Who Is God? Part 8

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17

Lawgiver answers our title question this week. The first law or commandment with a penalty came in the Garden of Eden with the verses we read this morning. So, as lawgiver answers one question, we in our culture today might ask one question in return: What gives God the right to make that first law? While any of us might simply accept God's right as being God, that is circular and unlikely to sway an unbeliever to read any more of the word of God. As we have read only a short but important part of the Bible at this point in Genesis 2, we already have one big reason God gets to give the laws: Creator. From the first verse of the Word of God we have God creating all things. We do a similar thing in life today. If you own a house then you have house rules. The first law was a test of Adam's obedience and trust in his Creator, and the first warning that things would not go his way if he decided to test this one house rule. And since we read through chapter 1 that when God speaks, things come into being. It would seem to follow that to disobey and do what God had said not to do then the penalty part would indeed follow. And that will be a story for another day!

Rejoice in our Creator and Lawgiver, and of course obey Him!

Bucky