Intro
Welcome to Lumberjack Theology “axing” the right questions. My name is Jason Lief. And today we begin to explore the Book of Genesis.
How do we make sense of faith and science? What does it mean
to read the creation accounts of Genesis 1 and 2 as God’s word? Some Christians
insist that to take the Bible seriously, we must turn our back on science. Others look at the Bible is outdated
encouraging people to get with the times and put their trust in science and
technology.
What if both are wrong?
It’s possible to read the Bible is the infallible word of
God for our lives and. To not be afraid of what science has to tell us about
the cosmos. Today, we begin a sermon series on Genesis 1 exploring a theological
reading of this passage that brings us face to face with a God who brings light
from darkness order from chaos and a God who invites us to love creation with
the love revealed in Jesus Christ.
Genesis 1.
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the Earth the Earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said let there be light and there was light and God saw that the light was good and God separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light day and the Darkness he called night
and there was evening and there was morning the first day. And God said let
there be a dome in the midst of the waters and let it separate the waters from
the waters. So God made the Dome and separated the waters that were Under the
Dome from the waters that were above the Dome and it was so God called The Dome
sky and there was evening and there was morning the second day.
And God said let the waters under the sky be gathered together
into one place and let the dry land appear and it was so. God called the dry
land Earth and the waters that were gathered together. He called seas and God
saw that it was good. Then God said let
the Earth put forth vegetation plants yielding seed and fruit trees of every
kind on Earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.
And it was so the Earth brought forth vegetation plants
yielding seed of every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed
in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was
morning the third day. And God said let
there be lights in the Dome of the sky to separate the day from the night and
let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years and let them be
the lights in the Dome of the sky to give light upon the Earth and it was so
God made the two great lights the greater light to Rule the Day and the Lesser
light to rule the night and the Stars.
God set them in the Dome of the sky to give light upon the
Earth to rule over the day and over the night to separate the light from
darkness and God saw that it was good and there was evening and there was
morning the fourth day. And God said let
the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the
Earth across the Dome of the sky.
So God created the great sea monsters and every living
creature that moves of every kind with which the water swarming. And every
Winged Bird of every kind and God saw that it was good. God blessed them and
said be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let Birds
multiply on the earth there was evening and there was morning the fifth day.
And God said let the Earth bring forth living creatures of
every kind cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every
kind and it was so God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the
cattle of every kind. And everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind
and God saw that it was good.
Then God said let us make humankind in our image according
to our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over
the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all
