Commentary on Bible Reading Plan: Jan 1

I begin the New Year tonight reading Genesis 1-3 and Matthew 1 aloud to my children (2, 6 & 9) and my wife. It’s part of the Church of Grace plan to read the Bible in a year. 2009 was a year of transition for me in that I lived in three different places. The fact that we were not completely settled in didn’t help my efforts to spend quality time with my children in the evenings like I used to in 2008, but thank God that by his grace we bought a home in September and have finally settled in. During the Genesis reading my son Cristobal asked me tonight, “If God knew that Adam and Eve would sin then why did he create them?” I never mentioned God’s foreknowledge. He simply assumed it and wondered why God would allow the fall to happen in light of his foreknowledge. Ariela commented that the reason Eve was not scared of the serpent when he did appear was because she had no reason to be since God had placed all the animals under their dominion. I have to admit that I had never given that much thought. But what was interesting about this question and comment was that they sprang from their own thinking. I’m looking forward to tomorrow.