Bible Study Section
Have you ever opened your Bible and while reading asked the below questions:
1. What does this Passage really mean?
2. How is this applicable to my Life?
3. How does these ancient times culture have to do with me today?
4. I Love God; Why can't I understand what He is saying to me through His Word?
5. What's going on in Bible People's Life?
Many christians do not read the Bible regularly. Why? Because of the daily living Pressures they are unable to find any connections between the scriptures & day to day living problems.
1. What does this Passage really mean?
2. How is this applicable to my Life?
3. How does these ancient times culture have to do with me today?
4. I Love God; Why can't I understand what He is saying to me through His Word?
5. What's going on in Bible People's Life?
Many christians do not read the Bible regularly. Why? Because of the daily living Pressures they are unable to find any connections between the scriptures & day to day living problems.
Genesis 1
Introduction
The first book of Bible Genesis which contains 50 Chapters, written by Moses. It was written for the People of Israel on 1450-1410 B.C.
The Bible starts with the verse In the Begining ... and records all how GOD created all creations. Read it and be Blessed.
Days of Creation:
- First Day: The Heavens, the earth (Genesis 1:1), Day and Night (Genesis 1:5)
- Second Day: Heaven (Genesis 1:8)
- Third Day: Land, Seas (Genesis 1:10) and Vegetation (Genesis 1:12)
- Fourth Day: The Sun, the Moon and the Stars (Genesis 1:16)
- Fifth Day: Living creatures in Water and Birds in Air (Genesis 1:21)
- Sixth Day: Animals on Land (Genesis 1:25) & Man (Genesis 1:27)
- Seventh Day: God rested from all His work of creation (Genesis 2:2)
I got very excited, when I read the verse Genesis 1:27, which says that God created us in His own Image. Can you believe, He created us in His Image? So, that means you and me and everyone around us is created in His Image. It doesn’t mean that the physical appearance but in His likeness (which defines as portrait, similar, Image, reproduction, etc.) This gives you an insight that if I can hear, God can hear, If I can see, God too can see, If I can feel, God too can feel, etc. That mean we are an exact representation of our Loving God. Isn’t it wonderful and thrilling, that we are created exactly as our creator?
I am excited, are you?
Then God blessed them and said in Genesis 1:28 that, be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. This means God not only created us in His Image, but also gave us the power over every creation He has created on earth.
What a mighty & Loving God we have?
I loved this verse in Genesis 1:31 it says, God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Yes my dear friend, whatever God has created is good. I have observed many people, they treat themselves as worthless. My dear friend, can a Parent count His child as useless or worthless. No. Whoever or whatever you are, you are precious to your parents and to your Loving God. God Loves you a lot. And because He loves you He gave His life for you. In John 10:10 the Bible says, ‘I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.’
Genesis 2
Dear Friends, I believe, you are read with Genesis 2, now we shall study some few verses and understand the importance in it.
The chapter starts with the saying on sixth day God has completed His work of creation with the heavens and the earth. And that God rested on the seventh day. God was not exhausted here to rest. when you read Isaiah 40:28, Bible Says, God doesn’t faint or grow weary. This verse just shows that God has rested because He has finished His work of creation.
Then the Bible says that, God sanctified and blessed the seventh day due to which the seventh day was having a distinction from other six days and it shows that it was devoted to sacred purposes.
And from 7th verse, Bible gives us some detailed explanation about how the Adam and other creature was formed. God formed us, from the dust of ground and breathed into Adam's nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living creature. Isn’t it wonderful? Just think for a while, God has created us in a special way, not as His other creation. He created us in God’s own image also gave the breath of life. God created us in a special way because He has different purpose in our life. Are you fullfilling that purpose, for which our creator has formed us?
Why God created Man?
To have fellowship with our Almighty God, to worship Him. He loves to be with us. He wants to communicate with us. Resolve our life issues. Let’s analyze our life, for a while and find out whether we are fulfilling God’s purpose, or are we far away from Him and His Plans and got lost in this world?
God placed, Adam in the Best place – GARDEN OF EDEN. The word EDEN means pleasure; it was a place of delights. Just find out the structure of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2:9 – 14. And you will be amazed to see that it was a paradise, God placed Adam in the EDEN Garden. God always wants to give us His Best. But we lose it because of our wrong choices. Are you in the right place in your life where, God want us to be?
