MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDY
THE BIBLE STUDY SERIES
Tuesday in the Truth
August 7, 2012
The Creation Stage V
(The Primary Purpose of the 1st Chapter of Genesis)
Wednesday in the Word
August 8, 2012
The Creation Stage IV
(The Primary Purpose of the 1st Chapter of Genesis)
- I. Genesis 1– An introduction into the power and vastness of God.
- Verses 1-2: God creates the heaven and the earth.
- To create – to cause something to come into being without a non-existing substance. God created the planet with nothing but His word.
- To make – to cause things to come into being with an existing substance.
- God can create it or make it (whatever you need).
- For example, God created a way to His disciples by walking on the water. (Scripture reference – St. John 6)
- God did not create the earth void and dark. Satan’s transition into the earth contaminated the earth.
- Isaiah 14:12-13
- Ezekiel 28:11-17
- Isaiah 45:18
- Verses 3-5 – God creates light on the first day of creation and it is good.
- God speaks and light finds its way to the planet.
- The universe creates light from the spoken word of God.
- Verses 6-8 – God separates the water on the second day of creation.
- Verses 9-10 – God separates the waters and calls the dry land earth and it is good.
- Verses 11-13 – God creates plant life on the third day of creation and it is good.
- I Peter 1:23
- The word of God is incorruptible seed that’s capable of producing (whatever you are believing God for).
- God’s word can produce a harvest without time. In other words, the word of God bypasses the natural order.
- Verses 14-19 – God creates the sun, moon, and stars on the fourth day of creation and it is good.
- Verses 20-23 – The waters create fish and fowls on the fifth day of creation and it is good.
- The waters make fish and birds.
- When we understand who God is, we will begin to expect the miraculous.
- The Word will either create a way or make a way.
- Verses 24-25 – The earth brings forth the land creatures and it is good.
- The dirt (earth) formulates the living creatures.
- Verses 26-28 – God creates His crowning jewel [man] to dominate the earth.
- Because man was created in the image and likeness of God, man can create and make with God’s word just as God.
- Anything is possible in the realm of God.
- Verses 29-31 – On the sixth day of creating land creatures and man, God also gives man seed as his first gift and His creation is very good.
- Seed was the first gift God gave to man.
- Verses 1-2: God creates the heaven and the earth.
- II. The primary purpose of the 1st chapter of Genesis is to present truth about God; and to shape your framework of thinking about who God is and what He can do.
- God is self-existent
- Exodus 3:13-14
- God does not have an original cause. He caused everything to exist.
- God does not need a record to do what He does. He only needs His word.
- God is not controlled by time.
- You synchronize your faith with God in the present tense. In other words, faith is always present tense represented by the phrase I am…
- Exodus 3:13-14
- God is eternal. He has no beginning or end.
- Psalm 90:1-2
- St. John 1:1-3
- When the beginning came into existence, the Word was already here.
- God is greater than the universe (greater than natural laws and order). The Creator is always greater than His creation.
- Ephesians 3:20, KJV, AMP
- Synonyms for greater: supersedes, overrides, out do, out rank, surpass, takes precedent of, superior to, greater than, ahead of, eclipses, out performs
- What can you dare ask for from God?
- Blind Bartimaeus dared to ask God for sight. (Scripture reference – St. Mark 10)
- Isaiah 40:12
- God measured out all the earth’s water in the hollow (the center of a man’s hand) of His hand.
- Notable comparison: man can only hold 2 teaspoons of water in the hollow of his hand.
- A span of a hand is the distance between the thumb and the small finger.
- Notable comparison: Everything in the universe fits in the span of God’s hand.
- Isaiah 48:13
- Approximately 8 spans measure the height of a man.
- Notable comparison: How big is God if His right hand spans the universe? How greater is He than the natural order of things?
- You become fearless when you understand how big God is.
- Everything in the earth responds to what God said (because He made it).
- The Red Sea submitted to the authority of God.
- I Kings 8:27
- Acts 7:47-50
- Ephesians 3:20, KJV, AMP
- God is self-existent
© 2012 George Matthews Ministries