Random Writings

 The Basic 

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 During a halftime pep talk to his discouraged team, Coach Vince Lombardi held up the pigskin and said, “This is a football.” Their performance had been so bad that he knew that he had to take them back to square one. He knew what all competent people must know. If you want to succeed, you must know and master the basis. We as the church have gotten so far away from the basis. I believe that God is speaking and telling us that we must get back to the basis of the Bible and who God is. There is no better place to start this journey back to the basis than to study Genesis. The only way that we can interpret Genesis is to accept the fact that what it says is what it means. If we cannot believe the basis that we find in Genesis, there is no hope for man. If we believe in evolution and that we come from an amoeba, there is no dignity or honor in life. Genesis is the foundation Book of the Bible, and the rest of the scripture is built on what Moses wrote. Genesis is quoted or referred to more than two hundred times in the New Testament, which means it’s important for New Testament Christians to understand its message.

  The Account of Creation 

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 The Bible would be incomplete without the Book of Genesis. It sets the stage for the entire drama of redemption, which unfolds in the rest of the Bible. Almost all the important doctrine and teaching of the Bible have their foundation in Genesis. Genesis gives the foundation for the doctrines of sin, the fall, redemption, justification. The promise of the Messiah and Jesus Christ. The personality and personhood of God. The kingdom of God. Genesis shows us the origin of: The universe. Order and complexity. The solar system. The atmosphere and hydrosphere. Life, man, marriage. Good and evil. It is precisely because people have abandoned the truth of Genesis that our culture is in such disarray. Martin Luther wrote, “I beg and faithfully warn every pious Christian not to stumble at the simplicity of the language and stories that we meet in Genesis. He should not doubt that, however simple they seem, these are the very words, works, judgements, and the deeds of the high majesty, power, and wisdom of God.” The only way we can ever really find out who we are is from God. The best place to start this search is in Genesis.