Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast. I'm Dalton, a member of the Paul Trip

Ministries team. Join me each week as I read aloud Paul's popular Wednesday's Word devotional.

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or you can read it online at Paultrip.com slash Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram,

and the Paul Tripp app. This week, Paul wants to show you that your daily Bible reading

not only reveals the enslaving power of sin, but also points you to the liberating grace

of Jesus. Here's this week's Wednesday's work.

How is your daily Bible reading going so far in this new year?

I hope you don't mind that I keep asking.

We're spending the month of January, and probably even longer, reminding ourselves to read the Bible as consistently

as possible in 2025. More specifically, I want to help you read and understand your Bible

in a way that connects the Word of God to your everyday life. A practical way to do that is by

identifying one or more of the four themes in every passage that link the narrative scripture

together,

creation, slavery, redemption, and restoration. It doesn't take long for the beautiful narrative of creation in Genesis 1 and 2, which I wrote about last week to descend into the dark

slavery of sin in Genesis 3. Quote, so when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight

to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit

and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate, end quote.

Genesis 3.6.

It's dangerous to take even the smallest bite of sin.

It's tempting because what God is forbidden

presents itself as delicious. Sin masquerades as beautiful and fulfilling when actually it is

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