Gen 1
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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
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.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
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.
And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
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.
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
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.
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.
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,
and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.
And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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.
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.”
And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
I love the Bible. Appropriately begins with the beginning.
Like a fairy tale. “Once upon a time” It begins the story of life. the story of man.
Dhritarashtra said: O Sanjaya, having assembled, my sons and the sons of Pandu, in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, desirous to fight, what are they doing?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful: All Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Universe
All Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Universe
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Owner of the Day of Judgement. You alone do we worship, and You alone we turn to for help
Bahai: In the Name of Our Lord, the Exalted, the Supreme! 1. Sanctify yourselves, O people of the earth, that perchance ye may attain to the station which God hath ordained for you and enter the tabernacle which God hath elevated in the Heaven of the Bayán.
Owner of the Day of Judgement.
You alone do we worship, and You alone we turn to for help
1. Sanctify yourselves, O people of the earth, that perchance ye may attain to the station which God hath ordained for you and enter the tabernacle which God hath elevated in the Heaven of the Bayán.
GOD IS A GOD WHO CREATES. HE CREATES OUT OF NOTHING.
HE IS ABLE TO KICK-START SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS NOTHING.
nothing may be going on in your life but when He comes in, He starts something!
He begins a work and He is able to finish it.
Where there was nothing, God created something.
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.
Formless - Nothing recognizable.
Emptiness - Nothing to give, nothing of value
Darkness - Oppressed.
Does this describe what we are/were?
Formless [life not taking shape]
Empty
Darkness - oppressed by Satan.
The Holy Spirit
But where those conditions existed, here comes the Holy Spirit of Almighty God!
He hovered, He was brooding over the waters, like a bird over her young.
O Spirit of God, brood over our lives! Brood over our church! Brood over Cliffside!
Where the Spirit of God is, He speaks!
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
“In the beginning there was an explosion,” explained Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg in his book The First Three Minutes. “Not an explosion like those familiar on Earth, starting from a definite center and spreading out to engulf more and more of the circumambient air, but an explosion which occurred simultaneously everywhere, filling all space from the beginning with every particle of matter rushing apart from every other particle.” Within the tiniest split second, the temperature hit a hundred thousand million degrees Centigrade. “The universe,” he said, “was filled with light.”
Notice the first thing God created was light.
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This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
The song “You light up my life” takes on new meaning for a Christian.
I am the light of
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
God separates the light
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
Light is good. darkness is bad.
God makes a distinction between the two. He wants to keep them separate.
God loves righteousness and hates wickedness.
God wants us to be separate from the darkness in the world.
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
And God said... And it was so. [6x]
All He does is speak and it happens. He creates with His Word.
Imagine with His Word in us, indwelling our lives, what He cannot create!
When the powerful word of God is in us, it will cause things to change.
It was good v.10
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And God saw that it was good.
God is a good God and He does good.
God loves fruitfulness.
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.
God loves variety.
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen 1.
We are all members of His body but many different parts and functions
God climaxes His work with the creation of man.
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.”
Gen 1.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Imagine we live in a supposedly educated society yet people don’t know who they are.
A big question today is Who am I? What is man?
According to the Bible
Man is the crown of God’s creation
Man was created by God
Man was created in the likeness and image of God.
Man was created to have dominion over the earth and all in it.
Man is blessed by God
Man was created to be fruitful
Man has the