How Temptation Falls Into Sin

2 Thessalonians 2:10  “”And wwith all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (KJV).

            

It seems like everybody has to believe in something.  When it comes to God, people either believe him and his word or they do not believe the Bible and fall for the lies of Satan.  When people reject the truth of God, there will always be consequences.

The serpent did not lose persistence.  He kept attacking Eve with his lies until she looked at the forbidden fruit.  She saw that the fruit was beautiful and her mouth was probably watering.  With the snake’s lies, she was tempted into wanting wisdom.  Therefore, she desired the fruit and took some and ate it.  The fruit was not full of worms or sour.  It was delicious.  Still, what she did-she craved something that she was forbidden to have and lusted after.  It is possible that she did not eat the fruit as soon as the serpent told her his lies.  She may have gone several days or weeks and even longer before eating the fruit.  She may have looked at the fruit, sighing when she saw its beauty, longing to eat it.  Even with all the other fruit in the garden, she would not be satisfied until she ate it.  Finally, no longer to hold back, she took the fruit and ate it.

This threefold temptation is similar to the one described in 1 John 2:16:  “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of this world” (KJV).

God did not deliberately place the tree of Knowledge of God and Evil to tempt Eve.  When Eve took the fruit and ate it, it was the serpent’s doing and her doing.

The serpent preyed on Eve because she was naïve.  Since she was easily deceived, she fell into the sin trap.  As Psalm 119:11 states:  “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (KJV).  People who are ignorant are more vulnerable to temptation.

Today the biggest temptation to most people is money.  How many of you receive this type of email?  You won a specific amount of money.  The only catch is you have to send a specific amount of money back to cover the taxes.  For most people who are familiar with this know that it is a scam.  However, for some people who are struggling with debt are easily tempted with this type of offer.  While they struggle to scrape the money together for the taxes, they think they will have a windfall within a month.  However, they will lose any money they send out and never see that windfall.  These scammers find as many people as they can, hoping that they get some of the ignorant victims.

Even though it appears that Eve was innocent, she can blame no one but herself.  By disobeying God, she was showing that she distrusted his goodness.  Even though she had everything else in the garden, she was not satisfied until she ate that fruit.

Take a look at John 10:10: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it abundantly” (KJV) and John 17:3:  “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, who thou hast sent” (KJV).

Eve thought she would have truesatisfaction when she took the fruit and ate it.  However, when she disobeyed God, she was not satisfied.  She used her sight and not her faith to satisfy herself.  Far too little and far too late, she found out that God is sovereign and good.  By not trusting him, she and Adam could not live abundantly.

1 Timothy 2:14:  “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in transgression” (KJV).  God made Adam first.  Therefore, God spoke to Adam first concerning the forbidden fruit.  

Did Adam listen to God?  Did Adam tell Eve, “I can’t eat that!  That is the forbidden fruit!  No!  He took the fruit and ate it.  Adam obeyed a human rather than God.  When he ate that fruit, he sinned against God.  When he sinned, he not only hurt himself, he hurt the entire human race. 

As the apostle Paul writes in Roman 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered in to the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.  Everybody, because of the original sin, that is born will start the first second of his life as a sinner. 

The Serpent Tempts Eve

Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lard had made.  And he said unto the woman…” (KJV).

2 Corinthians 2:11  “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us:  for we are not ignorant of his devices” (KJV).

Whoa!  Wait a minute!  Snakes cannot talk!  Well, maybe during the Age of Innocence, all creatures communicated to each other using the same language.  That might make sense.

However, there is always a question of why a creature that was created by God would turn against his creator.  The serpent was said to be crafty and sly.  This is even true about snakes today.  They slither silently on their bellies.  You may  not see them when they slide by.  However, there is another side to the serpent that deceived Eve.  Take a look at the following verses:

Revelation 12:9 “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Revelation 20:2 “And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.”

Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

It shows that Satan and the serpent are connected.  While Satan was not actually present in the garden with Adam and Eve, he was using the serpent to do his bidding.  Satan is like that; he talks with a smooth tongue and deceives people into temptation and sin.  Without realizing it all humans-even the strongly devout Christians-fall into the sin trap.

