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Daily book quote;

    If you were raised in church, you’ve heard the creation story dozens of times. And you probably know the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden by heart. So why do we need to look at it again? Because without the first three chapters of Genesis, the rest of the Bible is meaningless. It’s putting the first button in the right hole. I will say this - if you can’t agree with Genesis 1:1, you will have a hard time agreeing with John 3:16; and you may as well forget about the Book of Revelation! That’s why Satan attacks it so hard.

    Scholars tell us God didn’t create the universe, time and chance did. They tell us the Genesis account is a myth. Satan attacks the first three chapters of Genesis, because if he can discredit them, it will discredit the entire Bible. They are that important.
    If you are not absolutely convinced of Genesis 1, 2, and 3…If you are not absolutely convinced that “God is who He says He is”…You need to make that decision in your life. There is only one thing that can give you hope in the end, and that is if God is the beginning! I pray that He will make himself real to you today. You need to get the first button right!
 
Posting two quotes today because I missed Tuesday's post;

God’s Plan - 2

It’s interesting, and probably not circumstance, that the first words in the Book of John are “in the beginning.” I think it’s because God has had a plan since the very beginning! “And the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. Jesus was part of God’s plan from the very beginning. In fact, John tells us that “all that was made, was made for and through him.”
In the beginning, God said “Let us make man in our image” and, “Let them rule over all the earth”…Then man sinned and that changed things. God said “he must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.”Man became mortal, and death was the consequence of sin. Man had tarnished the image, and lost his right to rule. The rest of the Bible has to do with God’s plan to restore man’s image and man’s rule over all creation.
God chooses a man –Abraham…God chooses a nation – Israel. You see, God has an ultimate plan of redemption that is revealed in John 3:16…But, He first had to deal with the sin issue and the degrading image of man.
In chapter 2 Jesus begins doing miracles and revealing the Father… And, in chapter 3 we have the“Nick at Night” story. In John 3:16 – (the verse that more people in the world know than any other) – we have the true revelation of God’s plan. Jesus was to be the vessel of a new covenant – a new way of redemption – the only way that God could show his love and his plan for mankind.