Lesson 2Year B

A statement of faith or belief

Creed =

The God of the Bible

Deut 6:4

He isone God.

2 Cor 13:14

2. He has made himself known to us in 3 persons

Matt 28:19

Triune

Tri = 3

Une = 1

Our “Three-in-one” God.Symbols of the Trinity…

Our “Three-in-one” God.Symbols of the Trinity…

a. creator

b. Redeemer (one who buys back)

c. Sanctifier (one who sets apart for holy living)

Believing in God

1. To know about God

Matt 28:19

James 1:21

2. To accept what he says is true

Ps 31:14

3. To trust in him asMY God

Jn 14:9

…then I believe in God

Rom 10:17

…hearing the Word of God

Terms

One who worships false gods

One who says there is no god

One who doesn’t know if there is a god

One who trusts in something other than God

God the Creator

Creator’s Star

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1. God created everything out of nothing.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen...

...was not made out of what was visible (Hebrews 11:3).

2. God created everything in six 24-hour days.

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all

that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD

blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy (Exodus 20:11-12a).

...and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm

(Psalm 33:6)

Ps 33:6 (previous slide)

3. God created the world by the power of His Word

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God created“according to kind!”

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.”

So God created every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.

Created According to kind

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.”

Evolution teaches that

abnormality led to superiority. But when has

departure from the normal

reproductive cycle ever been advantageous to

life? Never!

Hadrassauer found in North Dakota 2007

Look at how evolutionists find a little evidence of an animal, and they dream up what the

animal may be like using a whopping guess! Yet it’s presented as if real.

This is what was found.

This was what was found.

This is what they guess it looks like.

Triceratops – One was found in South Dakota in the 1980’s. The fossilized head alone weighs 2000 lbs. It was

sold to South Korea for $1.2 million.

Only some dinosaurs are found in whole.

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31)

4. Everything God created was perfect.

Evolution theorizes progress and development in species.

The Second Law of Thermodynamicsstates that everything

is deterioratingrather thanImproving.

developing.

“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s

command.” (Heb 11:3)

5. By faith we believe that God is the World’s Creator.

creation

4000 BC

Flood

2400 BC 0 2010 AD

20 billion yrs a

go

4.6 billion

3 billion

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Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the

earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in

his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created

them (Genesis 1:26-27).

Garden of Eden

6. God created man in his own image (holy)

The image of God…

…is like a holy mirror, perfectly reflecting God’s will and wisdom.

 

• God deliberated in creating the first people.

• It was also God’s design that the human race should have control over the creation. Man was to be God’s representative on earth.

• Most importantly, the fact that they were created in God’s image meant that the first people, Adam and Eve, were sinless, like God himself, and that they naturally reflected the will of God in their hearts and lives.

Gen 1:28 Rule over… subdue the earth!

6. Man is the highest of God’s creation (not evolved in any way from an animal); created to rule over all of God’s creation.

“Humans”

Matter (sun, moon, stars)

Matter + life + bodies + soulsMatter + life + bodies (animals)Matter + life (plants)

THE FIRST ARTICLE (Creation)

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

 What does this mean?

 I believe that God created me and all that exists, and that he gave me my body and soul, eyes, ears and all my members, my mind and all my abilities.

And I believe that God still preserves me by richly and daily providing clothing and shoes, food and drink, property and home, spouse and children, land, cattle and all I own, and all I need to keep my body and life. God also preserves me by defending me against all danger, guarding and protecting me from all evil.

All this God does only because he is my good and merciful Father in heaven, and not because I have earned or deserved it.

For all this I ought to thank and praise, to serve and obey him.

This is most certainly true.