STUDY SHEETS for Sunday – April 24, 2016

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We have God’s account of creation. (More on that in a moment.)

A summary …
In the first few verses of this week’s text, we are given a summary of God’s creation week, and that is followed by more details concerning those first seven days.

Details forthcoming … 
We are given more details concerning the creation of the man, 2:5-7, then new information about a garden that the LORD God planted  in Eden, 2:8-14. Following this we see the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden to work and enjoy with one prohibition, 2:15-17. (God gave this prohibition to Adam, so I believe we would have to conclude that Eve got her “answer” to the serpent in chapter three from Adam. Just a side note for now.) The LORD GOD made a woman from the man for the man, 2:18-25.

But here is what really stood out to me, and the NASB captures it best:

  • (Genesis 2:4 NASB95) This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.

God’s account. We have God’s account from God’s holy book the Bible.

I know that is very plain and simple to see, but if we can stand outside of ourselves for a moment and see this in view of all earth history and in view of eternity.

Can we see how obvious this truth will be when we stand before the throne of God? Can we see how obvious this will be to those who fought God their entire lives when they stand before God’s great white throne of judgment?

Here it is. Plainly stated for all to read. The account of creation given to us directly by the Creator, the Sovereign Lord of the universe, the Lord God Almighty.

There it is, as simple and clear as anything to understand. Do we have questions about the origins of the universe? Then maybe we should read and believe the account of the Creator, the Holy God who spoke these things into being.

Maybe not a bad idea to take God at his word?

Another haunting reminder of rebellion for the unsaved will come from the testimony of the dating of our calendars. This year? AD 2016.

  • The terms anno Domini (AD or A.D.) and before Christ (BC orB.C.) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin, which means in the year of the Lord but is often translated as in the year of our Lord. It is occasionally set out more fully as anno Domini nostri Iesu (or Jesu) Christi (“in the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ”).
  • This calendar era is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth, with AD counting years from the start of this epoch, and BC denoting years before the start of the era. There is no year zero in this scheme, so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. This dating system was devised in 525, but was not widely used until after 800.
  • The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today. For decades, it has been the unofficial global standard, adopted in the pragmatic interests of international communication, transportation, and commercial integration, and recognized by international institutions such as the United Nations.
  • History
    The Anno Domini dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus to enumerate the years in his Easter table. His system was to replace the Diocletian era that had been used in an old Easter table because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini

How tragically ironic this will be for billions.

God gives a clear account, and each person will one day stand before him and give their account.

  • (Romans 14:11–12 ESV)11 For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” 12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
  • (Matthew 12:36 NASB95)36 “But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
  • (Revelation 20:11–15 ESV)11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Message Title: The Account of the  Day that the Lord God Made the Heavens and the Earth!

Message Text: Genesis 2

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