The serpent talked to Eve rather than Adam.  He knew that Eve would be easily deceived;  Adam would be a more difficult task, since God directly told Adm “of every tree of the garden though mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest thou shalt surely die” (KJV).

When the serpent questions Eve, asking if she is not allowed to eat of any tree, she refers to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as the tree which is in the middle of the garden.  The Bible does not state who told Eve which tree not to touch.  If God was the one, he would have told her exactly what he commanded Adam.  If he did then she would have known the importance of the tree.  Therefore, it is most likely that Adam passed on God’s order.

If Eve had known about the importance of the tree, she would have ignored the serpent.  However, the serpent knew what Eve did not know and played with her in order to get her to do his will.

The serpent impiles that God is lying by telling Eve that she will not die if she eats the fruit from the tree.  As a matter of fact, she will become like God; she will know what is good and what is evil.

As verse 22 in the third chapter in Genesis states, “And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live for ever.”  Therefore, the serpent was not really lieing when he told Eve that she would become like God.  However, he deliberately failed to tell her that there would be severe consequences for disobeying God.

Satan is a great strategist.  He had to think things through before approaching Eve.  He had to figure out the best way for her to disobey God.  Therefore he used the snake to talk to her.  He used the body of the snake, something that God created and called good.  Eve probably thought of the snake as something good as well, so she wasn’t threatened by it.  It is not like today if we see a snake we might scream, run from it, try to find ways to kill it and so on.  The snake originally was good until Satan corrupted it.

One of the ways Satan gets by the radar trap is that he disguises himself.  He can disguise himself as a man of God.  Take a look at the different religious cult where people are deceived by the leader and listen to his teachings rather that God’s words from the Bible.  Some of these cults can be life threatening when the leaders convince his followers to die for him.  Some examples include Jim Jones and David Koresh.  These men were deceived and influenced by Satan.  He convinced them to be false ministers and to preach a false gospel as Galatians 1:6-10 (KJV) says:

6.  I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

7.  Which is not another, but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

8.  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

9.  As we said before, so say now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

10.  For do I now persuade men, or God?  Or do I seek to please men?  For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Why were the followers of the above cults so easily persuaded to not only follow the leaders and eventually die for them?  Shouldn’t they have run in the opposite direction if what the leaders were preaching to them not in the Bible?  No because it is very easy to fall into the trap.  There have been some Christians who join with a cult with the intention to expose it  as a cult.  Even ones who know the Bible inside and out can fall victim to Satan’s lies.

Not every cult ends in a mass suicide.  If those two leaders had decided not to end their and their followers’ lives, those cults could have grown and have branched out to more people finding countless more who opposed the true gospel.

As I am writing this, I can the different ways Satan has influenced me throughout my life.  He has given me discouragement, especially when I fall into my daily routines.  I have a routine that is pretty much the same each day.  While at times I am fine with this, there are times when I get bored.  I get depressed thinking that my life sucks-excuse the language.  I find myself wishing that I had more in my life.  I might turn from God and focus on idols.  For me it might be a book or a television show.  However, when I constantly watching TV or reading a book I am not focusing on God.

Satan deceived Eve by questioning God’s words.  He twisted His words and this raised doubts in Eve’s mind.  He made it seem like God was not sharing his full creation by not allowing them to eat the fruit from the tree that was in the middle of the garden-the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  As he continued telling lies and saying things that disputed God’s words, Eve began to doubt the truth of the Lord.  Rather than telling the serpent to go away, she began to believe his lies over God’s truth

There have been times when I have found doubts about God creeping in.  There are times when an atheist might bring up a question like why do we not see God or hear him talk to us or why people never see him.  They might also ask why Jesus has not come back like he promised over 2,000 years ago.  Sometimes, as I am looking forward to a heavenly home one day, I might get a though such as “What if there is no God?”  One time I even heard a voice telling me that there was no God?  That time I was in a spiritual battle for a few moments since this was actually a voice.  I soon realized that this was Satan’s voice and I told him to go away and he did.  That is not the only voice I heard.  One time, while I was driving to work I heard an audible voice and the voise said, “You are going to heaven.”  Whenever I have doubts, I have to remind myself that God spoke to me audibly.  He didn’y tell me when, but I will be there someday.  Whenever I have doubts, it is Satan trying to break through.  I guess I am stronger in a way than Eve.  However, during the Ageof Innocence, lies and deception were not there before Satan stuck his nose in.

