I have come upon a little book recently that is teaching me an awesome why to study the Bible, and if you haven't heard of it, it is called, "Diving for Pearls in God's Treasure Chest," by Robert A French. And it is really quite good, with solid direction on how to study the words of God. So come along with me on my lifetime adventure as we study the word together....
Genesis 3:14-19
14 The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field ; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life ; 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed ; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." 16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children ; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you." 17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field ; 19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken ; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.'
1. Lord, what would you have me learn from these verses. I know I need to at times pay better attention to my attitude with Tim...okay, not at times, but always, help me Lord to be the kind of wife to Tim, that you Father, want me to be! Not the wife I want to be, or the wife that Tim wants me to be, but help me and help me to help Tim, in being the best godly wife I can be! Now Father continue in teaching me what I need to learn from these verse...that I may grow in my knowledge of you....help me to know you more.
2. This text is saying to me that the husband & wife, (Adam and Eve) allowed something insidious into there lives, and they allowed this temptation to become a part of them....and oh how sad is this! Because in doing this, these two have made our wonderful and loving marriages that much more difficult for us to keep our marriages wonderful and harmonious. But and this is an very big BUT, once this is recognized, that's it. It is no more. Now it is time to deal with the issue and move on to having that wonderful and harmonious relationship that you know that you can have. This is a Yay God moment! I don't know about any one else, but I sure am glad to have "Yay God," moments!
3. What does the text mean in it's context? Hmmm...this could get a little long, but I will try to be concise. In my Bible there are headings in this chapter, the first is the "Temptation of man". And the next is the "Fall of man" and the last is the "Judgment of man.". Well these are all very good titles, but. I think I should point out that perhaps we need to consider that God gave us the ability to choose, hmm, I think I heard some one say recently that our Pastor called it "free will." You know someone once told me, nothing is free, everything comes with a cost. And you know this is true! No matter how much you want to waste tome trying to argue the point, everything has a cost, especially if it has any real value!
4. What is the author, Moses, (this is the consensus, that Moses is the author.) communicating, I think he was and is telling us quite simply that there is a little flaw in us and we will have to spend our entire lives fighting tooth and nail, trying to overcome these issues, OR when you get further on in the book, you will see that God had a Son, just for us, so that we might be forgiven. These verses exemplify our beginnings, but it is up to us how the ending is written. How will your story end? Mine will not end, it will just have a new beginning.
Genesis 3:14-19
14 The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field ; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life ; 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed ; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." 16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children ; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you." 17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field ; 19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken ; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.'
1. Lord, what would you have me learn from these verses. I know I need to at times pay better attention to my attitude with Tim...okay, not at times, but always, help me Lord to be the kind of wife to Tim, that you Father, want me to be! Not the wife I want to be, or the wife that Tim wants me to be, but help me and help me to help Tim, in being the best godly wife I can be! Now Father continue in teaching me what I need to learn from these verse...that I may grow in my knowledge of you....help me to know you more.
2. This text is saying to me that the husband & wife, (Adam and Eve) allowed something insidious into there lives, and they allowed this temptation to become a part of them....and oh how sad is this! Because in doing this, these two have made our wonderful and loving marriages that much more difficult for us to keep our marriages wonderful and harmonious. But and this is an very big BUT, once this is recognized, that's it. It is no more. Now it is time to deal with the issue and move on to having that wonderful and harmonious relationship that you know that you can have. This is a Yay God moment! I don't know about any one else, but I sure am glad to have "Yay God," moments!
3. What does the text mean in it's context? Hmmm...this could get a little long, but I will try to be concise. In my Bible there are headings in this chapter, the first is the "Temptation of man". And the next is the "Fall of man" and the last is the "Judgment of man.". Well these are all very good titles, but. I think I should point out that perhaps we need to consider that God gave us the ability to choose, hmm, I think I heard some one say recently that our Pastor called it "free will." You know someone once told me, nothing is free, everything comes with a cost. And you know this is true! No matter how much you want to waste tome trying to argue the point, everything has a cost, especially if it has any real value!
4. What is the author, Moses, (this is the consensus, that Moses is the author.) communicating, I think he was and is telling us quite simply that there is a little flaw in us and we will have to spend our entire lives fighting tooth and nail, trying to overcome these issues, OR when you get further on in the book, you will see that God had a Son, just for us, so that we might be forgiven. These verses exemplify our beginnings, but it is up to us how the ending is written. How will your story end? Mine will not end, it will just have a new beginning.
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