God the creator of man and all things Lesson Note

A creator is a person who create something.

While creation means the action or process of creating something.

God is the Creator of the whole universe. He created the heavens, the earth, plants, animals, human beings, and everything that exists. The account of creation is found in Genesis 1–2.

God created everything by His word and power. He also created human beings in His own image and gave them authority to take care of His creation.

The account of God’s creation of the earth, as contained in book of Genesis, is narrated in two ways:

1.Chronological Order of Creation(first creation story)

The creation of the world took place over six days, while God rested on the seventh day.

*First Day – Light: God created light and separated it from darkness. He called the light day and the darkness night.

*Second Day – Sky: God created the firmament (sky) and separated the waters above from the waters below.

*Third Day – Land, Seas and vegetation: God gathered the waters together so that dry land appeared. He called the dry land earth and the waters seas. He then created grass, plants and trees.

*Fourth Day – Sun, Moon and Stars: God created the sun to rule the day, the moon to rule the night, and the stars.

*Fifth Day – God created the living creatures, the fish and all the sea creatures and the birds of the air: God blessed them and commanded them to be fruitful, the fish to fill the waters, the birds, the sea to fill the earth.

*Sixth Day – different kinds of animals and Man: God created cattle, wild animals and other creatures that live on the land. Finally, He created human beings—male and female—in His own image.

*Seventh Day – Rest: God finished His work of creation and rested from all His work. He blessed the seventh day and made it holy.

After the heaven and the earth had been created, God formed the first man, Adam, out of the dust from the ground, He then breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living being.God created the garden of Eden and made it a living place for Adam.

The garden of Eden was made beautiful with all kinds of trees, flowers and rivers to Water the plants and the trees. The rivers were divided into four the pihon ,Gihon ,Tigris and Euphrates.pishon flows around the whole land of Havilah where there was gold.Gihon flow around the whole land of cush.Tigris flows east of Assyria.Inside the garden of Eden was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and God commanded Adam not to eat out of it or else he would die.

So that he should not be alone, other living creatures, the beasts and the birds were created and man gave them name by which they should be called.

To get helper fit for man ,He caused man (Adam )to fall into a deep sleep, took one of his ribs, and made a woman (Eve). Eve was called a woman because she was created out of the ribs of a man.

God gave human beings dominion or authority over other parts of His creation. This is stated in Genesis (1:26–28).

Human beings have the responsibility to :

*God is the Creator of all things.

*Human beings are created in God's image.

*Life is a precious gift from God.

*We should respect and care for God's creation.

*Human beings should not abuse animals or destroy the environment.

*Everything God created has a purpose.

*We should appreciate God for His wonderful creation.