Sermon Tone Analysis

We Have A Creator God

Genesis 1:1

January 14, 2018

Introduction:

Henry Morris stated in the New Defenders Study Bible-“This opening verse of the Bible is unique, the foundation of foundations, probably the first words ever written down, either revealed to Adam or written directly by God Himself.

One who really believes Genesis 1:1 will have no difficulty believing the rest of Scripture.

God is eternal, existing before the Universe, and is omnipotent having created the universe.

Therefore nothing is impossible with God, and He alone gives meaning to everything.”

No other piece of written literature is taught or spoken against as this first chapter of Genesis.

Verse one of chapter one tells us “what” God did; the following 55 verses in chapter one and two tells us “how” He did it.

I. God Declares His Existence- vs. 1

Note-notice that when the “beginning” began God was already there!!!

God simply declares that He exists and wastes no time in attempting to prove that He exists.

God is the supreme Creator.

He is transcendent above all creation.

This means as the supreme Creator, He is distinct from creation.

God is not a part of creation; creation is not a part of God.

God is supreme over and above, transcendent over creation.

The supreme Creator.

בָּרָא (bārāʾ).

vb. to create.

Used only of God creating, never of humans making things.

This verb is used only of creative acts performed by God.

It appears five times in the creation narrative of Gen 1–2: God created (bārāʾ) the heavens and the earth (Gen 1:1; 2:4), the creatures of the sea (Gen 1:21), humankind in his image (Gen 1:27), and creation as a whole (Gen 2:3).

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth: This tells us that God used no pre-existing material to create the earth.

The ancient Hebrew word bara (created) is specific.

It means to create out of nothing, showing that that God created the world out of nothing, not out of Himself.

God is separate from His creation.

Unlike Eastern and pantheistic perceptions of god, the Bible teaches the universe could perish yet He would remain.

Every man knows deep down in his inner being that there is a God.

Religion is man’s attempt to define God.

Christianity is God’s reaching out to man.

A. He is the God of Eternity past.

“In the beginning God.”

This is the foundation truth of all real theology.

God is the great Originator and Initiator.

It is the ignoring of this which is the basic error in all human schemes.

False systems of theology and philosophy begin with man, and seek to work up to God.

But this is a turning of things upside down.

We must, in all our thinking, begin with God, and work down to man.

The book of Genesis begins with God.

This is right way to begin anything.

In fact, if we do not begin with God will make a mess of things in a hurry.

Evolution has tried to begin without God and look at how foolish the arguments are that it tries to advance.

We need to begin our days, our travels, our marriages, our careers, yea our entire lives with God.

B. He is the God of Earth’s present state.

Many in the millennial generation want to believe that God created the earth but then he took his hands off of everything and he just let things happen.

Even though sometimes it may feel like God is just letting things happen the truth of the matter is he is still the God of our present lives.

Only through God’s sustaining power is this world’s space “held together”, it is his hand that holds the stars in their courses, directs the planets in their orbits, and controls the workings of the universe.

Note the phrase “upholding all things by the word of his power”, this literally means that not only does the word of God create but the word of God also sustains all life on this earth.

“By Him all things consist.”

By Him all things hold together and by Him all things have permanence.

The creation would immediately return to nothingness if He withdrew His support.

He is the philosophical “one within the many,” the principle of cohesion which holds the universe together, the divine glue which holds everything in its place, the person who gives meaning to all the discrete things of creation.

The Lord of the Universe is completely involved in the life of every believer:

C.

He will be God of Eternity Future.

The truth is God is a God of eternity past, of the present state of this world and this universe, and he will also be the God of all future eternity.

But these truths mean absolutely nothing unless you know him as your personal God and your personal Saviour.

I. God Declares His existence.

II.

God Demonstrates His power- VS. 2-31

Genesis 1:1 is a summarizing verse the rest of this chapter describes in detail how God demonstrated his power through the creation of the world’s out of absolutely nothing.

Once again if we get a grasp of the truth of Genesis 1:1 we will have no problem coming to grips with the fact that we are sinners in need of a Savior and that same creator God can become our Savior God.

A. God demonstrated his power through His Word.

Here is a truth: When God spoke, everything simply came into existence.

Eight times in Genesis 1 we read “And God said.”

Genesis 1:3-and God said – and there was light.

Genesis 1:6 – and God said – and there was heaven.

Genesis 1:9 – and God said – and there was earth and the oceans.

Genesis 1:11 – and God said – and there was grass and trees.

Genesis 1:14 – and God said – and there was the Sun and the moon.

Genesis 1:20 – and God said – and there were the sea animals and the birds.

Genesis 1:24 – and God said – and there were land animals.

Genesis 1:26- and God said – and there was man.

We see in this first chapter of Genesis God speaking and everything in the universe is coming into existence from nothing because of the power of His Word.

Because all creation is formed by his word all creation is subject to his word.

This same word of God has the ability and the power to create new life out of dead life.

Do you need to hear His powerful Word today?

B. God demonstrated his power through his goodness.

See verses: 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, and 31- “it was good.”

Genesis 1:10 – and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12 – and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18 – and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21 – and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25 – and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31 – God saw everything he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

This is not some standard Of goodness that is outside of or apart from God.

This is goodness that literally emanates from God himself.

The creation is a reflection of all the beauty and goodness that is found in God.

All of the order and the beauty and creation reflects the glory of God and demonstrates the goodness of God.

When we see all the wonderful things in creation they point us to God, and to the nature and the character of God.

When we look at creation we can’t help but to say it is good, and it is good because God is good.

We are the recipients of this awesome goodness of God because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

I. God declares His existence

II.

God demonstrates His goodness

III.

God Defines Mans Limitations

Note: these next three areas are areas of great confusion in our society today.