"The Seven Days" - Genesis 1:3-2:3 - Nathan Edwards

Are God’s days of creation the same as our days?

Questions for Personal Reflection

1. What’s the longest day you have worked? What were you doing?

2. How has the debate on the days of creation affected you? What issues make the “days of creation” so contentious?

3. The EPC motto is “In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, in all things charity” a. How do you determine an essential from a nonessential? b. Read 1 Corinthians 15:3-8. What does Paul say is the issue of “first importance” c. Do you think the days of creation should be an essential? d. What does showing charity on this issue look like?

4. Read Genesis 1:26: Do you think our image of God is identical or analogical? What are some of the similarities? What are some of the dissimilarities?

5. Read Hebrews 4:1-6. What words indicate God’s seventh day continues? How is God’s day of rest analogical to our own?

6. You meet someone who says they want to believe the gospel but can’t get past the conflict between the Bible’s 6-day creation story and their scientific understanding of the age of the earth. How might you help them through this obstacle?