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Apostle's Creed Study - Lesson 1

I. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

1. Read the story of creation as it is recorded in Genesis, Chapters 1 and 2.

2. Read what God says to the Israelites in Isaiah 40:6-31.

3. Read how God answers the doubts of a child of God in Job chapters 38-41.

4. Read how God feels about those who do not worship Him as Creator in Romans 1:18-25.

Questions:

1. Genesis requires only an average level of intelligence to under stand and only a childlike faith to believe. Why then do some people find the creation story so difficult to accept? Read also I Corinthians 1:18-31.

2. Since God is so great, so powerful, so self-sufficient, why does He concern Himself with mankind? See also I Peter 3:8-10.

3. Using Job as an example of God's disciplinary trials, should our response in a similar situation be one of rebellion, reasonings and questionings, or submission? Read Job chapters 1 and 2. Reread 2:9-10.

4. What is the sin in this text and how does God react to it?

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