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The Divine Works of the Holy Spirit: Part 1 - Creation

4/21/2021

TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · The Divine Works Of The Holy Spirit: Part 1 - Creation

Genesis 1:1 states, “God created”. The name God translates the Hebrew title Elohim, the plural form of El. By joining the plural noun Elohim to the singular verb created (bārā’), it establishes the triunity of the Godhead. Psalm 33:6 confirms the three members of the Godhead — the Lord, the Word, and the Breath.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the Breath (ruach) of His mouth all their host. - Psalm 33:6

The term Lord translates the Hebrew divine title YHWH, which refers to God the Father. The Word is none other than Jesus, the Son of God. The term breath (ruach) can also be translated as spirit. Hence, the Breath of His mouth is none other than the Holy Spirit.

By His breath the heavens are cleared; - Job 26:13a
The Spirit of God has made me, And the Breath of the Almighty gives me life. - Job 33:4

The book of Job is primarily poetic and, as such, is rich with parallelism. This parallelism is used to show equality. In Job 33:4, the phrase ‘the Spirit of God’ is parallel to the phrase ‘the Breath of the Almighty.’ This shows that the Spirit of God and the Breath of God are equal or the same.

Genesis 1:2 states, that “darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. The term was moving (rāḥap) means to brood, hover, or flutter over. The hovering aspect describes the preparation for the hatching of an egg. Here, the Holy Spirit is hovering, like a mother bird, waiting for the dry land to hatch from the primeval world ocean. The term waters (mayim) is different from the deep (ḥōšek). The deep (ḥōšek) was a chaotic lifeless abyss but now that the Holy Spirit is managing the unformed and unfilled it is being transformed into life sustaining waters. Hence, creation is subject to the superintendence or divine directing of the Holy Spirit.

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The Deity of Christ: Part 2 - Created All Things / Lord of the Sabbath

10/31/2020

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TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · The Deity Christ: Part 2

There are a number of proof texts from Scripture which support Christ’s deity. Previously, the Scriptures have demonstrated that Christ descended from heaven (John 3:13) bears the title Eternal Father (Isaiah 9:6).

The third proof from Scripture that Christ is God is that He created all things.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. - John 1:3

He was the agent involved in creating all things.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made… - Psalm 33:6

The Word of the Lord is none other than Jesus, the Son of God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. - John 1:1
…one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. - 1 Corinthians 8:6
…His Son… through whom also He made the world. - Hebrews 1:2

That Christ created the universe prior to His incarnation (i.e., taking on humanity) means He must be God.

Fourth, Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath.

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. - Mark 2:28

The term Lord indicates that Jesus is sovereign over the Sabbath. He is the Lord of the Sabbath because He created the Sabbath.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. - John 1:1-3

All things includes the Sabbath and apart from Christ, the Sabbath would not exist. Therefore, He is the Creator of the Sabbath and as the Creator, Christ must be God.

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God Is The Creator: Part 3

10/16/2020

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TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · God Is The Creator: Part 3

That creation has a beginning, and an end is the testimony of Scripture. The Hebrew term b’rêshîth or beginning in Genesis 1:1 refers to an absolute beginning. The translators of the Septuagint understood this when they translated b’rêshîth as en archē, which also refers to an absolute beginning. Therefore, time, space, matter, energy, ultimately the universe all had an absolute beginning.

Time’s beginning is established on the first day of creation.

God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. - Genesis 1:5

The Hebrew term translated as a day is yōm. Yōm refers to a literal, twenty-four hour cycle. During the first twenty-four-hour cycle of creation, God separated the darkness and the light into evening and morning. This twenty-four-hour cycle, divided between evening and morning, continued throughout the next five days and continues even into the present.

Along with time, God created space and matter.

Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it, - Isaiah 42:5
For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), I am the Lord, and there is none else. - Isaiah 45:18

All things, both visible and invisible, within the realm of space and matter, were created by God.

In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land. - Psalm 95:4-5
The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth… He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; - Acts 17-24a-25b

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God Is The Creator - Part 2

10/16/2020

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TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · God Is The Creator: Part 2

Genesis 1:3 states, “and God said.” The verb said (‘amar) is in the jussive mood, which means that God did not simply speak creation into existence, He commanded it.

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. - Psalm 33:9
Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, For He commanded and they were created. - Psalm 148:2-5

Thus, God created by command or divine fiat (ex verbum deo). Furthermore, what He commanded into existence, was not made from previously existing matter.

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. - Hebrews 11:3

This is underscored by the Hebrew term bārā’ translated as created in Genesis 1:1. The term bārā’ means to produce something which never existed before.

What did God command into existence? God commanded all things into existence, including time, space and matter. Time, space, and matter are not eternal. First, Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity demonstrates that time cannot exist independently of matter and energy. Second, the Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the amount of energy in the universe is running out. Since time cannot exist independent of matter and energy and the amount of energy in the universe is running out, then time and matter would be running out as well. If time, matter, and energy are running out, they will come to an end. Also, if the universe is losing said time, matter, and energy, it too will come to an end. If these have an end, then they had a beginning and are not eternal.

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God Is the Creator: Part 1

10/14/2020

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TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · God Is The Creator - Part 1

Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning God, created the heavens and the earth.” From the opening statement of Scripture, God reveals Himself as Creator. It is this very revelation of God, which evolutionist seek to rid themselves. Herbert Spencer, one of the originators of the theory of evolution, vehemently denied God as the source of Creation. In his book, First Principles, he argues that five things are necessary for creation: Time, Force, Action, Space, and Matter.

Here is an excellent example of God using the mysteries of creation to disgrace the philosophers of the world (cf. 1 Corinthians 1:27). While Mr. Spencer sought to undermine the validity of creation theology, he unwittingly underscored the very truth of creation theology as revealed in Genesis 1:1. God says, “In the beginning” (TIME) “God” (FORCE) “created” (ACTION) “the heavens” (SPACE) “and the earth” (MATTER). God is the force or energy, which performed the creating action. God spoke, and it happened.

And God said... - Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. - Psalm 33:6

The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can be transferred, but it cannot be created or destroyed. In other words, energy cannot be created from nothing; it must be transferred from another source. As we have set forth, God is eternal and self-sufficient. Therefore, He is uncaused and the First Cause in creation.

The energy in the universe originated from God. On the first day of creation, God said, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:4). Light is energy (it is one form of electromagnetic energy). When God said, “Let there be light,” God did not create light or energy, but transferred energy from His own essence.

… God is Light… - 1 John 1:5b

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The Divine Works of the Holy Spirit: Part 1 - Creation

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