Genesis 6

The classic story of Noah and the Ark is found in this chapter.

God could've wiped out this earth instantly, even at this moment... but He doesn't because we have been bought with Jesus' blood. Our wrongdoings are forgiven and we are redeemed.

Do I try to live a lifestyle similar to that of Noah? Always following His ways and commands?

Genesis 5

Lots of numbers and genealogy starting from Adam to Noah. These men lived so long! It's hard to imagine a lifetime that is as long as 962 years. It still can't compare to a eternity with God, living in a place with no evil or hardships that can cause you to fall. An 80 year lifetime feels like a long time... I would trade anything for a 962 year life of goodness and grace with the Lord.

Genesis 4

Jealousy leads to anger and bitterness that will easily allow sin to enter and take control of you.

Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

The recognition, fame, acknowledgement of your successes and doings are not important... but rather whether what you're doing is morally right and is just in the Lord's eyes. Idolizing earthly things like fame can cause one to stumble and do things that may not be righteous in order to obtain these things that don't last.

Sin may help you accomplish or complete your task, but other than that will bring you no good at all.

Genesis 3

The fall of man. The original sin. The sinful nature we are born to. But hope is not lost. Jesus Christ redeems.

Genesis 2

A story of how God creates the world continued...God has now made man and woman, Adam and Eve. It is their responsibility to work together to tend the Garden of Eden without eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:15
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 

There are so many different occupations and career paths nowadays, and it's very different to know that God's initial "career" for Adam was to simply watch His creation and take care of the beautiful nature around him. I feel that we sometimes forget that since technology and culture has taken over. One of the original responsibilities we had was to sustain the environment... and it sucks that it's only when the damage is observed is when we take action, such as global warming.

Application: everyone has a role as a disciple of Christ, as a member of society, and also a responsibility to care for God's creation as his personal gardeners.

Genesis 1

To read of how God first created this earth that we live in is unimaginable but extraordinary. Our very being was initially made in the likeness of this one, true God. If it was for us being tainted by sin then we would have lived in harmony with God, in paradise. Although it is very unlikely that I'll be able to experience this within my lifetime, I know that when I pass on I'll be able to spend the rest of eternity with the Lord in such  a land that is all good, with no evil.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 

We are formed to have all the qualities of our God: loving, merciful, compassionate, kind... let us strive to be like Him each day.