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Gen 1:1 - Genesis is a name taken from the Greek, and signifies "the book of
generation or production;" it is properly so called, as containing an
account of the origin of all things. There is no other history so old.
There is nothing in the most ancient book which exists that contradicts it;
while many things recorded by the oldest heathen writers, or to be traced
in the customs of different nations, confirm what is related in the book of
Genesis.
* God creates heaven and earth. (1,2) The creation of light. (3-5) God
separates the earth from the waters, and makes it fruitful. (6-13) God
forms the sun, moon, and stars. (14-19) Animals created. (20-25) Man
created in the image of God. (26-28) Food appointed. (29,30) The work of
creation ended and approved. (31)
The first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying and useful account of
the origin of the earth and the heavens. The faith of humble Christians
understands this better than the fancy of the most learned men. From what
we see of heaven and earth, we learn the power of the great Creator. And
let our make and place as men, remind us of our duty as Christians, always
to keep heaven in our eye, and the earth under our feet. The Son of God,
one with the Father, was with him when he made the world; nay, we are often
told that the world was made by him, and nothing was made without him. Oh,
what high thoughts should there be in our minds, of that great God whom we
worship, and of that great Mediator in whose name we pray! And here, at the
beginning of the sacred volume, we read of that Divine Spirit, whose work
upon the heart of man is so often mentioned in other parts of the Bible.
Observe, that at first there was nothing desirable to be seen, for the
world was without form, and void; it was confusion, and emptines s. In like
manner the work of grace in the soul is a new creation: and in a graceless
soul, one that is not born again, there is disorder, confusion, and every
evil work: it is empty of all good, for it is without God; it is dark, it
is darkness itself: this is our condition by nature, till Almighty grace
works a change in us.
Gen 1:3 - God said, Let there be light; he willed it, and at once there was
light. Oh, the power of the word of God! And in the new creation, the first
thing that is wrought in the soul is light: the blessed Spirit works upon the
will and affections by enlightening the understanding. Those who by sin
were darkness, by grace become light in the Lord. Darkness would have been
always upon fallen man, if the Son of God had not come and given us
understanding, #1Jo 5:20. The light which God willed, he approved of. God
divided the light from the darkness; for what fellowship has light with
darkness? In heaven there is perfect light, and no darkness at all; in
hell, utter darkness, and no gleam of light. The day and the night are the
Lord's; let us use both to his honour, by working for him every day, and
resting in him every night, meditating in his law both day and night.
Gen 1:6 - The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of
God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to
man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The
earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have
the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If
we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may
rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.