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This week, Paul explains how human communication began with God, who spoke creation into existence.

But when Satan twisted language to challenge God's authority, our words were corrupted.

Yet through Christ, we find both forgiveness and the power to speak with grace once again.

Here's this week's Wednesday's words.

Have you ever been in a room where everyone is talking at once,

and it's hard to concentrate on what you are saying?

In the first three chapters of Genesis, as the grand narrative of the biblical story begins, we get to eavesdrop on everyone talking.

It's important to pay attention to what is being said, because it establishes the purpose and power of human language.

As we start this series on communication, there's no better place to

begin than at the beginning. God speaks. You will not understand the significance of your words

until you realize that the first words ever recorded were the words of God. Quote, and God said,

let there be light, and there was light, end quote. Genesis 1.3.

It's also important to note that the first words human ears ever heard were not from human lips,

but from God. Quote, and God said to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and

subdue it, end quote. Genesis 1.28. Let the wonder of this grip you. The infinite and almighty one

makes himself knowable and understandable through talk. God creates human language and then reveals

himself his plan and his purpose through human language. God has unlocked the doors of truth to us,

using words as his key. The only reason we understand anything is because he has spoken. The glory and weight of human communication have

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