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How?
How?
Man’s word versus God’s Word.
How did this all happen?
The first 4 words in the Bible disproves: The Atheist, who says there is no God
The first 4 words in the Bible disproves: The Atheist, who says there is no God
The Atheist, who says there is no God
The Agnostic, who claims we cannot know God
The Agnostic, who claims we cannot know God
The Polytheist, who worships many gods
The Polytheist, who worships many gods
The Panteist, who says that “all nature is God”
The Panteist, who says that “all nature is God”
The Materialist, who claims that matter is eternal and not created
The Materialist, who claims that matter is eternal and not created
The Fatalist, who teaches that there is no divine plan behind creation and history.
The Fatalist, who teaches that there is no divine plan behind creation and history.
1. The Creator
1. The Creator
notice a few things:
a) The Time
a) The Time
“in the beginning...”
b) The Name
b) The Name
“Elohim” - this means “God Almighty”
c) The Power
c) The Power
“created”
d) The Wisdom
d) The Wisdom
d) The Chaos
d) The Chaos
“and the earth was without form, and void...”
Formless, confusion, unreal, and empty
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
It shall not return unto me void,
But it shall accomplish that which I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
e) The Wisdom
e) The Wisdom
2. The Creation
2. The Creation
Notice what we see:
a) He Spoke
a) He Spoke
This is important… when God said it, it happened.
The first three days God formed what He wanted.
Day 1 - Light (Split with Darkness)
Day 2 - Water below and Vapor above
Firmament
Day 3 - Land and sea (Plant life)
God then filled what He formed.
Day 4 - Sun, moon, stars became visible
Day 5 - animal life (Fish and birds) - the ocean and sky
Day 6 - animals on the ground and Man
Day 1 - Light
Day 2 -
b) He Sees
b) He Sees
Each thing and each day had a specific purpose.
Next week we will talk about “WHY” God created everything
c) He Names
c) He Names
v. 5, 8,10
d) He Blesses
d) He Blesses
v. 22 & verse 28
Wow, what a cool and good gift God gave!
3. The Change
3. The Change
So we see this is Scripture, but I want you to know that Jesus is on every page.
Jesus Christ was there in the beginning and the plan to send Him was already in place.
How does Creation display the plan of Jesus?
God gave us the highest position in Creation, and Satan wanted to ruin it.
God gave us the highest position in Creation, and Satan wanted to ruin it.
what eventually happened was that man sinned, and in sinning, we became broken.
So the question then becomes “HOW” can I make it better with God?
a) We are Void
a) We are Void
Man was created perfect but was ruined through sin. He is born a sinner, “without form and void”; his life is purposeless and empty and dark.
Oh but the Spirit of God is working…
Even in the middle of chaos, God is moving and working!
b) God Speaks
b) God Speaks
The entrance of thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
c) God Creates
c) God Creates
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.