In Genesis 2:16-17, God gave the first only commandment to Adam. He was allowed to eat from any of the trees, but restricted to eat only from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So I believe they were free to eat from the tree of life, Yes my dear friends, God always wish, that we should eat from the tree of life and have a everlasting life. It's your choice.And this is Test. Would you life to eat from the tree of life? And Jesus says in John 11:25 & 14:6 that He is the Life. Do you believe Him? Then we need to eat His flesh (bread)and drink His blood (wine) in our every gathering at His House (Church) as He said, for the forgiveness of our sin and to have everlasting life.
Genesis 2:18, God said that it was not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper for him. I love this verse, it shows that our creator is always aware of our desires & needs. And initiates the plan to fulfill our needs even before we ask. Isn’t it amazing?
The Adam named every creature and whatever he called, that was their name. He named every creature this shows that God not only created man in his Image but also gifted him with sound knowledge & intelligence. Dear friend, are you utilizing, His Gifts - Knowledge & Intelligence for the His purpose?
But God was unable to find a perfect helper for Adam. So God made Adam sleep and took one of his ribs and formed into a woman. Here the 1st marriage took place on earth and God made them one? My dear friend, are you worried about your marriage? Then the Good news is, God is aware of your need and already planned to to find the perfect partner for you. And to the friends who are married, whether are you giving priority to God in your family life? Are you living a righteous married life according to God's way? Ask yourself?. If yes, then Be of good cheer, God will remove all your worries and He will guide you in all things you do and give you success.
And the Man said to woman, this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Yes my dear friends, Marriage are the holy concord between two people where the two become one. And they should love each other as their own bodies. Husbands are you loving your wives, as your own bodies and Wives, do you love your husbands as your own bodies? Analyze yourselves?
The chapter ends with the verse which says that, they both we naked but was not ashamed that means, there was nothing in between them to hide. Yes my dear friend, Are you hindering anything from your partner, then make it known to each other, and ask forgiveness from the Lord and see the pouring of God's Blessing & miracles in your life.
If sin is there in our life then it will make people to cover up, sin makes us to feel guilty, sin makes us to hide us from the light. Where are you today, are you in Light or in Dark? Dear friends, as God separated light from darkness; you will also be separated, if you live in dark. Be in light and be the child of light, because Jesus is the Light. Who lighten and direct our paths. Find out?
The chapter starts with the saying on sixth day God has completed His work of creation with the heavens and the earth. And that God rested on the seventh day. God was not exhausted here to rest. when you read Isaiah 40:28, Bible Says, God doesn’t faint or grow weary. This verse just shows that God has rested because He has finished His work of creation.
Then the Bible says that, God sanctified and blessed the seventh day due to which the seventh day was having a distinction from other six days and it shows that it was devoted to sacred purposes.
And from 7th verse, Bible gives us some detailed explanation about how the Adam and other creature was formed. God formed us, from the dust of ground and breathed into Adam's nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living creature. Isn’t it wonderful? Just think for a while, God has created us in a special way, not as His other creation. He created us in God’s own image also gave the breath of life. God created us in a special way because He has different purpose in our life. Are you fullfilling that purpose, for which our creator has formed us?
Why God created Man?
To have fellowship with our Almighty God, to worship Him. He loves to be with us. He wants to communicate with us. Resolve our life issues. Let’s analyze our life, for a while and find out whether we are fulfilling God’s purpose, or are we far away from Him and His Plans and got lost in this world?
God placed, Adam in the Best place – GARDEN OF EDEN. The word EDEN means pleasure; it was a place of delights. Just find out the structure of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2:9 – 14. And you will be amazed to see that it was a paradise, God placed Adam in the EDEN Garden. God always wants to give us His Best. But we lose it because of our wrong choices. Are you in the right place in your life where, God want us to be?
In Genesis 2:16-17, God gave the first only commandment to Adam. He was allowed to eat from any of the trees, but restricted to eat only from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So I believe they were free to eat from the tree of life, Yes my dear friends, God always wish, that we should eat from the tree of life and have a everlasting life. It's your choice.And this is Test. Would you life to eat from the tree of life? And Jesus says in John 11:25 & 14:6 that He is the Life. Do you believe Him? Then we need to eat His flesh (bread)and drink His blood (wine) in our every gathering at His House (Church) as He said, for the forgiveness of our sin and to have everlasting life.
Genesis 2:18, God said that it was not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper for him. I love this verse, it shows that our creator is always aware of our desires & needs. And initiates the plan to fulfill our needs even before we ask. Isn’t it amazing?
The Adam named every creature and whatever he called, that was their name. He named every creature this shows that God not only created man in his Image but also gifted him with sound knowledge & intelligence. Dear friend, are you utilizing, His Gifts - Knowledge & Intelligence for the His purpose?
