longggggggggggg thoughts on genesis.
If you will allow it, the story of the fall of man will change your life. Genesis 3 might be the most insightful set of Scripture one can find. Psychology and self-help take a back seat to the clear-cut description of sin’s origin. If you want to understand your life, start with Genesis 2:25: “The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” We’ve just seen how intimate God and Adam are, and how God provides for Adam’s needs before he even knows that he has them. In putting Adam into a deep sleep, removing a rib from his side, and forming woman around it, God is saying “My image in man is made complete when love is shared.” Isolation is not a quality of God. God gave Adam the following bit of information: “Eat any fruit you want, but that one tree over there produces fruit that causes death. Don’t eat it, or you will die.” Simple instructions from a God totally trusted to a son totally submitted. Evil was foreign to Adam, so he had no reason to doubt the words of his firs...