Faith Foundations in Genesis

As you open to your bibles to Genesis chapters 1 through 4, you should soon realize that many of our church doctrines find their basis right here. God tells us what happened at the beginning of creation and the history of mankind. Understanding this should make us want to study Genesis even more. This is a brief list of 43 items.

1. God is our Creator - Gen 1:1, 26-27
2. God made us vegetarians - Gen 1:29-30
3. God made everything in 6 days - Gen 1:31, Ex 20:11
4. Everything God made then was VERY GOOD - Gen 1:31
5. God instituted the sabbath on the 7th day - Gen 2:3, Ex 20:8-11
6. God made man a living soul, different from animals, in His own image - Gen 2:7
7. God planted a garden and placed man there - Gen 2:8
8. There were 2 special trees in the garden to test man - Gen 2:9
9. God gave man clear instructions, man can understand what God said - gift of language - Gen 2:16-17