SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:1-2:4 (Page1); Romans 1:16-32 (Page 1339)
SERMON: Meet Your Maker!							         4 November 2001

  I. A PROCLAMATION! (Gen.1:1)

A. BEGINS & ENDS SECTION (Gen.1:1&2:4,1)

B. “BARAESHETH BARA” (Gen.1:1a,b)
C. “THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH” (Gen.1:1d,e; 2:4,1; see Ex.20:11; Dt.31:28; Acts 4:24; 14:15; Rev.14:7; 21:1)

D. “GOD” (Gen.1:1c; see 2:4; see each verse, 1:1-2:4)

II. THE TRUTHS OF THIS PROCLAMATION!

A. GOD CREATED (Gen.1:1b,c; see Ex.20:11; Ps.89:11; 102:25; 115:15; 121:2; 124:8; 134:2; 146:6; Is.42:5; 45:12,18; Jer.32:17; Acts 4:24; 14:15; Rev.14:7; 21:1)

B. ALONE – ALL (“Elohim” – “the heavens and the earth”; Gen.1:1c,d,e; see 2:4; see Ps.89:11; 96:11; 146:6; Is.45:18; Jer.10:11; Acts 4:24; 14:15; Rev.5:13; 10:6; 14:7; see John 1:3; Col.1:16)

C. OUT OF NOTHING (“in the beginning”; Gen.1:1a,b; see Jn.1:3; Col.1:16; Heb.1:2; see Ps.89:11; 102:25)

D. BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (Jn.17:24; Eph1:4; 1Pt.1:20)

III. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PROCLAMATION!

A. THERE IS NO OTHER GOD!  WORSHIP HIM ALONE! (Ps.100:1-3; Jer.10:11; Acts 14:15; Rev.14:7; see Ex.20:3; see Is.44:13,21,24; 46:1,3; 48:5,12f,13)

B. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM!  PRAY TO HIM ALONE!  (Is.51:12,13; Jer.32:17,27; Lk.1:37; 18:27; Acts 26:8; see Rom.4:17 with Gen.17:19&18:14)

C. ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY BELONG TO HIM ALONE!  HONOR HIM! (Rev.4:11; see Rom.9:21 with Is.29:16; 45:9; 65:8; Jer.18,19; see Gen.1:28; 2:16; see Mt.25:14f; see 1Cor.6:19,20; 7:22,23)

D. OUR MAKER IS OUR HUSBAND!  LOVE HIM! (Is.54:5; see Jn.1:3; Col.1:16; Heb.1:2; Rev.5:13,14; see Mt.28:18-20; Jn.17:24)

E. DON’T SUPPRESS CLEAR EVIDENCE WITH UNPROVED SPECULATIONS!  PRAISE HIM! (Rom.1:18-25; see Rom.1:20 with Ps.19:1-6; Job 12:7-9; Mt.13:15; see Rev.4:11; 14:7)

F. WHY WOULD ANYONE WORK SO HARD TO DENY WHAT IS SELF-EVIDENT? (Rom.1:20,18f; see Rom.9:21 with Is.29:16; 45:9; 65:8; see Gen.3:4,5)

G. BE WARNED OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DENIAL! (Rom.1:24-32)

H. PRAY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TRUTH IN ALL AREAS OF STUDY! (1Tm.2:1; 1Th.5:17; see Is.11:9; Habb.2:14)

I. PERSEVERE THROUGH APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS (Ps.19:1-6&7-14; Rom.1:20
•	Summary: Hear this first word of God: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”.  You see this truth with  your eyes and you know it in the depths of your heart.  Confess it with simple words; don’t suppress it with complicated speculations.  Open your eyes and heart and ears, and meet your Maker!  And because He is your Maker, worship Him, pray to Him, honor Him, love Him and praise Him!