1/2/2022 - God’s Intention for Everything - Genesis - Pastor Jason Fritz

If you asked me for one writing that appeals to all people including the scientist, engineer, philosopher, teacher, laborer, housewife and child; I would have to say it’s the book of Genesis. It answers the three basic questions everyone is asking.  Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? And if there was ever a time our world needed to bring clarity of purpose, meaning and direction it is now. Psychology Today posted an article titled: Welcome To The Age of Confusion: Existential Confusion Runs Rampant in the US. The author gives a list of challenges: Mass shootings, skyrocketing suicides, depression and anxiety, dramatic increase of drug use, culture of victimhood, racial tensions, troubled educational system, uncertain economic patterns, climate crisis, diametrically opposed political views, a damaging 24/7 polarizing news and social media cycle, ever changing definitions of sexuality, gender and personhood. Overwhelmingly people in America believe we are headed in the wrong direction. What is the answer? The author goes on to say that the Christian worldview is impossibly outdated. He also states that the progressive view does not embrace the reality of the human existence. What’s fascinating is that the book of Genesis, while antiquated to some, speaks directly to the today’s source of and answer for the world’s confusion. In other words, it points to the realities of the human existence and what has gone wrong and how God intends to fix it. For this reason also Genesis is about Jesus Christ. Jesus quoted from it himself many times. The book has been termed the “seed” message because in it we see the genesis of sin, grace, forgiveness, redemption and restoration. So Genesis is not just about creation, it is about order, design, purpose and meaning. The very things our world is desperately searching for. For this reason, this series is for everyone. However, it is especially for those who are 30 and under and even more so for Generation Z. I hope you will commit to attending faithfully each week and be transformed by this incredible book.