SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:1-2:4 (Page1); 2 Peter 3:1-18 (Page 1445)
SERMON: God Spoke!								       18 November 2001

I.	TEXT: THE WORDS (1:3-5)

A.	GOD (1:3; see 1,4,5,6,7,etc.!)

B.	SPOKE (1:3,6,9,etc.)

C.	BECOME/BECAME (1:3,6,9,etc.; see 2:4; Ex.3:14(NAS marg.); “Y/hwh”; is-become-be; Acts 17:28)

D.	LIGHT (1:3-5; see v.2)

E.	GOOD (1:4,10,etc.; see 2:18; Is.45:18)

F.	SEPARATION: LIGHT/DARK (1:4,6,9,14,17; see v.2)

G.	NAMING: DAY/NIGHT (1:5,8,etc.) 

H.	DAY ONE (1:5,8,13,etc.)

II.	TRUTH: THE MEANING

A.	GOD SPOKE AND IT WAS DONE (1:3-31; see Ps.33:6,9; 148:5; Is.55:11; see Heb.11:3; 2Pt.3:5)

B.	ALL THINGS CREATED BY GOD ARE GOOD (1:3,10,etc.(7x); see 1Tim.4:4,1f; see Gen.1:1; Jn.1:3)

C.	SEPARATION IS THE ESSENCE OF FORM (1:2/4(14,18),6,9; see Col.1:12,13; Acts 26:18; see 2Cor.6:17)

D.	NAMING IS AN EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY (1:5,8,10; Rom.9:21; see Gen.1:26f; 2:19f; see Mt.28:18-20)

E.	CREATION INVOLVES AN ORDERLY PROCESS (1:5,8,13,etc.; see Phil.3:13,14; 2Pt.3:18)

F.	GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY TIME (1:5,8,13,etc.; see 2Pt.3:8(Ps.90:4))

III.	TELOS: THE POINT

A.	THE SON OF GOD AND THE NEW CREATION (Jn.1:1-5&Gen.1:1-5; Gen.2:2&Jn.20:1; see Col.1:12f,15f; 3:10; 2Cor.5:17; see Gen.1:2,3f & Lk.3:22; 4:18; see Heb.1:2,3)

B.	THE WORD OF GOD IN THE NEW CREATION (Jn.1:1-5; Heb.1:2; Lk.4:18; Rom.10:17(11,13); 2Cor.5:17,19(21); 2Tm.3:15-17(1Tm.4:16); 1Pt.1:23,25; Ps.19:7f; 119:1f,71; see Ezk37:4(Gen.2:7); 1Th.2:13; Lk.8:11f)

C.	TODAY, IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS! (1:3; Ezk.18:32 (16:6; 37:4f); Acts 2:38; Rom.10:17(11,13);18,21; Heb.4:2(see 3:7-11,15; 4:7; Ps.95:7))