The fear of… God thee father is the beginning of your understanding… Believe that GOD is watching us? How God took me to next step… NTTF experience… Make groups Boys vs. Girls Face book page Whatsapp group Personal closeness to God Pray with tremendous faith Be Judgmental Everyone is beautiful GTF is watching us, your obedience…to honesty Every week competition Boys vs. Girls (each and Everyone) Singing Reading Drawing Memorising Scripture Reading out loud PPT Find a verse from a book, chapter, Question on, Last week portion GOD! Realistic God… Who is GOD? GOD is usually defined as, having the form of a spirit without any human biological gender, .i.e. the Catechism of the Catholic Church #239 specifically states that… "GOD is neither man nor woman, … He is GOD" The Scripture makes it clear that GOD is not the personal Father of all humankind, but… He is the Father only to those who believe in him! Can we describe the qualities of GOD? We cannot summarise as He is so vast, because He can create the COMPLETE UNIVERSE! And tiny Nuclear which when blasted can blowout, COMPLETE UNIVERSE … Only to name a few of GOD's characteristics, as… Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence. Omni in Latin, means ‘All.' Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence Omnipotence means All-powerful. GOD has supreme power. This means GOD can do what he wants, He is not subject to physical limitations like man, GOD's power is unlimited, meaning it’s limitless. Omniscience means All-knowing. GOD is all-knowing, In the sense that he is aware of the past, present, and future of You and All. He knows everything, even you are thinking. Now! Omnipresence means All-present. This term means that GOD is present everywhere at the same time. Even near you, Now! GOD THEE FATHER … and humans! GOD is addressed as the Father, because of his active interest in human affairs, in the way that a father would take an interest in his children who are dependent on him, The intimate relationship a father has to his children is experienced only by those who believe in Him as Father. GOD thee Father is the Supreme designer. While, Jesus is His Child! He uses creation as much FOR HIS PURPOSE and DESIGN but provision is given to each of HIS CREATION to enjoy WITHIN its LIMITS. “Repent/ Naham /sub... Wrath of GOD eg Pythagoras theorem Meaning of Wrath “strong unforgiving anger for your evil doing” GOD also spoke to man in Genesis Chapter 1 verses 28… 28 And GOD blessed them, and GOD said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that is upon the earth. How many of us are bothered till now, to care for His Creation? His Creation? GOD's creation of the EARTH and everything in it… As described in the Book of Genesis 1, commencing in this way: “In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the Earth. It is NOT MAN MADE THINGS LIKE… NUCLEAR BOMB, PLASTICS, metals, cement and buildings, machinery, vehicles, bridges, roads, solar energy etc Wrath of GOD He warns us of the consequences of disobedience. Everything else He said came about as He directed. Man should also have also followed the direction of GOD's Words. The wrath of GOD has fallen on hard times. In today’s world, any thought of GOD’s wrath upsets our modern sentiments. As it’s too intolerant. We live in a day where we have set ourselves as the judge and GOD’s character is on trial. “How can hell be just?” “Why does GOD always seem so angry?” Right thinking is MIND is needed about the Doctrine of GOD’s wrath. It is needed for motivation for Christian living, fuel for proper Our worship! GOD’s wrath is His love in action against sin. This is counter-intuitive, but hear me fully... GOD IS LOVE! that’s why you and I are alive! TILL DATE. Therefore, GOD rules the world in such a way that it is just This means that, GOD must act impartially and judge sin (i.e. respond with wrath) otherwise GOD would not be GOD. Admittedly, GOD’s love is just, a most serious reality for many and not good news for sinners. It is after all, “A fearful thing to fall into the hands of the loving GOD” Repentance Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of GOD is at hand: repent ye, and believe the good news. Matthew 4:17 From Luke 15:7 Luke 5:32 that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. I say to you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. GOD of OT. vs GOD of NT It has become common for many to argue that the GOD of the Old Testament is a Moral friend .i.e. Always advising us not to sin. In fact, GOD’s wrath is said to be in perfect accord with GOD’s justice. “If you say, ‘Behold, we did not know this,’ Does not, He who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will He not repay you according to YOUR work?” GOD’s wrath, is directly proportional to human SINFULNESS… While GOD’s wrath, inversely proportional to human REPENTANCE GOD’s wrath is pleased by Christ. How? Here we have the ultimate good news: “Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners” How? Who are Sinners? Refer, Exodus 20 verses 1 to 17… …nor serve them: for I the LORD thy GOD am a vengeful GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (Exodus 20 : 5) Till Jesus came People assumed that, for Grand Parents SINS, grand children had to bear it without any Option!... But, Jesus gave a new perspective to this commandment, by explaining despite the fact that We, are the Children of third and fourth generation of Sinners we still have hope if we Repent from our OWN ways, And NOT TO FOLLOW OUR GRANDPARENTS! Why are we suffering then? 2I am the LORD thy GOD, which