- “In the beginning, God...” - nobody tells us where God came from, He just is
- “God created” - God did ALL of this Himself; God is, of course, the first subject of the first sentence in the Bible
Nothing happens by chance, God is in charge of everything always
- “created” - out of NOTHING; man is only able to create something out of preexisting things, but not God
- God is without beginning or end; He was there before the creation of the Earth and will be there after the destruction of it (Psalm 90:1-2)
- “without form and void” - God always knew what He was going to do
- “darkness” - without God, there is darkness
- “And God said” - whatever God says, goes; He didn’t have to physically make light, He just has to say something and it will be
- “and there was light” - there was no sun yet, meaning light is more than a physical substance
- “good” - all of God’s creation is good
God is the one to define ‘good’ first
- “separated the light from the darkness” - God separates light and dark physically AND spiritually
God is separate from His creation
- God named ‘day’ and ‘night’
- “the first day” - God created in six days as WE think of days (24 hours)
1:6-8 (day 2 of creation)
- “waters from the waters” - clouds and water on the ground
- God made and named Heaven
- “And it was so.” - again, God only has to speak for something to be in existence
1:9-10 (day 3 of creation)
- God named and created Earth and seas
- “And God saw that it was good.” - God’s definition of ‘good’ is different than ours (Earthly minds don’t think like God)
- God sprouted fully-grown plants that had the ability to produce seeds
- “according to its kind” - God allowed variation within a kind, but something of one kind will never develop into something of another kind
1:14-19 (day 4 of creation)
- “And God made two great lights...” - God knew exactly where to put everything for a habitable Earth
If the sun was even one mile closer to us, Earth would be inhabitable
- God also made stars - He knows exactly how many there are and their names
1:20-23 (day 5 of creation)
- God made sea creatures and birds; He told them to multiply and fill the Earth
- there was no evolution, God created them fully grown and perfect
in other words, the chicken definitely came before the egg!
- “And God blessed them” - just like he blessed the disciples
1:24-25 (day 6 of creation)
- God created livestock, creeping things, and beasts of the Earth
- again, there is NO evolution
- “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” - plural; referring to the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
- “in our image” - humans, like God, have personality, morality, and spirituality
- the difference between man and woman are good and meaningful
“A man is absolutely superior at being a man. A woman is absolutely superior at being a woman. But when a man tries to be a woman or a woman tries to be a man, you have something inferior.” -Enduring Word
- “Behold, I have given you...” - God gave Adam everything he could ever need, yet he still sinned (Genesis 3:6)
