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Genesis 1:16 · BSB
1:16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
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…He formed a man from the dust. Now here's a Bible question for you. All right, don't answer it out loud. Don't spoil it. Up until this point, allGenesis chapter 1, the first 6 verses of Genesis chapter 2. How did God create? How did he create? What did he do? One, two, three, He spoke it. He spoke it. I…
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…we were created for in the first place. Let's take a look then after all of that. Sorry, that was a long intro, wasn't it? Let's take a look atGenesis chapter 1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. All right, that's where I'm going to stop today. I don't think I have. I mean, I'm…
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…us together into his glory in our eternal inheritance with Christ. It's as if in these 11 verses we have all of the story of Scripture fromGenesis chapter 1to Revelation chapter 22, all together right here. We have all of God's wisdom and insight. And we've touched on some of these things last Sunday…
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…minutes putting this in the perspective of God's grand story. That's what the Bible describes, God's grand story. And it begins with creation. InGenesis chapter 1, we read that God created everything, including human beings. In fact, human beings are God's highest creation. It's really the climax of creation.…
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…Verse 16, for by him all things were created. There you go, where did everything come from? Wow. Where did everything come from? John chapter 1,Genesis chapter 1. And I can't wait to study Genesis starting in January of 2021. Depending on when you're watching this, I thought I'd better put the year in there.…
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…is its creator. He is, if you like, the starting point of all that is. He is the origin of all that is. As the beginning of the Bible tells us inGenesis chapter 1, in the beginning was God. When all things started, God was already there. Now, every single one of us has a starting point. I don't mean, you…
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…very, very different way to understand things even though it has some similarities to the balloon imagery. And what I've done is I've put togetherGenesis chapter 1with basically a big part of the book of Ecclesiastes. And in the book of Ecclesiastes, which begins vanity of vanities in most translations, but…
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…the larger narrative, what's happening throughout the entirety of the scripture with this particular focus on the Old Testament, right? We see inGenesis chapter 1, God creates the world and then he rests. Things are good and they are completed, right? And intends to reign in this place with his people. We see…
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…no one is found? You might say, well, God is God. Can he just kind of do what he wants? I mean, certainly God can do that, he's capable. But sinceGenesis chapter 1, since the very beginning of the Bible, God has chosen to partner himself, partner himself with human beings. God wants to partner with humans to…
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…Lord. The voice of Yahweh. It signifies the power and the authority of the Lord. Think back to another poem at the very beginning of the Bible inGenesis chapter 1, the creation poem. In that poem, all that is seen and unseen comes into being because of the voice of the Lord. He speaks, and it comes into…
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…science and the Bible and our experience and in fact encourages science. Now, I've said before, and I'm not arguing against the literal reading ofGenesis chapter 1, but what I think is that the discussion between Christians and the world should have focused on texts like this where John chapter 1 where it…
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…we recognize that culture and the creation of culture is actually one of the main reasons that God put us here to begin with. If you look atGenesis chapter 1, very first page of the Bible, verses 27 to 29, we see what theologians refer to as the cultural mandate. And God here creates human beings. He…
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…you today is I want to encourage some of us that you are made in the image of God. That you are a child of God. I I love from the very beginning inGenesis chapter 1, the scripture tells us this. It says, Then God said, Let us make man in our own image after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish…
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…to remind you of the glory of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament and in the New and the way to take this in is to receive it. In the Old Testament,Genesis chapter 1, in the beginning, God created and John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, the creator is none other than Jesus who created all things which he means he…
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…to remind you of the glory of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament and in the New and the way to take this in is to receive it. In the Old Testament,Genesis chapter 1, in the beginning, God created and John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, the creator is none other than Jesus who created all things which he means he…
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…the universe. You want to see what that looks like? Go out into a boat on the Sea of Galilee where he stills the storm with words. Reminiscent ofGenesis chapter 1, where he brought into creation all that is with words. With words. Jesus challenges misperceptions about himself as a human being. He says, I'm…
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…would be well familiar with, and perhaps we're familiar with it as well. It goes right back to the beginning of the Bible. It goes right back toGenesis chapters 1, 2, and 3. God creates a good creation, a delightful creation, and crowns this creation with us, creatures created in his very own image, human…
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…themselves to you so that way you can come forth and be able to bear the image that God has called you to bear. Remember, the Bible tells us inGenesis chapter 1that God created us in his image to fulfill his purpose. Be patient, stand still, recognize that God is not done with you yet, recognize what the…
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…We messed up together. And that's what really made it home, those wonderful memories that we created. And it seems like that's what's happening inGenesis chapter 1, when God creates all of creation. The first three days, he's preparing these spaces, these places, for the creatures that he's going to create in…
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…that the family can just enjoy one another's presence. And um, I've argued this before, but I think it's really uh helpful to say that according toGenesis chapter 1, the first thing God makes is time. It's not the sun and the moon, it's light and dark, so that God creates time itself. And the rabbis say that in…
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