But God was unable to find a perfect helper for Adam. So God made Adam sleep and took one of his ribs and formed into a woman. Here the 1st marriage took place on earth and God made them one? My dear friend, are you worried about your marriage? Then the Good news is, God is aware of your need and already planned to to find the perfect partner for you. And to the friends who are married, whether are you giving priority to God in your family life? Are you living a righteous married life according to God's way? Ask yourself?. If yes, then Be of good cheer, God will remove all your worries and He will guide you in all things you do and give you success.
And the Man said to woman, this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Yes my dear friends, Marriage are the holy concord between two people where the two become one. And they should love each other as their own bodies. Husbands are you loving your wives, as your own bodies and Wives, do you love your husbands as your own bodies? Analyze yourselves?
The chapter ends with the verse which says that, they both we naked but was not ashamed that means, there was nothing in between them to hide. Yes my dear friend, Are you hindering anything from your partner, then make it known to each other, and ask forgiveness from the Lord and see the pouring of God's Blessing & miracles in your life.
If sin is there in our life then it will make people to cover up, sin makes us to feel guilty, sin makes us to hide us from the light. Where are you today, are you in Light or in Dark? Dear friends, as God separated light from darkness; you will also be separated, if you live in dark. Be in light and be the child of light, because Jesus is the Light. Who lighten and direct our paths. Find out?
Genesis 3
My dear friends, whenever I read this chapter it makes me aware of the serpent, the violation of the God’s command, the sin and its outcome.
We too, in today’s world, are confronting with different forms of serpent which make us to violate the God’s commandments and to meet its outcome. Yes my dear friends it’s true. As you have seen in this chapter, the serpent conveys his plan to Eve in a taunting way; he changed the God’s command into a form of question which seems to be innocent by exaggerating the prohibition, and make them doubt the God & His word. And his plan worked too. Eve should have turned away, but she replied the serpent that “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ She was aware of the prohibition, therefore, and fully understood its meaning; but she added, “you must not touch it,” and proved by this very exaggeration that it appeared too tough even to her, and therefore that her love and confidence towards God were already beginning to tremble. This was the beginning of the great fall.
Yes, my dear friends, doubt is the root of sin. And once doubt comes in our heart, we start to tremble in our confidence in God’s command and become a prey for sin. So be confident in the God’s command and believe in His Words.
Every day we are facing three kinds of temptation to Body, Soul and Spirit. Now read Genesis 3:6, which has the three kind of temptation:
Dear friends, many fall in the sin because of this attraction or temptation. Many youths, has gone astray, because of this innocent looking serpent and their taunting or tempting question. It is the skill of Devil to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. His question may be ‘Has God said, you shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, etc. And if you answer it back by ‘Yes, I am sure He has’ it is well said; and complete it by saying ‘and by His grace I will abide by it.’
My dear friends identify the serpent so that they will not take the advantage of your situation. So, always abide in God & His Words. Many think that I will just go near and find how it is and then I will come out. Dear Friends it’s not possible, because if you go near the temptation then the temptation overtakes you and you are already into it. So be alert. When you read Genesis 3:6, Eve saw the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. Sin always attracts us and clutches us into its grip.
I believe sin make us hide from the presence of God. Yes my dear friends, sin cannot stand before the Holy Presence of God, that’s the reason when Adam & Eve ate the fruit, disobeyed the command of God and as the sin entered into them and they hide from the presence of God. Also sin makes us to feel guilty due to which they realized that they are naked. Sin always needs a cover. Yes you may have observed in your life whenever you commit a sin it makes you to cover it up and makes you to depart from the presence of God. Yes my dear friend, sin is a wall between you and God. Let’s confess this wall and break the distance.
What happen to Adam and Eve when sin entered in their Hearts?
They died, not physically they died spiritually. They lost the authority of this world. They realized they were naked. They started to hide from the presence of God. They started to blame each other for the outcome. They were casted out of the Eden Garden/Pleasure or Delight of the Life.
Yes my dear friends, when sin enters our life, we will begin to have the same outcome which Adam and Eve. We will start to die spiritually, we starts to hide from God’s presence, etc.
Read the curse of God to the serpent in Genesis 3:14-15,
Curse to the Woman in Genesis 3:16,
Curse to the Man in Genesis 3:17-19.
How drastic, yes my dear friends, God hates the sin but he loves the sinner. And He made the first blood sacrifice of a ram for the sin. Sin requires a Blood sacrifices. Remember our Loving Lord Jesus, who became our Blood Sacrifice for our sin.
