Lesson 15 The Creation

1. Lesson 15The Creation Built On A RockUnit 4: One God in Three Persons

2. The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

3. The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

4. The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

5. The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

6. The Apostles’ Creed Article: A section of a creed or confession.

7. The First Article I believe in God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. What does this mean? I believe that God created me and all that exists, and that he gave me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my mind and all my abilities.

8. The First Article And I believe that God still preserves me by richly and daily providing clothing and shoes, food and drink, property and home, spouse and children, land, cattle, and all I own, and all I need to keep my body and life. God also preserves me by defending me against all danger, guarding and protecting me from all evil.

9. The First Article All this God does only because he is my good and merciful Father in heaven, and not because I have earned or deserved it. For all this I ought to thank and praise, to serve and obey him. This is most certainly true.

10. 1. Why do we call the first person of the Trinity “God the Father”?

11. JESUS!!! Galatians 4:4-5 Galatians 4:4-5 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.

12. JESUS!!! Galatians 4:4-5 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.

13. 1. Why do we call the first person of the Trinity “God the Father”? We call him God the Father because he is Jesus’ father.

14. Malachi 2:10Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another? Malachi 2:10

15. Malachi 2:10Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another?

16. Malachi 2:10Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another?

17. 1. Why do we call the first person of the Trinity “God the Father”? We call him God the Father because he is Jesus’ father. We also call him God the Father because he is our father. He is the father of all that he created.

18. Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, Galatians 3:26

19. Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,

20. Galatians 3:26You are all sons of Godthrough faith in Christ Jesus, God adopted us into his family!

21. 1. Why do we call the first person of the Trinity “God the Father”? We call him God the Father because he is Jesus’ father. We also call him God the Father because he is our father. He is the father of all that he created. In a special sense, he is the father of all believers.

22. 2. What is God the Father’s special area of work?

23. Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3

24. Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

25. Create: To make out of nothing. Creation: • All that God made. • The action of making all things.

26. 2. What is God the Father’s special area of work? God the Father’s special area of work is creation.

27. Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Exodus 20:11

28. Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

29. Evolution: The false teaching that more advanced creatures slowly developed from less advanced ones. We often use this to mean all the “scientific” ideas about where the universe came from, like the Big Bang theory.

30. Theistic Evolution: The false teaching that evolution happened, but God controlled it. This idea tries to make evolution acceptable to Christians.

31. Creation Science: The attempt to demonstrate by scientific observations and principles that creation is true. This practice tries to make creation acceptable to unbelievers – it forgets that we only accept creation by faith.

32. Creation and Evolution Creation Evolution How do we know what happened? God’s eyewitness testimony Human deductions and observations

33. Creation and Evolution Creation Evolution How long did it take? Six 24 hour days. Millions of years.

34. Creation and Evolution Creation Evolution Where did the universe come from? God made it out of nothing. The Big Bang (an explosion at the beginning of time).

35. Creation and Evolution Creation Evolution How did it happen? God’s all powerful word. A chance process.

36. Creation and Evolution Creation Evolution What is mankind? God’s special creature. The most highly developed animal.

37. Creation and Evolution Creation Evolution To whom are we responsible? To God. Only to ourselves.

38. 2. What is God the Father’s special area of work? God the Father’s special area of work is creation. God created the world in six 24-hour days, so the theory of evolution is false.

39. Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Job 38:4

40. Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

41. Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3

42. Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

43. 2 Peter 3:5-6 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 2 Peter 3:5-6

44. 2 Peter 3:5-6 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

45. 2. What is God the Father’s special area of work? God the Father’s special area of work is creation. God created the world in six 24-hour days, so the theory of evolution is false. We trust God when he tells us this because only he knows for sure.

46. Exodus 4:11 The LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD?” Exodus 4:11

47. Exodus 4:11 The LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD?”

48. Exodus 4:11 The LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD?”

49. 2. What is God the Father’s special area of work? God the Father’s special area of work is creation. God created the world in six 24-hour days, so the theory of evolution is false. We trust God when he tells us this because only he knows for sure. God created mankind and he made each one of us.

50. 3. What does creation teach us about our every day lives?