This passage tells us where all evil in the world gets its beginning: at the fall of man in the garden of Eden.

"It is not good that man should be alone..." God creates Eve after Adam names all the animals.

This passage zooms in and gives us more details on the creation day six. God plants a garden in Eden and places the newly created man there to cultivate and work the garden. There is a warning in this passage about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

God continues the work of creation on days 4-6 and then rests on the 7th day after declaring his work as good.

Are we saved by works? Are we saved by grace + works? Or is Jesus’ death on the cross sufficient for salvation? The Jerusalem council convened to determine the answer to these questions. The result: we are saved by grace through faith in Christ alone, not by works.

As Christians declare the Gospel of Jesus, we will find a variety of responses. Our job is to be faithful and to entrust the results to God.