singing creation's song

EARTH SUNDAY

1. The Song of Creation2. The Lyrics of the

Song3. Why We’re Out of

Tune4. How to Join the

Choir!

SINGING CREATION’S SONG

THE SONG OF CREATION

GENESIS 1:1-5

“…Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.”

C. S. LEWIS, THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW

“In the darkness something was happening at last. A voice had begun to sing…it seemed to come from all directions at once…Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth herself. There were no words. There was hardly even a tune. But it was beyond comparison, the most beautiful noise he had ever heard. It was so beautiful Digory could hardly bear it.”

THE LYRICS OF THE SONG

GENESIS 1:31

“God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”

Psalm 96:11-12

“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.”

WHY WE’RE OUT OF TUNE

C. S. LEWIS, THE WEIGHT OF GLORY

“At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in.”.”

JEREMY BERG

“Since the creation of the world God’s perfect melody, the Father’s Song, has been clearly heard, it’s harmonious rhythms and soothing beats echoing forth from all that God has made, so that people are without excuse. For although we knew the Father’s Song — which is written on our hearts — we chose to deafen our ears and tune our hearts to humanly authored songs far inferior. We have exchanged a life swept up in the embrace of the trinitarian dance, living in perfect harmony with the great Composer, for a life of whistling alone in the dark or making up half-baked ditties in the shower. We have all left the Father’s band in order to try our luck in a solo career and are failing miserably. ”

HOW TO JOIN THE CHOIR

Genesis 1“In the beginning...”

“In the beginning...” John1

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…and to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God”

John1:1,14, 12

“Our maker had to be unmade so that we could be remade. Our creator had to be de-created so that we could become a new creation.” TIM KELLER

SINGING CREATION’S SONG