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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2000...
IT IS THE FIRST WEEK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
THE TIME OF A NEW GENESIS. (beginnings)
LET'S START WITH:
CREATION
Genesis 1:1 says: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. "Period."
Also see John 1:1
The rest of the Bible, Gods Word, attests to that emphatic one liner over and over. See Isa 45:18
The phrase "God created" (Gen. 1:1, 21, 27) in Genesis 1 is eclipsed by another: "God said" (Gen. 1:3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 29). Its frequency attests to its significance in stressing the way in which God created—simply by speaking a word (Ps. 33:6, 9; Heb. 11:3) (Nelson's New Illustrated Bible dictionary)
The Bible also states that God the Father was not alone. Heb 1:2
He is Alpha and Omega Rev 22:13, Isa 44:6 (other verses saying the same are Isa 41:4, Rev 1:8 & 11, 21:6, 22:13)
God of the Bible IS the Creator of the cosmos.
When God said it was good, that means He blessed it.
People of the pagan nations of the ancient world believed that matter was eternal and that the gods evolved out of natural processes. But the Bible teaches that God existed before creation and called the physical world into existence out of nothing. The main account of His acts of creation is found in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis, although God as creator is a prominent theme in Isaiah 40–48 too. (Nelson's New Illustrated Bible dictionary)
In the 19th Century a created creature by the name of Darwin came on the scene.
As a result, there is the theory of evolution "Naturalistic evolution" (God played no part)
and the (attempt to compromise version) which developed is "Theistic evolution" (God guided evolution). Darwin himself once said his theory was "grievously hypothetical" and termed it "the devil's gospel". Yet the lie of this unproveable theory literally changed the world and holds it in it's philosophical grip as truth today!
All hard data in the life sciences show evolution is not occurring today, did not occur in the past and that it is, in scientific fact, not possible at all! Sadly, it emphatically exists because it's only alternative is creation by God of the Bible. (Creation Science)
The Flood, a pivotal point of Bible history, is mentioned in the literature of various peoples of the ancient world providing compelling evidence of it's universality. Described in detail in Genesis 6-8 is the story of how God re-populated the world from only eight people! If the scientific community recognized that fact, a spike would be driven into the heart of any of the evolution theories. (Taken from: Are We Living in the Last Days)
What does the Bible teach us about origins and why is that important?
? THE QUESTION ?:
A. Are we God's divine Creation, as stated in Genesis, created to glorify Him?
(Creation Science)
B. Or, were we a poof of fate and therefore responsible only to and for ourselves? (Naturalistic)
C. Or, did God kind-of create us using natural evolution over millions of years? (Theistic)
CREATION
Study II
SIN & DEATH
The Key basis regarding the belief of the Bible and the need for a Savior, the Creator Jesus Christ, stems from the literal acceptance of what the Bible states in the Genesis account.
Disobedience is sin. Gen 3:1-6Man sinned against God and brought shame upon himself. Gen 2:25, Gen 3:7-11
Man's Sin brought death to all creation and our separation from the Creator. Gen 3:19 & 21, 23 &24, Rom 5:12, rom 8:19-22
To save us from the Death and separation we brought upon ourselves, we now needed a Savior/Messiah. Jh 1:29, Heb 10:10 & 14, Titus 2:11-15 (His glorious return)
The Alpha and Omega
Remember, God has never had a NEW thought!
Anything else and He would not be all knowing. With knowledge of that, know this;
He knew you by name before the creation of the universe. You are so valuable to Him that He let His son die for you so that you might live with Him throughout all eternity.
Rom 5:8-9, John 3:16
How Awesome is God Almighty?
? Was the earth inhabited by any creatures before the creation account?
God's Word states that He created the earth and ALL it's inhabitances in 6 days and on the 7th day He just sat back and admired His work. Gen 1:1-31 & Gen 2:1-3 He created everything including us for His pleasure and glory. He likes being God!
Death did not inter the world until mans sin. Even according to Gen 1:29-30,
all living creatures were vegetarians.
Sin, Death & Hope
According to the Bible, death (both physical and spiritual) entered the world through man's sin (Genesis 2:17, 3:19, Romans 5:12, 6:23, I Corinthians 15:20-23).
The Bible indicates that our world is very different from the one which God created and pronounced as "very good."
The Bible clearly says animals were not created carnivorous; God originally commanded them to eat plants - see Genesis 1:29-30, etc. Because of sin, God cursed the ground and physical creation (Genesis 3:17).
Scripture says the whole creation has been affected by man's sin, causing it to groan as it awaits freedom from bondage to decay (Romans 8:20-22).
The global Flood judgment changed earth even more (Genesis 8:21).
One day God will restore paradise. Once again the lion will lie down with the lamb.
This section taken in part from Christian Answers network
CREATION
Study III
THE SECOND BEGINNING
(4,500 +/- YEARS AGO?)
God is outside of time, in fact He created time!
He was there at the beginning, He is the witness to and has given us a record of His creation.
It is called the Bible...
The gap many people can't seem to fill is the space and time before creation. God does not specifically tell us anything about this time frame or additional realm. Therefore, there has arisen the millions of years theory which asks many questions and one classic age-old question is: What happened to the dinosaurs? The mistaken assumption is that they must have existed before Adam and Eve! But that would mean they would have lived and died prior to the creation account (as it is written in the Bible) as would any other "prehistoric" animals. No, No, No! The Bible says All creatures lived in the Garden of Eden together, ate plants and lived side by side without fear and in harmony. Gen 1:29-30 Dinosaurs lived with man! Job 40:15-23. God says that He gave Adam and Eve clothes made of animal skin after they had sinned. Gen 3:21 That animal died at the hand of God as the first death on the planet!!!
Why is this an important fact?
The Great Flood Account
God continues sculpting the earth, cleans it with water, sets the rules
and makes a covenant with His whole creation.
The earth, now only 2,000 or less years old, was engulfed in unspeakable sin. Man had forgotten all about their Creator, all except for one man...Noah. One man and his family, God saved because of obedience. (8 people and 2 of every sort of creature) This is evidence of both God's wrath and His grace.
Gen 6:1-8 Judgement of man; Gen 7:11-12 first rain; Gen 7:17-24 the great flood; Gen 8: 13-14 flood ended; Gen 9:8-17 God's covenant with all the earth
The Call of God
Both the wrath and grace of God will again be demonstrated when the Lord comes again. Math 24:36-39, 2 Pet 3:3-7 His mercy has been demonstrated in His delay to come just yet. 2 Pet 3:9
Although we would rather the Lord not tarry, we are Christ's Ambassadors and as such, we have a job to do before we get back home (Heaven).
We have been saved and called by God, in the words of Christ Jesus, to the work of
The Great Commission. Math 28:18-20
Just do it...
For our last lessons of Romans. CLICK HERE! We were studing New Testament Romans in 1999. Romans has the most complete summery of Christ's commission for the Church (Body of Christ) that is found in any one book of the Bible. It was written by the Apostle Paul as instruction to the early Church in Rome and is still as pertinent for us today. A testimony to God's Living Word.
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