Day 1- WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT CREATION
Take time this week to read the verses below and formulate your belief on creation based on what the Bible has to say. Genesis 1 explains the how. Other verses in the Bible describe the “hows” and “whys”.
Read the following verses:
Hebrews 11:3
Colossians 1:16
Revelation 4:11
Job 37:5
Hebrews 1:10
2 Peter 3:5
Isaiah 42:5
Revelation 22:13
John 1:3
Read what happened before time:
1 Corinthians 2:7
2 Timothy 1:9
Titus 1:2
Jude 1:25
Isaiah 46:10
Day 2- WHERE DO THE NATIONS COME FROM?
Read Genesis 11
What happened here?
What was man trying to do?
What did God do?
What happened to the people’s language?
Where did the people scatter?
DID YOU KNOW
Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, that what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?… Isaiah 29:16
Day 3- WHERE DID THE SKIN COLOR COME FROM?
Read Acts 17:26. What does the Bible say God did?
Adam and Eve had all genes for color in their genetic makeup. There are literally no different races, only differing amounts of melanin in our genes that mandate varying degrees of skin color. We are all one blood with one set of “originating parents.”
According to the Bible’s belief that “all men are created equal” and according to creationists; Adam and Eve would have had dominant and recessive genes for melanin in their genetic code. As the centuries progressed, people with darker skin who tolerated sunlight better, migrated toward the equator and people with lighter skin who didn’t tolerate sun as well migrated away from the equator. Because of a “sin” issue, not a “skin” issue, different colors throughout history have tended to form classes and factions.
Day 4- WHAT ABOUT MAN
Read Genesis 1:26-27
What does God say about man? In whose image is mankind created?
Did God say this for any other part of His creation?
God clearly states that man is the highest of His creation. The observable facts of the world are that man is the highest form of being. Our intellect, our reproduction cycle, our emotions, our personalities, our language and our potential have always far been more complex than any other being ever created. The theory of Evolution and the Big Bang Theory might have some interesting points, but none of them can explain why and how man was created so superior to all creation.
This gives even more evidence that mankind was created by a Divine Creator in His image for these reasons.
01 Mankind can be the image bearer of God’s glory Matthew 5:16
02 Though man does not have God’s character, God created man so that He could one day experience the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 John 3:2
DID YOU KNOW
We are created in God’s image. One way this is seen is that man, over every being created, is the only one who is also a creator. No other being can create things. You could argue that every animal that reproduces creates things but the reality is that God, the author of life, is responsible for all of that even in humans. Humans are the only species that can invent, problem solve, and research for not only our species but the species of others. Our personalities and creativity is why we have the arts which are just as important as science. What is the difference between man and God’s creative abilities? God, the Creator, can create something out of nothing. Man, the creator, is only able to create from the resources God gives him.
Day 5- WHAT ABOUT ALIENS
The Bible does in fact talk about “aliens” or foreigners.
Read 1 Peter 2:11-12
Who are the aliens who live in the universe?
Read Philippians 3:20
Where is your citizenship? On earth or somewhere else?
The Bible does not mention any other being He has created besides the ones on earth. There is no mention of alien invasion, just the future events that will happen on earth. There is no need to worry about something God has not spoken about. Yes, He could create another life form. You can’t put anything past God, but if it were relevant to you and something you need to be aware of He would have told us in His Word. Instead He tells you that the alien is you. Your true home is in Heaven. You are different than this world. Your belief is something that is foreign to a sinful world, but not something that is out of the range of accepting.
Read Romans 12:2
What does God ask you not to do? How can you do what God asks you to as you live in the world that opposes a God who creates?
