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WELCOME TO A BRAND NEW LIFE

by Ken Trivette

Scripture: GENESIS 2:1-15


Welcome To A Brand New Life
Ken D. Trivette
Genesis 2:1-15


1. Beginning in chapter 2, creation is behind us. The six days of creation are over. It is day seven and time and history are before us. God has created Adam and Eve and you could say this is the first day of the rest of their life. Adam and Eve are at least a day old and they are starting out literally on a brand new life.

2. In verses 4-5 we are given a summary of the first six days of creation: "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

3. A little boy was talking to his mommy one day and he asked, "Mommy, how did God make our bodies?" She pulled him close and said, "God formed man of the dust of the ground." The little boy thought a few minutes and then asked, "Mommy, when we die, what happens to our bodies when we die?" The mother answered, "Our bodies go back to the dust of ground from whence God made us." The little boy thought a few minutes more and then said, "Mommy, you better come up stairs and look under my bed, for there's somebody either coming or going."

4. In six days God created a world for man and then he created a man for the world. On day seven man began a brand new life.

5. I want us to look at this brand new life and in so doing I want us to notice that there is a parallel between the new life of the physical and the new life of the spiritual. There are similarities between the new life of creation and the new life of salvation.

6. The Word of Go ...

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