How Great is Our God—by Justin Renton

Genesis 1:1 God—Elohim—created heaven and earth from nothing. Beginning = the start of everything — he is the genesis of everything. Our lives should begin with him.

Our vision for our lives/the church must be God. He looked at the nothing and envisioned something. When we focus on people, instead of Him, we lose our way.

Genesis 1:2 God sees possibilities in the darkness. He saw possibilities. Without God life is depressing. There are solutions with God. It takes faith to see opportunities in the darkness and void.

Genesis 1:3 God's spoken word is powerful. Only the Bible is impressive. "And God said", . As people we have to labour, God only speaks it into existence (v6,9,11,24,26).

Am I still in awe of the Bible? Has the Word lost its impact on our lives? Read it daily, allow it to transform you/bring hope? Recapture the love.

"God said" ends all arguments we might have.

Genesis 1:31 Very good... 

God saw all he had made and it was very good. Sunsets, sunrise, flowers, insects etc. 

The bride of Christ is beautiful. We are always representing Jesus, and need to be careful how we talk about it.

Watch the full sermon here (it starts at 41mins)