There are innumerable examples today of the impact of sin on the human condition, particularly on the human mind. But I'd be hard-pressed to find a more glaring example than of those who insist on denying the objective fact that men and women are not the same. This has been a universally accepted fact of humanity since the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1:27). Regardless of cultural or language differences and nuances, mankind, for thousands of years, has consistently acknowledged that there are...

Ephesians 5:3-4 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. Most of the sins in this list are obvious, and most believers not only frown upon them, but they go out of their way to avoid them.  There are a couple of these sins, however, that believers participate in and overlook them because they are not the "major...

Genesis 3:2-5 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.   The woman knew the rules. God had set...

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?   There is no question in my mind that the serpent was the devil presenting himself as one of the created beings. The Bible writer says that he was more subtle than any other creature that the LORD had made, meaning that he was more cunning, crafty and sneaky than all the rest....

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.   Obviously, things were still perfect in the garden and in the universe. Sin had not yet entered into the world, The man and the woman walked around the garden all day, living life and enjoying creation, without thought of the fact that they were naked. There was no shame in anything that they did. There was innocence all around and purity that we have never known. There was no cold nor heat that...

Genesis 2:21-24 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh....

Proverbs 23:13-14  Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.  Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.  As I was reading a news article about some middle and high school kids who got into a huge fight at school, this verse came to mind. Obviously, their parents did not take heed to this verse and apply the board of correction to their seat of knowledge when they were small. Had they done so, I...

Romans 4:17  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before Him whom he believed, even God, Who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Believers, I will ask you as kindly as I know how to PLEASE stop misquoting this passage of scripture! This passage does not give you the power to call anything into being!!! I get so irritated hearing people claim that God has given us the power to "call those things that be not as though...

Genesis 2:19-20And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. God created all the animals that lived on the earth, all the animals that lived in the sea, and all...

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. God, Who is the believer's heavenly Father, cares for His children.  He looked down into the garden and saw that His creation was all alone, and, like any good father, He had pity for the man.  His concern for the man sprang Him into action to remedy the situation. God had already created plenty of living beings.  There were animals on the earth and animals in...

Genesis 2:15-17 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. I remember reading this passage of scripture as a child, after having read the entire story of the fall in the garden, and wondering why God said this....

Genesis 2:8-14 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land...