What We Have Learned from Genesis | Genesis 1:1, 26-31

Genesis 1:1, 26-31+ God is our Wise and Good Creator “A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature.” — Astronomer Fred HoylePsalm 104:24 NIVPsalm 111:2 NIV"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." — Augustine, ConfessionsThe PulleyWhen God at first made man,Having a glass of blessings standing by,“Let us,” said he, “pour on him all we can.Let the world’s riches, which dispersèd lie,Contract into a span.”So strength first made a way;Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure.When almost all was out, God made a stay,Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure,Rest in the bottom lay.“For if I should,” said he,“Bestow this jewel also on my creature,He would adore my gifts instead of me,And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature;So both should losers be.“Yet let him keep the rest,But keep them with repining restlessness;Let him be rich and weary, that at least,If goodness lead him not, yet wearinessMay toss him to my breast.”— George Herbert+ God is our Righteous JudgeGenesis 18:25 NIV+ God is our Gracious SaviorGenesis 3:15 + God is our Sovereign RulerGenesis 50:20