The Lost Paradise

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Bible only contained the first two chapters?  In these chapters God created the world and everything in it.  In the second chapter he created the first man and woman and they lived in a beautiful paradise.    As you read further, you will realize that this would not last.  In chapter three we are introduced to sin, which means the Age of Innocence is over.

      

      While some people do not believe in Satan, trust me he is real.  He is is a dangerous enemy.  He was there marring this perfect paradise.

            He was there when Jesus was killed on the cross.

            He will be there at the end of times when he convices his followers to join him in Armageddon and also during the final battle.

Take a look at 2 Corinthians 11:3:  Here he is described as a serpeant.  When you read the third chapter in the Bible, you are going to see how a snake plays a major role in the future of mankind.

Satan is the opposite of what Jesus is.  Satan is a murderer, and the father of all lies.  He has been around since the beginning telling lies.  Jesus on the other hand is truth, is perfect and is a Savior.  Satan is unfaithful.  If you fall for one of his lies do not hold your breath while waiting for him to come true with your promises.  You will be holding your breath for a very long time.  However, Jesus is faithful.  While his promises will not come true right away, they will eventually be fulfilled.  Satan’s works are evil while Jesus’ works are righteous.

1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (KJV).

It is very important to study the thirdbook of Genesis because that way you will know the ways that Satan used to trick Eve.  Do not think of this book as a story because Satan is right now influencing our daily lives.  As you read that third chapter, you will be able to recognize ways that Satan is using to attack you during you spiritual walk. 

Ephesians 6:10-12

10.  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

11.  Put on the whole armour of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12.  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.   

Ephesians 4:27  “Neither give place to the devil” (KJV).

This is God’s Wolrd, Not Mine

As Christians we have to set an example by living a life as Jesus did and would.  If we complain, gossip, spread rumors what is that saying about us?  It is saying that we are not setting a good example about Jesus and Christianity.  People who are non-believers would run in the other direction.  On the other hand, if we what we day and do and how we act reflect a Christ-like attitude, we may be able to win people over to be Christ-like as well.

Not only do we have to live this way for people, we have to treat God's creation in the same way.  After all, this is Our Father's world.  It is his creation and we must treat it as it is his and not ours.  For example, the next time you are looking at your flowers in your garden, God created this world to be perfect in beauty.  You might see a flower that is wilting, the one in the Garden of Eden never wilted.  Then when sin entered the world, this beauty disappeared.  Today, while you might see some of God's original creation, such as the stars at night, many of it you cannot see because of litter, pollution and other things that mar the beauty.

Set a mission to restore the beauty to this world.  The next time you are walking and you see a piece a litter where some thoughtless person threw from his car while driving by, pick it up.  You can also help beautify the world by planting flowers in a bare patch of lawn.  While what you do might not take care of all the problems in the world, a little bit goes a long way.

As I am typing this, I am looking around my room.  I do not like what I see.  I see tables cluttered with papers and books; I see a sink full of dirty dishes; I see dusty shelves; I am pretty sure there are clothes in the drier that need to be folded and put away.  I realize that the house I am living in is part of My Father's world.  So I am going to treat it like that.  I am going to get organized and start keeping up with the housecleaning, putting things away, taking things to the Salvation Army.  I also see potential for the house such as making curtains for the living room and going more painting jobs around the house.

Look up at the stars on a clear. cloudless night away from the lights of the city.  See all the constellations and see if you can name them all.  Many atheists claim that the stars were there there the "Big Bang" happened.  If this actually  happened, the universe would be scattered with many stars closer to the earth where life couldn't possibly exist.  To prove this point take a deck of cards and throw them on the floor.  They will be scattered all over the floor with no order to them at all.  If the "Big Band" actually happened there would be no order to the stars and planet in this galaxy and even the entire universe.  Just the stars alone should be enough to reveal God's creation, existence, wisdom and power.  It is the same if you put a bunch of monkeys in a room of computers.  Even if you can keep them still enough to type on the Word program.  All they will type are gibberish.  The odds of the actually writing a story are slim to none.

Romans 8:21 "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God" (KJV).

