Creation Series

DAY 4

SUN,

               MOON,

                                  and STARS

               GENESIS 1:14-19  

                    ( Job 26:13 )

    I.  In General...vv. 14, 15

        1.  The command given...."let there be lights"...in vs. 3 ( chaos of lights )...now collected, modelled, different lights.

             a.  God...Father and former of lights.  ( Luke 8:16; Dan. 12:3 )

 

        2.  The intended use.

             a.  Distinction of times...( day/night; summer/winter )...( Ecc. 3:1 )

             b.  Direction of actions...( weather...( Matt. 16:2, 3 )...( walking/working...( John 11:9; 9:4 )...

                  Psalm 8:3, 4 )

QUOTE:  "The lights of heaven are made to serve us, and they do it faithfully, and shine in their season, without fail:  but we are set as lights in this world to serve God; and do we in like manner answer the end of our creation?"  Matt. 5:14  "We burn our Master's candles, but do not mind our Master's work."

   II.  In Particular...vv. 16-18

         1.  Observe...the lights of heaven...sun, moon, stars.

              a.  Sun - greatest light...Psalm 19:1-6 )

              b.  Moon - lesser light.

                    i.  greater in regard to it's "borrowed" light.

                   ii.  inferior to most stars, but by its virtue of office it becomes "ruler" of the night...Matt. 20:26 )

              c.  Stars.

                    i.  rule ( not supreme dominion )...vv. 16-18...Psalm 136:9 )

                   ii.  give light...Jer. 31:35

         2.  Learn.

              a.  Sin and folly in worshiping these lights...Deut. 4:19 )

              b.  Duty and wisdom; prayer and praise to the God who created them for us!             

          

           

         

Creation Series

CREATION
DAY 3 - DRY LAND & PLANTS
Genesis 1:9-13

"Designed for the children of men to inhabit and to maintain"

 I..  HABITATION FOR MAN.  ( vv. 9, 10 )

     A.  What was confusion...( v2 )...is now order and both made useful.  

          1.  Waters gathered in one place.  ( Seas )

               a.  Above or below ground, they communicate with one another.  ( Ecc. 1:7 )

          2.  Waters/Seas many times picture "troubles and afflictions".  ( Ps. 42:7; 69:2, 14, 15 )

          3.  The waters bound by the Almighty hand of God.  ( Ps. 104:6-9; Job 38:10, 11 )

     B.  Separation of Water and Land.  ( Earth ) 

          1.  God forms the dry land.  ( Ps. 95:5; Jonah 1:9 )

II.  FURNISHED FOR MAN TO MAINTAIN.  ( vv. 11, 12 )

     A.  Earth becomes fruitful upon its spoken existence for a perpetual time.

          1.  Grass for cattle.

          2.  Herb for man. 

          3.  Vegetables.

     

     B.  The Earth is the Lord's AND the fullness thereof.

          1.  Earth was empty and void...v. 2...yet through the spoken word of God is now full and useful.  

               ( Hosea 2:9 )

          2.  Matthew Henry comments that "Though the use of them is allowed to us, the property still 

               remains in him, and to his service and honour they must be used."

          3.  Providence...continued creation. ( MH )

          4.  Fruits normally are influenced by the sun and moon ( Deut. 33;14 ), here are fruit BEFORE 

               they ( sun/moon ) are created...."what a Mighty God we serve."

          5. Matthew Henry comments that "it is good to provide things necessary before we have occasion to

              use them."

          6.  "God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the products of the earth, either for 

               food or physic."

          7.  God hears....( Hosea 2:21, 22 )         

  

               

Creation: Day 2 - Firmament

August 29, 2010

CREATION

Day 2 - Firmament

Genesis 1:6-8

I.  The Command of God Concerning it:  "let there be a firmament", ( an expansion ).

     A.  All that is visible above the earth.  ( Job 26:7; 37:18; Ps. 104:3; Amos 9:6 )

          1.  The Air  ( the receptacle ).

          2.  The Celestial Globe

          3.  The Spheres and Orbs of light above     

2.  The Creation of it: "And God made the firmament"

      A.  The work of God's fingers.  ( Ps. 8:3 )

3.  The Use and Design of it:  ( Deut. 11:10, 11 )
     A.  Divide the waters from the waters.
     B.  Waters in clouds/waters covering the seas. 
     C.  Egypt moistened/fruitful with waters below, but Canaan from above.  ( Micah 5:7 )
     D.  Chambers/Store chambers.  ( Ps. 104:13; 115:9, 10 )
     F.  Treasures of snow, hail.  ( Job 38:22, 23 )

4.  The Naming of it: "HEAVEN"
     A.  His throne is above it.  ( Ezekiel 1:26 )
     B.  Heavens rule.  ( Dan. 4:26 )
     C.  God in Heaven.  ( Job 22:12 )

"The height of the heavens should remind us of God's supremacy and the infinite distance there is between us and him;  the brightness of the heavens and their purity should remind us of  his glory, and majesty, and perfect holiness;  the vastness of the heavens, their encompassing the earth, and the influence they have upon it, should remind us of his immensity and universal providence."