2.  Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. (Psalm 90:2)  Go back to the beginning  Genesis is the battleground of faith in the Bible (in God) 2

3.  Genesis 1:1; John 1:1  Eternal God, Exodus 3:14-15; John 8:58  Wisdom is God’s eternal companion, Proverbs 8:22-26  The eternal God has an eternal plan that He fulfilled in His Son, Eph. 1:3-5, 11; 3:8-11  Redemption of sinners in Jesus Christ 3

4.  Material universe, Acts 4:24; 14:15; 17:24  With wisdom and power, Proverbs 8:27-31; Jeremiah 51:15  The Word, the Son of God, the Chief Cause, John 1:3; Revelation 3:14  God spoke and it was so, Psa. 148:1-5; 33:6-9  This is our faith, Hebrews 11:3 4

5.  Six-day creation, Gen. 1:31-2:2; Exo. 20:11  Theistic evolution and/or Progressive creation  Demands denial of the Bible:  Length of days  Sequence and content of the creative days  Life on earth was fully developed “in the beginning” 5

6.  Adam and Eve were real people  Made in God’s image  Made for God’s purposes, Eccl. 12:13; Isa. 45:9  God’s living arrangement, Genesis 2:18, 24 6

7.  Gender identity was established  Humans created male and female, Genesis 1:27  Creation and procreation, 1 Cor. 11:11-12 (Gen. 2:18-23)  “Intersex” condition: 0.1-1.7% of live births  Transgender: Internal notion of being male or female 7

8.  Marriage was given for male and female, Genesis 2:18, 24-25 (1:28); Mark 10:6  U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this past week on legalizing same-sex marriage  God ruled on this “in the beginning” Genesis 2:24-25; Hebrews 13:4 8

9.  There was no sin, Genesis 2:16-17 (James 1:13-14)  Sin destroyed life with God, Genesis 3:8, 11, 19, 22-24  Deliverance and life would come through the seed of woman, Genesis 3:15  Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Galatians 4:4  Jesus, the Son of God, Hebrews 2:14-15 9

10.  Without faith in the things of the beginning you will not prepare for His coming and the end of the world.  Are you ready for that day to come? 10