The first act of violence was committed by Cain.  Cain killed his brother, Abel, because he refused to submit to God's authority.  Cain allowed the power of sin to rule over him.  Both Cain and Abel offered sacrifices to God, however God was not pleased with Cain's sacrifice.

God promises to protect, guard and watch over us.  God is our keeper.  There is a story that has been told of a missionary in North Africa, named Frederick Nolan.  Frederick was fleeing persecution from his enemies.  He was exhausted so he went into a small cave to rest and hide from his pursuers.  When Frederick entered the cave, a spider began to weave a web across the mouth of the cave.  Frederick could hear his persecutors close by and he thought for sure they were going to find him in the cave and kill him.  But to his surprise, his pursuers did not enter the cave.  On seeing the unbroken web across the mouth of the cave, they figured he was not there and continued on their hot pursuit.  God protected Frederick from his enemies that day.  God is our keeper.

God is faithful.  He is a God who keeps His Word.  He is a covenant keeping God.  Deuteronomy 7:9 says, " Know therefore that the LORD your GOD is GOD; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments," (NIV).  To be faithful means to be loyal, constant, true, devoted.  God does not change.  He does not change in His character, His love, kindness, fairness or in fulfilling His promises to us.  God is immutable.

In Genesis 20, Abraham introduced Sarah, his wife of many years as his sister.  He had moved to the region of the Negev, however the people who resided there were not God fearing.  Instead of Abraham asking God to protect him and his wife, he took matters into his own hands and decided to pretend that he and Sarah were not married.  This led to…