Living in the Gap
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Created in Perfection
Created in Perfection
26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
Understanding Creation
Understanding Creation
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Creation was God’s idea
Creation was God’s idea
All of creation was
++Framed by the word of God
++Not an accident
++Made as God intended
31 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
God’s way is perfect
God’s way is perfect
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
God brings order from disorder
God brings order from disorder
The earth was
++Formless
++Empty
++Dark
The Spirit of God “Hovered”
The Spirit of God “Hovered”
God’s Spirit was at work from the beginning not waiting for the finished product. While darkness covered His spirit hovered.
To Hover
++To brood
Brooding is
++To sit on
++To think deeply about
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
To Hover
To brood
++To fertilize
To fertilize
++Add missing elements
++To make soil more fertile
++To prepares for new life
7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’
8 But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
9 And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”
God Said “Let There Be”
God Said “Let There Be”
The word of God
++Was not an afterthought
++Was the voice of God
++Was the source of life
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Good to God
Good to God
Good things in Creation
++Things revealed by characteristics
++Things revealed by process
++Things revealed by authority
Characteristics
++Light from Darkness
4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
Characteristics
Light from Darkness
++Earth and Seas
10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Characteristics
Light from Darkness
Earth and Seas
++Birds and animals
21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Process
++Fruitfulness
12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Process
Fruitfulness
++Reproduction
21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Authority
++The sun over the day
++The moon over the night
16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Marked by Distinction
Marked by Distinction
It was
++All Good
++Perfect
We were made by God
We were made by God
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Man was created
++Good and upright
++In the image of God
++Male and Female for connection
++In a perfect situation
We were blessed by God
We were blessed by God
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
We are positioned by God
We are positioned by God
8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
Positioned for His Provision
Positioned for His Provision
9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Positioned for His Presence
Positioned for His Presence
24 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.
26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
Sin Changed everything
Sin Changed everything
12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
Now we live in the gap
Now we live in the gap
We were made in perfection
++To connect to God
++To connect with our world
++To connect in relationship
How do we navigate life in the gap?
How do we navigate life in the gap?
How do we go from guilt to grace?
How do we go from guilt to grace?