God's creatures

God’s Creation

I.       Introduction:

II.    Recognize God’s Design: A Beautiful Creation

Genesis 1:31 (NIV)

31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

A.      A Creation Made By God

B.      A Creation Pronounced Good

III. Recognize Sin’s Tragedy: A Spoiled Creation

Genesis 6:11-12 (NIV)

11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

A.      A Creation Corrupt Before God

B.      A Creation Corrupted by Sin

IV. Recognize Man’s Opportunity: A New Creation

2 Corinthians 5:17-18 (NIV)

17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

A.      A Creature In Christ

B.      A Creature Made New

1.       The Old Creature Gone

2.       The New Creature Come

C.      A Creature Reconciled By God

1.       He Reconciled Us To Himself

2.       He Reconciled Us Through Christ

V.    Conclusion: