Genesis.......more than just a book

i had my class titled Genesis today for the first time, and i can just tell it is going to rock. it is taught (or i should say, lead) by a local pastor who has been teaching for Moody - Spokane many years.

in this class today we talked about many things......but everything, no matter what it was always came back to the same begining...........Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created...".

think about that statement for a few. let your mind chew it......then chew it some more.


what do you think about that? do you buy it? do you hate it, not believe it?

you see, everything comes back to this statement here in scripture......a statement i take as fact.

how ever we respond to this piece of Scripture, defines how we will respond to everything else....both spiritual/religious and not.

ever wonder why Genesis is the first book in the Bible? the word "Genesis" means "origin"......so it would make sense that the first book be called "origin" and contain the story of the origin of all things.

now with that info (of which i learned today), what does Genesis 1:1 mean to you? do you believe the claim made by God, that He Himself created all things?

i find it interesting how all through out Scripture we also find references of creation crying out about the creator. so how can we deny it? Genesis is more than just a book. it is the foundation to everything, it is the origin. how do you respond to it?