SS2 First Term Christian Religious Studies (CRS) Lesson Note – God the Creator

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WEEK 1:

TOPIC: GOD THE CREATOR

CONTENT:

• GOD THE CREATOR OF MAN AND ALL THINGS GENESIS 1 & 2; PSALM 19: 1-6.
• SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD OVER HIS CREATION, ISAIAH 45:1-12
• SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD OVER INDIVIDUAL LIVES. DANIEL 4:4-37

Sovereignty is defined as being independent state, having dominion, Supreme power and the right to exercise it. The sovereignty of God in the text of the scripture is seen in the light of God’s creation and the control of the universe. Sovereignty of God therefore means God’s absolute power over the universe.

SUB-TOPIC 1: GOD THE CREATOR OF MAN AND ALL THINGS. GENESIS 1 & 2; PSALM 19: 1-6.

The Bible records that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. Such was the position of the earth before God’s creative activities. God used six days to create the world in the following order.

1. On the first day, light was created, and was seperated from the darhness to form day day and night.
2. On the second day, the firmament or the heaven was created.
3. On the third day, lands, seas and vegetations were created.
4. God created the heavenly bodies(sun, moon and stars)on the fourth day.
5. On the fifth day day, the sea animals and birds were created.
6. God created land animals and finally man on the sixth day.
7. God rested on the seventh day

Man was created in the image and likeness of God. He was created with intelligence and ability to distinguish between good and evil. Man was equally given creative ability of God, so that he could modify the environment, also was given dominion over other creatures.

THE SECOND ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION

In the day that God made the earth and the heavens, the earth was covered with mist. Then the Lord formed man out of the dust of the earth and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils.

He made the trees grow to provide food for man. He planted the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God caused a river, which

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