1. #1
Genesis 1:1
Prelude to the Promise:
Creation

8. Imagine → Faith in God = Trouble

9. Imagine Logic
No God → No War
No Bible → No God

10. Imagine living in this world?

13. Passage #1 – Genesis 1:1 SEVEN PASSAGES
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

14. If Genesis is the foundational book of the Bible, then Genesis 1:1 is the foundational passage of the Bible.

15. If a person really believes Genesis 1:1, he will not find it difficult to believe anything else recorded in the Bible. - Dr. Henry Morris The Genesis Record

16. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Atheism
There is no God
Genesis 1:1 – God created the heavens and earth

17. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Pantheism
Nature is God
Genesis 1:1 – God is separate from creation

18. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Polytheism
Many gods
Genesis 1:1 – Only one God created the world

19. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Materialism
All is matter and has always been
Genesis 1:1 – Matter began when God created it

20. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Dualism
Two powers at work
Genesis 1:1 – Only God has power to create

21. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Humanism
Man is the ultimate reality
Genesis 1:1 – God is ultimate reality because He is eternal

22. 7 Human Philosophies Refuted by Genesis 1:1
Evolution
Time/change/eternal matter = world
Genesis 1:1 – Beginning (time) – God (not man) - created (not evolved)

23. 7 More Refuted Naturalism Determinism Deism Pragmatism Agnosticism
Monism
Determinism
Pragmatism
Nihilism

24. Genesis – The Words
God – “ELOHIM”

25. Genesis – The Words
God – “ELOHIM”
Created

26. Genesis – The Words
God – “ELOHIM”
Created
Heaven

27. Genesis – The Words
God – “ELOHIM”
Created
Heaven
Earth

28. In the beginning Genesis – The Words God – “ELOHIM” Created Heaven
Earth
In the beginning

29. The first act of the first day of creation was the bringing forth the building blocks of the universe, Time – Space – Matter

30. Genesis 1:1 – Modern Scientific English
“The transcendent, omnipotent Godhead called into existence the time, space, matter universe.”

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