1. The Old Testament is in fact the story of Jesus.
Jesus told the unbelieving Jews, “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me” (John 5.46). Moses wrote the entire book of Genesis, so did Jesus’ statement apply only to Genesis 12 and beyond, or does it begin with Genesis 1?
2. No creation equals no Creator.
Without a Creator there’s no one to be accountable to when you die....when you take away the Creator, life is random. Things just happen. The image of God fades from existence. Life no longer is God-breathed. We throw accountability to the wind and man does what his heart desires.
3. Without Genesis 3, there is no evil one who tempted Eve.
Satan wants this removed. He is quick to convince people this is mere “nonsense” … such “foolishness.” The less people know about Satan the easier it is for him to operate.
4. Without Genesis 3, there is no Fall of man.
He doesn’t want you to know that God expelled Adam from His presence for one sin. He doesn’t want you to be aware of the affects of sin–that it kills, it always kills.
5. No Flood means no covenants with God.
The promise of the first covenant is found in Genesis 6.18 just before the Flood. This is where God
initiates a covenant relationship with man for the first time. It sets the standard and precedent for every other covenant in Scripture. This aspect of God’s relationship with us is vital to our salvation and Satan will do anything he can to prevent us from understanding it.
6. Without the Flood, there is no judgment for sin.
The Flood, thus far, is God’s greatest display of judgment on man’s sin. He destroyed His initial creation and reformed it with new landscapes, new climates, and a single righteous man (Noah) and his family. Man paid a huge price for his sin during the Flood.
Satan does not ever want man to understand there is a reckoning for sin–eternal consequences for his actions. He wants man going to the grave believing he got away with the wickedness in his heart.
7. What you do with the first 11 chapters of the Bible, you must do with the rest of it.
The accounts found in Genesis 1–11 are not mere isolated events that are never again mentioned in Scripture. So if you don’t believe these events occurred, what do you do with the rest of Scripture that references them?
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Jesus told the unbelieving Jews, “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me” (John 5.46). Moses wrote the entire book of Genesis, so did Jesus’ statement apply only to Genesis 12 and beyond, or does it begin with Genesis 1?
2. No creation equals no Creator.
Without a Creator there’s no one to be accountable to when you die....when you take away the Creator, life is random. Things just happen. The image of God fades from existence. Life no longer is God-breathed. We throw accountability to the wind and man does what his heart desires.
3. Without Genesis 3, there is no evil one who tempted Eve.
Satan wants this removed. He is quick to convince people this is mere “nonsense” … such “foolishness.” The less people know about Satan the easier it is for him to operate.
4. Without Genesis 3, there is no Fall of man.
He doesn’t want you to know that God expelled Adam from His presence for one sin. He doesn’t want you to be aware of the affects of sin–that it kills, it always kills.
5. No Flood means no covenants with God.
The promise of the first covenant is found in Genesis 6.18 just before the Flood. This is where God
6. Without the Flood, there is no judgment for sin.
The Flood, thus far, is God’s greatest display of judgment on man’s sin. He destroyed His initial creation and reformed it with new landscapes, new climates, and a single righteous man (Noah) and his family. Man paid a huge price for his sin during the Flood.
Satan does not ever want man to understand there is a reckoning for sin–eternal consequences for his actions. He wants man going to the grave believing he got away with the wickedness in his heart.
7. What you do with the first 11 chapters of the Bible, you must do with the rest of it.
The accounts found in Genesis 1–11 are not mere isolated events that are never again mentioned in Scripture. So if you don’t believe these events occurred, what do you do with the rest of Scripture that references them?
GregHarris/GloryBooks
