A few quick notes from my preaching on Genesis 1 the last few weeks.
1. It’s all GOOD
- Genesis 1 is a statement about the present – its liturgy.
- Making that claim has real world ramifications – it’s an act of resistance against hate, fear, hopelessness and revenge.
2. Human beings ARE special
- We are the IMAGE BEARERS of God
- That should inform how we behave in the world
3. Garden is not the end of the story
- Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth
- Revelation 21 – what begins in a garden ends in a city
- ours is not a religion that looks back but forward
4. We image a God of Sabbath
a. To work hard, and rest well, and to celebrate routinely, is the rhythm of life demanded by the task of being God’s image bearers on earth.