Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday, December 16, 2012

Eph 5:18, “Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a waste of life, but be filled with the Spirit.”

The Book of Proverbs Chapter 3 Prov 3:19-20 Creation vs. Evolution

The Holy Spirit’s Role in the Restoration of Earth and Creation of Life.

Col 1:16, “For by Him (Jesus Christ) all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.”

Gen 1:2, “the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” Moving = RACHAPH “To hover over, cherish, or brood over.” Deut 32:11

Deut 32:11, “Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, he spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.”

The Spirit was guarding and protecting the earth as God was about to hatch new life on earth.

Then beginning in Gen 1:3, at the Word of Christ He molds it into the predesigned form according to God the Father’s plan.

Qal Jussive commands = The agent producing the action is the third member of the Trinity, God the Holy Spirit, who brings about the desired result.

What the Holy Spirit did for the earth in restoration, He does for the individual in regeneration.

Like the ruined primitive earth, man under spiritual death is enshrouded in darkness, 2 Cor 4:3-4.

2 Cor 4:3-4, “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

Only the regenerating ministry of God the Holy Spirit can bring life through relationship with God. John 3:5; Titus 3:5

Titus 3:5, “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.”

Salvation brings the believer out of darkness into light, Luke 1:79; 1 Peter 2:9, just as the earth was brought out of darkness into light by the Holy Spirit.

Gen 1:4, “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

To resolve the angelic conflict, man must always have the opportunity to choose between the Kingdom of Darkness and the Kingdom of Light.

Psa 33:6, “By the word of the LORD (YHWH) the heavens were made, and by the breath (RUACH) of His mouth all their host.”

Psa 104:30, “You send forth Your Spirit (RUACH), they are created; and You renew the face of the ground.”

In Job 33:4, Elihu bears witness of the Holy Spirit in creation. “The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

Grace Offering Heb 13:15, “Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, December 16, 2012 Tape # Proverbs Chapter 3 Creation vs. Evolution, Part 9 Creation, Chaos and Restoration, Pt 5 Prov 3:19-20; Gen 1:1-31; Deut 32:4 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012