KNOWING GODGod is Creator

OVERVIEW Bible verses on God’s creation God is incomparable Created in God’s image Discussion Memory Verse

BIBLE VERSES ON GOD’S CREATION

God is the supreme Creator

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:1

God is incomparable

So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them. Gen 1:27

God calls the stars by nameLift up your eyes and look to the heavens:  Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one  and calls forth each of them by name.Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:25,26

BIBLE VERSES ON GOD’S CREATIONRead the verses below and identify the points that especially strike you about God.

BIBLE VERSES ON GOD’S CREATION CONT’D

God is the only GodFor this is what the LORD says—he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it;he did not create it to be empty,  but formed it to be inhabited—he says:“I am the LORD,  and there is no other. Isaiah 45:18

God is all powerful

17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jer 32:17

God is worthy for all honour

“You are worthy, our Lord and God,  to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were createdand have their being.” Revelation 4:11

BIBLE VERSES ON GOD’S CREATION CONT’D

God is the only God24 God…does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 …he made all the nations..and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 …that they would seek him and find him Acts 17:24-27

God is the source of all thingsOh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” 36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. Rom 11:33-36

MEMORY VERSE

So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them. Gen 1:27

GOD IS INCOMPARABLEThere are times we question God.Scientist cannot create even a single living cell. Just suppose he does create one – something like an amoeba. To what extent can the amoeba understand the scientist?

WHY GOD IS INCOMPARABLESl No Man God

1 Treats God small though He is big Treats us big though we are small

2 Needs raw material to create Creates out of nothing

3 Creates clones Creates original, unique things

4. Makes things which are temporary – does not last

Makes things which are eternal – lasts

5. Struggles to reach nearest object (eg moon)

Created entire galaxy and calls each star by name

6. Cannot give life Source of life

7. Very limited knowledge Omniscient (knows everything)

8. Can only be in one place at one time

Omnipresent (can be everywhere at the same time)

9. Can only do what God enables us to do

Omnipotent (All powerful)

10. Completely God dependent Completely self- dependent

11. Owe everything to God Owes no one anything

CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGEIn what ways are we created in God’s image? We have a will We have a conscience We are capable of higher emotions like

love, sacrifice, etc. We have a spirit which can live beyond

death.

CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE – ROLE PLAY

Get into 4 groups each enacting one scenario below:Self awareness – stand apart, observe your thoughts and actions. Rosa broke up with her boyfriend and gets angry with mom. She thinks – why am I

doing this? Her dog never thinks – after the dog next door left – I am chasing all the

neighbourhood cats.

Imagination – “whatever is true , lovely honourable – think on these things”. Phil 4:8 Rosa is imagining the applause she will get with her solo tomorrow. Her dog never thinks – One day I will make Lassie look like chopped liver. Conscience – Rosa’s friend walks up and says –“I heard about you and Eric,..” Rosa resists

reacting because she knows she is new, and says “It’s been tough – how are things with you”

Her dog is relieving himself in the neighbours lawn – no moral conscience 

Willpower – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Rosa’s mom yells – where have you been … Rosa resists reacting and says just

went out for a walk The dog sees the paperboy and chases him – cannot control his instincts.(Reference – Seven Habits of Highly effective Teens – Sean Covey)

DISCUSSIONDiscuss and answer in your own words. If God created everything perfect, how

did man sin? How did the devil get created? (Isaiah

14:12-14, Ezekiel 28, 11-19) Why does God not remove sin and

suffering in the world? (2 Peter 3:9)

FALL OF LUCIFER  "How you are fallen from heaven, O

Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mount of assembly on the heights of Zaphon; I will ascend to the tops of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High’" (Isaiah 14:12-14, NIV). 

FALL OF LUCIFER (CONT’D..)We also see this same motif in Ezekiel: "Moreover the word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and worked in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. With an anointed cherub as guardian I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the stones of fire. You were blameless in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you. In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and the guardian cherub drove you out from among the stones of fire. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade, you profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought out fire from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever" (Ezekiel 28:11-19, NIV). 

REFERENCE“Life of a Disciple Series” from the Navigators.