have brought thee out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou 4… 5… shalt have no other GODs before me. for I the LORD thy GOD am a Vengeful GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; This Cycle repeats, again and again…Forever! Are we able to CONTROL OUR SENSES?! …and Repent What is Repentance? Real repentance is an inner change of heart that produces the fruits of new behavior. Performing differently, from your existing lifestyle. Speaking differently, from your existing lifestyle. and living differently (these are the fruits) are the to be expected outward result of being made completely different on the inside (that’s repentance). What is true repentance? When Jesus said “Repent,” He was talking about a change of heart toward sin, the world, and GOD; An inner change that gives rise to new ways of living that praises GOD. It is a desire to change your mind to turn away from your sins and take a new path that pleases GOD. We cannot be praying as many Children pray, “Lord, change my Parents/Brother/Sister… so that our life will be better.” No, we must be praying, “Lord, start with me and change me.” Change will NOT take place unless we are willing for it to begin with ourselves. Now tell me, Is this true Repentance? We live in a cycle of sinning and confessing? Is this true repentance? Can those who often sin and do not truly repent be qualified to enter the Kingdom of GOD? I’d like to recommend some selected Bible verses about repentance and related content, helping your thoughts… GOD’s wrath is consistent in both… the Old and New Testaments. It is common to think of the Old Testament GOD as harsh, and wrath-filled, While the GOD of the New Testament as kind, patient, and loving. Neither of these portraits are representative of Scripture’s wrath of GOD. We find immensely fearful descriptions of the wrath of GOD in both the Old and the New Testament. Here are just a few examples: …nor serve them: for I the LORD thy GOD am a vengeful GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (Exodus 20 : 5) And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.(Matthew3:10) “GOD must act justly and judge sin, otherwise GOD would not be GOD.” Objective (Towards the end of the class the students should know the following) God is the Creator of all things. Genesis tells that a personal, all-knowing, all-powerful God created everything that exists! Genesis tells us that we are, one human family going back to Adam and Eve, and made in the divine image. That person over there that you are thinking of as less than human is actually your cousin. We are all related to each other, What if we took the teaching of Genesis seriously in the area of international relations and conflict resolution? I think if we saw ourselves as one family with each person made in God’s image we would be more prone to work it out and slower to resort to BACK violence. Knowledge Required to understand the present class (Summary of the GTF in few lines) GTF is thee light! This light comes from a source other than the sun—the sun isn’t created until Day 4. God is all-powerful and can create things simply by talking them into existence. God created everything in just six days, and then he rested God commands the first people to be fruitful and multiply, and to have dominion over everything on the earth. BACK The Content (with various sub-topics – the details will vary for each class) GTF is... Loving, Independent, Mighty, Great Designer, Graciousness, Exists beyond time The final standard of good, God cannot change, NEXT The Content (with various sub-topics – the details will vary for each class) Free-Will Disobedience Blame Why Punishment and suffering Offering Jealousy... BACK A verse to remember “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” BACK Reflection about today’s concept BACK Concept applicable for society BACK Questions to Reflect (personally as well as a group) BACK A short prayer for the students BACK BACK O L d T E S T A M E N t Reflection and Synthesis Mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. God formed man of the dust of the ground God planted a garden eastward in Eden God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads Objective The tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Remember The BIBLE is a LIBRARY of 66 Books. 5 books of Law 12 books of History 5 books of Poetry 5 books of Major Prophets 12 books of Minor Prophets What is The Bible? The written "covenants" between God and the people, as contained in the "Old Testament" and/or the "New Testament" The Bible is the account of GOD’s action in this world, and his purpose with all creation from past 6000 years? An authorized collection of scriptures (WRITING). We usually think this as one "book"; but it is really a whole "library," a compilation of many different books of various literary generations . The word comes from the Greek τὰ βιβλία (ta biblia), which is a plural word meaning "books“ Actually, one should always ask, "Whose Bible?" - because the Jewish Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Protestant Bible, and other "Bibles" are significantly different from each other (containing 24, 66, 73, or more books. The writing of the Bible took place over sixteen centuries and is the work of over forty human authors. It is quite an amazing collection of 73 books with very different styles, all containing the message GOD desired us to have. Testaments a Formal agreement" (Hebrew berith, Greek diatheke, Latin testamentum) between two parties, with obligations on each side and consequences for