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About a year ago I went to an escape room with some friends.
Though I had never done an experience like this before, I was feeling confidence in my groups ability to finish the room well before the hour time limit.
In the waiting room, I asked about how many clues people needed to figure out the escape.
The number varied, but me and my friend assured each other that we wouldn’t need any help.
Only a few minutes in, we heard a voice speak into the room saying that they would have to put the game on pause.
Turns out the piping I was taking apart was not a part of the game.
Whether I wanted to admit it or not we needed help.
We needed guidance from the creator to understand that clues in order to win the game.
When we ignore God, we get off track.
When we disregard his instructions we begin to destroy his creation and slow our own progress towards the intended design.
In the book of Genesis, God, the maker of all things gets on the intercom.
He lets us know his plans and intentions.
He gives us the clues of creation.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
No cute intro.
No pointless details.
The bible gets straight to the point.
There is a God and he is the hero of the story.
History is HIStory.
Four words into the bible, several theories are immediately denied.
Pantheism: there are not multiple gods.
Atheism: All matter had a beginning outside of itself.
Four words into the bible, several truths are affirmed: God can be known.
God existed before the beginning.
All that exists had a starting point.
There is a divine plan.
And we see this plan begin to unfold.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Like Michelangelo looking at a slab of marble and seeing David.
Like Da Vinci looking at a wood panel and seeing the Mona Lisa.
God’s Spirit hovered over the dark deep waters ready to create something lasting and beautiful.
The world did not begin with light, color, and species.
God made it that through his word.
Initially the earth was formless, dark, and lacking.
Tonight, your heart may be empty.
Like the chaos and weight of waves, you may be confused.
Take heart.
God took that dark void and made the cosmos.
Be open to God’s spirit doing a creative work of life in your heart tonight.
In a few minutes we are going to cover the creation of everything excluding humanity.
A work that took God six days.
Let you heart be in awe of his creativity as we uncover six foundation clues from the first 6 days of creation.
Day 1: The world was crafted by the word of God.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4 And God saw that the light was good.
And God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Everything that exists was spoken into existence by God.
He didn’t sweat.
He didn’t struggle.
He simply spoke.
He spoke and things like light and darkness were created.
He named them.
In ancient Israel, to name something indicated control and power over the object.
But to name something also indicates relationship.
God was not passive in his creation.
All that he spoke had purpose.
He is the ruler of all.
He is in control.
The same source of words that spoke the world into existence is the source we have access to.
When you read God’s word, do you try to control the words, or do you let his truth take control of you?
Let his words produce light in you.
Day 2: God’s word will happen.
6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse.
And it was so.
8 And God called the expanse Heaven.
And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis is surprising.
If God desires for people to believe in him, why did he not write the book like a science book describing facts?
Why did he not write the book as a philosophical defense of the logic of God’s existence?
Instead he simply tells us what happens and provides the meaning behind his making.
Why?
This book was written to the nation of Israel who had interaction with pagan false gods like the gods of Egypt.
Instead, defending the credibility of the creation account for Egypt God puts false beliefs on defense by explaining reality with full assurance that his word came to pass.
People assume that the Bible has to be on defense against atheisms offense.
But the Bible itself doesn’t assume that it’s on defense.
In fact, it is so assured that it is the source of reality that all other worldviews have to defend themselves against the reality presented in scripture.
How do the chaotic creation myths of Egypt make sense when the world gives evidence of design?
If the universe is both expanding and finite what was its origin if you press rewind?
If we are made of a single molecular source, why have animals not learned the human language or developed culture in a way that is comparable to human society?
God spoke and it was so.
The fulfillment of his words is the evidence of his credibility that all of humanity seeks to make sense of.
If all that God says will come true, it is low priority to waste time explaining the credibility of something that is assured to come to pass.
Because all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in the past, we can trust in his word for our future.
Day 3: Diversity is the display of God’s creativity.
9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.”
And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas.
And God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.”
And it was so.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
From the start, God began to separate his creation.
He separated light and darkness.
He separated water and sky.
He separated water and land (thank goodness).
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