            

God gave Adam and Eve dominion over his creation   They were obligated to value his gifts and to use them for his glory.  He created this world and every thing in it as as Revelation 4:11 states.  Everything HE created for himself, he also created for us as well so wecan enjoy and use them as the following verses state:

1 Timothy 6:17 “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” (KJV).

Acts 17:24-28

²⁴ God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

²⁵ Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

²⁶ And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

²⁷ That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

²⁸ For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

The First Marriage

Genesis 2:18  "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him" (KJV).

It was not good, when God saw that Adam was without a mate.  He was alone.  Well, in a way that could have been good.  Without another human, he had God all to himself.  He had his fellowship with his creator, the beauty of the garden that he could look at day in and day out, all the delicious fruit he could eat, all the animals that he could call pets, and so much more.  Why would he need another human in this paradise?  Imagine if you are in a similar scenario where you find the most beautiful paradise on earth.  Maybe you might want to keep it all to yourself if you are selfish.  However, in most cases, you want to share it with people you know.  That is the same with a new Christian.  They discover the beauty of a loving and forgiving God.  They want to share this with their loved ones and even strangers.  God created Eve as a helper since the animals, while they were mostly used in tilling the earth, were not suitable helpers as Genesis 2:18 states:

"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him" (KJV).

He created Eve, the first woman and gave her to Adam as a gift Genesis 3:12 states:

"And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat" (KJV).

 Not only did Adam have a helper, companion and wife, he had a fellow human who he could share God's creation with.  Adam did not realize that he needed Eve,  God knew this even before he made her.  He knew that the animals would not take care of his needs.  He may have even wondered why he did not have a mate when he noticed that the animals each had one,

Woman are not to be looked down as unequal to man because when he created her, he also created her in His image.  There is only one thing different from her creation.  Where Adam was created from dust, Eve was created from Adam’s rib.

Genesis 2:23 "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (KJV).

 With God's creation of this world and of man, we see many firsts,  The garden of Eden was the first home for plant life, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, animals and man.  Adam was the first worker.  While God provided the mist to water the plants, his purpose of creating Adam was so the human could till the earth and grown and harvest food.  While God could have done all this, he created man so he would e useful in God's creation, using the gifts that God gave him.  God created Adam not so he would be a servant to the lord but created him so man and God could work together.  Now, as Christians, how should we view work?  Is it a pain in the neck to get up each morning?  Do you wish you did not have to work?  Wouldn't it be awesome to have the entire week so you can dedicate time to the Lord and his personal assignments that he gives you?

A majority has to work to bring home the paycheck and pay bills.  However, we should view work in a positive way.  Take a look at the following verses:

James 2:26 "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (KJV).

1 Corinthian 3:9 "For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building"

When we get a job we develop skills, abilities and talents which we can use to cooperate with God and be faithful to him.  Even if you did not have to work, it takes work to learn how to be like Jesus.  We are each different from one another and we must learn what God want us to do during our daily walk with him.  You want to be able to say as John said in John 17.

Genesis 2:8 "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed" (KJV).

Take a look at all the homes and apartments in your neighborhood, village, city or town.  They are filled with tenants and residents.  Many people call these places a home.  Adam had a home in the garden of Eden and he was the first human resident.  Think about the most beautiful garden you have ever seen or visited.  Adam's garden was a tropical garden created by God's hand.  There are no words to describe the beauty of this place.  It was created for humans to enjoy and also to have plentiful food.

Genesis 2:16-17

16 "And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat" (KJV):

17 "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (KJV).

God created Adam so he could enjoy life in the tropical paradise.  However, he also gave him responsibilities as well.  All of God's commands are good and when people obey them, they will be bless with good things.  Also when men obey God, it will keep them in fellowship with him and gain his approval.

Psalms 33:11  "The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generation" (KJV)

Psalm 119:39  "Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good" (KJV).

Proverbs 6:20-23

20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life (KJV).

1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous" (KJV).

Imagine Adam’s surprise when he opened his eyes and saw Eve.  He burst into praise as said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” (Genesis 2:23, KJV).  He called her woman since she was formed out of man.  She was made both from his and for him.  He needed her since she would also need him.  They were created so they would belong together and serve each other.  In marriage they would be one flesh.  This gift to Adam was a loving gift from God.

