TEXT: Genesis 1:1
INTRODUCTION
A. The Book of
Genesis
·
The first
verse of the first chapter of the first book of the Bible
·
The book
of Genesis is the book of beginnings (Origin)
·
The first
three words “in the beginning is the title of the book – Bereshit”
·
The word
“BEGINNING” is important word because:
o It expresses the existence of time
o It tells us also that time does not exist
before
o And before the time exist – there is God
§ If you will ask me when God exist? – Time
is greater than God
o Time is not coexistent with God – Time has
its beginning but God has no beginning
§ Therefore God exist when time does not
exist yet
o God is beyond time
§ Therefore God has no past, nor present nor
future
§ Our life is within the vastness and
greatness of God’s eternity
Title: When Clock
Started to Tick
II. BODY
The 4 Realizations
When Time Began
1. The Execution
of God’s Plan
·
Before
the existence of time – God has a plan (Single Complete Plan) – No Contingency
Plans
o He has a plan of creation because He has a
plan of salvation – 1Peter 1:20; Ephesians 1:4
·
And when
the clock started to tick – The execution of His plan has started
o The plan of creation, fall, of every detail
even the fall of the little bird, salvation, preaching the Gospel to advance
the kingdom, persecution and tribulation, glorification, judgment, first coming
and second coming and restoration, and
whatever may come to pass is part of one complete plan of God
·
Discrediting
the Deism
o God after creating everything left
everything to the creatures.
o FYI – God includes Himself within time –
The Divine Interventions – The God who became man
Challenge: People
strongly insist his own plan against God’s plan by not giving attention to His
written will. If we
know that at the very
beginning, that whatever is happening to us is part of God’s plan why do we act
like
Job as if he wanted to tell God what
to do.
Application: God
does not want us to complain – (Learn from the complain in the wilderness – we
are like them)
But in whatever
situations in we must trust Him (1Peter 1:6-7;1Thess.5:18; Job 1:21)
We must acknowledge Him in every
situation knowing that it is His plan – not to harm us but prosper us
2. The Existence
of God’s Creation
·
When the
clock of God started to tick – the creation also exist
o For without time there is no creation
o Time – Heavens - Earth
·
Ex Nihilo
o Creation is from out of nothing
o There is no raw materials when God created
time, heavens and earth
o The word nothing does not exist – before
creation all in all is God therefore there is such thing as nothing – it is
either physical or spiritual
·
Creation
is Self-Projection of God
o Four times God said “and it was good” and
after He finished creating – “And It Was Very Good”
o Creation tells that there is God (The Fool
say to His heart “There is no God” – Psalms 14:1;53:1)
o There are three creation in humanity
§ The first creation – in the image of God
but because of sin of Adam we are also tainted with
sin but human must conform to the image of God
§ Regeneration – new creation but because of
sinful nature in us through our body
§ Glorification – new creation of spirit will
have a new body and the conformity to God’s image
will be forever and
ever
Note: John 17
Challenge: When
clock started to tick, God’s creation exists to project God’s image.
Since we are the new
creation of God we must project the image of God in us – Christ-likeness is our
goal
And the completion of
these is our glorification in Christ Jesus to project God’s image in us forever
3. The Exaltation
of God’s Being
·
When the
clock of God started to tick creation exists and God exalts His being as God
through His creation
·
The
Declaration of His Glory and His Righteousness
o Psalm 19:1; 50:6; 97:6
o Romans 1:20
·
The
Deliverance of Creation from Corruption
o Romans 8:19
·
The
Distinction Between Creator and Creation
o Creation is visible while Creator is
invisible
o Creation is measurable but Creator is
immeasurable
o Creation has beginning while Creator has no
beginning
o Creation is changing but Creator does not
change
o Creation cannot sustain itself but God can
sustain
§ The laws of nature is the law given by God
– that’s why God defy nature when there’s a miracle. (Colossians 1:17)
Challenge : We are
God’s creation and let God exalts His being as God in us. (Ephesians 2:10). Let
our distinction with
God gave us humility.
4. The Expression
of God’s Love
·
When the
clock started to tick, the love of God is being expressed.
o The very act of God is love.
o The very fact is that God has prepared for
man before He created them
o The providential power of God
·
The
Expression of God’s love in His Daily Provision
o He alone can provide
o He alone can attend to our needs according
to the riches of His glory
o He alone knows what we need on that day
o To Him alone we can pray for our petitions
(Philippians 4:6)
o He knows our need,
·
The
Expression of God’s love in Giving His Son for Salvation
o God does not start the history for man to
be lost forever without Savior
o He provided a Savior before the foundation of
the world
§ The plan to send His Son to suffer and die
for the salvation of men is before the time tick and when the clock started to
tick the love of God is expressed – Remember Jesus is firstborn among the
creation (Colossians 1:15)
Challenge: Our Physical
and Spiritual Needs are started to realize when the clock started to tick. We
are recipients of
God’s love. Go back to the
Source of everything in prayer... ask and seek and knock
