Genesis lays a foundation for the rest of Scripture, the rest of redemptive history,

the first five books of the Old Testament, think of that as the skeleton,

and the rest of the Bible is adding the flesh, the muscles to that.

I would say Genesis is the spine.

Genesis gives to us a worldview, a biblical worldview.

You can't understand who you are unless you understand God's intention for making you in his image.

Right.

One of the lies that I think a lot of people believe is that they will be most satisfied and happy

if they minimize their responsibilities in life.

And nothing could be further from the truth.

Because I'm an image bearer and God bless me specifically by saying,

take up responsibility, ruling, exercising dominion over the earth, representing me.

That's my fulfillment.

I find happiness and joy by moving towards responsibility as an image bearer.

You could say like this, when Adam and Eve transgress, when they sin, it's as if they have become image bearers of themselves.

And we're going to be the ones who decide what is good and what's not good.

Any sin is a decision, an action, a thought, a word that is refusing to represent God and what he deems to be good,

and it is a decision to represent myself.

I'm deciding here what is good.

Welcome to the Dialand Ministries podcast.

I'm sitting here with Dr. Paul Twiss, who is a professor at the Master's Seminary, also a pastor,

is a Bethany Bible Church and Thousand Oaks. Paul so thankful for you and everything that you've done ministerially and the way that you continue to shape and train young men today as well as your own local congregation.

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