B 4. God Created and Cares for His World

Introduction Creed = A statement telling what we believe

1. Apostles to give a brief summary of the main Bible teachings.

2. Nicene to defend the teaching that Jesus is true God.

3. Athanasian defend the teachings of the Triune God.

God Created All Things

Read Gen 1:1-2 p. 1 From Nothing

Read Gen 1:5 & 8 In six normal days

So that everything was perfect Gen 1:31 “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” So that everything was perfect

When has departure from the normal reproductive cycle ever been advantageous to life? Ore. Kitten = 6/19/05. Deformation, suffering is good for evolutionary progress?? All was created perfect and good.

Evolution = All things came into being by chance, developing from lower to higher forms.

Time Creation Evolution 6 days 4-6 billions of yrs.

Flood creation 2400 BC 4000 BC 2010 AD Big Bang 20 billion yrs ago 4.6 billion 3 billion 3 million

Method Creation Evolution God’s word Lower to higher forms

When has departure from the normal reproductive cycle ever been advantageous to life? Ore. Kitten = 6/19/05

Man Creation Evolution “image of God” A higher animal

Purpose Creation Evolution To glorify God No special purpose

Respons- ibility Creation Evolution To God Only to oneself

What about the scientific evidence?

Like the fossils of evolutionary cross-over? The missing links

According to kind! 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.” So God created every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.

According to kind And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.”

What about the scientific evidence? The Bible says the links will always be missing! They don’t exist! They’re not being observed now!

The scientific evidence of one species evolving into another does not exist!

... so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3 says: By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, ... so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

God Gave Mankind Special Blessings

Gen 1:26 “God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…’” 1. The image of God (holiness and wisdom)

…is like a holy mirror, perfectly reflecting God’s will and wisdom. The image of God…   …is like a holy mirror, perfectly reflecting God’s will and wisdom.

“Humans” Matter + life + bodies + souls Matter + life + bodies (animals) Matter + life (plants) Matter (sun, moon, stars)

2. Authority over creation Read: Gen 1:27-28 “So God created man in his own image… God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over every living creature… 2. Authority over creation

Gen 1:27-28 “So God created man in his own image… God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over every living creature…

Marriage and sex is God’s idea, God’s gift. Gen 2 19) The Lord brought all the animals to the man, to see what he would name them… 20) But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21) So God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and took one of the man’s ribs. 22) Then God made a woman from the rib, and He brought her to the man. Marriage and sex is God’s idea, God’s gift.

Marriage and sex is God’s idea, God’s gift. Gen 2 22) God brought her to the man. 23) And the man said, “She shall be called ‘woman’ for she was taken out of man. 24) For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. 25) The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Marriage and sex is God’s idea, God’s gift.

3. Marriage, home & family 4) “Haven’t you read,” Jesus replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ 5) and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6) So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.” (Matt 19)

4. Opportunity to serve God

God Cares for His World providence

1. He gives all his creatures what they need for life. Matthew 5:45 1. He gives all his creatures what they need for life.

God’s Care for His World [water to wine; feeding 5,000] Read: Psalm 145:15 -- by miracles... --by natural means

And God also shows extra care… 2. He gives special care to his believers

What are those spirit beings? -- Through his good angels.

-- He make all thing work out for our good. Romans 8:28 -- He make all thing work out for our good.

How Will We Respond to God for all this? Read 1 Cor 10:31 p. 1135 1. We will admit he does this out of grace (undeserved love). 2. We’ll trust him as Maker and Preserver (Vs. worry)

3. We’ll thank, serve and obey him. 4. We’ll tell others about about our gracious Lord.