Creation Story - NIV

1. The Story of This Earth Begins with God.

Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] Now the earth was formless and empty, ______________ was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was ______________ over the waters.

2. On the First Day God Created Light.

Genesis 1:3-5 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. [4] God saw that the light was good, and he ________________ the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was ____________, and there was morning--the _________ day.

Which part of the day came first? Was it the evening or the morning? __________________.

3. On the Second Day of Creation What Did God Create?

Genesis 1:6-8 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to ______________ water from water." [7] So God made the expanse and ______________d the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. [8] God called the expanse "sky." And there was ____________, and there was morning--the second day.

Notice that water in two places: on the earth and above the earth. Firmament means air. God called the firmament heaven. There are three heavens in the Bible.
1) The air above the earth
2) The place where the stars are
3) The place where God lives

How long does it say it took God to divide the water above the firmament from the water below it? ______________________.

4. On the Third Day God Made Dry Land Appear.

Genesis 1:9-13 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one _________, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. [10] God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered __________ he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. [11] Then God said, "Let the land ____________ vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their ____________ kinds." And it was so. [12] The land ____________d vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. [13] And there was ____________, and there was morning--the _________ day.

What did God make in addition to dry land and seas? ______________________________________________________________.

5. On the Fourth Day of Creation God Made Something to Govern the Day and the Night.

Genesis 1:14-19 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark ____________ and days and years, [15] and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. [16] God made two great lights--the ____________ light to govern the day and the __________ light to govern the night. He also made the _________. [17] God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, [18] to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from ______________. And God saw that it was good. [19] And there was ____________, and there was morning--the __________ day.

What three things does the Bible say God made on the fourth day? __________________ ____________________ ___________________.

6. What Did God Make on the Fifth Day?

Genesis 1:20-23 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the ____________ of the sky." [21] So God ____________ the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [22] God ____________ them and said, "Be ______________ and increase in __________ and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." [23] And there was ____________, and there was morning--the fifth day.

List some of the things God made on the fifth day: ____________________ ____________________ ___________________ ____________________.

7. On the Sixth Day of Creation God Created Land Animals and Mankind.

Genesis 1:24-25 And God said, "Let the land ____________ __________ creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. [25] God _______ the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was _______.

Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our ______________, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the ________________, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. [28] God ____________ them and said to them, "Be ______________ and increase in number; fill the earth and __________ it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every __________ creature that moves on the ground."

Genesis 1:29-31 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. [30] And to all the __________ of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the ________________ that move on the ground--everything that has the __________ of life in it--I give every _________ plant for food." And it was so. [31] God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was ____________, and there was morning--the _________ day.

God told man and woman what they should eat. He also said what the animals would eat.

What did God say about the things he had created? ___________________________________________________.

8. After the Six Days of Creation God Then Set Aside a Special Day to Be Remembered at the End of Every Week.

Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were ________________ in all their vast array. [2] By the seventh day God had ______________ the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. [3] And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, ____________ on it he rested from all the work of ______________ that he had done.

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