Genesis Is Foundational

All major biblical doctrines are founded in Genesis.

The first 11 chapters are foundational to the Christian worldview—including the saving gospel (Genesis 3:15).

Here is a partial list of doctrines initially grounded in the book of Genesis:

• The doctrine of sin is founded in Genesis where the first man and first woman rebelled against God and ate from the forbidden tree.

• Genesis records God’s plan for gender. God made humans male and female from the beginning, as recorded in the Bible’s first book. God, not a politician or a panel of social engineers, laid the foundation for a correct approach to gender and sexuality.

• The doctrine of marriage, defined as one man for one woman, is founded in Genesis. God, not a panel of judges, invented and defines marriage.

• The gospel is founded in Genesis. We need a Savior because Adam (the father/head of the human race) sinned and brought literal death into creation (Genesis 3). That’s why Jesus had to come and literally die a physical death to take our place.