INTRODUCTION
THE WORD “GENESIS”
“BEGINNING!”
BEGINNING OF: Creation, life, man, woman,
marriage, family, sin, suffering, death, culture,
industry, government, Israel etc.
WHY STUDY GENESIS?
1. GENESIS GIVES US ANSWERS TO LIFE’S QUESTIONS
2. GENESIS INTRODUCES US TO GOD
3. GENESIS HELPS US ESTABLISH A RIGHT WORLD VIEW
4. GENESIS IS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING ELSE IN
THE BIBLE
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GENESIS!
• GENESIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INFORMATIVE BOOKS IN
THE BIBLE
• GENESIS HAS THREE MAJOR LOCATIONS: THE FERTLE
CRESEANT, ISRAEL AND EGYPT
• GENESIS HAS SEVEN MAJOR CHARCTERS: GOD, ADAM,
NOAH, ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB AND JOSEPH
• GENESIS HAS FOUR GREAT EVENTS: CREATION, FALL OF
MAN, FLOOD, NATIONS
• THEME: CHOOSING A NATION THROUGH WHICH TO SEND
A REDEEMER
GENESIS UNDER ATTACK!
GENESIS IS THE MOST
ATTACKED BOOK OF
THE BIBLE BECAUSE:
1. IT ESTABLISHES THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
2. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD ESTABLISHES GOD AS THE
CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
3. THE CREATION ACTS OF GOD ESTABLISH GOD AS THE
AUTHORITY OVER HIS WORLD
4. THE AUTHORITY OF GOD ESTABLISHES MAN’S
ACCOUNTABILITY TO GOD!
WHO’S RIGHT ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF
THE UNIVERSE: THE BIBLE OR SCIENCE?
THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN
GOD’S WORLD AND GOD’S WORD!
TRUE SCIENCE, GUIDED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, WILL
ALWAYS LINE UP PERFECTLY WITH GOD’S WORD, BECAUSE
THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE AND GOD’S WORD BOTH HAVE
THE SAME AUTHOR!
JUST SUPPOSE…
SUPPOSE THERE IS NO BOOK OF
SUPPOSE THERE IS NO CREATION ACCOUNT…
SUPPOSE THERE IS NO GOD…
MAN IS LEFT TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING WITHOUT GOD!
THE PROBLEM: LIFE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE WITHOUT
GOD!
THE FIRST VERSE IN THE BIBLE:
I. “IN THE BEGINNING, GOD…”
“IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED” MEANS:
GOD EXISTED BEFORE THE BEGINNING!
GOD IS ETERNAL
GOD NEVER HAD A BEGINNING
YESTERDAY: HE WAS
TODAY: HE IS
TOMORROW: HE ALWAYS WILL BE
MEET YOUR MAKER!
MR. JOHN DOE, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:
ELOHIM! - (Gen. 1)
THE TRIUNE GOD
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT
II. IN THE BEGINNING, GOD…”
THE GOD WHO EXISTED BEFORE THE BEGINNING WAS ALSO
ACTIVE BEFORE THE BEGINNING:
BEFORE GENESIS: GOD WAS PLANNING AND PREPARING
FOR WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BEGINNING!
GOD’S PLAN OF WISDOM WAS SET INTO PLACE:
“We speak God’s wisdom… which God determined before
the world was in place.”
I Corinthians 2:7
BEFORE GENESIS:
GOD PLANNED TO SEND HIS SON AS
THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD!
“…the Book of Life of the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world.”
Rev. 13:8
BEFORE GENESIS:
BEFORE GENESIS:
GOD ESTABLISHED BELIEVERS IN CHRIST!
“…He chose us in Him (Christ) before the
foundation of the world.”
Ephesians 1:4
On a balcony of space stepped a pure and holy God
In awesome solitude He stood alone
Not one faint star to give Him light; just endless
darkness, it was blackest night
But somehow in the darkness He could see
He saw mountains high and lofty, He saw valleys lush
and green
He saw babbling brooks, and wildflowers grow, He
even heard a robin sing
Then He felt a strange compassion, as close to love
as pain could be
Standing out there in His tomorrow, He saw me!
He saw me, in His likeness, He saw me, just like Him
Pure, clean and holy, spotless, white within!
Then He saw me bound in heavy chains, and longed
to set me free
But He knew if I became like Him, then He must
become like me.
III. “IN THE BEGINNING, GOD
CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE
EARTH!”
“The world was made by Him and without Him was not
anything made that was made….” Jn. 1:2
“For by Him, all things were created both in the heavens and
on earth…all things have been created by Him.” Co. 1:16
“God…has spoken to us by His Son…by Whom he made the
world….” Heb. 1:2
SIGNIFICANCE FOR US TODAY:
1. GOD IS…!
SIGNIFICANCE FOR US TODAY:
2. GOD IS AND THEREFORE, GOD CREATED!
“THE HEAVENS ARE DECLARING THE GLORY (the existence) OF
GOD AND THEIR EXPANSE DECLARES THE WORK OF HIS
HANDS.” Psalm 19:1
SIGNIFICANCE FOR US TODAY:
3. SINCE GOD IS, AND SINCE GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH –
THEN NOTHING THAT I FACE IN MY LIFE IMPOSSIBLE WITH
GOD!
“…for nothing will be impossible with God.” -Luke 1:37
SIGNIFICANCE FOR US TODAY:
4. SINCE GOD IS, AND SINCE GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH, HE IS STILL INVOLVED IN HIS CREATION
TODAY, AND THEREFORE, I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY!
(THEO-CENTRIC!)
“He has made known to us the mystery of His will…suitable to
the fullness of time…summing up all things in Christ, things in
the heavens and things upon earth…” Eph. 1:9,10
SIGNIFICANCE FOR US TODAY:
5. SINCE GOD IS, AND SINCE GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, LIFE
ONLY MAKES SENSE WHEN
YOU INCLUDE GOD!