Creation

Deuteronomy 4:32-35 – From the dawn of creation, God revealed His grace by inviting us to know Him. Though humanity rebelled time and again, His pursuit of our redemption never relented.

• God created the heavens and the earth.
  • The ideal was God’s people dwelling in God’s place, delighting in God’s presence.
• Mankind rebelled, trying to prove their worth.
  • Sin cast us out, but a Savior will bring us back.
• Sin escalated to the shedding of blood.
  • The more distant we grow from God, the more disobedient we become.
• God’s wrath was displayed in the form of a flood.
  • All creation was covered by God’s wrath or covered from it. 
• One was blessed to be a blessing.
  • Forward faith was the only hope for redeeming righteousness.
• A nation promised; a Messiah coming.
  • The only hope for God’s people to survive was in a sacrificial son, obedient to his father.
• A people rescued out from slavery.
  • A substitute sacrifice had to die so that God might pass over our sin.
• The Law was given to show their inability.
  • God’s instructions are a path for the redeemed – not a prerequisite.
• Finally settled into the Promised Land.
  • No one can choose for us whether we will serve the LORD.