| Did Jesus Believe in Creation? |
The two supposedly contradictory accounts of creation in Genesis 1 and 2 are fully compatible: "Have ye not read that He. . .made them male and female [quoting Genesis 1 :27], and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother |
| Death By Sin |
Furthermore, there remains no warrant for the notion that “Adam” is simply a generic term representing the human race. He was “one man.” In fact, he was “the first man” (I Corinthians 15:45), and Eve was “the mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20). There was certainly no population of evolving hominids becoming |
| We Are His Image |
Man’s body is made of the same “Earth” material (Genesis 2:7) as the animals (Genesis 2:19) and as the earth itself (Genesis 1:10). Furthermore, he shares the created “soul” (Hebrew, nephesh) and “spirit” (Hebrew, ruach, same as “breath”) with the animals |
| Why Do We Marry? |
And this is why we marry. God created men and women in His image (Genesis 1:27), and designed them to function in a certain way. Premarital chastity, marital fidelity, one man for one woman, for life. Anything less distorts His image |
