Gen 1:1-2-Sermon Revised

 

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

 Creation (35 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:35 in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept hidden since the creation of all things."

Matthew 25:34 "Then the King will say to those at His right, "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.

Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. 

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

Romans 8:19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Creation Date. The date of creation cannot be determined. The first Statement of the book of Genesis places the time in remote and Impenetrable antiquity. Creator. The writer of Genesis offers no proof of the existence Of Jehovah or of the fact that all things were made by Him. (Genesis 1:1,2; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-17; Hebrews 1:10; Hebrews 11:3). Light. The process of creation had probably been going on for Ages before light was created by the fiat of Jehovah (Genesis 1:1,3; 2 1 1 Corinthians 4:4). Days of Creation. The fact that the creative work had been going On for unnumbered ages, leads the reverent student to the conclusion That the "days" were ordinary periods of twenty-four hours each, and That each product of Almighty power was finished and appointed to its Sphere on its designated day. The phrase "evening and morning" occurs Six times in the first account of creation, and it cannot be understood Except in the light of the above statement. Order of Creation. Light, Firmament, Vegetation, Sun, moon, and stars, Water animals and fowls, Land animals, man--woman. Observe the steady march from the lower to the higher, from the Insensate to the intelligent, from the servitor to the sovereign. See The universe by God's hand touched to harmony; see the march of Creative power to its culmination in the making of the companion for Man, pure and innocent, the highest image of God, and hear the stars Sing together and the sons of God shout for joy over the completion of The mighty and glorious work! Smith's Bible Dictionary   The word create (bara) is used but three times in the first chapter of Genesis-- (1) as to the origin of matter; (2) as to the origin of life; (3) as to the origin of man's soul; and science has always failed to do any of these acts thus ascribed to God. All other things are said to be made .  The order of creation as given in Genesis is in close harmony with the order as revealed by geology, and the account there given, so long before the records of the rocks were read or the truth discoverable by man, is one of the strongest proofs that the Bible was inspired by God. --Ed.) ATS Bible Dictionary   Creation (1.) the act by which God calls into existence things not previously in being-material or spiritual, visible or invisible, Psalm 148:5 Revelation 4:11; (2.) the molding or reconstituting things, the elements of which previously existed; and (3.) the things thus "created and made," 2 Peter 3:4 Revelation 3:14 5:13. It is probably in the first of these senses the word "created" is to be understood in Genesis 1:1, though some understand it in the second sense. In either case the idea of the eternity of matter is to be rejected, as contrary to sound reason and to the teachings of Scripture, Proverbs 8:22-31 John 1:1-3 Hebrews 11:3. There are several modes of reconciling these geological discoveries with the statements of Scripture:  First, that the six days of Gen 1...1-31 denote six long epochs-periods of alternate progressive formation and revolution on the surface of the earth. To the Lord "a thousand years are as one day," Psalm 90:2,4 2 Peter 3:5-10 Revelation 20:1    Secondly, that the long epochs indicated in the geological structure of the globe occurred before the Bible account commences, or rather in the interval between the first and second verses of Genesis 1:1-31.  According to this interpretation, Genesis 1:2 describes the state of the earth at the close of the last revolution it experienced, preparatory to God's fitting it up for the abode of man as described in the verses following.  Thirdly, that God compressed the work of those untold ages into six short days, and created the world as he did Adam, in a state of maturity, embodying in its rocks and fossils those rudimental forms of animal and vegetable life which seem naturally to lead up to the existing forms. For science can but trace the continuity of sequences in all Nature, while in creation, in its primary sense, this law of continuity must be transcended, and the world viewed solely as product of Divine Intelligence, immanent in its evolution.  For God is the Absolute Reason, always immanent in the developing universe. Apart from the cosmogonic attempts at the beginning of Genesis, which are clearly religious and ethical in scope and character, the Old Testament furnishes no theoretic account of the manner and order in which creative process is carried on. 4. The Genesis Cosmogony: The early chapters of Genesis were, of course, not given to reveal the truths of physical science, but they recognize creation as marked by order, continuity, law, plastic power of productiveness in the different kingdoms, unity of the world and progressive advance. The Genesis cosmogony teaches a process of becoming, as well as a creation   Creation is certainly not disproved by evolution, which does not explain the origin of the homogeneous stuff itself, and does not account for the beginning of motion within it. Easton's Bible Dictionary   "In the beginning" God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing. This creative act on the part of God was absolutely free, and for infinitely wise reasons. The cause of all things exists only in the will of God. The work of creation is attributed (1) to the Godhead (Genesis 1:1, 26); (2) to the Father (1 Corinthians 8:6); (3) to the Son (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16, 17); (4) to the Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:2; Job 26:13; Psalm 104:30). The fact that he is the Creator distinguishes Jehovah as the true God (Isaiah 37:16; 40:12, 13; 54:5; Psalm 96:5; Jeremiah 10:11, 12). The one great end in the work of creation is the manifestation of the glory of the Creator (Colossians 1:16; Revelation 4:11; Romans 11:36). God's works, equally with God's word, are a revelation from him; and between the teachings of the one and those of the other, when rightly understood, there can be no contradiction.   Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary   1. (n.) The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. 2. (n.) That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. 3. (n.) The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. Strong's Hebrew 1278. beriah -- a creation, thing created ... << 1277, 1278. beriah. 1279 >>. a creation, thing created. Transliteration: beriah Phonetic Spelling: (ber-ee-aw') Short Definition: thing. ... /hebrew/1278.htm - 6k 7075. qinyan -- something gotten or acquired, acquisition ... From qanah; creation, ie (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth -- getting, goods, X with money, riches, substance. see HEBREW qanah. ... /hebrew/7075.htm - 6k