Sunday Notes: Genesis 1:9-10
- Gen 1:9 ESV) And God said, “Let the ____________ under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the ____________ land appear.” And it was so.
- In the creation narrative, God ____________ and things happen
- In Genesis 1:3 the word “let” is Hāyâ
- Meaning to become from what is not
- In v. 9 the word “let” is Qāvâ
- Meaning to bind together things that are
- We see God already exercising His sovereign control over the universe He ____________
- Telling creation what to do.
- This will be the final separation in the created order
- Day 1: Separated dark from ____________
- Day 2: Separated water below and above
- Day 3: Separated ____________ and land
- The stage is being set for the pinnacle of His creation to come: Mankind
- (Gen 1:10 ESV) God called the dry land ____________, and the waters that were gathered together he called ____________. And God saw that it was good.
- God called, named the land earth and the seas
- When God names or calls something it is giving it a ____________ or function in His work.
- When God calls it ____________ it is signalling that the purpose or function is being fulfilled.
- When Jesus says well done my good and faithful servant – you have fulfilled this purpose
- Water is essential to life
- And the most destructive force on our planet.
- While we can harness the power of water
- Often it is entirely out of our control
- Too little and life ____________
- Too much and destruction ____________.
- Yet God merely speaks and the water submits to His ____________.
- A force we merely attempt to harness is under the complete control of our God.
- Consider water under God’s direction in scripture:
- The flood of Noah: Genesis 7
- Who sent the rain?
- Who willed to destroy life on the earth?
- Parting of the Red Sea: Exodus 14
- Who drove the sea back and released it again to the Egyptian army?
- Jonah and the storm: Jonah 1
- Who hurled the great wind and caused a tempest at sea?
- Who then calmed the storm in an instant?
- Jesus calms the storm: Matthew 8
- Who calmed the storm at sea?
- Peter and Jesus walk on water: Matthew 14
- Who is Peter focus on when he walks out onto the water?
- Our God controls the universe, water included.
- It was made by ____________
- Named by ____________
- Given purpose by ____________
- Under the control of ____________
- For ____________ glory alone.
