God begins His revelation to man by stating that He created all things. It reminds us of His power and that He is worthy of our worship. Refusal to submit to the Creator leads to moral corruption. All of us have turned away from God in sin, but Jesus died so that we could become new creatures.

1. In the Beginning

2. Why?
1. All Life is
Interconnected

3. Why?
2. The Health
of the Earth
Defines our
Well-Being

4. Why?
7. The Fragile
Balance

5. 7 Ways
1. Love the
Earth

6. 7 Ways
7. Cherish the
Earth’s
Precious
Gifts

7. “Every good and every
perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the
Father of lights with whom
there is no variation or
shadow due to change.”
—James 1.17

8. In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth.
— Genesis 1.1

9. In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth.
— Genesis 1.1

10. In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth.
— Genesis 1.1

14. “and the host of
heaven worships
You.”
—Nehemiah 9.6

19. “Evolution is unproved and
unprovable. We believe it
because the only alternative is
special creation, and that is
unthinkable.”
— Sir Arthur Keith

20. “Evolution itself is accepted by
zoologists . . . because the
only alternative, special
creation, is incredible.”
— D.M.S. Watson

23. “I believe we have an obligation
to fight for life on Earth—not
just for ourselves, but for all
those, humans and others, who
came before us, and to whom
we are beholden, and for all
those who, if we are wise
enough, will come after.”
— Carl Sagan

27. “Have you not read that
He who created them from
the beginning made them
male and female”
— Matthew 19.4

31. “Create in me
a clean heart,
O God.”
— Psalm 51.10

38. “Remember also your
Creator in the days of
your youth”
— Ecclesiastes 12.1

40. Compiled and Presented by:
Fellowship With God Dave Stewart
4 January, 2009
Las Cruces, NM
#01 www.churchofchristmiranda.com
In the Beginning
Genesis 1.1
Synopsis: God begins His revelation to man by stating that He created all
things. It reminds us of His power and that He is worthy of our worship.
Refusal to submit to the Creator leads to moral corruption. All of us have
turned away from God in sin, but Jesus died so that we could become new
creatures.
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