Immanuel Lutheran Church
313 Lee Lane
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
ph: 641.648.3756
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AUDIO SERMONS
OF REV. PAUL BEISEL
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Read Genesis 1-3.
Genesis 1, in its comprehensive presentation of the origin of the entire universe, includes the creation of human beings. This sets the stage for the history of humanity, which beings in Genesis 2:4. Humans were created equal, but different as male and female. Their relationship to the Creator is clearly set forth in chapter 2. Adam's communion with the life-giving God will continue unless he oversteps his bounds in disobedience to God and aspires to be equal with God. Chapter 3 tells the sad story of the first couple's rebellion against their Creator. They did evil in their attempt to be like God. This disrupted man and woman's blissful relationship with God, with each other, with the animals, and with nature itself. We call this "original sin" because every offspring of Adam is like Seth, the son of Adam, begotten "in his [Adam's] own likeness, after his image" (Genesis 5:3). Genesis 3 shows the need for all subsequent chapters and books of the Bible, where (as already in Genesis 3:15) God promises to deliver us from sin and death and records what He did to remove these barriers that exclude us from life with Him. The message of all Scripture is that God Himself, in the Seed of the woman, will crush the head of "that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world" (Revelations 12:9).
(From "The History of Humanity" in the Lutheran Study Bible, p 19.)
313 Lee Lane
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
ph: 641.648.3756
immanuel
