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2. Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion

3. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  The story of how all things have their “beginnings”  Important to know this story & tell it to our children & grandchildren because of the prevailing theories of evolution and a culture growing more godless by the day Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

4. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  The Spirit of God was present 1:2  The Son of God was also there 1:26a cp. Jn 1:1-3, 14 Col 1:16  The Scripture plainly teaches the Godhead (Deity) was present before anything was created Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

5. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  All creation came into existence by God’s spoken word 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24  Other passages (O.T. & N.T.) emphasize the power of His word re: creation Psa 33:6, 9 148:3-5 Heb 11:3 2 Pet 3:3-7 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

6. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  At each “creative stage,” God saw His work as “good” 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25  When everything was completed, God saw all He had made as “very good” 1:31 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

7. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories  The general theory of evolution is refuted if we pay careful attention to the “limitations” God placed upon each species of creation  They would only grow or produce “…after their kind” 1:11-12, 21, 24-25 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

8. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories  The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted  Stated, it is the theory that millions / billions of years (“ages”) are between each “day”  Therefore, they are not 6 literal 24-hour days  The basis for “Theistic Evolution” Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

9. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories  The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted  It struggles with 1:11-13 and 1:14-19  Plants cannot survive millions or billions of years without sunlight Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

10. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2 Refuting Some False Theories  The “Day Age Theory” can also be refuted  Bible believers have no problem accepting 6 literal 24-hour days Ex 20:11 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

11. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  God made man “in His own image” 1:27  Male & female with eternal characteristics and abilities to think, reason, behave morally (Different from animal life)  God “fashioned” man from the dust of the ground 2:7a 3:19 cp. Eccl. 12:7 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

12. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  God “breathed” into man’s nostrils and he became a “living soul” (being) 2:7b  This proves the truthfulness of Jas 2:26a  God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

13. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things  Other creation was “spoken” into existence  Verbs describe man’s creation  Man was “formed”…God “breathed” 2:7  God “took” a rib & “built” woman 2:21-22 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

14. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  God’s creation of man seems to differ from how He made all other living things  Other creation was “spoken” into existence  Verbs describe man’s creation  Might all this indicate man’s superiority over all other creation? Psa 8:3-6 cp. Heb 2:5-8 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

15. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  God completes His creative work 2:1-3  All was done in 6 days…He rested on Day 7  Biblical reasons for 4th Commandment –  God’s rest at creation Ex 20:8-11  God’s deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage Deut 5:12-15 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

16. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  Other creative “details” 2:4-9  Information on the creation of Eden, the “garden home” for man God planted in the East v. 8  Emphasis seems to be on the growth & cultivation of the plants, not their creation Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

17. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  Other creative “details” 2:4-9  The lack of 2 things needed for plants to grow & be cultivated was rectified vv. 5-8 Ê Rain Ë Man to cultivate Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

18. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  God’s first command to man 2:15  Man was to be busy…he was to work  An abiding principle was thus established 1 Thess 4:11-12 2 Thess 3:6-14  Man also given a “test” in Eden 2:16-17  Would man with free will obey God? Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

19. The Story Of Creation Gen 1-2  Man also given a “test” in Eden 2:16-17  Obedience would grant him continued freedom throughout the garden…the ability to “eat freely” of any tree  Disobedience would bring certain death Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

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