In the Beginning

In the Beginning… Genesis 1 Genesis 1 answers the questions : How did we get here? What is our purpose? Views on creation: Literal 6 day Ideal time theory Flood theory Age-day theory Gap theory God created the entire universe It is no accident that God is the subject of the first sentence of the Bible, for this word dominates the whole chapter and catches the eye at every point of the page: it is used some thirty-five times in as many verses of the story. The passage, indeed the Book, is about him first of all; to read it with any other primary interest (which is all too possible) is to misread it. ~Derek Kidner The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Psalm 19:1 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. Heb 11:3 Creation Pattern: And God said… Let there be… And God called… And God saw it was good… And there was evening and there was morning. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Gen 1:26-27 Our purpose is to bear God’s image By being in relationship with Him And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Gen 1:28 By representing His rule to the entire world And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Gen 1:28 Next Steps: • • • Take time this week to marvel at God’s creation What needs to change in your life for you to hear from God, and to rule with God? Read along in the bible plan, reflect and respond.