breaking the agreement. "Testament" is later also used to refer to the written "covenants" between God and the people, as contained in the "Old Testament" and/or the "New Testament“ A useful guide for the reader to move between flat history and absolute faith but with EVIDENCE... Genesis I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. Creation & Fall of man (1–5) Noah, Flood & Babel (6-10) Tower of Babel (11) Abraham (12-25) Isaac (25-27) Jacob (27-36) Joseph (37-50) What is the purpose of Genesis? The purpose of Genesis is to teach us a new golden rule: “We all are GOD's children.” YHWH alone, is worthy of their worship and faithfulness. The creation narrative explains that YHWH is not just any GOD, but is Our Creator. Even from the first moments of the existence of the universe, YHWH was in control and had a plan for humanity as a whole and specifically for YOU. The Book of Genesis The book of Genesis is GOD’s book of beginnings. Not found anywhere else! It was written by Moses probable while he was in the wilderness. It covers over half the history of the OT from the creation roughly from about 4000 BC to 1700 BC. This first book found in our Bible is its very important because it is the foundation on which all future books rely upon. It is the only reliable book that we have that teaches us the origin of the heavens and earth and all the life that can’t be found any book anywhere in the world. It mainly records the history of one family, one race and one nation(Children of God). The main theme of Genesis is Human need for release from sin. Let’s read Genesis 4:1-16 together. Write down any questions or comments you have as we go. Genesis CHAPTERs 1 to 11 The first part of Genesis (ch1 to ch11) tells about creation and the human race up to the time of Abraham. Everything GOD created was GOOD! but the first two human beings, Adam and Eve, disobeyed and brought evil into the world. People became so sinful that GOD decided to send a flood to kill everyone except a man named Noah and his family. He and his Family worshiped GOD, and so GOD told them to build a large boat to save themselves and a few of each kind of animals and birds. After the flood, people again spread out over the earth, and most of them stopped worshiping GOD. Genesis CHAPTERs 12-50 The rest of the book of Genesis (Ch 12-50) contains the story of Abram and his family. GOD also changed Abram's name to Abraham and the name of Abram's wife Sarai to Sarah. Abraham and his wife Sarah had no children, but GOD promised that they would have a child. Abraham and Sarah moved to Canaan, the land that GOD had promised to give their descendants. Abraham and Sarah had a son, Isaac when they were very old. Isaac later had two sons, Jacob and Esau. As the book concludes, Jacob's twelve sons and their families are living in Egypt. One of these brothers, Joseph, had become the governor of Egypt. Old Testament KJV BIBLE Book Genesis Chapters Verses 50 1,533 Words 38,262 CHAPTER 1 Scriptural Reference 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis CHAPTER 1 Summary The name "Genesis" comes from a Greek word meaning "beginning.“ This is a book of beginnings because it talks about of the beginning of the Universe, the beginning of the Vegetation, Land and Sea animals, the beginning Human race, that is … YOU GOD Commands the Creation Gen 1:1 First of all, GOD made Heaven and Earth out of nothing. The earth had no shape and was empty. Darkness covered the water on the earth and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. GOD Commands the Creation All that is in the world, the universe and all things in it were created directly by GOD out of His formal authorization. 1:3 “And GOD said, “Let there be light: and there was light.” And God said ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. Light on the first day! From where? This light comes from a source other than the sun—As the sun isn’t created, yet. Then, How? God is all-powerful and can create things simply by speaking them into existence. It cannot be the light that we are familiar with, the light emanating from the sun and the stars. Is this “Hidden Light Now” Too pure? for the current state of the universe, God has concealed it for a future, more deserving world? God separated the light from the darkness. . He called the light DAY and the darkness, He called NIGHT. This was the first day of the creation. GOD is the Author and Originator of Light Genesis 1:2-3 The light was made before either the sun or moon was created, therefore we must point that to the Creator. Light is in fact an attribute of GOD and GOD’s handiwork and that which could only belong to GOD GOD is always the source of this light but… Mankind, before his new birth, always walks in darkness… Only after REPENTING…He finds this LIGHT! & HEAVEN Scriptural Reference And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Then God made a Firmament (space)… between the waters on earth and the waters of the heavens. God called the space Sky. This was the second day of the creation. Creator of Life Genesis 1:20-23 Though, the waters existed prior to the creating the life and it had been already divided So that the creatures could have a place to live and multiply, both land and Water creatures. Firmament Heaven Genesis 1:8 “And GOD called the Firmament Heaven . And the evening and the morning were the second day.” The firmament apparently is what is called, Second Heaven and is the region of the air and all that is above us from the land where we walk (Atmosphere!) Why were the waters divided? God saw it was all