Genesis
Sermons
Walking With God | Genesis 5:21-24
You start reading through Genesis. In Genesis 1, you read how God created the heavens and the earth. In Genesis 2, you read how God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 3, you read about the Fall, when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden tree. In Genesis 4, you read how Cain killed his brother Abel. After breezing through these historical narratives, you hit a speed bump at the genealogy in Genesis 5. The temptation is to skip over this biblical ancestry.com record. That would be a mistake. Nothing in scripture is meaningless, unnecessary, or superfluous. 2 Timothy 3:16 asserts: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” After Cain killed Abel, Eve gave birth to a son named Seth....
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The Serpent-Crushing Savior | Genesis 3:15
Pyrrhus of Epirus fought the Roman Empire. He won the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C. and the Battle of Asculum in 279 B.C. but at a great cost. His close commanders were killed. His fighting forces were depleted. Military reinforcements were unavailable. Political allies proved useless. The Romans lost more soldiers than Pyrrhus. But the more they lost, the more soldiers poured out of Rome, determined to fight and win. When Pyrrhus received the news of victory in Asculum, he replied, “If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” “A Pyrrhic...