Genesis 2:25 says Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. The point of nakedness is that it is now associated with embarrassment and vulnerability. The point about shame is that it is something which causes us to hide, either ourselves of the thing that causes shame. In the Garden of Eden,… Continue reading Shameless
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Not alone
Last time, we saw that God had made the man, Adam and placed him in Eden with the duty of caring for the garden and guarding it. God had commanded him to abstain from the fruit of one specific tree. Against this backdrop, God identifies that it isn’t good for him to be alone. This… Continue reading Not alone
Worship and work
Read Genesis 2:15-18 So, now God takes the man, Adam and places him in the Garden. There he gives him work to do. He is to look after the garden, to tend/till and to guard/keep. Notice three things here. First, we see again that he has purpose, secondly we see that he is now the… Continue reading Worship and work
The Garden
We’ve seen the big picture of creation. Now, it’s time to focus in on the detail. As we do, we begin to see something about God’s providential care for us. Read Genesis 2:4-14 The phrase often translated as “These are the generations” punctuates Genesis and marks the beginning of different stories within the subplot. It… Continue reading The Garden
Day Seven
The Old Testament Law rooted its command to set apart the seventh day as a sabbath in the creation account. Read Genesis 2:1-3 God has created the world, he has formed it and filled it. He has named things and ordered them. H has blessed his creation. Now, having blessed his creation, he blesses time,… Continue reading Day Seven
He also made the stars
In Genesis 1:14-18, we are told about the part of creation where God populates the heavens with lights. The sun and moon are appointed as rulers over day and night. In other words, they will be the dominant lights and the basis for things like telling the time, seasons and location based on their appearance. … Continue reading He also made the stars
The God who speaks and sees Genesis 1v1-25
The Bible begins with the big picture story of God’s creating work Read Genesis 1:1-25 Notice three things about God here. There are a few dominant phrases that echo through the passage. First, there is the repetition “God said” each time that God speaks “let there…”, it comes to pass, so that another repeated phrase… Continue reading The God who speaks and sees Genesis 1v1-25
First things
The first thing we need to know about everything is “God.” Read Genesis 1:1 The first book of the Bible tells us with its first words that “In the beginning, God created.” This introduces us to two important truths about God. First, the God who was there at the beginning is eternal. God predates the… Continue reading First things
God’s Place
There are three strands to Biblical Theology I would like to talk a bit more in this article about “God’s Place.” In Genesis 1-2, we are told the story of Creation. God creates the universe out of nothing and forms and fills it over a 6 day period before resting on the seventh day. The… Continue reading God’s Place
God’s Big Story – an introduction to Biblical Theology
This week’s podcast was all about God’s people dwelling in God’s place or presence. You can listen to the podcast: We were looking at Biblical Theology. If Systematic Theology is about taking the whole teaching of Scripture, synthesising and systematising it into specific teaching topics or doctrines, then summarising them, Biblical Theology is about tracing… Continue reading God’s Big Story – an introduction to Biblical Theology
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