This week, we will be focusing on Genesis 3:14-15, The Real Battle According to God.
We are going to spend an extra week in Genesis 3. The topic is too important, especially with the election coming up on Tuesday.
Our nation seems to be in the balance. Emotions are high. Anxiety is even higher. Based on surveys, this is one of the most frustrating, divisive, expensive, and nerve-racking elections in recent history.
24/7 news...social media...YouTube videos...only amplify the anger and the angst.
So how do we live in this present generation? How do we think? How do we respond?
Genesis 3:15 is one of the most important verses in all of Scripture.
It is the first prophecy, the first promise, the "first gospel."
And it reminds us that we are part of a bigger story.
There is bigger conflict going on in the world.
The seed of the woman and the serpent.
And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.
All of history...all of Scripture...is the playing out of this one cosmic conflict.
Earth is the stage. And we are in the middle of it.
As believers, the seed of the Messiah, citizens of His kingdom, we are to think differently, see differently, live differently.
Our weapon is truth. Our motivation is love. Our hope is Christ.
There is no reason to fear. There is every reason to rest in God's sovereignty and to rejoice in His final victory. This is what it means to live by faith and not by sight.
May God open our eyes to His truth and empower us through His Spirit so that we can live faithfully for Him in this present generation!This week, we will be focusing on Genesis 3:14-15, The Real Battle According to God.
We are going to spend an extra week in Genesis 3. The topic is too important, especially with the election coming up on Tuesday.
Our nation seems to be in the balance. Emotions are high. Anxiety is even higher. Based on surveys, this is one of the most frustrating, divisive, expensive, and nerve-racking elections in recent history.
24/7 news...social media...YouTube videos...only amplify the anger and the angst.
So how do we live in this present generation? How do we think? How do we respond?
Genesis 3:15 is one of the most important verses in all of Scripture.
It is the first prophecy, the first promise, the "first gospel."
And it reminds us that we are part of a bigger story.
There is bigger conflict going on in the world.
The seed of the woman and the serpent.
And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.
All of history...all of Scripture...is the playing out of this one cosmic conflict.
Earth is the stage. And we are in the middle of it.
As believers, the seed of the Messiah, citizens of His kingdom, we are to think differently, see differently, live differently.
Our weapon is truth. Our motivation is love. Our hope is Christ.
There is no reason to fear. There is every reason to rest in God's sovereignty and to rejoice in His final victory. This is what it means to live by faith and not by sight.
May God open our eyes to His truth and empower us through His Spirit so that we can live faithfully for Him in this present generation!

This week, we will be covering Genesis 3:8-24, The Fall According to God.
It is sort of funny how the preaching calendar lined up this week. The Sunday that we are having our annual Fall Fest is the very Sunday we are talking about the fall of mankind.
Obviously, they are vastly different .
Genesis 3:8-24 tells us what went wrong with the world after our first parents sinned.
Shame.
Separation.
Selfishness.
Suffering.
Every aspect of our lives and our world has been impacted by sin.
We don't live in Eden any more.
Just look at the newspaper or listen to the news and that becomes painfully evident.
Understanding Genesis 3 gives us perspective on the world. It enables us to see things properly. It expands our view of the spiritual battle that we are in. It exposes our own selfish tendencies. It helps us understand the impact of shame. It shows us where the true problems of our culture lie. And it points us to the only hope that we truly have in this life.
Genesis 1-3 are absolutely essential if you are going to understand reality.
Let's dig deep into God's Word...and ask Him to open our eyes to His truth!

This week, we will be covering Genesis 3:1-7, Sin According to God.
What's wrong with the world?
What's wrong with you and me?
Why are relationships so hard...and so hurtful?
Why does God allow pain and suffering?
Why is there death?
And why did God put the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden in the first place?
Genesis 3 has been called "the seed plot of the Bible." In this chapter, many of the doctrines of the Christian faith take root.
Genesis 3 teaches us about temptation, sin, Satan, deception, guilt, shame, self-justification, conflict, pain, suffering, and death. Thankfully it also points us to the grace and hope that we have in Jesus Christ!
This Sunday we will examine more closely the goodness of God, the strategy of the serpent, and the fall of our first parents into sin.
May God deepen our faith in His Word, strengthen us against temptation, and awaken us to the beauty of His goodness and grace!
This week, we will be covering Genesis 3:1-7, Sin According to God.
What's wrong with the world?
What's wrong with you and me?
Why are relationships so hard...and so hurtful?
Why does God allow pain and suffering?
Why is there death?
And why did God put the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden in the first place?
Genesis 3 has been called "the seed plot of the Bible." In this chapter, many of the doctrines of the Christian faith take root.
Genesis 3 teaches us about temptation, sin, Satan, deception, guilt, shame, self-justification, conflict, pain, suffering, and death. Thankfully it also points us to the grace and hope that we have in Jesus Christ!
This Sunday we will examine more closely the goodness of God, the strategy of the serpent, and the fall of our first parents into sin.
May God deepen our faith in His Word, strengthen us against temptation, and awaken us to the beauty of His goodness and grace!