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


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


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


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



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”



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



The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted Bible believers have no problem accepting

6 literal 24-hour days Ex 20:11


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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?


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


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