Genesis chapter 1 taken literally

This is from a Sunday School class I did

Do you take Genesis chapter 1 literally (also 1-11)? Why or Why not?

Read John 20:30-31; 1 John 5:13; Why do we have the written word? _____________

Read 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Romans 5:12-15
Why did Christ come? _________________ Where do you first read this? ______________

Where did Cain find his wife? How many children did Adam and Eve have? Gen 5:4
Where did the “races” come from?

Answers In Genesis; Get Answers: http://www.answersingenesis.org/get-answers
What Others Are Asking
Cain’s Wife—Who Was She?
What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
What’s the best “proof” of creation?
Is There Really a God?
Couldn’t God Have Used Evolution?
Was There Really a Noah’s Ark & Flood?
Hasn’t Evolution Been Proven True?
Does Distant Starlight Prove the Universe Is Old?
Does the big bang fit with the Bible?
Doesn’t Carbon-14 Dating Disprove the Bible?

What is the real issue? __________________________

Read Genesis 1:1-3 and John 1:1-3; Who was there in the beginning? _________________

Who wrote Gen 1? _________________, where did the information come from? __________

Can you be a Christian and not believe Genesis 1 is literal (6 – 24 hour days)?

What about Christian who don’t believe?
“The first 11 chapters cover a minimum of 2000 years. It could easily be a thousand times longer.” J. Vernon McGee, GENESIS p2

Can’t we just believe God did it, however He did it, and understand that we don’t know how or how long? Couldn’t God Have Used Evolution?

What About Science? Doesn’t Science prove the Earth is 4.54 Billion Years Old? “Solar System, formed between 4.53 and 4.58 billion years ago”
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html

Ussher argued that Day 1 of creation was October 23, 4004 BC –
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/world-born-4004-bc

Only real scientist believe in an old earth! 193+ who don’t
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/
Why is it important, or not, to believe in Genesis 1 and six 24 hour days?
It is a question of authority, at what point do we believe the bible?
Exodus 20:1; Who is speaking? ______________
Exodus 20:9-11; What are we to do and why? ________________________________

Already Gone, Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/ag
A young earth is not the issue, authority is!
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/1998/01/23/young-earth-not-issue

Genesis 1 used in the New Testament, examples!
John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:2-3; 1 Timothy 2:13-14;
1 Corinthians 11:8-9; Colossians 3:10; Matthew 19:3-6

God responds to Job: Job 38:1-39:30

It is quite impossible, therefore, for one to reject the historicity and divine authority of the Book of Genesis without undermining, and in effect, repudiating, the authority of the entire Bible. If the first Adam is only an allegory, then by all logic, so is the second Adam. If man did not really fall into sin from his state of created innocency, there is no reason for him to need a Savior. If all things can be accounted for by natural processes of evolution, there is no reason to look forward to a future supernatural consummation of all things. If Genesis is not true, then neither are the testimonies of those prophets and apostles who believed it was true. Jesus Christ Himself becomes a false witness, either a deceiver or one who was deceived, and His testimony concerning His own omniscience and omnipotence becomes blasphemy. Faith in the gospel of Christ for one’s eternal salvation is an empty mockery.
Morris, Henry M. (2010-07-27). Genesis Record, The: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Book of Beginnings (Kindle Locations 292-298). Baker Book Group.

Resources:
How Important Is Genesis 1-3? By John MacArthur – http://www.gty.org/resources/articles/a176
RFORH Debunked Video’s – http://rforh.com/store/index.php/dvds.html
Answers In Genesis, Get Answers, Topic, Genesis – http://www.answersingenesis.org/get-answers/topic/genesis
Quotations from or Allustions to Genesis in the New Testament – http://www.creationstudies.org/Education/quotations.html
Necessity of six days – http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/cm/v18/n1/six-days
How old is the earth –
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab2/how-old-is-the-earth
RATE – http://www.icr.org/rate/
Tools for teaching – http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/tools-for-teaching

Organizations:
Answers in Genesis – www.answersingenesis.org/‎
Creation Ministries International – http://creation.com
Creation Research – http://www.creationresearch.net/
Creation Research Society, The – http://www.creationresearch.org/
Creation Training Initiative – http://www.creationtraining.org/
Institute For Creation Research – http://www.icr.org/