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#Firmament bible verse series
The subtitle of this series calls it “the amazing true story of how the world came to be.” My son Mark suggested the phrase “amazing true story,” and it certainly fits. No other writing in all human literature possesses the grandeur of these opening chapters of the Bible.
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As I read these chapters, I find them to be exalted and yet simple. I accept the words of Genesis 1-11 as literal truth from God. It’s only fair that I tell you right up front where I’m coming from. I think we’re going to have a wonderful time as we journey through these early chapters of the Bible. By God’s grace, we will “start at the very beginning” and see what God has in store for us. A song from The Sound of Music says, “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” Absolutely right, and where else would you start but with the very beginning of the Bible? So that’s what we intend to do. Our church theme this year is “God’s Word: Our Unshakable Foundation.” If we mean to take that seriously, then we ought to make sure our own spiritual foundation is strong and secure. This is where the Bible begins so we can’t escape it or ignore it or pretend it isn’t there. Say what you will about Genesis 1-11, but sooner or later you have to deal with it.
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But if you believe that every single man and woman is a creation of God and that we are unique because God made us in his image, then you will have an entirely different view of the universe and your place in it.
#Firmament bible verse plus
If you believe that we evolved over billions of years, that we are nothing more than time plus chance plus a few helpful mutations that separate us from the shark and the koala bear and the porcupine, if that’s what we are and that’s all we are, then you don’t need God because the universe can take care of itself quite nicely without him. Did the universe just “happen” or was it caused? Did the human race rise up from the primordial ooze or were we intentionally created by the hand of God? As we will see in the days ahead, those questions are fundamental to our understanding of reality itself. Are we the chance products of mindless evolution or are we here because God created us? When you put it that way, the issue is very stark indeed. More than that, we want to know where we came from and how we got here. We want to know what God has said about the origin of the universe. Over the next few months we’ll be looking in detail at the opening chapters of the Bible, Genesis 1-11. Today we are beginning a new sermon series entitled First Things: The Amazing True Story of How the World Came to Be.