Genesis We have been created by God. We have been created to be like God. "God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light." We are to let His light shine. His light is the light of His love. It is the light of life. Let there be light, love and life. May light, love and life be seen in us. "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not ear, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die." A command is not to be discussed. It is to be obeyed. Do what God tells you to do, and you will be blessed. Go your own way, instead of God's way, and there will be no blessing. God's command is also His promise and His warning. The "serpent" begins with questioning, and moves quickly on to contradicting. He's a liar - from the beginning to the end. There will be conflict between "the serpent" and "the seed of the woman" (Christ) - "you (the serpent)...
Notes for a three-year journey through the whole Bible