In the Beginning | The God Story
The God Story can be summed up with one word: The Story of REDEMPTION.
In the very beginning, God does something that FORESHADOWS that God was NOT willing to give up on this prodigal race.
The first person and first word are the most predictable: ADAM and CREATION.
“In the beginning, GOD CREATED,” Genesis 1:1
Only the Bible tells us WHY our world came into existence.
“God said, let us make humanity in OUR image, and in our LIKENESS…” Genesis 1:26
God is telling us that when He sees YOU, there is something about YOU that reminds Him about HIMSELF.
Genesis 3:1-24 (pg. 3)
v.4 “You WILL NOT certainly die, The serpent said to the woman.…you will be LIKE God…”
It was that lie that BROKE the relationship, and it’s that lie that AFFECTS the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father, right NOW.
v.7 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they REALIZED that they were NAKED. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.”
When relationship with God was broken, BROKENNESS permeated creation.
v.8 “Then Adam and Eve heard the sound of the Lord as He was walking in the garden…and they HID from the Lord…But the Lord called to the man, Where are you?
v.10 “He answered, I heard you in the garden and I was AFRAID because I was NAKED; so I HID.”
v.12 “The man said, The woman YOU put here with me, she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it”
Only Yahweh goes to work to REVERSE the CONSEQUENCES of humanity’s decision to choose AGAINST Him.
God introduces GRACE
v.21 “The lord MADE GARMENTS of skin for Adam and his wife and He CLOTHED them.”