Creation - Genesis 1:1 - 2:3

Speaker: Rusty Kennedy
​Series: Bible Stories

Rusty's Notes

Enter the room in darkness

• Greece Trip

 
THE CREATION
GENESIS 1
1 In the beginning

• Trinity -
• Angels? Sons of God?
• Job 38:4-7 - 4 Where were you when I established the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
• Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
• What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone 7 while the morning stars sang together

and all the sons of God shouted for joy?[1] He not only gave us personality—minds to think with, emotions to feel with, and wills for making decisions—but He also gave us an inner spiritual nature that enables us to know Him and worship Him.[2]

• John 1:1-3 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.[3]
• John 1:14 -  The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.[4]
• Colossians 1:16-17 - For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him.
• He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.[5]

God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

• Blank slide

3 Then God said, “Let there be light,”

• One flashlight

and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

• Turn on the lights

 
5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

• Flashlight Slide
• Sistine Chapel Slide

6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.” 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.

• 2 Waters Slide

9 Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the water he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

• Earth Slide

11 Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so. 12 The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 Evening came and then morning: the third day.

• 3 Trees Slide

14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years. 15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night—as well as the stars. 17 God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, 18 to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.

• 4 Sun, Moon & Stars Slide

20 Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them: “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 23 Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

• 5 Creatures Slide

24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image;
he created him in the image of God;
he created them male and female.

• He not only gave us personality—minds to think with, emotions to feel with, and wills for making decisions—but He also gave us an inner spiritual nature that enables us to know Him and worship Him.[6]
• To be one with God, the Father, Jesus, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” 29 God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you, 30 for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

• 6 Adam and Wildlife

2 So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. 2 On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation.[7]

• God rested
• How can God be resting and yet still at work today
• Sovereignty

 
 

• Creation - Genesis 1-2:3
• - Day 1: Light/Darkness - Vanilla & Chocolate Ice Cream, Oreos, Ice Cream Sandwiches
• - Day 2: Sky & Water - Blue Gatorade or Blue Jello
• - Day 3: Dry Ground & Seed-Bearing Plants - Fruit Salad
• - Day 4: Sun, Moon & Stars - Chicken & Stars Soup - Star Food
• - Day 5: Birds & Sea Creatures - Goldfish, Shrimp, Fish Sticks
• - Day 6: Land Animals & Humans - Chick Fil-A Nuggets, Animal Crackers
• - Day 7: The Sabbath Rest - Served by adults

[1] Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Job 38:4–7.
[2] Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Basic, “Be” Commentary Series (Colorado Springs, CO: Chariot Victor Pub., 1998), 30.
[3] Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Jn 1:1–3.
[4] Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Jn 1:14.
[5] Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Col 1:16–17.
[6] Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Basic, “Be” Commentary Series (Colorado Springs, CO: Chariot Victor Pub., 1998), 30.
[7] Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Ge 1:1–2:3.