I read this quote while studying for the current series we’re in. “It is always dangerous to shout where God has whispered” (Sproul and Wolgemuth). That is to say, don’t get too worked up about things on which the Bible is not clear. Another way of saying it would be to not elevate secondary and tertiary doctrinal issues to the level of primary ones, trying to make something that is personal preference a biblical conviction. As we look at the days of creation in Genesis 1:3-25 this Sunday, we’ll be challenged to hear what God says and be struck by that alone, rather than by the endless speculations about the mechanics and processes of the creation. We’ll focus on the who, what, and why of our origins rather than the how. And in it all we’ll see the LORD at work in his world and in our lives. We are not to miss that when God said, “Let there be light…”, he meant that not only in the creation of the sun but in the eventual giving of his Son as the true “light of the world."

Series: Genesis – The Things That Are Revealed

Message: 2 – Let There Be Light

Text: Genesis 1:3-25

Todd Dugard

Harvest Bible Chapel

May 24, 2026

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

— A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy

Seeing the creation unfold…

…I am sure of the one who did it—"And God said”

The assertion that God created the physical universe is of paramount importance. It answers the question, why is there something rather than nothing? [SLIDE 7] It implies that this universe cannot explain itself, as secular atheism, by definition, must maintain. It tells us that this material universe is not the ultimate reality. God is.

— John C. Lennox, Seven Days That Divide the World

…I am blessed by what he did—“Let there be…”

John 1:1-5

Hebrews 1:1-3

Revelation 4:11

Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to provide exactly the right conditions required to permit life, and one which has an underlying, one might say, “supernatural” plan.

— Arno Penzias, Nobel prize-winning physicist (as quoted in John C. Lennox)

…I am untroubled by how he did it—“And it was so.”

The essentials in the Genesis narrative:

(1) God created

(2) That creation is ex nihilo

(3) Adam and Eve were created by God

(4) This a literal not figurative account

It is always dangerous to shout where God has whispered.

— R. C. Sproul and Robert Wolgemuth

Both views are possible, but neither one is certain. And we must say very clearly that the age of the earth is a matter that is not directly taught in Scripture but is something we can think about only by drawing more or less probable inferences from Scripture.—Wayne Grudem

…I am humbled by why he did it—“It is good.”

Psalm 19:1

God’s creative activity in history is not only the preservation of what he has made; it is a continuous, creative engagement with his world, leading forward to its future glory.

— David J. Atkinson