Sermons

We have a personal relationship with God, the father. God is transcendent. He is the omnipresent and omniscient one. In Genesis 1, we are told that God created earth and heavens in six days with one day of rest. We are limited in what we can make. Creation is unique unto God. Mankind is created in his image. Man is given dominion and stewardship over the Earth. We see errors in our time. People claim that the world is self-created. People say the Earth was always present. We know from scripture that God created the heavens and the earth in six days, from nothing. We are not to be judgmental toward others. A philosopher by the name of Heidegger came up with the concept of thrown-ness. This is the process by which objects and lives are thrown into being. We are thrown into chaos until we die. We, however, believe in a great God, a personal God, but still an almighty God. He has not told us everything. Our lives are based on the Rock, which is the words of Christ. If we reject God as creator, we must ask where we come from? What are we? Why do we have two sexes? If there is no God, then abortion, suicide and euthanasia are good possibilities. All that remains is situational ethics. This brings lawless and anarchy. In verse 5 we see mankind dealing corruptly with God. Adam and Eve, and all succeeding generations, have been crooked and twisted. There is a second creation, however, in which mankind becomes new creatures in Christ. Jesus has adopted faithful people unto himself. We are taught in Romans 8 that God is in control of all things; there is nothing outside the control of God. God establishes order and morality. Those who are against God, atheists, are described in scripture as fools. Idolatry is the lot of those who reject God. John Calvin describes our hearts as idol factories. God defines love, which is characterized by a giving spirit. God is the creator, the sustainer and the revealer. We remember God and Moses. at the burning bush. Moses asked by what authority he should return to Egypt to proclaim God's message to His people. God answered , "I am who I am" sends Moses. We become adopted members of God's family. Man has three objectives to God's sovereignty. One is, can there anything that God cannot do? The answer is that He cannot act contrary to his nature. The second is, "Is God's power limited by the free will of man or by creation? The answer is yes and no. Because of the Fall, man always chooses wrongly. In Christ, we can choose right, and yet God never takes away our responsibility. How he does this is His secret. The third objection is the question of evil. Why does God allow evil? We brought evil into the world, and evil never goes unpunished, yet according to God's timetable.