A Word about this Bible Study

If you have 15 minutes a day you can study the Word of God!
"For the Word of God is living and active..." Hebrews 4:12
For most of my growing up the Bible seemed anything but living and active. Though I knew I was supposed to read it I barely did and when I tried it all felt flat and unrelatable.
I was in my 20s the first time I was shown the vitality of Scripture. For me it was Beth Moore's Jesus the One and Only Bible study that changed everything. I'd heard the story of Christ a million times but that study made Jesus come alive to me, it made the Word of God come alive. Since then I've done dozens of other Bible studies but more importantly God has created in me a desire to know Him more through His Word.
This blog is my endeavor to do just that and share what I find.
Each week I will post 3-5 10(ish) minute Bible lessons. The focus will be on who God is and just how awesome and amazing His Word is. Most of the time I will type the verses out, however for longer sections of Scripture, you will need to have your own Bible handy.
Finally a little disclaimer: I am perfectly capable of making mistake! If you are unclear, or disagree with me on something I encourage you to be like the Bereans and search the Bible for yourself to find out what is True (Acts 17:11).
The Word of God truly is alive and active, I hope you enjoy this adventure, and may it be life changing.







Saturday, April 10, 2010

Adam & Eve Day 1

You will need your Bible today

This week we are going to talk about Adam and Eve. Chances are you have at least heard their story once or twice, but my prayer this week is that we might see something new and fresh in the familiar.
Please read Genesis 2:4-25; bear in mind that we are looking for what God reveals about Himself, about us and about our relationship with Him.
Genesis chapter 2 has often been referred to as the second creation account. For some, the differences between the Genesis 1 and 2 accounts, have become a major stumbling block, yet when we look at God's purpose in the two separate narratives the differences seem to melt away. (I will reiterate here that Genesis is not meant to be a how-to handbook for creation.)
Genesis chapter 1 is the opening of this Love Letter. It introduces the Author (Elohim) and sets the stage (the World). The Creator God is the God of the whole world, everything that exists belongs to, and has it's meaning in Him. In chapter 2 God narrows His focus to mankind, who are His purpose for creating all things.
"For this is what the LORD says- he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited." Isaiah 45:18
Man and woman were to be the crowning jewel, the pinnacle of God's creation. Therefore the focus of chapter 2 is God's creation culminating in Adam and Eve. Every day of creation God looked over what He had made and declared it good, but it wasn't until God created man and woman that God declared His creation complete and "very good".
God wasted no time on the specifics of creation, until it came to man. He spoke and there was light, He spoke again and separated water. For 5 days creation was spoken into being without detail or further description. On the sixth day all the animals are merely spoken into being as well, but then God makes man and the formula changes.
God set man apart from Creation. His Love Letter is to mankind, not the trees or the flowers, the birds, fish or animals. His Word is for us, the crowning jewel, the reason for His creation. Genesis chapter 2 is God's introduction to His beloved. This week we will bask in the joy of being God's beloved, before there was any thing that separated us from His precious Love.
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