The Gospel: A Story of Creation, Redemption, and Restoration

The Gospel: A Redemption and Restoration Story 29 messages! Genesis (5), Exodus (1), 2ndSamuel (1), Ezekiel (1), Isaiah, Matthew, Acts and 1/2 Thessalonians (3 each) and Revelation (8) The Gospel

The Gospel: A Redemption and Restoration Story Creation Redemption Rebellion Restoration

I. Creation A. God is the sovereign creator and redeemer of His very good creation God created everything God transcends His creation By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible Hebrews 11:3

I. Creation A. God is the sovereign creator and redeemer of His very good creation God created everything God transcends His creation God s word has the power to bring His perfect will to pass God is sovereign over all the universe Our sovereign God makes true distinctions God s creative work brings about redemption

Gods creative work brings about redemption. It begins by taking a formless and void waste place and ends with a marvelous creation at rest, blessed and sanctified by God. The pattern of God s redemptive work first begins to unfold at creation. Dr. Allen Ross

I. Creation A. God is the sovereign creator and redeemer of His very good creation B. Mankind was created to partner with with God in His meaningful work

I.B Mankind was created to partner with God in His meaningful work Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth Genesis 1:26- 28

II. Rebellion The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually So the LORDsaid, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens Genesis 6:5-7 We are all by nature children of wrath Ephesians 2:3

III. Redemption A. Redemption was revealed immediately B. Redemption was demonstrated in God s deliverance of Noah But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD Genesis 6:8 Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God Genesis 6:9

III. Redemption A. Redemption was revealed immediately B. Redemption was demonstrated in God s deliverance of Noah C. Redemption was demonstrated through the creation of the nations Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth Genesis 9:1 Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth Genesis 11:4

III. Redemption A. Redemption was revealed immediately B. Redemption was demonstrated in God s deliverance of Noah C. Redemption was demonstrated through the creation of the nations D. The nations become the object and vehicle of God s work of eternal redemption

III.D The nations become the object and vehicle of God s work of eternal redemption in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed (Genesis 22:18) It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth (Isaiah 49:6) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19) for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth (Revelation 5:9-10) By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day and there will be no night there. They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations (Revelation 21:24- 26)

III. Redemption A. Redemption was revealed immediately B. Redemption was demonstrated in God s deliverance of Noah C. Redemption was demonstrated through the creation of the nations D. The nations become the object and vehicle of God s work of eternal redemption E.The gospel is a message of redemption: our deliverance from wrath and for the glory of His kingdom

III.E The gospel is a message of redemption: our deliverance from wrath and for the glory of His kingdom By God s grace through our faith in Jesus Christ, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his Romans 6:5 If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him 2 Timothy 2:11-12

IV. Restoration From before the foundation of the world, God had a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in [Christ], things in heaven and things on earth Ephesians 1:10 All things new New heaven and earth New Jerusalem God forever dwelling among His people Sin s presence & power forever eradicated The curse upon creation forever lifted Irrevocable access to Tree of Life and God s presence forever granted The nations Christ died and rose again to redeem now bearing the glory of God s salvation His resurrected Image Bearers faithfully bearing the sinless likeness of Christ Forever reigning over His forever new and forever good creation Satan and all who followed him forever consigned to wrath under God s judgment