Our Great Creator
Genesis 1:1-23
April 19, 2020 • Pastor Greg Wagoner • Genesis 1:1–23
The Day God Sang
April 26, 2020 • Pastor Greg Wagoner • Genesis 1:24–31
On day 6 or creation there is some phrasing in verse 27 that gives us a repetitive poetic pattern that leans into a thought that the day God sang was the day He created man. One commentator states: The making of man is so ushered in as to show that at length the work of creation had reached its perfection and ultimate goal. This first chapter of Genesis is the chapter of mysteries, and just as “the wind of God” in Genesis 1:2 was the pregnant germ which grew into the revelation of the Holy Ghost, so in Elohim, the many powers concentrated in one being, lies the germ of the doctrine of a plurality of persons in the Divine Unity. It is not a formal proof of the Trinity, nor do believers in the inspiration of Holy Scripture so use it. What they affirm is, that from the very beginning the Bible is full of such germs, and that no one of them remains barren, but all develop, and become Christian truths. There is in this first book a vast array of figures, types, indications, yearnings, hopes, fears, promises, and express predictions, which advance onwards like an ever-deepening river, and when they all find a logical fulfillment in one way, the conclusion is that that fulfillment is not only true, but was intended.
God So Loved Mankind
May 3, 2020 • Pastor Greg Wagoner • Genesis 2:1–17
In I John 4:8 the apostle states: "God is love." Yes, He is! His love rests firmly upon His creation. In Genesis chapter 2 we find our Creator God showing his love to mankind in various manifestations of provision. He's got the whole world in His hands. He's got you and me, sister/brother in His hands!
God So Loved The World That He Gave
May 10, 2020 • Pastor Greg Wagoner • Genesis 2:18–25
In Genesis 1:4,10,12,18,21,25 And God saw that it was good. 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” The woman was to be a reflected image - a completion to make the whole. A counterpart suitable to his nature and his need. As we celebrate mothers we see the wonder of God's amazing plan of salvation.