SERMON 153   THE CREATION OF MANKIND

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Genesis 1:1.  The first verse in the Bible states that God created the heavens and the earth.  The Bible is the word of God.  This is proven by prophecy and fulfillment in history.  God has revealed  Himself in His word, the Bible.  In John 4:24, we are told that “ God is Spirit.”
    God has spoken to us in His word.  He is a person.   “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, . . .”  Psalm 33:6.   The creation shows the intelligent  design  and work of God, the Creator.   Do not make the mistake of worshipping the creation instead of the Creator.  Do not worship Mother Nature, but rather worship Father God.   The creation is not God.  The creation is the work of God.  Do not worship a force.  God is all powerful, almighty, but He is not just a force.  God is Spirit, a person.  God  knows.    God sees.  God speaks.  God knows you.  God loves you.  God has spoken to you.   Come away from idolatry.  Turn to the Living God who created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them.   Listen to Romans 1:18-
    For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and 
   unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what 
    may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.  For since
   the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood 
   by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are 
   without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God,
    nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were 
    darkened.  Professing to be wise, they became fools,  and changed the glory of
    the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man-- Romans 1:18-23.
No, you need to be wise and seek the living God who created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them.    You can read the Bible and learn to know Him.
Do not worship the creation or yourself a creature, but rather worship the  Creator.
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    Genesis 1:26,27:  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
    likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, 
    and over the cattle, over  all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps  on
    the earth.”  So God created man in His own image;  in the image of God He created
    him;  male and female He created them.  Genesis 1:26,27.
God created man and woman in His image.  God is Spirit, John 4:24.  The spirit in man and the spirit in woman are in the image of God.  The body of man was created from the dust of the ground.  Listen to:
    Genesis 2:7:  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 
    breathed  into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.  
Mankind did not evolve from animals.  The general  theory of evolution is mythology.
It is not scientific.  No human scientist was there when God created man.  God has told us how He created man, male and female.   The body of the first man was created from the dust of the ground, from the physical elements.   Adam was the first man.   God made the first woman from Adam.  Genesis 2:20-23. 
    The historicity of  Adam is certified in the Hebrew  Bible in Deuteronomy 32:8, 
1 Chronicles 1:1 and Job 31:33.   The Bible stands on the foundation of Genesis. 
    Jesus Messiah certified the historical account of creation.  Listen to Messiah in:
    Matthew 19:4:  And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who
    made them at the beginning, ‘made them male and female,’  Matthew 19:4.
Yes, Messiah Jesus quoted Genesis 1:27 and 2:24 certifying the historical accuracy
of the creation of Adam and Eve by God.  Do you believe Jesus the Messiah?
    In the New Covenant of the Bible, Adam is named as a historical person 9 times.
You need to believe the historical record of the creation given in the Bible.  It is the word of God.  On the day of judgment , you will be judged according to the word of God.  You cannot afford to believe in the guesses, speculations, conjectures, theories
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and assumptions of men.   In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
    To worship so called “Mother Earth” or “Mother Nature” is idolatry.  We need to seek and worship Father God who has revealed Himself to us in the Bible.  Yes, God has spoken to you.  Read the Bible and you will come to know Him.  Earth and Nature do not have intelligence.  They are dumb, deaf and cannot see.  Earth and Nature were created by God.  You need to seek and worship the Creator rather than the creation. 
The general theory of evolution is the faith that non-living material, without intelligence   
by chance made life and all living forms including man.  Such a faith is unscientific.       It is sinful idolatry.  Mother Earth and Mother Nature  are dumb idols.
    Men have also made idols to worship: moulded images,  carved images, statues, and icons.  It is sinful idolatry to worship and pray to a moulded image, a carved image, a statue or an icon.  Listen to:
    Psalm 115:4-8:   Their idols are silver and gold,
    The work of men’s hands.
    They have mouths, but they do not speak;
    Eyes they have, but they do not see;
    They have ears, but they do not hear;
    Noses they have, but they do not smell;
    They have hands, but they do not handle;
    Feet they have, but they do not walk;
    Nor do  they mutter through their throat.
    Those who make them are like them;
    So is everyone who trusts in them.  Psalm 115:4-8.
    Please listen carefully to the word   to those who worship idols:  We read:
    “God, who made the world and everything in it since He is Lord of heaven and earth,
    does not dwell in temples made with hands.  No is He worshiped with men’s hands,
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    as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.  And   
    He has mde from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,
    and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,
    “so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find 
    Him., though He is not far from each one of us;  for in  Him we live and move and 
    have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His
    offspring.’   Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think  that 
    the Diving Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s 
    devising.  Truly, these times of ignorance  God overlooked, but now commands all 
    men everywhere  to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will   
    judge the world in righteousness by the  Man whom He has ordained.  He has given
     assurance of this by raising Him from the dead.”  Acts 17:24-31.
Yes, God created man;   male and female  He created them.   We need to seek after Him.  It is in Him that we live and move and have our being.  We are His offspring.
God has commanded us to repent, to turn to Him.  We will each stand before the judgment seat of Messiah Jesus.  The good news is that Messiah Jesus died for our sins according to the Scriptures.  Messiah Jesus was buried.  Messiah Jesus rose again  the third day according to the Scriptures.  Yes, you can have the forgiveness of your sins and eternal life in Messiah Jesus.  Put your faith in Him and turn away from sin.  Confess your faith in Him and be baptized  into Him, buried in water with Him and then raised up to walk in newness of life.  Romans 6:3,4.    Listen to:
    John 3:5:  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and 
    the Spirit, he cannot enter  the kingdom of God. . . .
    “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’  John 3:5-7.
    Acts 2:38:  . . .  “Repent, and let every one of you be baptizein the name of Jesus
    Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.