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

<!-- x-tinymce/html --><h1>Genesis 1:1, 26-31</h1><p><strong>+ God is our Wise and Good Creator</strong></p><div class="free-form-notes" contenteditable="false"></div><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><em>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;&mdash; Astronomer Fred Hoyle</p><p><strong><a href="https://ref.ly/Ps%20104.24;niv?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Psalm 104:24 NIV</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://ref.ly/Ps%20111.2;niv?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Psalm 111:2 NIV</a></strong></p><p>"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." &mdash; Augustine, Confessions</p><div class="free-form-notes" contenteditable="false"></div><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Pulley</strong></p><p>When God at first made man,<br>Having a glass of blessings standing by,<br>&ldquo;Let us,&rdquo; said he, &ldquo;pour on him all we can.<br>Let the world&rsquo;s riches, which dispers&egrave;d lie,<br>Contract into a span.&rdquo;<br><br>So strength first made a way;<br>Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure.<br>When almost all was out, God made a stay,<br>Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure,<br>Rest in the bottom lay.<br><br>&ldquo;For if I should,&rdquo; said he,<br>&ldquo;Bestow this jewel also on my creature,<br>He would adore my gifts instead of me,<br>And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature;<br>So both should losers be.<br><br>&ldquo;Yet let him keep the rest,<br>But keep them with repining restlessness;<br>Let him be rich and weary, that at least,<br>If goodness lead him not, yet weariness<br>May toss him to my breast.&rdquo;</p><p>&mdash; George Herbert</p><div class="free-form-notes" contenteditable="false"></div><p><strong>+ God is our Righteous Judge</strong><strong></strong></p><div class="free-form-notes" contenteditable="false"></div><p><strong><a href="https://ref.ly/Gen%2018.25;niv?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Genesis 18:25 NIV</a></strong></p><p><strong>+ God is our Gracious Savior</strong><strong></strong></p><div class="free-form-notes" contenteditable="false"></div><p><strong><a href="https://ref.ly/Gen%203.15;esv?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Genesis 3:15</a></strong>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>+ God is our Sovereign Ruler</strong><strong></strong></p><div class="free-f