chance or evolved over millions of years ago.

Every person, every animal, and every plant, is unique and created in it's own image, that means that we can in no way resemble one another. Yes, an animal might have some similar characteristics of a human, but in no way can a human come from an animal. Man was made distinctly different from any animal in that God breathed into him the breath of life. “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil............And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” - Genesis 2:4-9,15-17. God provided us everything that we would need to sustain us and enable us to fulfill His perfect will and achieve a happy and worthwhile life. Man's responsibility was to obey God and to take care of His garden, while trusting in Him to provide for them.

Just as we are tempted and beguiled by Satan on a daily basis so was our first parents. “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden...........And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.” - Genesis 3:4-8,12,13. Satan did not reveal himself to Eve as the enemy of God nor a wicked deceiver with the intent on destroying every enjoyment of mankind. His intent was, and still is, to prevent man from obeying God. First, he tried to create doubt concerning the truth of what God had said. Then he implied that God was withholding the best enjoyments in life from Adam and Eve. Did you ever wish that you could go back in time and change something foolish that you had done? Imagine Adam and especially Eve when she foolishly ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I bet they felt pretty foolish and all Adam could say was the woman made me do it. Well, we can all praise God to the highest as no matter how many foolish things we have done or will do in the future He will forgive us and help us get things right with Him.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night and I pray that you have a wonderful, prosperous, and blessed 2010.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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