October 1 Genesis 1:1-5 God Made All Things
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OCTOBER 1 GENESIS 1:1-5 GOD MADE ALL THINGS (I) The beginning - have you wondered how everything you see around you came about? It is very, very important for you to know your roots. The Bible tells us our roots, our beginning. There are many theories saying things opposed to the Bible. Don’t be swayed by wrong teachings, read on and find out for yourself how all things began… Imagine you are having the yummy fried chicken your mum makes for lunch. You ask yourself, where did all these come from? Before your mother cooked them, she most likely bought fresh chicken from the supermarket. Before the chickens reach the supermarket, they were alive and perhaps running around in the coops. The chicken were obviously chicks which grew. But where did the first chicken come from? According to Genesis, from God! Look at the homes you live in. The walls are made from bricks. Bricks came from the clay of God’s ground. The wooden furniture such as the chairs, tables and cupboards came from the wood of the trees which God had created. Everything came from God because God made all things. When did God make all things? “In the beginning…” According to bible history, that is slightly over 6,000 years. In the beginning, the earth was “without form and void”, empty of the wonderful nature and oceans and wildlife of today. It was also totally dark and so God created light – the sun, and God also created the moon. As we measure the hours of a day by the rising and setting of the sun, we may say that God made time this day. Heaven, earth and light were created on the first day. How did God create? When you make a birthday card for your friend, you take time to make it. You write on it, color it, paste stickers and a host of other stuff to make it nice and lovely. However, when God made things in the 6 days of Creation, He just needed to speak, and things came into existence! By speaking, God created. Amazing, but true. God had created everything out of nothing. When you make the card, you need things to make it but everything that God had created came from nothing. This is just so, so amazing. Wow! Think of it, God’s way of creating things was simply stupendous! Thought: God is the Creator of all! Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for making all things. Because You are the Maker, You are in control of all things. So I can put my trust in You. Help me simply to trust in You. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. RPG Junior OCTOBER 2 GENESIS 1:6-10 GOD MADE ALL THINGS (II) God was not finished with the work of creating the heavens and the earth. How did God create the sky? How about the earth? And the sun? Dear child, are you eager to find out what God did on the next 3 days of creation? Day 2 - the waters and sky were not as the waters and sky as we know them today. The bible tells us that God separated the waters above from the waters below and put the firmament between. The firmament was the sky, and so there was some form of a huge water cushion in the sky as well. From your science books, you don’t learn about this. Neither from your school teachers. The atmosphere then was very different from now. It is most probable that the atmosphere in ancient days was conducive for dinosaurs to exist and responsible for the very long lives of man, who could live for hundreds of years! Perhaps it was this water cushion that protected living things then from harmful rays of the sun. It was a very different atmosphere then. Day 3 - God gathered the waters together into one place, and let the dry land appear. Now, you could see lakes and brooks. As for the land, God did not let it remain dry and barren. It was ready for plants. God made a great variety of plants and trees, and they were created all full-grown, not as seeds. The land was lush and green straightaway! Forests, meadows and gardens occupied the land. It was simply incredible! Day 4 - God made things and placed them in the sky. What were they? They are sun, moon and the millions of stars in the skies. They give light to the earth. They also “rule” in that the sun shines during the day and when it rises, it tells us to wake up and work. When it sets, it tells us that the day is over. The moon rules the night to tell us the time to go to bed and gives light in the dark night. The stars also give light to our night and a starry night is simply spectacular! But, you may wonder, “I don’t see them at night.” In countries like Singapore where building lights, street lights, car lights and all sorts of artificial lights are everywhere, it is hard to see the sky-filled natural lights except the moon. How then can you see these God-made lights? Do you have a clue? Answer: ___________________ Isn’t our Creator an amazing God full of wonders? Thought: Every time I see the sun or moon or stars, I should thank God! Prayer: Heavenly Father, You are the God of wonders. All the things that You have made are full of wonder and beauty. I praise and thank You, in Jesus’ name, Amen. RPG Junior OCTOBER 3 GENESIS 1:20-25 GOD MADE ALL THINGS (III) Do you love animals? Do you love visiting the zoos and bird parks? What would the world be like if there were no living things? God is not done yet with His creative work. On Days 5 and 6 God made living things that breathe. On Day 5 God created fishes and birds; on Day 6 He created land animals. Again, God simply spoke, and all these creatures came into being. Now there were sheep, cats, lions and all kinds of birds flying in the open sky. In the seas, all kinds of sea creatures were swimming; big and little ones. What a beautiful world! Here are some simple facts. When God made living creatures, there were laws for them or else they would die. They were created after their own kind, that is, each of them had its place. The fishes have to live in the water and the animals in dens or woods on land. Can a fish stay alive on land or a bird live in water? So, it is not possible for one kind of living creature to slowly evolve into or become another kind. A small cat simply cannot become a lion over time because all animals are made after their own kind. Another fact is about reproduction. The Lord created the fish, bird and animals so that each would bring forth its own kind. What does it mean? A mother cat will have kittens, not baby mice. Fishes will have baby fishes, not chicks. A lioness will not give birth to puppies. The Lord made birds such that they know how to make nests, and how to feed and care for their babies. When a mother bird finds worms, she returns to the nest and feeds them to her chicks. What about lions? In the cold, the cubs all huddle with their mother. When hungry, the lioness lie on her side and the cubs suckle milk. God blessed His creation. God blessed these living creatures and told them to multiply – to have babies and grandbabies and great-grandbabies! Thank God that He had created all the animals, big and small. Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. Thought: How do you feel knowing God had made all these living creatures? Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for creating such a wonderful place to live in with all these interesting and lovely animals. I praise and sing of Your mighty works. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. RPG Junior OCTOBER 4 GENESIS 1:26-28, 2:7, 2:18-22 NO EVOLUTION! Where does man come from? Man did not evolve from some ape-like being. Charles Darwin invented the theory of evolution and many people believe in Darwin’s theory. Many of your school teachers may believe it – but you MUST NOT. Why? Because the Bible, God’s Word, states that God created man from dust and not through a slow process involving an ape-like being; Adam, the first man, was a fully-grown fully-developed man the very second he was made! By the hand of God, Adam was created from the dust of the ground. How interesting, it was different from the making of the animals. Adam was personally made by God. Not just this, God breathed into Adam the breath of life. The best part is this – God made man in His image. In other words, man was made like God. Unlike animals and birds, Adam has a soul and could communicate and fellowship with God. God gave the entire earth to Adam to enjoy and use – all the plants were food for him and the animals. At that time, were animals carnivorous (meat-eating)? Answer: ________. At that time, there was no sin, so there was no death, no dead animals and therefore no meat and therefore no meat-eaters.