Series: Complicated Conversations: Truth in Genesis
Topic: Origins
Text: Genesis 1:1-31; Romans 11:8-23
SCRIPTURE:
- Work through Genesis chapter one. Describe what God did on each day.
- Read Gen 1:1-5 and talk about the creation of light. Think on this quote from the Gospel Coalition Commentary, “ Light does not eradicate darkness; it merely alternates with it. Day and night are formed. This results in the creation of time.”
- In this creation story, what is different about the creation of man?
ACCOUNTABILITY:
- How were you taught about creation?
- Has your position about creation ever changed? How?
- When asked, how do you reconcile the Bible with science?
- Do you think it takes more faith to believe the Bible or to believe in the “big bang theory?”
- As you watched the eclipse this past week, how did that experience confirm your belief in a Creator?
TRANSFORMATION:
- What stood out to you from the video shown in the weekend service (see the link below)? What was most compelling? What questions does it raise?
- How does believing in a created (instead of accidental) universe change our daily lives?
- God is great, He is good and He is gracious. How do those attributions connect with God as creator?
- How does God’s creation emphasize His trustworthiness?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-37tVV5ag1v3_0X1Zmy6J3HKZ7VPajs/view?usp=drivesdk
Let all things their Creator bless, And worship Him in humbleness; O praise Him! Alleluia! Praise the Father, praise the Son, And praise the Spirit, Three in One; O praise Him, O praise Him! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Author, St. Francis of Assisi 1225
“Many things about tomorrow, I don’t seem to understand; But I know who holds tomorrow, And I know who holds my hand.” Ira Stanphill (well-known American gospel music songwriter of the mid-twentieth century)
