God shows His Power everyday if we only look for it. The order of His creation. The birds and their free nature, but still within the limits set by God when he created them. The creative nature of man who are created in the image of the Creator God.
God's power is exhibited everywhere if we only take notice of it.
Thanks for the message you delivered last Lord's Day.

Jim

God, showing his great love for us, allowed his one and only son to sacrifice himself for the sins of mankind on the cross.
I guess I don't have the faith that Abraham had, because I could not sacrifice one of my sons.
Thanks for your message Sunday! It was excellent.

Jim

Thanks!

Jeff M. put me on to another site that answers the "Cain's wife" question: www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/who-was-cains-wife. This site does more than just answer the question, it tells why it's important to answer it. Good stuff!

Thanks for your comments. I, too, believe we're off to a great start in our journey through the Bible. THE STORY books are flying off the table (if books could fly!), which indicates people are not only joining us in the journey, but are inviting others to join them as well!
I want to respond to the question posed by Tony and Susan. I think the best explanation for where Cain's wife and all the other people who helped him build a city came from I found in Hugh Ross's book, THE GENESIS QUESTION, pp. 102-103 (Susan - Tim may still have a copy). We know from Genesis 5 that Adam lived 930 years, 800 of them after Seth's birth, and that he had "other sons and daughters." The same chapter also indicates the descendents of Adam down to Lamech had "other sons and daughters." So one of Cain's sisters could have followed him to Nod, or assuming there was migration from where Adam and Eve lived, there could have been nieces as well. Marrying siblings was not forbidden in those early centuries. Even at the time of Abraham, it was practiced (Gen 20:2-16). According to Ross, "Genetic defects as a result of intrafamily marriage develop slowly. They would present no risk until after the first several dozen generations."
Ross also provides a table showing how, because of the long life spans and assuming couples remained reproductive for about 2/3 of their life spans, the era before the flood could have produced a "population explosion" Adam and Eve could have had as many as 150 offspring, and all their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, etc., would have produced children at a similar rate. When you do the math, not accounting for child mortality rates and premature deaths caused by sin, the total population at the time Adam and Eve stopped reproducing could have been over 58 million people!

I'm looking forward to the "journey" again. I have taken this journey several times during my life, but, as all "re-journies", there is always something that was missed the first, second or third times. God never disappoints when on a journey through His Word. Thanks for the great start to "another journey" for us, and the company on the journey is also great!

Great question! I want to know where Cain's wife came from, too. I assume it's a sister, since the Bible only mentions Cain and Abel but it doesn't explicitly say these are the only children (and since girls were not always mentioned, I wouldn't be surprised if there were more children). Also, I find it interesting that Genesis 3:6 says, "She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. " So, it seems Adam was with Eve when she was tempted by the serpent. Although the instruction not to eat the fruit was given to Adam before Eve was created, she obviously was aware of the instruction, based on her interaction with the serpent. But it seems Eve was not the only one present when she actually decided to take the fruit for the first time. She didn't try it and then find Adam and give him some. Adam was with her. How many times do we stand by and watch someone we love choose something we know he/she shouldn't choose?

Great message this morning. Genesis 1:26-28. God created male and female in His own image and told them to be fruitful and multiply on the sixth day.
Genesis 2:20-23 indicated the creation of Eve. Did God also create other men and women or does Genesis 1:27 refer only to Adam and Eve? The reason for my queston is that in Genesis 4:16-17 the Bible tells that Cain left the Lord's presence and went to live in the land of Nod where he lay with his wife who gave birth to Enoch. From where did Cain's wife come or was she his sister? These verses have always perplexed me. I am so happy we are studing the entire Bible to help me better understand it.

I am looking forward to this journey and am glad to be part of the 'Story' in the next coming weeks.