The Wisdom of God In Creating This World
The wisdom of man is Darwinism. It is foolishness!
It is a deliberate rejection of God, forgetting what He has done II Peter 3.5
It is ridiculous.
It does not stand up.
The wisdom of God.
It is orderly.
It holds the worlds together.
It was used in creating this earth and all the heavens. Genesis 1.
Creator, Grand Designer, Chance?
"endowed by their Creator..." Declaration of Independence Capital "C"
They knew.
How our country needs to rediscover our roots today! As we approach Memorial Day and the Fourth of July we need to remember this and many other things. So much is resting on this -foundation of God's Word and the foundation of our nation. If you cannot accept chapter one if Genesis there is no sure foundation.
Wisdom was the craftsman at His side (v.30)
1. The First Chapter of Genesis Has Been Under Attack Viciously.
This is nothing new.
II Peter 3.3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s Word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
This is prevalent.
This is sad.
It wasn't a big bang. It was not a beginning with fire. It began with water!
6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the [g]expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Genesis 1.9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
We are learning more about how very important water is on this earth.
God created this earth and everything on it and above it. He is the Creator.
This offers us an opportunity to intelligent debate.
Waiter in Rhinebeck with Kim Richardson
Make them think!
We need to talk about this. Genesis 1 and 2, Proverbs 8.22-31, John 1
2. The Design of Earth Is Amazing!
Seasons
Growing season- most amount of sunlight.
Soil resting in winter.
Deep freeze makes plants sleep
Psalm 104:19
He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
Genesis 1.14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
Day and Night
for sleeping, darkness, nocturnal animals
Replenishing itself.
Leaf mulch
Composting
Handprint of God is all over creation.
He has tied it into His promises- the rainbow
It is in our DNA and the Earth's
We have scriptures that speak of the relationship between the earth and our souls. We were formed from the earth.
We can see things in the world, This is My Father's World, that will speak to us spiritually.
3. The Earth Is Sustained By God's Goodness.
He makes all things beautiful in His Time.
Agricultural year as a basis for the feasts of israel.
Winter festival of lights- Hanukah speaks of light in the darkest times.
Harvests...
He causes the rain to fall and the sun to shine.
Psalm 108
Psalm 74.15 It was You who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is Yours, and yours also the night;
You established the sun and moon.
17 It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made both summer and winter.
He causes the seeds to grow.
1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
Life in the seeds
There are spiritual analogies that the Word of God makes, but they are much more than that. Wisdom was with the LORD as He set the heaven in place. The wisdom and the order and the Word of God have been written into creation.
God's principles, His laws are written into His creation.
You will reap what you sow.
You won't reap unless you sow.
You cannot sow to the flesh and reap eternal life.
With the measure you sow so will you reap.
Not only is the earth sustained by God's goodness we are too!
Psalm 73.Yet I am always with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward You will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but You?
And earth has nothing I desire besides You.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
The Beauty of the Earth
1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.
Refrain:
Christ, our Lord, to you we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the wonder of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light, [Refrain ]
This Is My Father's World
1. This is my Father's world,
and to my listening ears
all nature sings, and round me rings
the music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
his hand the wonders wrought.
2. This is my Father's world,
the birds their carols raise,
the morning light, the lily white,
declare their maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
He shines in all that's fair;
in the rustling grass I hear Him pass;
He speaks to me everywhere.
Great Is His Faithfulness!
“Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
2.
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
God's wisdom was at work in creating the earth. He is at work in you today! His wisdom is at work. Submit to His plan and rest in His love!
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