How God Made Something Out of Nothing

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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**The view of Creationism, or Intelligent

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God created you on purpose, and he will

the work he began in you.

Philippians 1:6 - Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Create (bara) = a special creative work from nothing that results in something

or renewed.

The Holy Spirit stirs our hearts,

us for the new God wants to do.

Genesis 1:2 – Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Psalm 51:10 – Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 90:4 – A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.

Day 1 - Day and Night / Day 4 - Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars.
Day 2 - Oceans and Sky / Day 5 - Fish and Birds
Day 3 - Dry land and Vegetation / Day 6 - Animal life

Genesis 1:3 – And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 1:11 – Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:24 – And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.

*God’s Word is the organizing, dynamic force that can transform chaos into something

and living. *

Genesis 1:26-27 – Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

You are the crown of God’s creation and by grace you can

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Psalm 8:5-6 – You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:

Genesis 1:28 – God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Question: What has God put in your heart for 2025?