Here the God initiated a plan of salvation...
Prayer:
My Dear Loving God,
I realize and repent for my sin I have committed against you. And I confess all my sins to you because I believe; it makes me to hide from Your Holy Presence. God make me to confess & repent each and every sin I committed intentionally or unintentionally, so that as Your word says in 1 John 1:9, that I may be forgiven. Lord God, I accept the sacrifice of my Loving Lord Jesus Christ into my Hearts and ask forgiveness for all my sins I committed. And I turn away from the unrighteous ways I have lived and come to You. I commit myself into Thy hands, accept me as I am and shape me the way You want.
In the Precious Name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I Pray,
Amen.
We too, in today’s world, are confronting with different forms of serpent which make us to violate the God’s commandments and to meet its outcome. Yes my dear friends it’s true. As you have seen in this chapter, the serpent conveys his plan to Eve in a taunting way; he changed the God’s command into a form of question which seems to be innocent by exaggerating the prohibition, and make them doubt the God & His word. And his plan worked too. Eve should have turned away, but she replied the serpent that “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ She was aware of the prohibition, therefore, and fully understood its meaning; but she added, “you must not touch it,” and proved by this very exaggeration that it appeared too tough even to her, and therefore that her love and confidence towards God were already beginning to tremble. This was the beginning of the great fall.
Yes, my dear friends, doubt is the root of sin. And once doubt comes in our heart, we start to tremble in our confidence in God’s command and become a prey for sin. So be confident in the God’s command and believe in His Words.
Every day we are facing three kinds of temptation to Body, Soul and Spirit. Now read Genesis 3:6, which has the three kind of temptation:
- For Body – it’s good for food (food, sex, thrills, etc.)
- For Soul – delight to the eyes (clothes, money, entertainment, etc.)
- For Spirit – make one wise (recognition, praise, power, etc.)
Dear friends, many fall in the sin because of this attraction or temptation. Many youths, has gone astray, because of this innocent looking serpent and their taunting or tempting question. It is the skill of Devil to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. His question may be ‘Has God said, you shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, etc. And if you answer it back by ‘Yes, I am sure He has’ it is well said; and complete it by saying ‘and by His grace I will abide by it.’
My dear friends identify the serpent so that they will not take the advantage of your situation. So, always abide in God & His Words. Many think that I will just go near and find how it is and then I will come out. Dear Friends it’s not possible, because if you go near the temptation then the temptation overtakes you and you are already into it. So be alert. When you read Genesis 3:6, Eve saw the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. Sin always attracts us and clutches us into its grip.
I believe sin make us hide from the presence of God. Yes my dear friends, sin cannot stand before the Holy Presence of God, that’s the reason when Adam & Eve ate the fruit, disobeyed the command of God and as the sin entered into them and they hide from the presence of God. Also sin makes us to feel guilty due to which they realized that they are naked. Sin always needs a cover. Yes you may have observed in your life whenever you commit a sin it makes you to cover it up and makes you to depart from the presence of God. Yes my dear friend, sin is a wall between you and God. Let’s confess this wall and break the distance.
What happen to Adam and Eve when sin entered in their Hearts?
They died, not physically they died spiritually. They lost the authority of this world. They realized they were naked. They started to hide from the presence of God. They started to blame each other for the outcome. They were casted out of the Eden Garden/Pleasure or Delight of the Life.
Yes my dear friends, when sin enters our life, we will begin to have the same outcome which Adam and Eve. We will start to die spiritually, we starts to hide from God’s presence, etc.
Read the curse of God to the serpent in Genesis 3:14-15,
Curse to the Woman in Genesis 3:16,
Curse to the Man in Genesis 3:17-19.
How drastic, yes my dear friends, God hates the sin but he loves the sinner. And He made the first blood sacrifice of a ram for the sin. Sin requires a Blood sacrifices. Remember our Loving Lord Jesus, who became our Blood Sacrifice for our sin.
Here the God initiated a plan of salvation...
Prayer:
My Dear Loving God,
I realize and repent for my sin I have committed against you. And I confess all my sins to you because I believe; it makes me to hide from Your Holy Presence. God make me to confess & repent each and every sin I committed intentionally or unintentionally, so that as Your word says in 1 John 1:9, that I may be forgiven. Lord God, I accept the sacrifice of my Loving Lord Jesus Christ into my Hearts and ask forgiveness for all my sins I committed. And I turn away from the unrighteous ways I have lived and come to You. I commit myself into Thy hands, accept me as I am and shape me the way You want.
In the Precious Name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I Pray,
Amen.