Posts tagged: family-worship-bible-guide

FWBG - Genesis - 4.3

2026-09-30T06:55:25Z

beware the growth of sin… harboring it leads to worse consequences for us and others. Cain’s initial sin is left ambiguous but his response to his sin being called out by the Lord shows the trajectory of his life

FWBG - Genesis - 4.2

2026-09-28T06:35:28Z

Marvel at God’s patience. Cain could’ve heeded the Lord’s warnings, it would’ve been right.

FWBG - Genesis - 4.1

2026-06-18T06:31:23Z

The Fall is worthy of grieving. The story in the Bible explains the state of humanity, and I think we can grieve humanity’s state just via observation today. But the beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that with grieving and mourning there is hope and redemption

FWBG - Genesis - 3.3

2026-05-31T07:12:49Z

On the Fall #

The consequences of the fall were immediate and great:

shame (humans recognize their nakedness and cover up)
separation (humans are banished from Paradise/Eden)

When I have nothing to hide, and I’m completing my work both at home and my job to a degree that I’m satisfied with results, then shame and anxiety seem so small.

God gives grace to people, and he offered grace in the beginning as one of his responses to sin.

I can’t help but recognize the wrestle with the reality of the Fall, and I don’t mean the state of human today - I think we’re clearly fallen. But I mean the record in Genesis 3… I think Genesis 1-11 tells a story to explain human history but doesn’t necessarily give us a play-by-play transcription of that history. So I need to personally be careful in how much analysis I do of the physical reality of Genesis 3 and be sure to filter my perception of it through the lens of the rest of the Bible.

Jesus is the snake-crusher promised in 3:9, and he offers grace every day for sin to those he loves.

May Jesus today grant me grace to work hard but have the right perspective. The things I stress about in my life, I’m afraid are less important, less weighty than the weight of anxiety they cause. Perhaps the anxiety I am dealing with is a direct result of the Fall, and it continues as I hide away or try to give time and energy to the wrong things.

FWBG - Genesis - 3.2

2026-05-27T07:02:50Z

Resist Temptation #

Eve was tempted by sin by litening to the great deceiver. But it wasn’t just that she heard the serpent, she participated in the conversation, she entertained the snake, and she meditated/directed her thoughts and eyes towards the objects of desire and the serpent rather than her God.
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and it was a delight to the eyes

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

3 For although we are living in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments 5 and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

The woman did not resist, she gave in. She entertained the thought of the fruit, gazed at it with her eyes, and decided to listen to the serpent and ultimately herself, rather than God
Sin is a matter of the heart, of looking inward into our own experiences and what we see with our own eyes, rather than what we heard from the Lord.
We will all see things with our eyes that are pleasing to us, and good for one thing or another.

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel; each one did what was right in his own eyes.

Scariest Bible verse - everyone did what was right in his own eyes
Goodness comes from doing what’s right in God’s eyes, not our own

FWBG - Genesis - 1.2

2026-05-24T07:05:23Z

Theological Implicationf of Creation #

“Let there be…” God’s Word is the agency of creation
Jesus commanded Lazarus to come out of the grave

John 11:41–44

41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes above and said, “Father, I give thanks to you that you hear me. 42 And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said it, so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The one who had died came out, his feet and his hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped with a facecloth. Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

Jesus calmed the storm

Mark 4:35–40

35 And on that day, when it was evening, he said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him along, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled with water. 38 And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?” 39 And he woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Be silent!” And the wind abated and there was a great calm. 40 And he said to them, “Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?”

God created - the implication is that creation belongs to him, and if he wishes then creation is accountable to him
Man is in cluded in creation, Man is accountable to God, and Man has a way to God through Jesus

FWBG - Genesis - 1.1

2026-05-17T07:26:23Z

The stars are the work of God’s fingers:

Psalm 8:3

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place—

But salvation is the work of his right hand:

Psalm 98:1

Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have secured his victory.

In Genesis 1, God created the Heavens and the earth. He brings order to chaos.

How can we bring order to chaos? #

cleaning the playroom

How can we rest? #

enjoy the creation God has given us
rejoice in salvation, rejoicing brings refreshment to the soul