Why is Genesis so important?
Acts 17:23-28 – God gave us evidence so we would seek Him.Hebrews 11:3Colossians 1:16-17Psalms 33:6-9Romans 1:18-25Genesis establishes God’s presence and His power.If you don’t believe God created the world, you cannot defend anything in the Bible!A denial of the literal Genesis account is a denial of Jesus.
John 5:45-47Exodus 20:11John 1:1Repeating theme in Genesis is:
Man’s total dependence on God.
Genesis 1
Genesis 1:1
God’s omniscience and omnipotence is established.God’s authority is evident.Genesis 1:2
“Spirit of God” (H7307 – ruah)Same word as Genesis 8:1; Exodus 15:8“Deep” usually refers to the ocean, but there were no defined oceans yet.Genesis 1:3
God spoke and it happened – Psalms 33:9Display God’s total control of all the elements, energy, time, and space.Genesis 1:4-5 – Day 1
God created light.What is light?Light is a particle and a wave.Light is energy.God created energy, quantum mechanics, and physics (a way to control the elements)God is organizing his creation in a very specific order.God established the period of time to define day and night.God called the light good.Who was writing Genesis?Evening and morning?Genesis 1:6-8 – Day 2
God separated the waters.There was water on the earth and water in the air.Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide.Pressure, temperature, gravityScience tries to explain creation and chaos.God created it with complete control and order.Genesis 1:9-13 – Day 3
God gathered the water which caused…Dry land to appear.Then God created life …Vegetation started to sproutAccording to their kind (H4327 – min)Genesis 1:14-19 – Day 4
God made the sun, moon, and stars to govern the seasons.God made the earth on an axis with tilt, rotation, and spin.Do planets help dictate the seasons on earth?Why did God create the Sun on Day 1 and not Day 4?Genesis 1:20-23 – Day 5
Birds and fishGenesis 1:24-26 – Day 6
Animals and everything that crawls on the groundMan in our imageGenesis 1:27-31
God made everything necessary for life to begin and to continue.If each day took millions of years, then life would not have survived.God’s people understood this to be one week (Exodus 20:9-11).
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