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God Creates The World

Genesis 1:1-2:3. God Creates The World. Today’s Key Points. God made the world in six days by the power of his Word. God intended everything he created to be a blessing to us. . Read Genesis 1:1-2. Compare these verses with John 1:1-5. What does “in the beginning mean”?

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God Creates The World

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  1. Genesis 1:1-2:3 God Creates The World

  2. Today’s Key Points God made the world in six days by the power of his Word. God intended everything he created to be a blessing to us.

  3. Read Genesis 1:1-2 Compare these verses with John 1:1-5. What does “in the beginning mean”? What is God describing with the term “heavens and the earth”?

  4. Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

  5. Genesis 1:3-5 The First Day 3 And Godsaid, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

  6. Genesis 1:3-5 The First Day God spoke and it came to be. What does that tell you about God? How can you know for sure that this creating activity didn’t happen over long periods of time?

  7. Hebrews 11:1-3 1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for.  3By 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.

  8. The First Day – Light & Matter Notice on day one – the sun has not been created yet. How can there be light without the sun? Why do you think God created light and heat first?

  9. Genesis 1:6-8 The 2nd Day 6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

  10. Genesis 1:6-8 The 2nd Day Where did this water come from? Explain what the water below the expanse and the water above it is?

  11. Genesis 1:9-13 The 3rd Day 9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.  11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

  12. Genesis 1:9-13 The 3rd Day How long did it take the mountains to form? How long did it take the plants to produce seeds and fruit?

  13. Genesis 1:14-19 The 4th Day 14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

  14. Genesis 1:14-19 The 4th Day We tend to think of our planet as the “third rock from the sun.” According to His creating activity, how does God view the earth? Throughout history many cultures have worshiped the sun, moon and stars. Notice how God puts them in their place?

  15. Genesis 1:20-23 The 5th Day 20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

  16. Genesis 1:20-23 The 5th Day Why does God keep emphasizing that birds and fish were created “according their kinds”?

  17. Genesis 1:24-31 The 6th Day 24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.  26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

  18. Genesis 1:24-31 The 6th Day 27 So God created man in his own image,        in the image of God he created him;        male and female he created them.  28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

  19. Genesis 1:24-31 The 6th Day 29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.  31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  20. Genesis 1:24-31 The 6th Day Why does it say – “Let us make” Did God design us to be vegetarians? What vocation did God call the first two people to?

  21. First Article – Luther’s Explanation (Creation)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. And I believe that God still preserves me by richly and daily providing clothing and shoes, food and drink, house 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. 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.

  22. Next Week Genesis 1:26-2:25 Adam & Eve In Paradise

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