Introductions

I would like to begin by stating I am young and know a little. God has blessed me in many ways and I strive to be a good steward of those blessings. But let God be the judge of my efforts. Not much of an introduction I'll grant you.

Introductions are a fundamental part of life. We are introduced to our parents at birth; introduced to books good and bad; introduced to people, to seminars, to sermons, etc. So why would it surprise one to know that the greatest book on this earth introduces us to the greatest being in the whole of creation: our Creator?

As we open the Bible and begin to read the first verse of Genesis, we find that we are introduced to God. As we continue through that first chapter, God is spectacularly introduced to us. Read with me if you will:

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. If we were to apply our grammar skills to this sentence we see that "In the beginning" is a prepositional phrase denoting time; "God" is the noun (Person, place, thing, or idea) or object of the sentence; "created" is the action or verb; "the heaven and the earth" are the direct objects of the action. What does all this mean to us and what does it have to do with the topic of introductions? In this verse we are introduced to the eternal nature of God ("In the beginning God"); His omnipotence or power ("created the heaven and the earth"); and to His omniscience or knowledge of how to create things that work.

As we continue to read down through this chapter in Genesis, we are impressed with the thought, planning and purpose displayed by our Creator. Here we have God creating light and darkness, day and night, atmosphere, land, water, plants, birds, fish, animals all for His final and most glorious creation: Man. God, the most awesome, the most powerful, the most supreme being planned this world for man and planned man for something even greater. What an introduction!!!

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