Ephesians 5:30-31

³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

³¹ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

There was no sin or evil in the Gardenof Eden,  Therefore, Adam and Eve were like little children who are innocent.  God had planted two trees in the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  After sinning by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which God commanded them not to, they lost their innocence and eventually died.  Why would God test these two humans like that?  God gave them the freedom of choice and did not want them to live like robots.  He wanted them to obey and love him willingly and freely.

Romans 7:1-3

1.  Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

² For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

³ So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

1 Corinthians 7:8-9

⁸ I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.

⁹ But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Timothy 5:14 “ I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully” (KJV)

How Animals and Humans are Different From Each Other

 Even though animals and humans are warm-blooded and even though they were created both by God, they are different from each others.  Even though some animals are intelligent and have their own ways of communicating, they were not created as the image of God as humans were created.  

Unlike animals, we can have a special relationship with God.  He gave us the ability to talk and to think for ourselves, to have emotion and to make decisions.  He provided us with a spiritual nature so that we can know and worship him.

Another reason why we are different fromanimals is that God created humans so they can have dominover over the earth as the followingg verse state:

Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (KJV).

 1 Corinthians 15:45  "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit" (KJV).

Psalms 8:6-8

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Random Bible Verses

Once in a while I like to add random Bible verses.  They might be ones mentioned during my church service or from one of my Bible studies.  All verses come from the King James Version of the Bible, unless noted.

Nehemiah 9-13-14

13.  Thou comest down also upon mount Sinai; and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgements, and true laws, good statutes and commandments

14.  And madest know unto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandest them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant.

Exodus 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, sayin, verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations: that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

Exodus 23:10-12

10.  And in six years thou shalt sow the land, abd shalt gahter in the fruits thereof:

11.  But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat.  In like manner thou shalt deal with the vineyard, and with the olive garden.

12.  For six days that shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ax and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy hand maid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Leviticus 25:2-4

2.  Speak untot he children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you; then shalt the land keep a Sabbath untot the Lord

3.  Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

4.  But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a Sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow ty field, nor prune thy vineyard.

Mark 6:31  And he said unto them, come ye yourselves a part into a desert place, and rest for a while:  for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Colossians 2:16-17

16.  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days.

17.  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Genesis 2:4-5

4.  These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the ehavens.

5.  And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb in the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Job 33:6 Behold, I am accordig to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of clay.

Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his maker!  Let the postherd strive with the postherds of the earth.  Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou?  or thy work, He hath no hands?

Jeremiah 18:6  A house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter?  saith the Lord, Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, a house of Israel.

Genesis 2:8  And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is the Pison: that isit which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Genesis 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that commpassest the whole land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekeli: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria.  And the fourth river is Euphrates.

In some versions of the Bible, the third river is the Tigris.

Genesis 2:9  And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

 1 Corinthians 11:11-12

11.  Nethertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12.  For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

Genesis 2:24  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Ephesians 5:28-29

28.  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.  He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29.  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh: but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.

Matthew 19:11-12 

11.  But he said unto them, All men can not receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12.  For there are some churches, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some churches, which were made themselves eunuchs for the kingdon of heaven’s sake.  He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Corinthians 7:26 I suppose therefore that is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He hath made everything beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their ehart, so that no man can find out the work that God mareth from the beginning to the end

Acts 1:21-22 

21.  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us. 

22.  Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Acts 10:37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached.

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Romans 4:17 As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Hebrews 1:3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on hig.

Acts 4:24  And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them i

Psalms  104:30  Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Genesis 10:7 And the names of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabbath, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedah.

Genesis 10:29 And ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

1 Kings 9:28

and they came to Ophir, and from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon

1Kings 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

Exodus 18:4 And  the name of the other was Eliezar; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

Deuteronomy 33:7  And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Here, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people; let his hands be sufficient for him; and he thou a help to him from his enemies.

1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

Psalm 20:2 Send the help from the sanctuary and strengthen them out of Zion.

Psalm 46:1  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Genesis 15:12  And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Genesis 28:11  And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there al night, because the sun was set, and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Ephesians 4:20-24

20 But ye have not so learned Christ;

21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Colossians 3:9-10

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

2 Corinthians But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.