Genesis 1:6-19

Day 2-4

Created by David Turnerwww.BibleStudies-Online.com

God had/has a Purpose

That purpose is us!

We were planned before Creation

Ephesians 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.

Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

Romans 8:28-29 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

We were in God’s plan before:

Genesis 1:1-5 (NIV)1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

He ordered each day w/us in mind

Day OneGod created the heavens and the earthGod’s Spirit hovered over the earthGod called light into existence

Day TwoGod separated the waters from the waters

Day ThreeGod gathered the waters into the oceans and formed

dry landGod called vegetation into existence.

Day FourGod placed the lights in the expanse of heaven

Day Two – dividing the waters

Genesis 1:6-8 (NIV)6 And God said,

“Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.”

7 So God made the expanse

and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.

And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.”

And there was evening, and there was morning

—the second day.

Day Three – Land (part 1)

Genesis 1:9-10 9 And God said,

“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,

and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,”

and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Day Three - Vegetation (part 2)

Genesis 1:11-13 11 Then God said,

“Let the land produce vegetation:

seed-bearing plants

and

trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,

according to their various kinds.”

And it was so.

Day Three (part 2)

12 The land produced vegetation:

plants bearing seed

according to their kinds

and

trees bearing fruit with seed in it

according to their kinds.

And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning

—the third day.

Day Four – Heaven’s lights

Genesis 1:14-15 14 And God said,

“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky

to separate the day from the night,

and

let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,

15 and

let them be lights in the expanse of the sky

to give light on the earth.”

And it was so.

Day Four – Heaven’s lights

Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)16 God made two great lights—

the greater light to govern the day

and

Day Four – Heaven’s lights

Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)16 God made two great lights—

the greater light to govern the day

and

the lesser light to govern the night.

Day Four – Heaven’s lights

Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)16 God made two great lights—

the greater light to govern the day

and

the lesser light to govern the night.

He also made the stars.

Day Four – Heaven’s lights

Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)17 God set them in the expanse of the sky

to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,

and to separate light from darkness.

And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning

—the fourth day.

God Loves Us so Much that

• He built the universe with us in mind.• He ordered each day of the creation in

preparation for us.• He has a plan for us to rule with Christ for

all eternity.• He has plans for an even better heaven

and earth for us.