Day 5

Scripture to Read: Genesis 2:17

We did not get a chance to unpack Genesis 2:17 yesterday, so that is where we will be today. As we saw yesterday, we still have a God-given responsibility to work in this life and to take care of all God has entrusted to us. We don’t need to go overboard when it comes to the world in which we live. In other words, there are far too many who have gone too far when it comes to God’s creation, and they worship the creation over the Creator. There is no doubt we are to take care of God’s creation because God has entrusted us to take care of what He has created. But we should never think of God’s creation as something to be worshipped. God alone is to be worshipped. In Genesis 2:17, we see God lay out another specific command for man. God tells man, “of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Here, the command God gives is not completely unpacked for us, but this command will become crystal clear next week as we unpack Genesis 3. The point for us today is this: we DON’T NEED to understand God’s commands completely to obey them. What we DO NEED to do is OBEY God’s commands whether we know the complete reason for the command or not. God ALWAYS looks out for us. So, when He gives a command, we can know that the command is for our protection and for His glory.

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you today about His commands? 2. How are you making sure to walk in God’s commands every day?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

This week we get to walk through the rest of Genesis 2. Despite already discussing man’s creation in Genesis 1, God has Moses (the writer of Genesis) refer back to the creation of man in Genesis 2. We must never forget that ALL of life and creation are a result of God’s handiwork. God has Moses write this in Genesis 2:4 These are the generati...

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Day 2

Genesis 2:5-7 brings us to a unique moment in Scripture. Be sure and read it as you walk through this devotion today. We need to make sure we do not miss a few things in Genesis 2:5-7 that God clearly lays out for us. At this point in creation, God had not yet brought rain to the earth. Instead, within the first three days of creation, God us...

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Day 3

In Genesis 2:8-14, God gives us the beautiful layout of His perfect design. We see God’s character and creativity displayed here so beautifully. God planted a garden in Eden. Then God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden. Then God “made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.” God’s abundant provi...

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Day 4

In Genesis 2:15-17, God lays out for us man’s role in the garden and what commands He gave that were to be obeyed. Remember that in Genesis 1:28-29, God gave man authority & dominion over all of creation. But we see here that man’s dominion still comes under the authority of God. God gave us authority, but we still answer to Him for what we d...

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Day 5

We did not get a chance to unpack Genesis 2:17 yesterday, so that is where we will be today. As we saw yesterday, we still have a God-given responsibility to work in this life and to take care of all God has entrusted to us. We don’t need to go overboard when it comes to the world in which we live. In other words, there are far too many who h...

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Day 6

Today and tomorrow, we’ll finish up with unpacking Genesis 2:18-25. God speaks and clarifies that it was not a good thing for the man to be alone. God has created and specifically designed us for relationship! God wants us to have an incredible living relationship with Him, and He wants us to have relationship with each other. As we read Gene...

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Day 7

Marriage is the beautiful picture of God uniting a man and a woman together as one. This union by God is the wonderful picture of Christ and His church. We find this unpacked in Ephesians 5:21-33. In Genesis 2, we see that God clarifies what man must do. In Genesis 2:24, God says, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold...

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