Genesis 1:6-19
Day 2-4
Created by David Turnerwww.BibleStudies-Online.com
God had/has a Purpose
That purpose is us!
We were planned before Creation
Ephesians 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
Romans 8:28-29 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
We were in God’s plan before:
Genesis 1:1-5 (NIV)1 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.
He ordered each day w/us in mind
Day OneGod created the heavens and the earthGod’s Spirit hovered over the earthGod called light into existence
Day TwoGod separated the waters from the waters
Day ThreeGod gathered the waters into the oceans and formed
dry landGod called vegetation into existence.
Day FourGod placed the lights in the expanse of heaven
Day Two – dividing the waters
Genesis 1:6-8 (NIV)6 And God said,
“Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.”
7 So God made the expanse
and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.
And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.”
And there was evening, and there was morning
—the second day.
Day Three – Land (part 1)
Genesis 1:9-10 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.
Day Three - Vegetation (part 2)
Genesis 1:11-13 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.
Day Three (part 2)
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.
Day Four – Heaven’s lights
Genesis 1:14-15 14 And God said,
“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky
to separate the day from the night,
and
let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,
15 and
let them be lights in the expanse of the sky
to give light on the earth.”
And it was so.
Day Four – Heaven’s lights
Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)16 God made two great lights—
the greater light to govern the day
and
Day Four – Heaven’s lights
Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)16 God made two great lights—
the greater light to govern the day
and
the lesser light to govern the night.
Day Four – Heaven’s lights
Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)16 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.
Day Four – Heaven’s lights
Genesis 1:16-19 (NIV)17 God set them in the expanse of the sky
to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,
and to separate light from darkness.
And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning
—the fourth day.
God Loves Us so Much that
• He built the universe with us in mind.• He ordered each day of the creation in
preparation for us.• He has a plan for us to rule with Christ for
all eternity.• He has plans for an even better heaven
and earth for us.