October 21, 2024
In the Beginning - Part 1
Genesis 1:1-3
10/21/2024
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the
earth.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness
was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, ``Let there be light,'' and there
was light. (ESV)
Is the Bible the Word of God? The late Doctor Al Barry, who
served the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod as president in the
1990s, wrote:
Real human beings were given real words from God to
write down. As our Lord Jesus Christ was both true God
and true man, so the Bible is truly the Word of God and
also the writing of human beings. Even as our Lord
Jesus took on human flesh free from sin and error, so
God used human beings to provide a written revelation
of Himself that is free from error. Thus, we believe
that the Bible is both incapable of error (infallible)
and free from error (inerrant).[1]
Has the Bible been disproven by objective evidence, such as
archaeology, geography, astronomy, or history? Surprisingly, for
a book whose first chapters were written three thousand six
hundred years ago, it has been shown to be quite accurate.
Because we believe, teach, and confess that the Bible is the Word
of God, we accept the Bible as true. Where the Bible and modern
science disagree, we look for the flaws in the human reasoning of
science.
Now comes one of the more controversial statements in the
Bible.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the
earth. The earth was without form and void, and
darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit
of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And
God said, ``Let there be light,'' and there was light.
This week our Old Testament lesson is the creation account
in Genesis. We are going to look at selected verses of this
account to learn more of this most important truth, that God the
Father is our Creator.
May our Lord grant us open ears to hear His Word, and faith
to trust in Him. Amen.
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1. Barry, A. L. (1996). What about the Bible. St. Louis: LCMS.
https://resources.lcms.org/reading-study/what-about-pamphlets/