How Did Everything Begin?
GodQuest – Part 2
Life Church St. Louis – October 9, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
Matthew 13:44 (NIV) The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Isaiah 55:6 (NIV) Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
1. God’s ____________ is revealed in creation
A. Why does creation ___________?
Isaiah 40:25-26 (NIV) "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One. Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
B. What does creation _____________?
Romans 1:19-20 (NIV) … what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
2. God’s _________________ is revealed in creation
A. What is the _____________ of creation?
Genesis 1:1 (NIV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Hebrews 11:3 (NIV) By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
B. What are the _____________ of the creator?
Psalm 19:1-2 (NIV) The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
3. God’s ______________ is revealed in creation
A. Why do people have _____________?
Romans 2:14-15 (NIV) (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
B. What do our values __________ about God?
Genesis 1:27 (NIV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Hebrews 1:3a (NIV) The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.