Today is the second day of January. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It's

fantastic to be here with you today. I hope everybody is getting acclimated to the journey that

we are on and that your accommodations are satisfactory here around the global

campfire as we make this journey. This is our second step of

365 steps and they go by pretty fast. We're here at step two and it seems like a long journey but

wow it's like we'll be at step 90 then we'll be at step 180 and be halfway through

and we'll wonder where the time went.

So it's great to be here at the beginning of the journey.

Fantastic that we are underway.

I'm excited for the next step forward and today that will lead us

back into the book of Genesis. We're at the beginning and we will read Genesis

chapters three and four today.

The Serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made.

One day he asked the woman, did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees

in the garden?

Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden the woman

replied it's only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are

not allowed to eat. God said you must not eat it or even touch it. If you do you will die.

You won't die, the Serpent replied to the woman.

God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it and you will be like

God knowing both good and evil. The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious. was Then she gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it too.

At that moment their eyes were opened and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness.

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