Doctrine of Creation Genesis 1:1-31 Grace Community Church
2013
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Genesis 1:1-31 1.The Beginning 2.The Act 3.The Result 4.The
Problem
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The Beginning 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and
the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was
over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over
the face of the waters.
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Evolution of Science At this moment it seems as though science
will never be able to raise the curtain on the mystery of creation.
For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of
reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain
of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls
himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians
who have been sitting there for centuries. Astrophysicist Robert
Jastrow
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Who made God? Who created the uncreated creator of all things?
Exodus 3:14 I AM Psalm 90:2 God is from everlasting to everlasting
Job 36:26 number of his years are unsearchable.
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The Act of Creation Genesis 1:34 3 And God said, Let there be
light, and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good.
And God separated the light from the darkness. Bara (create: only
God does) vs. 1, 21, 27 Asah (made: God or man does) vs. 7, 16, 25,
31
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Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and
by the breath of his mouth all their host. And God said Vs. 3, 6,
9, 11, 14, 20, 24
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The Results of Creation And it was so vs. 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 24,
30 And God declared it GOOD vs. 4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31 God
declared creation good.
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Why does creation move us? Psalm 19:1-3 1 The heavens declare
the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day
to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3
There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
Dawkins Beauty is an evolutionary trick. Bible Man is moved by art
(things being and doing what they were DESIGNED to be and do).
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The Problem??? Genesis 1:31a And God saw that everything that
he had made, and behold, it was very good We are awed by creation
but its not all good. There is death and suffering. There is
something not quite right with man.
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How do we get the blessing back? Asceticism does not work.
Hedonism does not work. The law/religion does not work. Genesis
1:23 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over
the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the
face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light, and there
was light.
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John 1:1214 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in
his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were
born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of
man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the
Father, full of grace and truth. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come.