good. This then was the third day of the creation. GTF is Thee Creator of All Life Gen 1:10-13 Note, The food for both man and beast and fowl had to be created first, so as to sustain them… Day 3 The text appears to show that GOD created the earth in a mature state because the herbs were already yielding seed and the trees were already bearing fruits Then why do scientists date the earth 3.7 billion years old? Sinful mankind always attempts, unsuccessfully, to explain away GOD. From the text we do know that it’s only by the power of GOD’s word that He made the earth to be fruitful and to already be bearing fruit and seed. He didn’t have to wait for them to mature and come to seed or to bear fruit. Scriptural Reference 14 And fourth day. God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Two great lights Gen 1:16 Weren’t these “Great lights” already made before verse 16? What is the “lesser light” that is to rule the night? These are the sun and the moon, and here, GOD speaks as how a man would judge by his eye because the sufficiency of the light rules by day (the greater light) as instruments appointed for the purpose of mankind. The lesser light which was made to rule the night is the moon and naturally “the stars also.” Lights for Seasons ?? Then God spoke again and He created the sun to give light in the day and the moon to give light in the evening. He also made all the stars. This was the fourth day of the creation. Scriptural Reference 20 And fifth day God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature That moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. And God made every kind of bird to fill the sky and fly all over the earth. This was the fifth day of the creation. Scriptural Reference sixth day 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. sixth day 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Finally God made man and woman in His image and likeness. He gave them to rule over all of His creation. They were to take care of all the animals and the plants and flowers. God saw that all He had made was very good. This was the sixth day of the creation... GOD Creates Man in His Own Image Gen 1:26-28 Why does Moses write that GOD said “Let’s make man in our image? What does it mean to be in the image of GOD since GOD is Spirit? Why were humans created after His own likeness and what does this likeness mean? GOD created us in, HIS righteousness and true holiness. We are originally, before the fall into Sin, are in “the likeness of GOD in true righteousness and holiness.” When a person is born again after Holy Communion, there is a “new self, created after the likeness of GOD in true righteousness and holiness” Are we LIVING like what we were created? Eve made from Adam’s rib, why RIB? Was GOD was a taking something from Adam, because he took a rib from Adam? An excellent reply, a story about a thief breaking into her house, taking a silver pot and leaving behind a gold pot instead. Are you still expressing envy at such a take away? Reply, “Was it not, then, a splendid thing for the first man when a single rib was lost, taken from him and a full woman to care for him for life was supplied instead?” … “What GOD hath joined together let not man separate.” Matthew 19:6 “And GOD blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply” Genesis 1:22 How could GOD tell the creatures to “be fruitful and to multiply” unless He had created them with that productiveness? That is, it is by the virtue of His spoken word that He gave the ability to His creatures to reproduce. GOD never commands what He first does not enable. Are we Multiplying or killing? Now do we understand why we are suffering? Creation was GOOD The simple truth of the creation story is that GOD is the author of creation. GOD was very pleased with his creation. Six times throughout the process of creating, GOD stopped, On final inspection of all that he had made, GOD regarded it as "very good” This is a great time to remind ourselves that we are part of GOD's creation and we are very good. Does It Matter That GOD Called HIS Creation "Very Good"? Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 25 As we look at the first five days of creation in Genesis, the phrase “And GOD saw that it was good” is repeated up four times… And at the end of the sixth day we read, GOD saw all that he had made, and it was very good (Genesis 1:31). In this entire creation, from the smallest subatomic particles to the largest galaxies spinning in space, everything works exactly as HE planned, except...HUMANS! IS THAT THE REASON FOR OUR SUFFERING? On the seventh day, GTF rested. GOD THEE FATHER, still LOVES YOU! One of the most important themes of Genesis is GOD's love for humans and his involvement in our lives even today. Otherwise, How will your… Heart beats exactly 72 times per minute only to maintain pressure required to circulate about 5.6 liters of blood. This 5.6 liters of blood circulates through Our body three times every minute. In one day, the blood travels a total of 19,000 km, that is, You can Travel to USA and come travel back by 30% (13595 km is the distance from India to USA) We usually breathe about 12-20 times per minute meaning, inhales and exhales about 7 or 8 liters of air per minute. That totals about 11,000 liters of air per day. WHO THOUGHT YOU…Otherwise? Water tank GOD’s purpose for man (Genesis 1:26-31). Man was created by GOD to rule over His creation: Then GOD said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” And GOD created man in His own image, in the image of GOD He created him; male and female He created them. And GOD blessed them; and GOD said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then GOD said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; “What's in a NATURE?