Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Part 1

Genesis 1:14-25
[14] And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, [15] and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. [16] And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. [17] And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to givelight on the earth, [18]to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. [19] And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

[20] And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” [21] So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [22] And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” [23] And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

[24] And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. [25] And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind.And God saw that it was good.

DEEP SHEET:  Sermon Study Questions

1.  What are the various ways in which Genesis 1 points us to Christ? How does the New Testament describe His role in creation?
2.  Why do you think God waited until day 4 to make the sun, moon and stars?
3.  What amazes you most about creation? Why is it tempting to replace the Creator with the created, and what are some ways we do this today?
4.  How does Psalm 8 direct us toward a proper response to what we observe in the heavens?
5.  Why is God’s account of the creation of animals incompatible with Darwinian evolution?

References: 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalm 19:1; Psalm 8; Job 41:1; Psalm 104:24-25