Genesis 1:14-25 – Cameron Jungles (Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/October 27, 2013)

“God, the Giver of Life”- Genesis 1:14-25 – (Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/October 27, 2013)

 

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. (Acts 17:24–25, NIV)

 

'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' (Acts 17:28, NIV)

 

Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. (Acts 17:15–16, NIV)

 

Main Idea: As the sole Creator of the universe, God is the source of all life.

 

1.  God filled the abodes of light and darkness with the sun, moon, and stars.

 

And God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the fourth day. (Gen. 1:14–19, NIV)

 

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Ps. 19:1, NIV)

 

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

(Ps. 8:3–4, NIV)

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. (Ps. 8:1, NIV)

 

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. (Ps. 33:6–9, NIV)

 

2.  God filled the abodes of the sea and sky with fish and birds.

 

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day. (Gen. 1:20–23, NIV)

 

3. God filled the abode of the land with animals and all kinds of living creatures.

 

And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:24–25, NIV)

 

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. (Acts 17:24–25, NIV)

'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' (Acts 17:28, NIV)

 

Main Idea: As the sole Creator of the universe, God is the source of all life.

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. (Jn. 1:1–4, NIV)

 

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. (Jn. 10:27–29, NIV)