Sermon Notes from God is....Creator
God
is…….Creator
Genesis
1 & Selected Verses
Introduction: A.W. Tozer writes, “What comes into our
minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. And the
second is what we think God thinks of us.”
Intro:
David
Letterman, late night talk show host, popularized what he called a top 10
list. Letterman, through humor, was able
to create these lists as commentary on politics, Hollywood or current news
headlines. This morning, I would like you to create a top 10 list about who God
is. List the ten most important things
about Him.
God
is Creator in the Past (Genesis 1)
·
Vs. 1-God (Elohim) (Father, Son, Holy
Spirit) created the heavens and earth.
o
The Bible begins with a clear statement
that God made everything. He is the subject of all the things created.
o
When—“in the beginning” People disagree on
when this is, but for our purposes today, may we agree that did it.
o
Think for a moment about all that God
created.
o
Preschool Hide N Seek Class, what did God
make?
§ Stars,
Fish, Eagle, oceans, mountains, Grand Canyon, animals, flowers, plants, people
o
There are a number of elements common to
the creation day units:
§ (1)“and
God said” (Vs. 3,6,9,11, 14,20, 24,26)
§ (2)“let
there be”-With His Words alone, God spoke
§ (3)“and
it was so”-and it happened
§ (4)“God
called”
§ (5)“and
God saw that it was good” (Vs. 10, 12, 18, 21, 25) What God creates is good.
§ (6)“and
there was evening, and there was morning—the —— day.”[2]
o
On
days one through three, God formed
the heavens and the earth. And on days four through six, he filled the heavens and the earth with
inhabitants. Follow the pattern through:
On
the first day, God created light and separated it from darkness (1:3–5).
On the second day,
he formed the sky—the “expanse,” or “firmament” (1:6–8).
On the third day, he formed the dry
land and all its vegetation (1:9–13).
On the fourth day,
God filled the sky with sun, moon, and stars (1:14–19).
On the fifth day,
he filled the waters with fish, sea creatures, sky with birds (1:20–23).
On the sixth day,
he filled the land with mammals, reptiles, and man (1:24–31).[3]
·
Vs. 27-Only humans are created in the
image of God
·
Vs. 31-It was very good!
God
is Creator in the Present (Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 5:17)
·
Not only does God create in the past, but
He continues to create in the present.
·
2 Corinthians 5:17-We are a new creation
o
Already in this letter Paul has depicted
conversion as a creatorial act of God,[4]
o
Quote from Alvin Reid from Sharing Jesus Without
Freaking Out “Jesus Christ didn’t come to make bad people good, but to make
dead people live!”
o
This is no mere mending or improvement but
an actual “creation.” This word means the act of creating and is then applied
also to what the act creates. A Creator is implied, and we may take him to be
God or the Holy Spirit. “Creation” leads us to think of what God did when he
created the world. The two acts are comparable.[5]
o
Adam-head of the old creation, and Christ
is the Head of the new creation.
·
Philippians 1:6-What God starts, He will
finish
o
personal confidence: God began the good
work of salvation in me, and he will
complete that good work in me. Of
course, the good work of God includes
God’s work of salvation in the individual.[6] If
this is true about me personally, it is also true about others in the family of
God too.
o
It was a good work because God began it,
it was His work, and He will finish it. Lenski writes it attributes all of it
to God alone,
o
the
work God does for us—salvation; the
work God does in us—sanctification; the
work God does through us—service.[7]
·
2 Corinthians 3:18-We are being
transformed
o
Greek word- mĕtamŏrphŏō, where we get our English word, metamorphosis—change,
transfigure, transform.[8]
o
As we behold the Lord’s glory, we are
transformed
o
More like Jesus. How? Comes from the Lord,
who is the Spirit.
God
is Creator in the Future (Revelation 21:1-5)
·
Revelation 21:1-5
o
Vs. 1-New Heaven and New Earth
§ What
do you think happens to the earth at the end of time? Many have believed it to be completely burned
up. However, as I read Scripture, I don’t
see a destruction but a restoration.
§ In
the light of the qualitative nature of the contrast between “new” creation and
“first” creation, it is likely that the meaning is to connote a radically
changed cosmos, involving not merely ethical renovation but transformation of
the fundamental cosmic structure[9]
§ the
new cosmos will be an identifiable counterpart to the old cosmos and a renewal
of it, just as the body will be raised without losing its former identity[10]
§ The
heaven of God and the new heaven and new earth created for men shall be joined,
The final consummation of all God’s plans in the creation of the world has been
reached.[11]
o
Vs. 3-Dwelling of God is with men, His
People
§ the dwelling
(‘tabernacle’) of God is with men.
The word ‘tabernacle’ cannot here signify a temporary dwelling (‘tent’), for it
refers to God’s very presence[12]
§ the
most important thing about the city is that God dwells there with His people. [13]
o
Vs. 4-Recreate what was broken by the Fall
§ No
death, No pain, No disease, No sin
o
Vs. 5-I am making everything new!
Because
God is, you are
·
A
Masterpiece-“For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)
·
Saved-“For
it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and
this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can
boast.” (Ephesians 2:8:9)
·
Sealed-“Now
it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He
anointed us, 22 set
his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a
deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
[1]
Mathews, K. A. (1996). Genesis 1-11:26 (Vol. 1A, p. 127).
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
[3]
Strassner, K. (2009). Opening up Genesis (pp. 20–21).
Leominster: Day One Publications.
[4]
Harris, M. J. (2005). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians: a commentary on the
Greek text (p. 432). Grand Rapids, MI; Milton Keynes,
UK: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.; Paternoster Press.
[5]
Lenski, R. C. H. (1963). The interpretation of St. Paul’s First and Second epistle to
the Corinthians (p. 1039). Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg
Publishing House.
[6]
Hansen, G. W. (2009). The Letter to the Philippians (p.
50). Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Company.
[7]
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary
(Vol. 2, p. 65). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
[8] Strong,
J. (2009). A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and
The Hebrew Bible (Vol. 1, p. 47). Bellingham, WA:
Logos Bible Software.
[9]
Beale, G. K. (1999). The book of Revelation: a commentary on the Greek text
(p. 1040). Grand Rapids, MI; Carlisle, Cumbria: W.B. Eerdmans; Paternoster
Press.
[10]
Beale, G. K. (1999). The book of Revelation: a commentary on the Greek text
(p. 1040). Grand Rapids, MI; Carlisle, Cumbria: W.B. Eerdmans; Paternoster
Press.
[11]
Lenski, R. C. H. (1935). The interpretation of St. John’s Revelation
(p. 619). Columbus, OH: Lutheran Book Concern.
[12]
Morris, L. (1987). Revelation: an introduction and commentary
(Vol. 20, p. 233). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
[13]
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary
(Vol. 2, p. 622). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
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