“God, the Great Designer” (part 2) (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/October 20, 2013)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the
surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5
God called the light "day," and the darkness he call...
“God, the Great Designer” (part 2) (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/October 20, 2013)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the
surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called
"night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to
separate water from water." 7 So God made the vault and
separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8
God called the vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was
morning--the second day. 9 And God said, "Let the water under
the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was
so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered
waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11
Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and
trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various
kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants
bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it
according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there
was evening, and there was morning--the third day. (Gen. 1:1-13, NIV)
1. God’s orderly
design is displayed by the distribution of his creative activity over six equal
days.
2. God’s orderly
design is displayed by the separation of light and darkness before the creation
of light giving bodies.
3. God’s orderliness is displayed by the separation of
water and sky before he fills them with fish and birds.
And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters
to separate water from water." So God made the vault and separated the
water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the
vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--the second
day. (Gen. 1:6-8, NIV)
I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked
out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, (Prov. 8:27-28, NIV)
4. God’s orderly design is displayed by the separation of
the water from the land before he filled the land with living creatures and
human beings.
And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered
to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the
dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called
"seas." And God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:9-10, NIV)
when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not
overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then
I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence, rejoicing in his whole world and delighting
in mankind. (Prov. 8:29-31, NIV)
Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,
according to their various kinds." And it was so. The land produced
vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing
fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And there was evening, and there was morning--the third day. (Gen. 1:11-13,
NIV)
Main Idea
The Creator of heaven and earth is a God of order and design
who prepares his newly created world before he fills it with life.
