1. God Preserves His Fallen Creation Lesson 3

2. My Creator Preserves (takes care of provides for) Me. Genesis 8:22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Usually by natural means but …

3. My Creator Preserves Me. 1 Kings 17:1-16… I have ordered the ravens to feed you there…The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening…there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16) For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD Usually by natural means but … he may also use miracles.

4. My Creator Preserves Me. Psalm 91:11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. He uses his holy angels (messengers) to watch over me.

5. My Creator Preserves Me. Psalm 91:10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. *Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. He either –keeps harm from me –or makes it work out for my good.

6. My Creator Preserves Me. Psalm 130:3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? 1 John 4:8b God is love. Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all- -how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? He gives me what I need –not because I deserve it but –out of grace –because I am his child.

7. My Creator Preserves Me. 1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. I have no need to worry or complain but I have good reason to thank and serve my gracious heavenly Father in everything I do.

8. Why do I sin against my loving God? Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness… 1.Man was first created in the image of God (holy and perfect).

9. Why do I sin against my loving God? How was God’s creation ruined? (Cf. question 166 in the Catechism) 2.The image of God was lost when Adam and Eve fell into sin.

10. Why do I sin against my loving God? Who tempted Adam and Eve? (Cf. question 167 in the Catechism) 3.The one who tempted mankind to sin was the devil.

11. The Devil is Our and God’s Enemy Devil = Satan = Temptation = liar, slanderer enemy, adversary the devil’s attempts to get us to doubt or disobey God.

12. The Devil is Our and God’s Enemy Where did the Devil come from? 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment. Revelation 12:9 The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. The Devil was a good angel who sinned against God with many other angels who are sometimes called demons.

13. The Devil is Our and God’s Enemy What is the Devil’s Purpose? *1 Peter 5:8 Be self- controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. The Devil seeks to lead us away from Jesus and to destroy our faith.

14. Why do I sin against my loving God? Genesis 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. John 3:5-6 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 4. 4.All people are now born sinful and are condemned to death. Our sinful nature is called Original Sin Or Inherited Sin

15. How Can I be Saved from Sin? Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." *1 John 3:8 He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. Acts 16:31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household." 1. 1.God promised sinful man a Savior from sin. 2. 2.God sent his Son to destroy the devil’s power. 3. 3.By trusting in Jesus Christ I am saved from sin because he is my Savior.

16. I Love God My Heavenly Father He created me. He preserves me. He sent Jesus for me.