BIBLICAL BASIS: The Creation of the World

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 1:1-5, 26 -- 2:3

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 1:1 -- 2:25; Isaiah 40:12-31; Colossians 1:15-17

DEVOTIONAL READING: Isaiah 40:12-26

KEY VERSE: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good (Genesis 1:31).

CENTRAL TRUTH: We should glorify God as our good Creator.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify ways God's creation still reflects the goodness of God.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Creator and the Universe (Genesis 1:1-25)
II. The Creator and Man (Genesis 1:26-31)
III. The Creator and the Sabbath (Genesis 2:1-3)