During our mid-week Bible study, we’ve been studying the first 11 chapters of Genesis. It has been an interesting study to discover some deeper points than just the creation account and the first family (not the president’s family).
We made an interesting discovery this week up to chapter 6. When Adam and Eve made wrong choices and decided to go against God’s command to not eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, they were separated from God. Then when Cain killed Abel, we discovered a family separation. Then in chapter 6, we discovered that there was a separation in the community when the people were wicked and evil and God wanted to destroy them all and start over.
The famous Deputy Barney Fife of The Andy Griffith Show was right. We must “nip it, nip it in the bud.” We must nip sin and evil ways at the start because it only gets bigger and worse as it goes on. The sin in Genesis went from separation from God to family to the community.
