Bible Study Course

Book of Genesis

Part 1

 

Chapter 4

Genesis 1:2

A. “And the earth was without ________, and ________; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

 

Note:  Theistic Evolution was not the only false teaching that arose because of those who were afraid of being called ignorant. 

 

Another false teaching arose called the GAP THEORY.

It taught that between the first two verses of Genesis chapter one, there were millions or billions of years.

 

Note:  Remember, the Bible warns that some people will believe things that are falsely called science.

 

1.  1 Timothy 6:20-21 says, “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and ______________________ of ______________  ______________ so called:   Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.”

 

Note:  The Gap Theory falsely teaches that verse 2 is describing the earth after God supposedly destroyed a previous race upon it.  They thus teach that the description of creation in chapters 1 and 2, is actually the second time that God created everything.

They teach that there was a race of people before Adam and Eve, who sinned and corrupted the earth, and that God destroyed them all with the earth.

 

2. Romans 5:12 says, “Wherefore, as by ______ man ______ entered into the __________, and death by sin; and so death passed

upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

        3. Romans 5:14 says, “Nevertheless death reigned from ________ to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of ____________ transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

 

The Bible teaches that sin entered into the world by Adam, which means that there could not

have been a previous race of people that fell into sin.  There is NO GAP between verses 1 and 2.

 

B. Genesis 1:2 says, “And the ___________ was without ________, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

 

Note:  The word form means, “the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).

 

God had created the material  of the earth (what scientists refer to as matter),

but God had not yet formed that material into specific things.

 

C. Genesis 1:2 says, “And the earth was without form, and ________; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

 

Note:  The word void means “not occupied, vacant, empty” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).  The earth was empty at this point, because God had not yet filled it with His creations.

 

Verse 2 is NOT describing an earth just destroyed by God through a judgment (the false teaching of the Gap Theory),

but an earth whose matter  God had just created, but had not yet fully formed—not yet finished.

 

Note:  It is like building a house.  You lay the foundation and build the frame, but it is empty inside, until you finish it.

 

D. Genesis 1:2 says, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the ___________ of ______ moved upon the face of the waters.”

 

Note:  In this second verse in the Bible, we are already finding teaching about the Godhead (the Trinity).  The word Trinity is defined as, “the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary). 

        The New Testament makes reference back to this verse, showing proof that all men are without excuse for not believing in the Trinity, the Godhead;

 that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are One.

 

1. Romans 1:20 says, “For the invisible things of him from the ________________ of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his ______________ power and ______________; so that they are without excuse.”

 

Note:  Remember how we have already seen that Jesus is God Almighty?  Now we see that the Holy Spirit is Almighty God, too.

 

2.  1 John 5:7 says, “For there are __________ that bear record in heaven, the ____________, the ________, and the ________  __________: and these three are ______.”

 

Note: The devil does not like that verse, because it teaches that God the Father, God the Son (the Word), and God the Holy Spirit are all One, and all are God Almighty.  This is one reason that it is so important to be reading the right translation of the Bible.

 

The New International Version  of the Bible has partially removed 1 John 5:7.  It reads, "For there are three that testify."

(New International Version, © 1978, International Bible Society)

 

Remember what the verse really says?

 

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

(King James Version)

 

The NIV REMOVES information telling where these bear record, “in heaven.”

The NIV REMOVES the identity of these three, “the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost.”

The NIV also REMOVES the very important information that,

“these three are one,” proving that we worship one God—not three.

 

Compare the NIV to The New World

Translation of the Jehovah’s Witness cult.

“For there are three witness bearers.”

(The New World Translation, © 1961, 2006 Watchtower Bible & Tract Society)

 

Notice how the NIV took out the same portion of the verse as the Jehovah’s Witnesses.  Remember how we have often been told that the new translations do not

affect any doctrines?  Well, you can see that is not the truth.  This is one reason why it is extremely important as to which Bible translation you read.  Satan has

corrupted many translations of the Bible, to get people to believe false doctrine.  If you are reading in English, make sure that you get a King James Version of the

Bible.

 

The Spirit of God (God the Holy Spirit) is not just a force, as some false religions teach.  The Holy Spirit is the eternal God.

 

3. Hebrews 9:14 says, “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the ______________  ____________ offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

 

Note:  The Holy Spirit is eternal, and only God has always existed.

 

4. Psalm 90:2 says, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from ______________________ to ______________________, thou art ______.”

 

Note:  The Holy Spirit is eternal, so the Holy Spirit is God.  The Holy Spirit is also referred to as God in the next verses.

 

5. Acts 5:3-4 says, “But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the ________  __________, and to keep back part of the price of the land?   Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto ______.”

 

To lie to the Holy Ghost, is to lie to God.

 

Review:

1. Another false teaching arose called the ______ Theory.  This theory taught that between the first two verses of Genesis chapter one, there were millions or billions of __________.

 2. The Gap Theory falsely teaches that verse 2 is describing the earth after God supposedly __________________ a previous race upon it.

 3. Romans 5:12 says, “Wherefore, as by ______ man sin ______________ into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

4. The Bible tells us the name of that one man, and it was ________—which means that there could not have been a previous race of people before Adam and Eve that fell into sin.  There is NO ______ between verses 1 and 2 of Genesis chapter 1.

5. Genesis 1:2 says, “And the earth was without ________, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

6. The word form means, “the __________ and structure of something as distinguished from its material” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).  God had created the material of the earth (what scientists refer to as matter), but God had not yet formed the material into specific things.

7. Genesis 1:2 says, “And the earth was without form, and ________; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

8. The word void means “not occupied, vacant, __________” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).  The earth was empty at this point, because God had not yet filled it with His creations.

9. Verse 2 is NOT describing an earth that God had just destroyed through a judgment (the false teaching of the Gap Theory), but an earth whose matter God had just created, but had not yet fully formed—not yet ________________.

10. Genesis 1:2 says, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the ___________ of ______ moved upon the face of the waters.”

11. The New Testament makes reference back to this verse, showing proof that all men are without excuse for not believing in the Trinity, the Godhead.  That God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are ______.

12. Romans 1:20 says, “For the invisible things of him from the ________________ of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his ______________ power and ______________; so that they are without excuse.”

 13. The Spirit of God (God the Holy Spirit) is not just a force, as some false religions teach.  The Holy Spirit is the eternal God.

 14.  1 John 5:7 says, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the ____________, the ________, and the ________  __________: and these three are ______.”

 

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