Day 1:
Today, a lot of people like to believe that evolution is responsible for the universe. They think that some accident made everything just appear and begin to work correctly. The reason people believe this is because they don't want to think that they are going to have to give an account of what they've done with their lives. The problem is that would mean their lives don't matter; they're just another step in an evolutionary process.
But God says that their lives DO matter. He has a plan for everyone and he wants everyone to be saved. He died for everyone and wants their lives to mean something.
So, how did the universe come into existance? Well, the Bible tells us!
Genesis 1:1-2- In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The first day of creation God was alone. He wanted to make other things. He wanted to have someone else. So, God made an earth without form and it had nothing on it. It was all dark. So dark that only God could see in it. How could God make a lovely world if no one could see it? Oh, but God is much smarter than that! He knew just what to do.
Genesis 1:3- And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And on the first day, he decided to make light. You might wonder how God made light if there were no sun, or moon, or stars. Well, God is light. He shines so brightly than he can light the entire universe! There's no part of the universe where this light didn't go. It was so bright!
I John 1:5- This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
John 8:12- Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
But God not only wanted day; he also wanted night.
Genesis 1:4- And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
So, in a way that only God can, he separated the light from the darkness. He told the light to stay over here, and he told the darkness to stay over there. And it was so- that means that even the light and the darkness obeys God.
God then thougth that he should name this creation.
Genesis 1:5- And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
He called the light- DAY. And he called the darkness- NIGHT. Two distinct things that would work together to creation something that God called a day!
This was the first day ever. There had never been a day before! This was the very first one! The beginning of time and space. And it all started with 3 words "LET THERE BE"!
