Bezalel - Creating for the Creator

• Sermon Notes

  God is the Joyful Creator

  Genesis 1:1 (NLT)

  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

  And God saw that it was good (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25)

  Genesis 1:26-27, 31 (NLT)

  We Create in the “Physical” Realm

  Exodus 31:1-11 (NLT)

  (Read Exodus 36-39 for the details of all Bezalel and others made)

  We Create in the “Spiritual/Soulful/Relational/Emotional” Realm

  Ephesians 2:10

  For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. (HCSB)

  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (NLT)

  We

  Ephesians 2:14 (NLT)

  For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.

  Galatians 3:28 (NLT)

  There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  Creation/Workmanship/Masterpiece

  Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

  For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (NLT)

  Ephesians 2:20-22 (NLT)

  Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

  (RE)-created in Christ Jesus (The Anointed King, Yahweh saves)

  Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

  For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (NLT)

  For good things/good works

  Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

  For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (NLT)

  A Benediction by Carlos Fernandez

  Creator God—

  as we return now to our homes, workplaces, and communities,

  may Your Spirit open our eyes anew

  to the vastness and splendor of Your beauty all around us.

  May we hear, and smell, and see, and touch

  Your glory evident in all of Your creation.

  Above all, let us see Your beauty

  even in the brokenness of our brothers and sisters—

  all of them, created in Your image,

  and waiting to experience that redemption that comes

  only through Christ Jesus our Lord.

  We go now to love and serve our Lord—Amen.