I. Introduction (Genesis 1:1)
A. Today starts the study of The First Book in your Bible - the Book of Genesis
B. A Best-seller, that has been almost lost to this generation!
And that is not the fault of scientists and evolutionists… it is the fault of modern “church-ianity”, that has no time for Bible study and doctrine anymore.
C. It comes with no pictures, and no graphics, only words on a page
D. But it starts at the very beginning of time
- Genesis 1:1 In the beginning…
- Before there was anyone around to see what happened at the beginning, except the Author and His angels
- And that Author, was Almighty God
- Genesis 1:1 In the beginning … God!
E. And the words reveal not only our past, but they put our lives INTO PROPER CONTEXT
Answering the real questions that have plagued mankind since day one!
- Who am I?
- Why am I here?
- How did I get here?
- Where did everything come from?
- What’s the point?
- Where is everything going?
- Is there a God?
- Does He even care?
F. Modern people are trapped in “the now”
- Most people have no connection to the people and events of their past
- Modern people live disconnected, and out of context
- You don’t know where you fit in the world
- Untethered - floating through life - from problem to problem
- Without context, without the past, you will have no framework to hang your senses on
- You’ll have no point of reference to help you make decisions and choices
- So, you will end up having an identity chosen for you - a prescribed identity instead of a discovered identity
G. Nothing has meaning without the story behind it
- The Bible itself has no meaning without the back story
- Jesus has no meaning without the back story - the context in which He lived and died
- A wedding ring is just a small circular piece of metal without the story behind the proposal
- But you wouldn’t know this without Genesis. Genesis provides context for why things are the way they are, even today.
H. I hope to prove to you that You are not an accident like evolutionists teach
- You are NOT a cosmic burp along the shores of a rocky planet
- You are the product of the mind of God, not of a mindless explosion
- Your life is the result of the combined lives and experiences of your parents and grandparents
- But know this as well… you are the product of God’s influence on your life through every moment of your life
I. What you learn from this Book of Genesis… WILL help you
It will help your home, your marriage, your sanity, your heart, your worship, your prayer life, your trust in God, and your understanding of the will of God.
II. Message - The Introduction to the Book of Genesis
A. Genesis means, “The Beginning”
- Look at the TITLE of this Book… “Genesis”
- It means “the beginning”
- Not the beginning of a story like, “A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…”
- But the start of literally EVERYTHING
- The creation of Heaven, and the earth, stars, galaxies, man, animals, sin, salvation
- Genesis reveals how it all started
- And who started it all
B. Genesis, like all the Bible, is TRUE from beginning to end (Psalm 119:160)
- Genesis is not just a story, or a myth, or a religious text
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“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.” - Psalm 119:160
- Many scientists reject Genesis - They believe everything somehow accidently appeared in a Big bang
- But not all scientists agree - There are hundreds of research organisations that do peer-reviewed science from a Creationist viewpoint
C. You are going to have to look at all the evidences, and decide for yourself…
- Is there an Almighty God who created everything like Genesis says?
- Or did everything just appear by a series of very, very, very lucky accidents?
- I choose to believe it by faith
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” - Hebrews 11:3
D. Written by Moses
- The Title of the Book - The First Book of Moses Called the Book of Genesis
- Yes, written down by Moses - Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
- Inspired by God - Moses wrote what he did not before know
E. Written in Hebrew
- God’s choice language - not mine!
- Hebrew is a language that is over 4,000 years old - the oldest language still surviving
F. The Date of Writing: somewhere around 1450 B.C.
- Creation occurs around 4004 BC
- Noah’s Flood occurs 2400 BC
- Abraham arrives in the Promised Land in about 1900 BC
- Moses leads Israel out of Egypt around 1450 BC
G. Its Theme - “Beginnings”
- The beginning of Time, and all history
- The beginning of Life
- The beginning of Sin
- The origin of Languages
- The beginnings of music, the arts, and human creativity
- The origin of the races
- The beginning of human government
- The beginning of the family
H. Written as a Revelation, not just history
- Genesis is not a religious Book, or a Science Book, or even a History Book - it is all of those things and more - it is a Revelation
- It tells us where we ALL came from, how WE got here, what our purpose was/is, where we went wrong, and especially how to get things back right!
I. Without the Words of Genesis…
- Most things will never make sense
- Everything written in the Bible expects that you believe Genesis 1:1
J. God shows us the past to give us hope
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” - Romans 15:4