God the Controller of the Universe – SS2 Christian Religious Studies Lesson Note (First Term)

GOD THE CONTROLLER OF THE UNIVERSE. GENESIS 1:26-31

Man, no doubt, is the Zenith (highest point) of God’s creation. This is underscored by the care, ceremony and tally that accompanied his creation. Again, God’s decision to contact the two other members of the Holy Trinity that is God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit in the creation of man underlies man’s position in God’s scheme of things – “Let us make man” (Genesis 1:26).

Furthermore, the responsibility which God placed upon man shows his importance in the plan of God for the creation.  Every other creature was handed over to him for supervision.  Indeed, man is the crown of God’s creation.

As the chief controller, the existence, nourishment and sustenance of the entire creation depend upon God. Man is incomparable with Him. The highest responsibility of man is to assemble, organize, or supervise what God has already made.

  HOW CREATION DEMONSTRATES THE NATURE OF GOD AND HIS SOVEREIGNTY.

1. God is the supreme controller of the universe.
2. He is a perfect God.  All He made was “Good”.
3. The sequence of creation makes Him God of pattern and order.
4. His ability to create the world out of nothing makes him the God of creativity, innovation and originality.
5. His spoken word is real and potent.
6. He has created everything but nobody created him – He is the Alpha and Omega.

 LESSONS TO LEARN

1. God created man in his own “image” and “likeness”.
2. Hence, man is different from all God’s creatures.
3. He is the earthly lord over all.

God provides man with all he needs to make life easy.

4. God has supreme power over all that he created including man; hence man depends on God for his sustenance.

ASSIGNMENT 

1. Discuss God as the controller of the universe.
2. Describe the uniqueness of man among the creations of God.
3. Write short notes on:   

• faith 
• Law
• How can a Christian rightly become a child of God?