Relationships, Genesis 2,3

Genesis 2 and 3
Before Adam and Eve sinned, Moses wrote in Genesis 2:25, "The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame." And after they both sinned, Gen 3 describes how they hid from God and neither one took responsibility for what just happened. Later in that same passage God reveals to them that their relationship would be stained because of sin. Genesis 3:16 "To the woman he said, ...Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."


Integrity in relationships breeds trust between people, and consequently trust paves the way for intimacy to develop.

Titus 2, Grace

Titus 2:11,12
"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldy passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.

In the past I've abused God's grace because I didn't truly understand it. Many of us have used it as an excuse to sin. Paul wrote that when someone truly understands grace they will say, "No" to the world and ungodliness and "Yes" to an upright and godly life. God's offer of grace is no excuxe to play around with sin. God's call to grace is an enticement and compulsion to holiness.