…” Gen1:28 And GOD blessed them. And GOD said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply Was it a necessary for blessing them to be able to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth?” GOD blessed who exactly? Was it the creatures or mankind or both? As we are interdependent! Original intent for His creation Here we find the first hint of GOD’s original intent for his creation. The purpose of GOD’s creation is… Perform according to specification or SUFFER! AS ALL OTHER CREATIONS ARE PERFORMING! According what they are made for… After their kind??? Genesis 1… Can you understand the IMPACT? Otherwise! GOD declares what He has created as “good” but what does it mean that everything was created “after their kind?” Otherwise, the fish would have given birth to the fowls as both have beginning on the same day!? The fish and fowls had both one beginning, in which we see that nature gives place to GOD’s will, in that the one sort is made to fly about in the air, and the other to swim beneath in the water. Man and Women were also created with a Purpose! I have given you every herb bearing seed, to you it shall be for food Gen1:29 Does this mean “every herb” that GOD gave for mankind should be consumed and NOT MEAT? Next, What about marijuana and poppy seeds which can be made into heroine or the plant from which cocaine can be made? He said “every bearing herb seed…and every tree in which is the fruit of a yielding seed” is to eat. Perhaps these now-illegal substances did not exist until after the ground was cursed (Gen 3:17) and only came to be after the curse like the thorns and thistles (Gen 3:18) but is Planting them again and again, ONLY AFTER NOAH FLOOD? Conclusion of The Creation Finally; we see that GOD breathed into man the breath of life so GOD is the Author of OUR LIFE. Mankind creation is declared as fact and is contrary to the moleculesto-man theory that continuously changes, just like the recent scientific community’s shift away from the Big Bang Theory. The Bible Though it does contain some scientific facts…it is a book about how to get salvation and this only one way to get there… The Bible is not necessarily a science book ITS about SALVATION for there is no other OPTION given under heaven among men, whereby we, CAN BE/MUST BE SAVED. Biblical creationism identifies God. Our culture today is confused over the meaning of the word GOD. In today’s culture, God could mean a set of moral standards, or an idea, or the universe itself, on an individual such as …, or even each individual himself. I seldom use the word GOD, because it has lost its meaning. Instead I use the word GTF. Generally people understand this word and concept. The first verse of the Bible identifies who God is. He is the Creator, not an idea, not a moral standard, etc.; He is the Creator. All of Scripture agrees and supports that point. The second point is that creation identifies man. Man is not just a body, a stack of chemicals, as it were, which arrived by natural processes. Yes, man does have a body, but he also has a mind and a spirit (Genesis 1:26-27 says, ‘And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: Man is in the personality image of the Creator. The third point is that creation is the basis of the Gospel. Man was created perfect, but in Genesis 3 we have the account of the Fall. Man was tempted to substitute his own autonomous truth standard for the Creator’s absolute. Up until the Fall, the Creator’s Word was the test and standard for truth. The Creator said, ‘Don’t eat this fruit.’ As a result, death came into the universe. Death is abnormal. Man was not created to die. Moral values learned from Genesis In the Beginning, God , there was only God Respect your Creator God Means “What He Says” The Beginning of everything is from God, except EVIL Man has Free will, so God has the right to hold FOR OUR moral standard. Human Beings and Their Soul Lessons From the Fall 1. God’s Word is the Standard 2. Sin Is Our Problem, its costly. Disobedience always carries with it pain and disappointment. 3. Regret does not erase the penalty of sin, Repentance has 4. Suffering Is Because of Our Sin 5. Our Solution Is Repentance 6. The desire to please others can be painfully costly. 7. The penalty for sin cannot be avoided by blaming others. Biblical Evidence for Age of the Earth When the Bible speaks about a topic, it is the supreme authority. Thus, what the Bible has to say about the age of the Earth carries great significance. The Bible never specifies a date for creation, but the creation accounts in Genesis provide some guidance. The genealogies and the length of the creation days play key roles in any biblical assessment of Earth’s age. The genealogies place a hard constraint that Adam and Eve appeared no more recently than 6,000 years ago. Biblical Evidence for Age of the Earth? Creation 4004 BC Curse 4004 BC (Day 10 after creation) Global Flood 2348 BC Tower Babel 2242 BC Egypt began After 2242 BC but prior to Abraham going to Egypt (Genesis 12) Call of Abraham 1922 BC Time of the Judges (Moses was first) 1491 BC (God appearing to Moses in the burning bush) Time of the Kings (Saul was the first) 1095 BC Split kingdom 975 BC Christ was born ~4 BC Ten Remarkable Facts About Our Planet When God created the Earth, He “saw all that He had made, and it was very good” (Gen 1: 31, NIV). Then the Creator gave this