Good morning,
Many shows we watch on TV are not friendly to origins of man. Some claim that it took billions of years for the world and mankind to come into being.
I hold in my hand the testimony of the Creator. God tells us step by step how the world came into being. The process was simple. God spoke it, Jesus made it, and the Holy Spirit breathed life into it.
If we do not know the truth, we could easily be persuaded to believe the lie of evolution.
This week we will look at the Creation of our world. We will look at who God is and how He completed His creative work.
What did God do?
Created everything by using the action verbs:
Created, said, saw, called, made, set, divided, blessed
Created the heavens and the earth (1:1-2) (First day)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Let there be light (1:3-5)
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Yesterday, we looked at who God is. It was crucial to establish this because only God would be capable of creating this world.
When we speak of light, we think in terms of light coming from the sun, moon, or stars. God does not create these till day four. John 1:3-5 tells us who is the light.
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
Jesus is the light. He states in John 8:12 that He is the light of the world.
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
God the Father spoke, God the Son made, and God the Holy Spirit moved upon the face of the waters. The triune God working in unity.
Day one includes God’s creating the heavens and earth. He establishes Jesus as the light and divides it from the darkness. This established our concept of time. The first day.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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