Red Letter Day Attribute/Name of God ~ Judge   God is the Lawgiver and He is the ultimate Judge…of people. As the Lawgiver God has given us a code of laws and when we follow them, we have a good life, a life freed from rebellion against Him.   God is also our Judge – […]

The innocence of a pure conscience is never ashamed. (NASB) Genesis 2:24-25 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 24 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” Adam and Eve had a pure […]

What are some of the things God’s word says about marriage? Marriage vows are between a man and a woman. (See Genesis 2:23-24) Marriage vows made before God by the man and woman are to be kept. (NIV) Matthew 19:3-6 “Some Pharisees came to him (Jesus) to test him.  They asked, ‘Is it lawful for […]

The LORD God gave the first anesthetic and performed the first surgery. (NASB) Genesis 2:21 “So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.” It was the LORD God Who made man and […]

(NASB) Genesis 2:18 “Then the LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.’ ” The LORD God stated a fact about man, about Adam.  Adam needed a helper – not a slave or one who would control him. Adam needed someone […]

(NIV) Psalm 113:1-3 1 “Praise, O servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD. 2Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore. 3From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, The name of the LORD is to be praised.”

The LORD God put Adam in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.  And He also gave Adam freedom…the freedom to eat from any of the trees in the garden, except one. One tree was ‘off-limits’.  One tree had a warning label from God.  One tree! Adam could have any of the […]

(NASB) Genesis 2:15 “Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.” The LORD God prepared everything Adam would need – to live and work. The LORD God placed Adam in that environment of that garden. The LORD God planned for Adam to […]

Genesis 2:10-14 tells of a river which began to flow out from the Garden of Eden to water the garden.  From there it divided into four rivers: the Pishon, the Gihon, the Tigris and the Euphrates. In North Florida, USA, there is an underground spring which is the headwater of the Wakulla River.  It flows […]

‘Listen’ to the description of what trees the LORD God planted in the Garden of Eden: (NASB) Genesis 2:9 “Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree […]