This story is our story.
It’s all connected.
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Genesis 2:4
New International Version (NIV)
Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:8-9 (NIV)
Eden
Hebrew word for “Delight” or “Pleasure”
Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7 (NIV)
The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’
Genesis 2:18 (NIV)
We were made for communion with God and one another, in a Garden of Delight
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made…
Genesis 3:1 (NIV)
And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’
Genesis 2:16-17 (NIV)
Did God really say…?
You will not die…your eyes will be opened and you will become like God…
Genesis 3:1-4 (NIV)
Where are you?
Genesis 3:9 (NIV)
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.
Genesis 3:15 (NIV)
Do you need to turn and face your Maker? Do you need to repent? Do you need to silence the Deceiver? Do you need to give thanks for God’s abundant grace? Do you need to remember who you really are and who God really is?