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Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion

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Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion

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  2. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion

  3. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • The story of how all things have their “beginnings” • Important to know this story & tell it to our children & grandchildren because of the prevailing theories of evolution and a culture growing more godless by the day GENESIS

  4. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • The Spirit of God was present 1:2 • The Son of God was also there 1:26a cp. Jn 1:1-3, 14 Col 1:16 • The Scripture plainly teaches the Godhead (Deity) was present before anything was created

  5. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • All creation came into existence by God’s spoken word 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24 • Other passages (O.T. & N.T.) emphasize the power of His word re: creation Psa 33:6, 9 148:3-5 Heb 11:3 2 Pet 3:3-7

  6. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • At each “creative stage,” God saw His work as “good” 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25 • When everything was completed, God saw all He had made as “very good” 1:31

  7. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories • The general theory of evolution is refuted if we pay careful attention to the “limitations” God placed upon each species of creation • They would only grow or produce “…after their kind” 1:11-12, 21, 24-25

  8. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories • The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted • Stated, it is the theory that millions / billions of years (“ages”) are between each “day” • Therefore, they are not 6 literal 24-hour days • The basis for “Theistic Evolution”

  9. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories • The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted • It struggles with 1:11-13 and 1:14-19 • Plants cannot survive millions or billions of years without sunlight DAY 3 DAY 4

  10. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories • The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted • Bible believers have no problem accepting 6 literal 24-hour days Ex 20:11

  11. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • God made man “in His own image” 1:27 • Male & female with eternal characteristics and abilities to think, reason, behave morally (Different from animal life) • God “fashioned” man from the dust of the ground 2:7a 3:19 cp. Eccl. 12:7

  12. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • God “breathed” into man’s nostrils and he became a “living soul” (being)2:7b • This proves the truthfulness of Jas 2:26a • God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things

  13. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things • Other creation was “spoken” into existence • Verbs describe man’s creation • Man was “formed”…God “breathed” 2:7 • God “took” a rib & “built” woman 2:21-22

  14. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things • Other creation was “spoken” into existence • Verbs describe man’s creation • Might all this indicate man’s superiority over all other creation? Psa 8:3-6 cp. Heb 2:5-8

  15. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • God completes His creative work 2:1-3 • All was done in 6 days…He rested on Day 7 • Biblical reasons for 4th Commandment – • God’s rest at creation Ex 20:8-11 • God’s deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage Deut 5:12-15

  16. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • Other creative “details” 2:4-9 • Information on the creation of Eden, the “garden home” for man God planted in the East v. 8 • Emphasis seems to be on the growth & cultivation of the plants, not their creation

  17. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • Other creative “details” 2:4-9 • The lack of 2 things needed for plants to grow & be cultivated was rectified vv. 5-8 • Rain • Man to cultivate

  18. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • God’s first command to man 2:15 • Man was to be busy…he was to work • An abiding principle was thus established 1 Thess 4:11-12 2 Thess 3:6-14 • Man also given a “test” in Eden 2:16-17 • Would man with free will obey God?

  19. Cherished Bible Stories Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 • Man also given a “test” in Eden 2:16-17 • Obedience would grant him continued freedom throughout the garden…the ability to “eat freely” of any tree • Disobedience would bring certain death

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