amazing planet over to mankind’s stewardship, and so it is incumbent for us as Christians to wisely use the resources God has given to us. Earth Day is a time to think about conservation and proper stewardship of God’s creation. In anticipation of the upcoming 47th Earth Day, here are 10 fascinating facts about our amazing planet. The Earth is an organism that reflects the creative power of God. It burns energy, regulates temperature, renews its skin, and undergoes age-related changes to its surface over time. The world’s largest tropical rainforest is the biodiverse Amazon rainforest, home to one-third of Earth’s land species and one in ten known species on the planet. There are about 3 trillion trees on Earth, or 422 trees per person. Earth’s core holds enough gold to cover the entire surface of the planet in 1.5 feet of the shimmering mineral. The number of water molecules in just 10 regular-sized drops of water is equal to all the stars in the known universe. Over 68 percent of Earth’s fresh water is frozen in permanent ice such as glaciers and ice caps. Scientists estimate that if all the ice in Antarctica were to melt, sea levels would rise about 200 feet. Only .0003 percent of the Earth’s water is fit for human use, and 20 percent of the planet’s unfrozen freshwater is found in Russia’s Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake in the world. Speaking of Earth’s record holders: -Largest rock: 2,352-foot-high Mount Augustus in the Australian Outback, which can be seen from almost 100 miles away. -Longest known cave system: 390-mile-long Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. However, scientists believe it may actually be over 600 miles long. -Tallest waterfall: Angel Falls, equal in height to a 300-story building at 3,212 feet high. -Tallest known tree: “Hyperion,” a redwood tree in a California forest, twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty at 379 feet high. -Largest living structure: Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven wonders of the natural world and comprised of over 3,000 individual reef systems, coral cays, and sun-drenched tropical islands. -Hottest temperature ever recorded: 136 degrees F in El Azizia, Libya in 1922. -Coldest temperature ever recorded: minus 128 degrees F in Antarctica’s Vostok Station. 9. Not only is Earth the densest planet in the Solar System, it’s the only planet not named after a Greek or Roman god. The name “Earth” comes from the Old English word eorthe for “ground” and the Old High Germanic word erda, which means “soil.” 10. The Earth travels through space at 67,000 mph. This means that you’re 67,000 miles farther away than you were an hour ago. Think of that the next time you feel like there's nothing happening in your life! With your family… Read the Bible with your children Share your personal experiences Hold yourself accountable for your life style! God thee father covenant Intelligent design (ID) Intelligent design (ID) is a scientific argument for the existence of God, presented by its advocate as "an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins". First, Without millions and billions of years, Evolutionary history it completely falls apart. Here are just a few of many credible evidences from various branches of science that tell of a world much younger than evolutionists claim. Evidence 1 Geology: Radiocarbon in Diamonds Far from proving evolution, carbon-14 dating actually provides some of the strongest evidence for creation and a young earth. Radiocarbon (carbon-14) cannot remain naturally in substances for millions of years because it decays relatively rapidly. For this reason, it can only be used to obtain “ages” in the range of tens of thousands of years. Scientists from the RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth) project examined diamonds that evolutionists consider to be 1–2 billion years old and related to the earth’s early history. Diamonds are the hardest known substance and extremely resistant to contamination through chemical exchange. Yet the RATE scientists discovered significant detectable levels of radiocarbon in these diamonds, dating them at around 55,000 years—a far cry from the evolutionary billions! Evidence 2 Astronomy: Downturn of the Moon The gravitational pull of the moon creates a “tidal bulge” on earth that causes the moon to spiral outwards very slowly. Because of this effect, the moon would have been closer to the earth in the past. Based on gravitational forces and the current rate of recession, we can calculate how much the moon has moved away over time. If the earth is only 6,000 years old, there’s no problem, because in that time the moon would have only moved about 800 feet (250 m). But most astronomy books teach that the moon is over four billion years old, which poses a major dilemma— In less than 1.5 billion years ago the moon would have been touching the earth! Evidence 3 Geology: Earth’s Decaying Magnetic Field Like other planets, the earth has a magnetic field that is decaying quite rapidly. We are now able to measure the rate at which the magnetic energy is being depleted and develop models to explain the data. Secular scientists invented a “dynamo model” of the earth’s core to explain how the field could have lasted over such a long period of time, but this model fails to adequately explain the data for the rapid decay and the rapid reversals that it has undergone in the past However, the creationist model (based on the Genesis Flood) effectively and simply explains the data in regard to the earth’s magnetic field, providing striking