Shut In by God Genesis 7:1–24 And the Lord shut him in. Genesis 7:16 Consider these three lessons. First, when the Lord shut Noah and his family up in the ark, they were totally secure and thereby become an illustration for us of the believer’s perfect security in Jesus Christ. The rains would come. The […]

Grace Found Genesis 6:5–8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Genesis 6:8 Not only is sin internal as well as external; not only is it pervasive in that it affects everything we can possibly think or do. It is also continuous, for in God’s judgment we all do “only evil continually”

Cain’s Curse Genesis 4:1–16 And now you are cursed. Genesis 4:11 If you have never come to the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, then you are somewhat like Cain. You are in danger, and you must flee from it. The Navy in wartime uses an expression of ships that sail into danger. They are

Judgment and Grace Genesis 3:8–19 He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 God passes sentence, beginning with the serpent through whom the sin originated: the serpent will crawl on its belly and eat “dust,” i.e., the dust of frustration. We do not know what the serpent looked like before

The Fall Genesis 3:1–7 She took some and ate it. . . . And he ate it. Genesis 3:6 Eve sinned by being deceived; Adam sinned in utter rebellion. Both sinned out of pride. What lay at the root of the woman’s determination to eat the forbidden fruit and give some to her husband, Adam, if it