God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars. and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth." And it was so. And God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. Then God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And God saw that the light was good and God separated the light from the darkness. Then God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, When God remembers, it's not just mental activity it's redemptive activity. Without the redemptive memory of God, we are nothing.Įvery time God remembers, it means he will act for someone according to his covenant promises. Or is it? Genesis 6 tells the story of messy, costly, beautiful obedience from an ordinary man named Noah. Has anyone ever wept with you and for you? The God you find in the Bible is a God who weeps, a God who stands beside your graveyards, a God who surveys your life and your tears. Session Fourĭivine judgment is sprinkled with tears of divine pain. But it's precisely out of the mess of human sin that God brings the glory of redemption and grace. We're bad, too, but not beyond the loving reach of God.Īlmost every story in the Bible-and our own story-boils down to these two things: sin and grace. Then Jesus comes and says: That new day has come. Throughout the Old Testament, God says to his people: Return to me. This is God's persistent, loving question to lost people. So, how did we get here and is there any hope for us? Session Two It has been twisted too far, and we can't put it back together again. Session Oneīelieving a cosmic lie shattered paradise. Download this course to learn more about how God has revealed the Gospel message in the Old Testament book of Genesis. This six-session course examines the patterns of sin in Genesis and our lives, but also the redemptive love that awaits us if we accept God's grace. The book of Genesis reveals an intimate and faithful God, who offers redemption and new life from the moment of sin-in the form of Jesus Christ. This is clear from the pages of the Bible, the wars between nations, and the grief of our own hearts.
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