evidence that the earth is only thousands of years old—and not billions. Evidence Anthropology: Human Population Growth It’s amazing4what basic mathematics can show us about the age of the earth. We can calculate the years of human existence with the population doubling every 150 years (a very conservative figure) to get an estimate of what the world’s population should be after any given period of time. A biblical age of the earth (about 6,000 years) is consistent with the numbers yielded by such a calculation. In contrast, even a conservative evolutionary age of 50,000 years comes out to a staggering, impossibly high figure of 10 to the 99th power—greater than the number of atoms in the universe! World population is 7.7 billion as of August 2019 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometers. Clearly, the claim that humans have inhabited the earth for tens of thousands of years is meaningless! Evidence 5 Geology: Tightly Folded Rock Strata When solid rock is bent, it normally cracks and breaks. Rock can only bend without fracturing when it is softened by extreme heating (which causes re-crystalization) or when the sediments have not yet fully hardened. There are numerous locations around the world where we observe massive sections of strata that have been tightly folded, without evidence of the sediments being heated. This is a major problem for evolutionists who believe these rock layers were laid down gradually over vast eons of time, forming the geologic record. However, it makes perfect sense to creationists who believe these layers were formed rapidly in the global, catastrophic Flood described in Genesis. Does the age of the earth really matter? While each of these evidences reveals reasons why the earth cannot be billions of years old, the real issue is not the age of the earth. Instead, the real issue is authority. God’s dependable Word must be our ultimate authority, not the unstable foundation of human reasoning. Are we trying to fit our interpretations of the world (e.g., evolution) into Scripture, or will we simply let God speak for Himself through His Word? If we can’t trust the first chapters of Genesis, Design in the Human Body Electrical design in the human body The nervous system is composed of two parts: the central nervous system, which is the control centre comprising the brain and the spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, which consists of nerves connecting other parts of the body to the control centre. Via a combination of electrical and chemical processes, the nervous system is used to control the functioning of the entire human body. Electrical design in the human body The basic building block of the nervous system is the nerve cell, called a neuron. The brain itself consists primarily of neurons. Under a microscope a neuron looks like an octopus with many tentacles. A neuron can transmit an electrical impulse to the next neuron. The network of electrical impulses enables us to receive information from the physical world and then send it to our brains, and vice versa. Without the neuron circuits our bodies would completely shut down, like turning off the power supply to a city. Electrical design in the human body SCIENTISTS INHERENTLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS BUILT ACCORDING TO AN ELECTRICAL DESIGN. Electrical design in the human body In the last century, our society’s dependence on electricity and all the devices associated with it has grown phenomenally. How many of us can really imagine what it would be like without electricity? Yet, electricity and devices which harness it have been around since the beginning of creation! Six Evidences of a Young Earth Without millions and billions of years, evolutionary history completely falls apart. Here are just a few of many credible evidences from various branches of science that tell of a world much younger than evolutionists claim. Evidence 1 Geology: Radiocarbon in Diamonds Far from proving evolution, carbon-14 dating actually provides some of the strongest evidence for creation and a young earth. Radiocarbon (carbon-14) cannot remain naturally in substances for millions of years because it decays relatively rapidly. For this reason, it can only be used to obtain “ages” in the range of tens of thousands of years. Scientists from the RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth) project examined diamonds that evolutionists consider to be 1–2 billion years old and related to the earth’s early history. Diamonds are the hardest known substance and extremely resistant to contamination through chemical exchange. Yet the RATE scientists discovered significant detectable levels of radiocarbon in these diamonds, dating them at around 55,000 years—a far cry from the evolutionary billions! Evidence 2 Astronomy: Recession of the Moon The gravitational pull of the moon creates a “tidal bulge” on earth that causes the moon to spiral outwards very slowly. Because of this effect, the moon would have been closer to the earth in the past. Based on gravitational forces and the current rate of recession, we can calculate how much the moon has moved away over time. If the earth is only 6,000 years old, there’s no problem, because in that time the moon would have only moved about 800 feet (250 m). But most astronomy books teach that the moon is over four billion years old, which poses a major dilemma— less than 1.5 billion years ago the moon would have been touching the earth! Evidence 3 Geology: Earth’s Decaying Magnetic Field Like other planets, the earth has a magnetic field that