Creation God Gives Us Life Genesis 1 and

Creation: God Gives Us Life Genesis 1 and 2 Monday, December 27, 2021

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 1. Genesis chapters 1 and 2 tell us of God’s intent to enter into a covenantal relationship (communion) with man. a. Genesis 1 and 2 uses poetic language to describe God’s purpose in creation. b. While using poetic language, the account of Genesis is rooted in history.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. a. God creates the heavens and the earth, but He does so in an incomplete manner. This incompleteness is shown in that the earth is: i. Formless – it has no shape. ii. Void (wasteland) – it has no life (v. 2).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. b. The first three days of creation address the problem of formlessness, creating realms. i. On the first day, God creates time, ii. On the second day, God creates space. iii. On the third day, God creates life.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. c. The second three days of creation address the problem of void. These are the rulers over the realms. i. On the fourth day, God creates the sun, moon and the stars to rule the realm of time (v. 14 -19). ii. On the fifth day, God creates birds and fish to rule space, that is, land sea (v. 20 -23).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. c. The second three days of creation address the problem of void. These are the rulers over the realms. iii. On the sixth day, God creates living creatures and man, to rule over life (v. 24 -26).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. d. God singles out male and female as the high point of His creation, creating them in His image and likeness, calling them: i. To be fruitful and multiply. ii. To fill and subdue the earth.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. d. God singles out male and female as the high point of His creation, creating them in His image and likeness, calling them: iii. To have seed bearing plants as their food. iv. God found his creation to be very good.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 2. Chapter 1 of Genesis describes the purpose for creation. e. God rested on the seventh day, instituting the Sabbath and calling us to rest and worship (2: 1 -3).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 3. Chapter 2 of Genesis describes the purpose of man. a. God forms man from the material substance of the earth (v. 7).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 3. Chapter 2 of Genesis describes the purpose of man. b. God placed the man in a garden Eden: i. Was a sanctuary in which man dwelt with God on earth. ii. Had the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (v. 9).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 3. Chapter 2 of Genesis describes the purpose of man. b. God placed the man in a garden Eden: iii. Was plentiful with water, a source of life, and a key element in the garden (v. 10).

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 3. Chapter 2 of Genesis describes the purpose of man. c. God commanded the man to: i. Cultivate and take care of the garden (v. 15). ii. Not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 3. Chapter 2 of Genesis describes the purpose of man. d. Man’s solitude is not good (v. 18), so God solves this by making a partner for him. i. None of the animals were a suitable partner for man. ii. Only woman, formed from Adam’s rib, was a suitable partner.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 3. Chapter 2 of Genesis describes the purpose of man. d. Man’s solitude is not good (v. 18), so God solves this by making a partner for him. iii. God called the man and woman to a one-flesh union (v. 24). They were naked, but not ashamed.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 4. In summary, we have seen in Genesis 1 and 2 that: a. God creates the world for us as a place to work with and worship God. b. God has created out of nothing and everything God created was good. c. Man and woman are created to be in union with each other.

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 4. In summary, we have seen in Genesis 1 and 2 that: d. God established a covenant in Creation to mark His relationship with humanity. The characteristics of God’s covenant with Adam are: i. Mediator (the person as the representative of God’s covenant): Adam. ii. Form (the size of the covenant): Marriage. iii. Sign (the action or symbol of the covenant): Sabbath.

God’s Covenants Throughout Salvation History From Dr. Scott Hahn, A Father Who Keeps His Promises Covenant Mediator Covenant Role Covenant Form Covenant Sign Adam 1. Husband 2. Marriage 3. Sabbath

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 Day 7 Emptiness Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Rulers Formlessness Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Realms Time Space Life

Session 1: Creation: God Gives Us Life 27 December 2021 For Discussion: a. Man works because God works; work is one way in which we bear the image and likeness of God. What difference can that truth make in the work that keeps you busy each day? b. Beauty in the Garden of Eden was a testimony to the goodness of God in His Creation. How does beauty in nature help you to know God? c. To be fully human, as God designed us, we must freely choose to do good, not evil. Have you ever wished God had given us less freedom? Why?