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Fact Or Fiction. Genesis 1 - 11. Creation. Cain & Abel. Adam & Eve. Sin. Genealogy List. Genesis 1 - 11. The Flood. Babel. Fact Or Fiction. Fact - a thing done, an actual occurrence Fiction - an invented story, something invented by the imagination. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Fact - a thing done, an actual occurrence
Fiction - an invented story, something invented by the imagination
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Problem is caused by Evolution
Darwin’s book “The Origin of Species” 1859
Bible account of creation was rejected
Compromise = Theistic Evolution Evolutionary Creation
First eleven Chapters of Genesis are questioned
Call them “myth’s”
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New Testament60 allusions to Genesis 1-11100 allusions to book of Genesis
Treated Genesis as literal history
Every New Testament author refers to Genesis
Considered the events to have actually occurred
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MarriageQuotes Gen. 1:27 and 2:24Matthew 19:4-5 “have you not read”
AbelMatthew 23:35 “blood of righteous Abel”
Satan“murderer from the beginning” Jn. 8:44“liar” Gen. 3:4
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Moses’ writings
46. "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.47 "But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” John 5:46-47
Noah and the floodMatt. 24:35-39 “as the days of Noah”
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Compared Capernaum to SodomMatt. 11:23-24
23.for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 "But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."
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Matt. 1:1-17
AbrahamIsaacJacobJudahTamar
Luke 3:23-38
AdamSethEnochNoah
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Quoted Gen. 1:3 in 2 Cor. 4:6 “light to shine”
Adam was first human on earth - 1 Cor. 15:45
Adam was made from Dust – 1 Cor.15:47 Gen.2:7
Woman is from man - 1 Cor. 11:8, 12
Man and woman become one flesh – 1 Cor.6:16
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Identified Adam and Eve by Name1 Tim. 2:13 “For Adam was formed first,
Then Eve.”
2 Cor. 11:3 “as the serpent deceived Eve”
God’s attributes evident “since the creation of the world” Romans 1:20
Jesus fulfilled promises “to the fathers” Rom. 15:8
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Water at Creation2 Peter 3:5 “…and the earth standing out of
water and in the water”From Gen. 1:6-9
Flood was actual eventMentioned Noah’s nameNumber of survivors = 8Flood was global1 Pet. 3:202 Pet. 2:5
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Lot was a real person “the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into Ashes” “an example to those who afterward would live
ungodly” “God knows how to deliver the godly out of
temptation”2 Peter 2:6-9
Sarah and Abraham 1 Peter 3:6
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Heb. 1:10 is a quote from Psalms 102“And: "You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.”
Heb. 4:3-4 and v. 10 God finished creation
Heb. 5:1-10 Compared Christ to Melchizedek
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Heb. 6:13-14 Promise to Abraham - Gen. 22:17
God created universe by his word
Heb. 11:3 “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”
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Hebrews 11 “List of who’s Who” in history:
Cain and AbelEnochNoahAbrahamSarahIsaacJacob Joseph
Esau sold birthrightAbel’s Shed blood
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James 2:21 refers to Abrahams sacrifice of Isaac
Jude 7, 11, 14 – mentions Cain, Enoch, Sodom
and Gomorrah
1 Jn. 3:12 – Cain murdered his brother
REVELATION 5:5 - Lion of the tribe of Judah10:6 – “who created heaven and the things
that are in it, the earth and things that are in it,”
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If events in Genesis 1-11 were not meant to be understood as historical, then the rest of the Bible would indicate that.
Genesis 1 - God spoke everything into existence
Exodus 20:8-11 Sabbath day “for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,”
Ps. 33:6-9 “by the word of the Lord the heavens were made”
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Psalms 148:1-4 “praise Him, all His hosts, praise him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of the night.”
Figurative languageAbout created things
v. 5 “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created.”
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Bible is unlike any other book
God conveys his message to mankind in history.
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Many doctrines are rooted in this bookClothing7 day weekGod’s scheme of redemption
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2 Timothy 3:16-1716. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,17. that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening November 18, 2012