is decaying quite rapidly. We are now able to measure the rate at which the magnetic energy is being depleted and develop models to explain the data. Secular scientists invented a “dynamo model” of the earth’s core to explain how the field could have lasted over such a long period of time, but this model fails to adequately explain the data for the rapid decay and the rapid reversals that it has undergone in the past. (It also cannot account for the magnetic fields of other planets, such as Neptune and Mercury.) However, the creationist model (based on the Genesis Flood) effectively and simply explains the data in regard to the earth’s magnetic field, providing striking evidence that the earth is only thousands of years old—and not billions. Evidence 4 Biology: Dinosaur Soft Tissue In recent years, there have been many findings of “wondrously preserved” biological materials in supposedly ancient rock layers and fossils. One such discovery that has left evolutionists scrambling is a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex femur with flexible connective tissue, branching blood vessels, and even intact cells! According to evolutionists, these dinosaur tissues are more than 65 million years old, but laboratory studies have shown that there is no known way—and likely none possible—for biological material to last more than thousands of years. Could it be that evolutionists are completely wrong about how recently these dinosaurs lived? Evidence 5 Anthropology: Human Population Growth It’s amazing what basic mathematics can show us about the age of the earth. We can calculate the years of human existence with the population doubling every 150 years (a very conservative figure) to get an estimate of what the world’s population should be after any give period of time. A biblical age of the earth (about 6,000 years) is consistent with the numbers yielded by such calculation. In contrast, even a conservative evolutionary age of 50,000 years comes out to a staggering, impossibly high figure of 10 to the 99th power—greater than the number of atoms in the universe! Clearly, the claim that humans have inhabited the earth for tens of thousands of years is absurd! Evidence 6 Geology: Tightly Folded Rock Strata When solid rock is bent, it normally cracks and breaks. Rock can only bend without fracturing when it is softened by extreme heating (which causes re-crystalization) or when the sediments have not yet fully hardened. There are numerous locations around the world (including the famous Grand Canyon) where we observe massive sections of strata that have been tightly folded, without evidence of the sediments being heated. This is a major problem for evolutionists who believe these rock layers were laid down gradually over vast eons of time, forming the geologic record. However, it makes perfect sense to creationists who believe these layers were formed rapidly in the global, catastrophic Flood described in Genesis. What is Sun Moon and Stars? The sun is a huge ball of hot, glowing gases. Its the only star in our solar system. The hottest part of the sun is its center or the core. Lets learn about our Solar System. Stars shine because they are extremely hot (which is why fire gives off light — because it is hot). The source of their energy is nuclear reactions going on deep inside the stars. In most stars, like our sun, hydrogen is being converted into helium, a process which gives off energy that heats the star. Glorious by design God exists and is the Intelligent designer of the world. The world (either the whole cosmos or just the life on earth) shows evidence of a scientific nature that suggests it was intelligently designed. Human Body Created By God Cells & Tissue Skeletal System Integumentary System (Skin) Cardiovascular System (Heart) Respiratory System (Lungs) Digestive System Urinary System Hearing Ear & The Seeing Eye Definitions Of Life Much is known about life from points of view reflected in the various biological, or “life,” sciences. These include anatomy (the study of form at the visible level), ultra structure (the study of form at the microscopic level), physiology (the study of function), molecular biology and biochemistry (the study of form and function at chemical levels), ecology (the study of the relations of organisms with their environments), taxonomy (the naming, identifying, and classifying of organisms), ethnology (the study of animalbehaviour), and sociobiology (the study of social behaviour). Specific sciences that participate in the study of life focus more narrowly on certain taxa or levels of observation— e.g., botany (the study of plants), lichenology (the study of lichens, leafy or crusty individuals composed of permanent associations Life BIOLOGY Life, living matter and, as such, matter that shows certain attributes that include responsiveness, growth, metabolism, energy transformation, and reproduction. As far as is known, life exists only on Earth. Most life-forms reside in a thin sphere that extends about 23 km (14 miles) from 3 km (2 miles) beneath the bottom of the ocean to the top of the troposphere (lower atmosphere); the relative thickness is comparable to a coat of paint on a rubber ball. An estimated 10–30 million distinguishable species currently inhabit this sphere of life, or biosphere. Life comprises individuals, living beings, assignable to groups (taxa). Each individual is composed of one or more minimal living units, called cells, and is capable of transformation of carbon-based and other compounds(metabolism), growth, and participation in reproductive acts.