Covenant Series # 1 God’s Plan in Creation

God’s Plan in Creation A. The Challenge to God’s Word 1 & 2 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. John 5:24

God’s Plan in Creation A. The Challenge to God’s Word 1 & 2 But you do not have His word abiding in you, because Him whom He sent, Him you do not believe. John 5:38

God’s Plan in Creation A. The Challenge to God’s Word 1 & 2 Jesus said, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.” John 8:31

God’s Plan in Creation A. The Challenge to God’s Word 1 & 2 Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 Quoting Deuteronomy 8:3

God’s Plan in Creation A. The Challenge to God’s Word 1 & 2 You seek to kill Me because My word has no place in you. John 8:37 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. John 8:43

God’s Plan in Creation A. The Challenge to God’s Word 1 & 2 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him – the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. John 12:48

God’s Plan in Creation B. New Testament Confirmation of Genesis 1-11 1 & 2 B. New Testament Confirmation of Genesis 1-11 Dr. Harold Wilmington writes: “Our Lord began His ministry and ended it by quoting from the O.T. ... It is estimated that over 10% of His recorded words were taken from the O.T.. Every single O.T. Book is either directly or indirectly referred to in the N.T..”

I. To Reveal His Own Glory God’s Plan in Creation 1 & 2 I. To Reveal His Own Glory A. His Power B. His Beauty 1. Physical 2. Moral 3. Righteousness

God’s Plan in Creation II. To Receive Worship 1 & 2 II. To Receive Worship A. Worship Must be from a Free Will B. Moral Creatures Must be Tested

2:9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

2:15-17 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat it you shall surely die.”

Covenant Series # 1 God’s Plan in Creation