{"id":6774,"date":"2023-12-27T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6774"},"modified":"2024-12-06T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T00:38:07","slug":"the-beginning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6774","title":{"rendered":"The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our daughter, Melody, and her family are living in Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island, where she and her husband teach music in an international school. They\u2019re blessed to attend a wonderful church, First Baptist<\/a>, and with technology, we are able to tune in from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their pastor, Steve Brady, kicked off his Advent series earlier this month with a sermon from Genesis 3\u2026Genesis 3? Yep. That\u2019s where the battle for the souls of humanity started and where the first promise of Jesus\u2019 coming is given. Steve had a 7-point alliterative outline (he may have attributed it to someone else \u2013 I don\u2019t remember) that\u2019s too good not to share. Here\u2019s how the story starts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, \u201cDid God actually say, \u2018You shall not eat of any tree in the garden\u2019?\u201d And the woman said to the serpent, \u201cWe may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, \u2018You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.\u2019\u201d But the serpent said to the woman, \u201cYou will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.\u201d So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (Genesis 3.1 \u2013 6, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve pointed out that the serpent made sure God\u2019s word was\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n