Genesis – The Book Of Beginnings



Divine Design

Isaiah 45:18 (NKJV) For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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Introduction

The Creation Account is brief = Chapter one with 31 verses and the first 7 verses of Chapter 2 (38 verses in all) tell the story of creation of the universe, the heavens, the earth, the plants, the animals, and man!

However, without the Creation Account, our understanding of the Bible would be impoverished even jeopardized.

If there is anything the world does not need today is for the church to compromise, question, or deny the Biblical account of Creation of man.

The world needs to hear us declare with the Psalmist, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made!”

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1. Divine Design In The Order Of Creation

Day 1 - Light ………………………………Genesis 1: 3 - 5

Day 2 - Heavens……………………………Genesis 1: 6-8

Day 3 - Earth, Vegetation………………….Genesis 1: 9-13

Day 4 - Luminaries, (sun, moon, stars)…….Genesis 1: 14-19

Day 5 - Fish, Birds…………………………Genesis 1: 20-23

Day 6 - Land Animals, Man………………Genesis 1: 24-31

Day 7 - Rest, the Sabbath………………….Genesis 2: 1-3

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2. Divine Design In The Events Of Creation

A. Announcement: “And God said”

B. Command: “let there be / let it bring forth”

C. Report: “and it was good”

D. Evaluation: “And God saw that it was good”

E. Conclusion: “the evening and the morning…”

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3. Divine Design In Mankind

A. Man Was Designed With Dominion

1) Dominion Over Plants & Animals

Genesis 1:26 (NKJV) Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Psalm 8:3 – 9 (NKJV)

3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

7 All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field,

8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

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2) Dominion Over Self a) Mind b) Will

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B. Man Was Designed With Desire

Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being (soul in KJV).

1) It’s not the dust (dirt) that makes us special – but the breath (spirit) of

God within us…..

1 Corinthians 15:39 (NKJV) All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

2) Unlike the other animals, God “breathed” life into man

Ecclesiastes 3:21 (NKJV) Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

3) God breathed His Spirit Into man.

Job 27:3 (NKJV) As long as my breath is in me, And the breath (Spirit) of God in my nostrils,

Proverbs 20:27 (NKJV) The spirit of a man is the lamp (candle) of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

3) Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit

I Thessalonians 5:23 (NKJV) Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

4) Something Down Inside Cries Out To A Higher Power

• Animals don’t have it – But Man Does!

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C. Man Was Designed With Destiny

1) God Created Man To Be Blessed

• God did not design us so that He would have someone to take out His anger on.

• God did not create Man to get even with Satan for his rebellion and fall form glory.

• God designed man to be blessed!

2) God Created Man To Have Fellowship With Him.

• There is no indication of God’s interaction with the created animals

• God brought the animals to Adam for him to name them

• But God walked and talked with Adam and Eve

3) God Created Man To Live In Relationship With Him.

God made the Garden in Eden for that purpose

Man destroyed the process (we’ll talk about that next week)

4) The Intended Destiny Of Man Is Still To Be With God

a) Before He left this earth, Jesus said in John 14:2 & 3

John 14:2-3 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

b) Our Destiny is not to die and fail to exist, but to pass form mortal to

immortal and be in the presence of God!

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Evolutionist Deny this relationship:

• Life has No purpose;

• No Meaning;

• No Destiny

Modern Secular Humanist Deny this relationship:

• Man is his own boss;

• Man is his own hope;

• Man must save himself from himself and the world, etc.

Kingdom Now Theology comes from Secular Humanism

• Heaven or Hell is Now - No eternal relationship with God

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We Live In A World With No Destiny

1. We have a generation that has lost sight of it’s destiny.

2. They have lost belief in Heaven and Hell

3. They have believed the world’s system that says we are “here for the now”

4. They believe the universe will eventually burn out and the vacuum of space will swallow up any evidence that man ever existed.

5. They believe we will fade into nothing, as nothing, from nothing.

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NO DESTINY….

1. No wonder we have kids killing themselves or walking into schools with guns and bombs to kill other kids.

2. No wonder we have teenagers and young women getting pregnant and then go to a doctor who extracts the fetal tissue with NO DESTINY and tosses it into a garbage can.

3. No wonder we live in a nation void of conscious and lacking in moral integrity.

4. Government, Education, and the Media have sold our generation the idea that we are nothing more than an accident of nature with death being the end.

5. So, we can make or break the rules, do our own thing, Do what feels good…

6. There are no eternal consequences to face…

7. Do anything just as long as you don’t get caught…

NO DESTINY……………………JUST DEATH!

BUT in the spirit realm, as created beings with the spirit of God within us:

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• But The Psalmist Said:

Psalm 139:13 & 14 (NKJV)

13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

• No Wonder Job Declared in Job 19:26

Job 19:25 & 26 (NKJV)

25 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

• We May Not Totally Understand, BUT

1 John 3:2 (NKJV) Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Divine Design

Isaiah 45:18 (NKJV)

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38 verses tell the story of creation of the universe

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1. Divine Design In The Order Of Creation

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Day 1 - Light ………………………………Genesis 1: 3 - 5

Day 2 - Heavens……………………………Genesis 1: 6-8

Day 3 - Earth, Vegetation………………….Genesis 1: 9-13

Day 4 - Luminaries, (sun, moon, stars)…….Genesis 1: 14-19

Day 5 - Fish, Birds…………………………Genesis 1: 20-23

Day 6 - Land Animals, Man………………Genesis 1: 24-31

Day 7 - Rest, the Sabbath………………….Genesis 2: 1-3

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2. Divine Design In The Events Of Creation

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Announcement: “And God said”

Command: “let there be / let it bring forth”

Report: “and it was good”

Evaluation: “And God saw that it was good”

Conclusion: “the evening and the morning…”

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3. Divine Design In Mankind

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A. Man Was Designed With Dominion

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1) Dominion Over Plants & Animals Genesis 1:26; Psalm 8:3 – 9

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2) Dominion Over Self

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B. Man Was Designed With Desire

Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:39; Ecclesiastes 3:21; Job 27:3;

Proverbs 20:27;

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Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit I Thessalonians 5:23

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C. Man Was Designed With Destiny

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God Created Man To Be Blessed

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God Created Man To Have Fellowship With Him.

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God Created Man To Live In Relationship With Him.

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The Intended Destiny Of Man Is Still To Be With God John 14:2-3

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We Live In A World With No Destiny

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Psalm 139:13 & 14 (NKJV)

Job 19:25 & 26 (NKJV)

1 John 3:2 (NKJV)

Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)

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