We are in the fifth week of our series “In the Beginning.” We are looking at the primeval history of the world, which is found in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. The first two chapters of Genesis go to great lengths to show that God created the world good. God creates the world with wisdom, knowledge and understanding. When God had the world as he wanted everything was perfect. 

In the third chapter of Genesis, we see how that changed. Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s one command and brought about a three-fold alienation. As a result of sin, we are not right with God, with others or even ourselves. In the story of Cain and Abel, we see the power of sin if we don’t master it. The wage of sin is death. 

Pray today for the grace to master sin so that it does not have any dominion or power over you.