What is life? Do you ever just wonder how it all began, why we do the things we do and what it all leads to? What is my purpose and how can I live a life that pleases God? Genesis 1-11 can answer all of these questions. Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” To anyone; that verse may sound crazy, but that’s where faith comes into play. Faith can be defined as believing in someone or something when there is no visual evidence. When we think of the natural world and how it came to be we just refer to Genesis 1 when The Lord said, “let there be…”. God did not have to create the universe; he chose to create it because He is love; love is best expressed toward something or someone else – so God created the world and people as an expression of love. God created the universe because he loves us. Some people tend to object the idea of God creating the universe and argue the idea of a “Big Bang Theory”, this is where your faith as a Christian is tested and we must remember the love that God has for us and know that He is the reason for everything that is good. On a personal standpoint, I find it amazing and quite humbling to know that God spoke everything into existence. I know that the world is not a product of blind chance and probability because God created it in the perfect image. The Bible not only tells us that God created the world; better yet, who God is. It reveals God’s personality, his character, and his plan for all creation. Human identity can be understood from a better standpoint when we refer to Genesis 1:27, “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” We are all created in God’s image. When it comes to dealing with everyday life, this verse can play great dividends. It lets us have a better understanding of the scriptures that tell us to do everything as we are doing to the Lord. God created us to live in his image and profess His name by living a lifestyle that would please Him. When we interact with other people, the way treat them reflects our relationship with the Lord. Everything we do when it come to people we are doing to the Lord. John 15:12 says, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” If we cannot come together and treat each other in a godly manner, then we are failing God by not doing so. Relationships can be full of happiness or sorrow. If we are created in God’s image; knowing that God is love, then we should have relationships filled with joy. God gave us the blessing of marriage. If two people come together and have a healthy relationship in which they both trust in God and live in a manner that would please Him then they tend to have and happy relationship and or marriage. It is when one or both of the people fail to trust in God and fall into temptation or sin that the relationship tends to fail as did Adam and Eve’s. Knowing that God created both man and woman in His image gives us the knowledge of knowing equality. Marriage is a partnership. Man is not above woman and woman is not above man but both have and authority over each other and a submission to each other, with both being under the supreme authority of God, 1 Corinthians 11:11,12. If we love one another and treat each other in a manner that God would want than the relationship between people in todays civilization will be strong. Genesis teaches us that civilization began with Adam and Eve. Originally, man lived with God and all creatures of the world in the Garden of Eden and would have had eternal life sustained by the Tree of Life. Once Adam and Eve made the decision to taste The Fruit of Knowledge they were separated from God and cast out of the Garden of Eden. On a daily basis we find ourselves tempted by sin and often lose the battle. We live of a sin nature so it just comes natural to us. Personally; knowing that God was sinless makes me want to live in a manner that would please him. Sin deprives us of free will, so that we cannot avoid sin without God’s help. This means that when we find ourselves being tempted to do something that would displease God, we should turn to Him in prayer for strength to overcome. I often find myself being tempted by my sin nature when I am out of the word of God. I find that the more I am reading my bible, the less I feel the temptation of sin. If I am reading about God and His work then I see the way He would do things and express love and it gives me a better understanding of how I should treat others and how to live a lifestyle that pleases God. When God created us, it was in his sin free image. Man chose to sin and that’s why we live in a civilization full of sin. The first eleven chapters of Genesis teach us many things about the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and civilization. If we truly do believe in the words of the Bible and I our Lord Jesus Christ, then we should allow the teachings of the Bible to shape our worldview. When we think about what life is, how it all began and what we can do to live a life that pleases God then we should know who we are as people and how to live in a world of peace and love as God wanted. The Bible’s message is very clear from beginning to end and it tells us stories about God’s love for his creation. If we can focus on living a godly lifestyle and treating others in a way we aspire to conduct with Christ then we will truly be able to live in a way that pleases our Lord and know who we are as people.