​Genesis 2:4-25 “Biblical Creation from Another Angle”
Reading: Isaiah 45:9, 10; Psalm 139:13-16
February 6, 2022
I. A Second Creation Account?
  A. Genesis 1-2:3 gives the chronological account.
  B. Genesis 2:4-25 gives a mankind-centric account.
    1. Early earth account (history) (v4-6)
    2. Man (v7, 15-17, 18, 21-25)
    3. The garden (paradise) (v8-14)
    4. The animals (v19, 20)
II. Mankind-Centric Creation
  A. Early earth had no man (cultivate) laboring in it (v4-6).
  B. God’s Garden is the place God places man (v8-14).
    1. Real trees: life and the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 3:22; Rev. 22:2)
  C. The animal-kind differ from mankind (v19, 20).
III. Mankind
  A. Creation of the male (v7)
    1. “Formed”: like a potter forming from clay (Isaiah 29:16; 45:9; Jeremiah 18:6; Romans 9:20, 21)
    2. Given life from God (Ps. 139:13-16; I Cor. 15:45; I Tim 2:13)
  B. Man’s responsibility (v15-17)
    1. Tend and care for the garden
    2. Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  C. Creation of the female (v18-23)
    1. Helper (aid) to the male
    2. Formed from man (I Cor. 11:8)
  D. Creation of marriage (v24, 25)
    1. Marriage: the union of man and woman
      1a. Exclusive: one man/one woman
      2a. Complementary union
      3a. Joyous, delightful, pleasurable
      4a. Reflects the union between Jesus and the Church (Eph. 5:31, 32)
IV. Implication: Man is the Pinnacle of Creation but Still Under God.
  A. Man depends upon God for existence and subsistence.
    1a. Man’s being and life is in God’s control.
  B. Man is accountable to God.
    1a. God made man for purpose and will judge man according to that purpose.
  C. Man is subject to God.
      1a. This world is God’s world and man must live according to the laws of this world.
        1b. Moral laws
        2b. Natural laws

Genesis 1:2-2:3 “The Biblical Creation”
Reading: Psalm 115:15; Psalm 8
January 23, 2022
I. The Biblical Creation
  A. Primordial Earth (v2)
    1. Formless and void: Not in final form and uninhabited (Is. 45:18)[1]
    2. Darkness over the deep: Dark and covered with water[2]
    3. God’s Spirit at work: Guarding the earth[3]
      1a. The Holy Spirit was active in the creation.
  B. Light (v3-5)
    1. Something other than the sun (Rev. 21:23)
    2. A separation of light and darkness
  C. The expanse (v6-8)
    1. Earth’s atmosphere and beyond (Is. 40:22; Gen. 1:14-19)
    2. Separated celestial waters from terrestrial waters
  D. Land and Seas Separated (v9, 10)
  E. Plants (v11-13)
  F. Lights in the Expanse (v14-19)
    1. Sun, moon, and stars
      1a. Separate day and night
      2a. Determine signs and times
      3a. Light the earth
  G. Sea Creatures and Birds (v20-23)
    1. Intended to flourish
      1a. Provisions given (Gen. 1:30)
  H. Land Creatures (v24, 25)
  I. Mankind (v26-28)
    1. Image: nearest resemblance with infinite difference[4]  
      1a. Intelligent, immortal, willful spirit
      2a. Authority (dominion) on earth (Gen. 1:28)
      3a. Potential for holiness (Col. 3:10)
    2. Two forms of Heb. “aw-dawm”: male and female
    3. Designed to flourish and rule (Gen. 1:28)
      1a. Provisions given (Gen. 1:29)
  J. God rests (ceases) from His creation work (Gen. 2:1-3).
II. Things to Notice (Comparing Worldviews)
  A. The creation was a willful act: “God said” (v3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26).
  B. The creation reflected the Creator’s perfection (“Good”) (v4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31).
  C.  The creation was meant to inhabit the world (v11, 20, 22, 28).
  D. The creation reflects human dignity and value (v27).


[1]  (Perowne, 1921)
[2]  (MacArthur, 2005)
[3]  (Perowne, 1921)
[4] (Henry 1714)

Genesis Sermon Notes
Genesis 1:1 “The Biblical Worldview”
Reading: Genesis 1:2-31; Isaiah 45:12
January 16, 2022
I. Introduction
  A. A book of beginnings
    1. Material
    2. Life
    3. Sin
    4. Nations
  B. Author: Moses
    1. Ex. 17:14; Josh 8:31; I Kings 2:3; II Kings 14:6; Dan. 9:11, 13; Mal. 4:4; Mk 12:26; Lk; 24:27; I Cor. 9:9
  C. Time Coverage: 2,306 years[1]
    1. Eternity past, creation, rebellion, flood, patriarchs of Israel
II. “The Biblical Worldview” (v1)
  A. God created.
    1. Created: made
      1a. God is the cause of the material world.
        1b. Compared to the “Big Bang” theory[2]
    2. In the beginning: eternity past (Jn. 1:1)[3]
      1a. Suggests something greater over the material world.
        1b. Heb. “el-o-heem”: Supreme God (Gen. 14:19; Col. 1:16, 17)
    3. Heaven and earth: the universe; everything
III. Implication
  A. The material world is real.
    1. It runs by laws.
  B. The material world is not supreme.
    1. It has a beginning and an end.
  C. The material world has a cause.
    1. Find the cause and you find the supreme God.


[1][1] (Keil, 1891)
[2]  (Fishman 2021)
[3]  (Perowne, 1921)