Required reading
Commence Genesis in Notes on the Bible in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) by reading up to [323] Gen v. 29.
My summary
Today we start reading Edwards' notes on Genesis, including on:
(i) creation;
(ii) the tree of life;
(iii) the fall and Satan's temptations;
(iv) naming of Eve;
(v) Cain and Abel.
What grabbed me
I appreciated the comment about the effect of sin on prayer '[“If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.”] Not at Cain’s door, but at God’s door. His wicked doings lay, as it were, at the door of God’s temple, to prevent his admittance and acceptance with God: they stood as a partition-wall between God and him. Wicked men’s sins are a cloud which their prayers cannot pass through, and which hinders their offerings from being brought into the holy place: they are a thick veil before the door of the holiest of all, to hinder their access to God. 1 John iii. 21, 22. “Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God, and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”'
The Lord's ears are attentive to the prayer of the righteous - a sobering thought.
Next week's reading
Continue Genesis in Notes on the Bible in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) by reading up to [323] Gen. x. and xi. The dispersion and first settlement of the nations.
Now it's your turn
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