GOD THE CREATOR LESSON 2
Genesis 1:14-26
In verses 1-13, God formed the earth and set it on it\’s a axis and a distance from
the Sun. The earth was filled with plant life and fruit trees. Mountains, rivers and seas
were created in the first 3 days.
In this lesson, I want to focus on the process of the creation which heightens the
our understanding of the miracle of the creation.
DAY AND NIGHT ORDAINED
V:14. \” And 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:\”
A. According to this verse the earth on it\’s axis, was placed in an orbit around
the sun.
1. For there to be seasons, the earth orbits the sun once every 365 days.
2. The earth is tilted on it\’s axis at a 23 degree angle. and makes a
complete rotation every 24 hours, which gives us night and day.
3. As the earth rotates around the sun , certain parts are tilted closer or farther
away from the sun which is the reason for the seasons.
B. We have four seasons, summer, fall, winter and spring.
1. In the summer, the rotation on its axis places the earth closer to
the sun.
2. In the summer, the earth is tiled toward the sun therefore more heat.
3. In the winter, the earth is tilted away from the sun, therefore less
heat and colder temperatures.
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH LITE UP
V:15 \”And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.\”
A. Paul said, I was called up the third heaven
1. The first heaven is what we view when we look toward the sky.
V:16-19. \” 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.\”
A. In this forth day God created the moon and set it in a an orbit around the earth.
1. The moon has no light of it\’s own.
2. The moon reflects 3 to 12 percent of the light from the sun
3. God set the sun in its place and the earth in an orbit around it.
4. The moon orbits the earth every 27 days.
The earth orbits the sun every 365 days.
5. We get a full moon when the earth is located between the sun and the moon.
6. Therefore once every 27 day you will see a full moon.
B. God is so precise in His creation, that all the planets stay in their orbits and maintain
the same distance from the sun.
1. The sun is a ball of hydrogen and helium
a. The temperature of the sun at it\’s core is 27 million degrees
b. You can fit 1 million earths in the sun
2. God also created the stars which are located a much greater distance from
the earth than the sun.
3. The distance from the earth to the sun is call an astronomical unit which
is 97 million miles.
4. The distance from the earth to the nearest star is 268,770 astronomical units.
5. The stars maybe additional suns.
a. They are so far away that you can\’t see them in the daylight.
b. But at night, they are clearly seen as small lights in the sky.
LIFE IN THE WATERS AND THE SKY CREATED
V:20-23. \” And 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.\”
A. God reemphasize the levels of heaven.
1. The first heaven is the sky that is visible to us.
2. The second heaven is space where the angels reside.
3. Above the third heaven is God\’s throne.
B. God created animal in the waters in the sky first, on the fifth day.
1. Animals were created male and female after their own kind.
2. God made the animal dependant on themselves.
C. In every species of animals God create male and female so they could
reproduce themselves.
1. God ordained sex.
2. God\’s order is that we reproduce ourselves.
3. That cannot be accomplished in same sex relationships.
D. We must remember that the earth was first created void or empty.
1.Therefore in the sea, oceans and rivers, God created food
for all the creature that He created in the waters.
2. He also created nutrients for food to grow and strive.
ALL THE ANIMALS OF THE EARTH CREATED
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.
A. The second thing God did on the fifth day was to create all the animals that
walked on the surface of the earth.
1. God filled the earth with His abundance.
2. Everything living on earth is a blessing from God.
B. All the animals of the earth are naturally obedient to God\’s commands.
1. When you look outside, you can see the order that God created.
2. Every living tree, plant and grass respond to the seasons God created
with the orbit of the earth around the sun.
3. Every living organism and animal weather in the water, on land or in the
sky are obedient to God\’s command to be fruitful and multiply.
4. Since our environment obeys God, the more should we.
If you can believe this creation story, you should not have any trouble
believing every word of the Bible.
The creation story points to God unlimited power and total authority over
the universe that we live in.
The creation is an intelligent design by an all knowing God.
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Park Way North
Houston, Texas 77041
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