One cannot turn on the TV or radio or podcasts without hearing the problems in society, and the social issues that we are witnessing.

Black or white or all colors in between, at some point God in His wisdom is Creator of us.  Our understanding of the first five chapters of Genesis makes us one people under authority of a Divine entity we call God. 

Without understanding the creation account in Genesis, we are missing the big picture. 

How many of us really believe that Genesis 1-5 isn’t just a cute kids’ story?  Or perhaps an analogy of some sort?  The Creation story itself really doesn’t address social issues of the day, or does it?  Is God our Creator or does He use millions of years of death and decay to bring forth man in His image. Why should we care?

Our world faces enormous problems of violence, war, domestic crimes, economic collapse and natural disasters.  The family structure itself is under attack.  We are witnessing a general decline in Christian values worldwide. Our own country, which was founded on Christian principles, is rapidly losing its Christian base.  We are becoming a pagan nation. How can this be?

If we lose sight of man as a special creation, based on God’s grand design, then we are no more than those of the animal world.  We are not required to be a civilized society.  We do not answer for our behavior.  Sin has no consequences.

The social issues we face are symptomatic of an underlying root cause.  The loss of biblical authority stemming from attacks on the Creation account.  If those first chapters of Genesis aren’t true, how can you believe the rest of the Bible?

Our values make sense in the light of God’s word written in Genesis.  That we, you and I, are created in God’s image. 

The sanctity of life, of marriage, human freedom, laws about justice….. all have their origins in the historical understanding of Genesis.

The understanding of Adam’s and Eve’s sin of defying God, gives rise to the remainder of scripture!  Man’s fall and decline.  Our inability to save ourselves.

Man’s failure has always been to define ourselves…….omitting our Divine origins.

      Without our understanding of man’s first sin, why do we need a Savior?