Genesis
by Brian Watts on April 5, 2020
From peace to rivalry, from joy to gloom, from fearlessness to fear, from unity to enmity, from hope to hopelessness, from calm and order, to chaos and anarchy – that describes the scene in the Garden post the Fall. Sin disrupts all that was good. A bondage of corruption that has left the created world in futility and in the pangs and agony of childbirth, awaiting the redemption of the sons of men, and the liberation that comes by Divine Decree and Sovereign Grace alone.Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Genesis
by Brian Watts on March 29, 2020
Burying the Disgrace of Sin under Flimsy Leaves until God by His Inner Voice strikes our Inner Conscience.God loved them and they loved God. Also, the man and the woman loved one another. It was a great joy for them to be together.This too was very good. The man and the woman loved their world and their work. The earth was a blessing for them, bringing forth all kinds of good things, and the man and the woman were a blessing for the earth as they joyfully tended it with love and care. During those days, in the beginning, there was peace on earth everywhere, even in the hearts of the first two human beings. Then the man and the woman sinned and there was no longer peace.Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Genesis · John
by Brian Watts on March 22, 2020
In order to have a better comprehension of the contrast the Scriptures paint between the First and the Second Adam, in terms of their works and their persons, and in order for us to understand the extent of our depravity in the First Adam, we need to have a comprehension of the Person and Works of the Second Adam, to understand the greatness of salvation which is found in Christ alone.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on March 15, 2020
At this stage, before the Fall, Adam and Eve had listened only to God. There were no other voices; there were no other influences. Up until this point God has provided everything Adam and Eve had needed and now in the Garden a test of their loyalty to God arises. And their conscious decision to disobey God has disastrous consequences on Adam and Eve, on their relationship with God, on all who will come from their seed and on all of creation. Destruction, disaster and death enter upon the disobedience of the first man and his wife.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on March 1, 2020
Today our primary concern then is with Adam in the Garden, and God making for Him a helper suitable for Him, as per God’s sovereign design.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on February 23, 2020
We commence at chapter 2:4 (of Genesis) today, which introduces a new section of the primaeval history of the world. In six days God formed and then filled the earth, and in Sovereign and Omniscient Wisdom our God leaves the dazzling creation under the rule of Adam and Eve.Our concern for today is particularly to see the display of God and man in the beginning, particularly as we consider God as the Prime-Mover, Man-Maker, Great-Positioner, and Responsibility-Giver in Genesis.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on November 3, 2019
This is the second occasion in our expositions of the Book of Genesis that we have moved beyond the Seven Days of Creation and considered some other portions of Scripture also still within Genesis. Our first move beyond chapter 1 was to consider God’s dealings with His servant Jacob and we find ourselves now once again beyond the bounds of chapter 1 considering the life of Joseph.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on October 27, 2019
Providence and Sin: I want us to consider the Display of God’s Providence and Sovereignty in the lives of His Servants during unexplained times of suffering, and I would like to start off by asking how the providence of God works in the context of man’s sin. Does providence even come into play? Are the two in any way influential upon one another? Or is there no way whatsoever in which the pure and holy providence of a righteous God can be in direct contact with the low, mean and vile sin of man? Now before we even do that, let us first consider what these two big words mean.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on October 20, 2019
We have seen thus far, that the Sabbath Institution or Lord’s Day is a creation ordinance and that from the very beginning, right at the outset of creation, God set aside one day in seven for worship and rest. This, God instituted, for all people everywhere and at all times to observe. And we have also learnt that the first purpose of the Sabbath is given that we may rest.
Genesis
by Brian Watts on October 13, 2019
After six days of forming and filling, God comes to the seventh day upon which He rests. And we need to see that this seventh day was significantly different from all the others that had gone before.
