CREATION
Day 1- Day and Night
Genesis 1:3-5
1. THE FIRST OF ALL BEINGS....LIGHT!
Matthew Henry makes the statement that the first "being" God created was "light". The first question that came to mind was, "How can 'light' be a being". With the help of my Pastor, D. Jason McNeese, the question was quickly answered. We find that answer in John 1:4. Thank God for the Preacher!
God created light for "us" to see his handiwork for "the darkness and light are both alike to Him" ( John 9:4; 3:21 ) Matthew Henry goes on to explain that though we see God's wondrous works by it, we cannot completely understand it ( Job 38:19, 24; Romans 11:33 )
The "light" helps us to be "led to, and assisted in, the believing contemplation of him who is light, infinite and eternal light" ( 1 John 1:5; James 1:17...."...Father of lights,...1 Timothy 6:16..."an inaccessible light,"... ). When we become a new creature, Henry says, the "first thing wrought in the soul is light:" AMEN!
2. LIGHT MADE BY THE WORD OF GOD'S POWER. ..."let there be light"...Genesis 1:3
"Christ is the Word,"..and "Light"....John 1:1, word; vv. 4, 5, 7, -9....light; also 9:5 ).Matthew Henry says, "opening the understanding, scattering the mists of ignorance and mistake, and giving knowledge of the glory God in the face of Christ". 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 John 5:20
3. HE APPROVED THE LIGHT. Genesis 1:4a
"It was "useful and profitable";". ( Ecc. 11:7...sweet; Prov. 15:30...rejoiceth the heart
4. GOD DIVIDED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. Genesis 1:4b
They can never have true fellowship again...."or reconciled"...2 Corinthians 6:14...yet darkness has a purpose...Job 7:2
"In heaven there is perfect and perpetual light, and no darkness at all; in hell, utter darkness, and no gleam of light." Matthew Henry speaks of the great gulf between these two places...earth...where these to interchange with one another....that's good stuff!
5. THE LIGHT "DAY"......THE DARKNESS "NIGHT". Genesis 1:5
God gave each it's own name.....and is the Lord of both...Psalm 74:16....Henry asks us to be "working for Him every day and rest in Him every night..."
6. THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE FIRST DAY...Genesis 1:5c
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