Title Genesis 01:1-5 Like God
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Looking at Genesis, we do not try to logically prove or explain the existence of God. God is working like this, he created it like this, and he only introduces him as he is now.
'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth'. This means that God began to create the heavens and the earth. The name of Genesis comes from this verse. The word 'in the beginning' means 'beginning' in Hebrew. What is important is how God began to act in history. What and how we start is important in our lives.
Christians must start like God and live like God. You must not live by human means and methods. If you follow human means and methods, you will inevitably lead to failure, like eating bitter mugwort. There is no despair for Christians who live like God. Because there is no despair in God.
It means that Christians are not like God when they are disappointed and stumble. Living like God can be temporarily disappointing, but it can turn into another hopeful situation. The problem is how to live. Will you be in despair day and night, or will you live in courage and hope? In this respect, the way people live in the world is very important. How God created and worked the universe, we need to think through the Bible.
First of all, God worked with a creative attitude. 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth'. All of God's actions are contained in these words. These words show that God's thinking and work of the heavens and the earth were creative. Genesis 1 and 2 are the chapters of creation. In Genesis chapters 1 and 2:8, the words 'created' and 'made' appear repeatedly.
The word creation is split into three words. The first is to become without pre-existing material. It refers to supernatural creation. This is the meaning of the creation that created the heavens and the earth in the beginning. Second, it refers to the creation of other target substances from already created substances. In Genesis 1:16, 25, 26, the word made three times is used. Third, looking at Genesis 2:6, 7, and 8, it says that other substances were made from one substance to achieve a specific purpose. This word was used when man was created.
God's creation is in the midst of non-existence, and He created it with a certain purpose. God started from nothing. God was not afraid of what he didn't have. But people are very afraid of what they do not have. Humans do not bring anything into this world. Why did God allow man to come empty-handed when he came to this world? He was sent empty-handed because if we have the body we have, if we have thoughts, if we have the conditions in the body, we can fully live in this world.
Isaac was like a mountain of worry. The wood for the burnt offering is taken away, but where are the sheep? I was worried. Abraham said to his worried son. “Son, God has prepared everything on the mountain of God.” This is Jehovah Jireh. We can't see it, but God has provided everything we need.
The disciples have never worked with their abilities. In Matthew 10, Jesus gave the disciples power, and the disciples took this power and went to preach the gospel. Therefore, not being a Christian, being weak, or being ugly is never a shame. A Christian is not a being who lives by his own power. Even if there is nothing left to me, as long as there is God, there is nothing to worry about as a Christian.
In John 6:5, when Jesus saw the crowd in the wilderness of Beseda, he felt sorry for him and asked his disciples, especially Philip, how to feed the crowd. Verse 6 says, “He said this because he knew what he was going to do, so that he might put Philip to the test.” Who is Jesus? He is someone who knows how to do it himself. What is the crisis of life for modern people? The heart that believes in God and relies on God's power is diminishing, and it leans more toward human factors such as material things, reason, and power. Trust God. God is power.
The proper noun 'God' has four words. The God mentioned in Genesis 1:1 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth' is the Almighty God who made things out of nothing with 'Elohim'. In the presence of the God of power, I am not worried about my lack and everything. God's power extends to wisdom and knowledge and all areas. What are you afraid of? What are you worried about? Why are you so anxious and still afraid to start?
Second, God worked in a spirit of love. See verse 2. The words chaos, emptiness, and darkness come from. Chaos is like a barren field with no shape at all. The Void is a desolate state of nothing. This land is covered in darkness. The Holy Spirit of God was operating this land. Driving does not mean that it is moving, but that it is embracing it like a hen nurtures a chick. It means that they are hugging each other so lovingly. Cover the faults of others this year.
Proverbs says, 'He who covers a transgression seeks love, and he who repeats it is one who separates friendship between friends.' There is nothing to lose by covering it up. If you keep revealing your faults, people will die. But if you cover it, it will live. God did the work of love and the work of creation.
In what ways did God do this amazing work? See verse 3. 'Garasadae'. You said it in words. God's work of love and creation is filled with these words. In John 1:1, it is said that this word is God Himself, and that this word is Jesus who came into the world in the flesh, and that it is full of grace and truth. There is grace in the Word. There is power in the Word.
What was the result of working with these words? In verse 7, the phrase 'it was so' appears six times. When God said it, it happened. There is a work of making it happen in the Word of God's work of creation and work of love. Verse 4 says, 'The light was good in God's sight'. Things that are good for people tend to get boring when they change their minds. The word good is translated to mean very good, perfect and beautiful. I pray that you will become such a good, beautiful, and perfect person this year by being creatively conscious and completely relying on God just as God did this year.
Firm: Pastor Gil Ja-yeon