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Adult Bible Study Guide
Jan • Feb • Mar 2013
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Origins
L. James Gibson Principal Contributor
Origins
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Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth
Creation: Forming the World
The Creation Completed
Creation, a Biblical Theme
Creation and Morality
Creation and the Fall
Through a Glass, Darkly
Jesus, Provider and Sustainer
Marriage: A Gift From Eden
Stewardship and the Environment
Sabbath: A Gift From Eden
Creation and the Gospel
Creation, Again
Origins
Our Goal {5}
As we go through this quarter,
we’ll see even more reasons why a
literal six-day creation is essential to
all that we believe and
why to compromise on Creation is
to undermine the basis of the
gospel and the teachings that make
us what we are.
Origins
Lesson 5, February 2
Creation and Morality
Creation and Morality
Key Text
Genesis 2:16, 17 NIV
“And the Lord God commanded
the man, ‘You are free to eat from
any tree in the garden; but you
must not eat from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, for
when you eat from it you will
certainly die.’ ”
Creation and Morality
Initial Words {55}
From the Magna Carta (1215)
to the French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(1789) to various United Nations
declarations, the idea is promoted
that human beings possess certain
“inalienable rights.”
What are these rights? Why should
we have these rights anyway?
Creation and Morality
Quick Look
1. Morality and Creation
(Proverbs 14:31)
2. Morality and God’s image
(Genesis 9:6)
3. Morality and Accountability
(Ecclesiastes 12:14)
Creation and Morality
1. Morality and Creation
Proverbs 14:31 NKJV
“He who
oppresses the
poor reproaches
his Maker, but he
who honors His
has mercy on the
needy.”
1. Morality and Creation
Dependent Creatures {56}
Genesis 2:7 depicts God as creating
Adam individually and represents
him to be an intelligent, moral being
rather than as an animal.
Because we are always dependent
on our heavenly Father for life and
its necessities, it is always
appropriate for us to accept God’s
guidance.
1. Morality and Creation
Of One Blood {58}
In Genesis 2:23, Adam is given the
task of naming his wife, whom he
called Havah.
The Hebrew word for “Eve” (Havah)
can be translated as “life-giver.”
Eve’s name represents the fact that
she is the ancestor of all humans.
We are all one family in the most
literal sense
1. Morality and Creation
Of One Blood {58}
We are united in that we all
descended from one woman, Eve,
and from one man, Adam.
And God is the Father of us all.
This fact is the basis of human
equality.
Creation and Morality
2. Morality and God’s Image
Genesis 9:6 NKJV
“Whoever sheds
man’s blood, by
man his blood
shall be shed; for
in the image of
God He made
man.”
2. Morality and God’s Image
Special Attribute {57}
What exactly is “the image of God”
1. Dominion over the other creatures.
God has appointed to humans a
share of sovereignty.
2. Expressed in relationship. As the
Godhead is manifest in three Persons
in relationship, the image of God in
humans is expressed in relationship
of male and female.
What is the Image of God?
The Creator’s Character {59}
3. To resemble Him in character. To
be like God is not the same thing as
to aspire to be God.
In order for us to reflect His
character, we must have a proper
understanding of what that
character is.
Creation and Morality
3. Morality and Accountability
Ecclesiastes 12:14 NKJV
“For God will bring
every work into
judgment, including
every secret thing,
whether it is good or
whether it is evil.”
3. Morality and Accountability
Day of Judgment {60}
Paul’s sermon in Athens began with
Creation and ended with judgment.
The God who made the world and
everything in it has fixed a day on
which He will judge the world.
To be endowed with morality implies
accountability, and each of us will be
held responsible for our actions and
our words
3. Morality and Accountability
Day of Judgment {60}
The Bible teaches that the justice so
lacking in this world will one day be
meted out by God Himself.
More so, the whole idea of judgment
implies a moral order: why would
God judge, much less punish, if there
were no moral standards to which
people could be held?
Creation and Morality
Final Words {61}
According to Scripture, Adam was
the first man and was specially
created from the dust by God.
Our understanding of the origin of
morality is founded in the origin of
Adam. Biblical concepts of morality
are, then, inseparable from biblical
concepts of origins.