Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion
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Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 The story of how all things have their
“beginnings”
Important to know this story & tell it to our children & grandchildren because of the prevailing theories of evolution and a culture growing more godless by the day
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 The Spirit of God was present 1:2 The Son of God was also there 1:26a
cp. Jn 1:1-3, 14 Col 1:16 The Scripture plainly teaches the Godhead
(Deity) was present before anything was created
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 All creation came into existence by God’s
spoken word 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24 Other passages (O.T. & N.T.) emphasize
the power of His word re: creation Psa 33:6, 9 148:3-5 Heb 11:3 2 Pet 3:3-7
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 At each “creative stage,” God saw His
work as “good” 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25 When everything was completed, God saw
all He had made as “very good” 1:31
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories
The general theory of evolution is refuted if we pay careful attention to the “limitations” God placed upon each species of creation
They would only grow or produce “…after their kind” 1:11-12, 21, 24-25
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories
The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted Stated, it is the theory that millions / billions
of years (“ages”) are between each “day” Therefore, they are not 6 literal 24-hour days The basis for “Theistic Evolution”
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories
The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted It struggles with 1:11-13 and 1:14-19
Plants cannot survive millions or billions of years without sunlight
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories
The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted Bible believers have no problem accepting
6 literal 24-hour days Ex 20:11
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 God made man “in His own image” 1:27
Male & female with eternal characteristics and abilities to think, reason, behave morally
(Different from animal life)
God “fashioned” man from the dust of the ground 2:7a 3:19 cp. Eccl. 12:7
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 God “breathed” into man’s nostrils and he
became a “living soul” (being) 2:7b This proves the truthfulness of Jas 2:26a
God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 God’s creation of man seems to differ from
how He made all other living things Other creation was “spoken” into existence Verbs describe man’s creation
Man was “formed”…God “breathed” 2:7 God “took” a rib & “built” woman 2:21-22
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 God’s creation of man seems to differ from
how He made all other living things Other creation was “spoken” into existence Verbs describe man’s creation Might all this indicate man’s superiority over
all other creation? Psa 8:3-6 cp. Heb 2:5-8
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 God completes His creative work 2:1-3
All was done in 6 days…He rested on Day 7
Biblical reasons for 4th Commandment – God’s rest at creation Ex 20:8-11 God’s deliverance of Israel from Egyptian
bondage Deut 5:12-15
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Other creative “details” 2:4-9
Information on the creation of Eden, the “garden home” for man God planted in the East v. 8
Emphasis seems to be on the growth & cultivation of the plants, not their creation
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Other creative “details” 2:4-9
The lack of 2 things needed for plants to grow & be cultivated was rectified vv. 5-8 Rain Man to cultivate
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 God’s first command to man 2:15
Man was to be busy…he was to work An abiding principle was thus established
1 Thess 4:11-12 2 Thess 3:6-14
Man also given a “test” in Eden 2:16-17 Would man with free will obey God?
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Man also given a “test” in Eden 2:16-17
Obedience would grant him continued freedom throughout the garden…the ability to “eat freely” of any tree
Disobedience would bring certain death
Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion
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