Creation - Genesis 1 and 2

On September 4th we kicked off the Sunday youth program.  Here is what we talked about …

Genesis 1 and 2 are power-packed with much insight and yet, the old adage is true: “the more you now the more you don’t know“.  Here are some brief take-aways from the discussions we had in the youth group.

• Genesis is an ancient book (it was written more than 3000 years ago) – we should expect it to be different than our modern day newspaper or the latest biography.
• Genesis is also a foreign book – we should expect it to say things in a different way than Americans do; we should expect exotic illustrations and metaphors, different chronology (the way they describe time), foreign customs, and unusual ways to tell stories.

This raises the question:  If Genesis is an ancient and foreign book does it have meaning for our modern society?  Is Genesis relevant to us?

• Genesis describes creation from two different perspectives.  In chapter 1 we see a macro view of the entire creation; in chapter 2 we get additional insight regarding the creation of human beings in the image of God.  One could say there are two accounts of creation in Genesis working together to provide specific insight into God’s work.

CONCLUSION:  Since human beings (men and women) are created in the image of God, we should expect to see / understand God by looking at people – but FAIR WARNING, the current image is distorted so we MUST be careful on how we do our investigation.