Genesis 2, 3 ~ The Surprising Effect of Adam’s Sin
Still looking for a solution to my fruitless life, my search for answers continues…
Several things about this story in Genesis had correlated with my own struggle. I’d seen that, like Eve, partaking of the knowledge of good and evil in me was not getting me closer to my goal of being like God. I had thought it would, seemingly just like she had, but I also had been deceived. Continue reading
Genesis 2 ~ The Real Lie Eve Fell For
Good and evil. Yes, I’d heard those two words used before. Two little words used far back in the very beginning. They first appear at the start of man’s existence…all the way back in the Garden of Eden. I wasn’t sure what I’d find in this first account of history that would be relevant to my history, but I headed to Genesis to find out.
Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, but still I couldn’t see my way out of the sin that so easily beset me. I knew the Lord required a life of holiness. When reading the Bible I saw it everywhere I looked.Continue reading
The do’s of the Bible seem endless. My own struggle in attempting to be a doer of the Word appeared endless too. Here begins the telling of the slow but, thank God, sure process of my discovering how to finally get freedom in this area.
My sharing about this will likely develop slowly. God knows the liberating revelation came slowly enough. It took years. I honestly thought my struggle would never end. Continue reading