Bible Study - Discovery of GOD - 1 Peter 1:24-25; Genesis 1:1; 1:24-25; Ephesians 1:1-14 - November 2, 2025

Bible Study – Discovery of GOD – 1 Peter 1:24-25; Genesis 1:1; 1:24-25; Ephesians 1:1-14 – November 2, 2025

The journey discovering GOD.

1 Peter 1:24-25 (Christian Standard Bible) 

For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this word is the gospel that was proclaimed to you.

Let’s read Genesis 1:1-5:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.^[a]

² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. ³ Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

Notice that the earth was “formless and empty, dark” but what did it have? Water. Water was and is vital for what GOD had in HIS mind. Yes, GOD could create water but the presence of water on a ball of earth materials indicated that it contained the right combination of materials to support all life that GOD had in HIS mind.

Yes, GOD being GOD created this exactly right blob of materials to accomplish what HE had in HIS mind. We get insight from what GOD told Moses about how it all began. We have the joy of exploring “In the beginning.”  

An acquaintance of mine was involved with space activities and was a fellow Christian who knew The Bible. He said that the statement “the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” was like NASA getting ready to launch a space craft on a long journey. GOD was “hovering” or checking out every minute detail before launch. It had to be perfect.

What GOD had done met HIS approval and upon meeting HIS approval, GOD said “Let there be light – WOW!!! – there was light. GOD ignited the sun, which gave off its light and heat, which was used to benefit formation of earth and to sustain its intended inhabitants both plant, animal, and human.

To me there seems to be a pause before GOD implemented HIS next step.

Genesis 1: ³ Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

There was light. If you shine a heat lamp on a watery mass, what would happen? It would begin to dry the material upon which the intense light was hitting. Now, at the right time, which only GOD knew, what did HE do?

GOD, “separated the light from the darkness.”

What did that do?

At just the right time, GOD commanded the watery mass to “rotate.”

What would that do?

GOD being GOD knew that physics would take over at HIS command. There would be centrifugal and centripetal forces taking place. Centrifugal force pushes outward and, in a circle, and centrifugal force pulls inward and in a circle.

The result is a mud ball called earth for GOD’S creation to inhabit upon completion. In further study, you will notice what GOD created each day supported what HE planned for the next day. Why?

GOD desired free thinking people who would be free thinkers who would choose to honor HIM.

GOD allowed Satan to test HIS creation, which takes place in the Garden of Eden.

GOD’S formed people failed the onslaught of Satan but as we read in John 3:16: For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Isn’t GOD amazing!

Let’s fast forward to The Apostle Paul.

As you recall, Saul/Paul was a staunch Jew and was on the road to Damascus to arrest Christians when he encountered JESUS. After encountering JESUS, Paul became a stalwart believer and follower of JESUS.

What do we learn from The Apostle Paul, as we read Ephesians 1:1-14:

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:

To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus^[a] at Ephesus.^[b]

² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

God’s Rich Blessings

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. ⁴ For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.^[c] 5 He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.

GOD’S foreknowledge allows GOD to know, if and when a person chooses to trust JESUS as his or her Savior and experience the miracle of Spiritual Birth or being “born again” Spiritually. A person’s second birth through faith in JESUS is eternal and the person who places his/her faith in JESUS and HIS Passion are Spiritually Born into the family of GOD, never to be unborn Spiritually. Let’s continue reading what The Apostle Paul wrote ----

⁷ In him (JESUS) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace ⁸ that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding.^[d] 9 He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ ¹⁰ as a plan for the right time^[e]—to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him.

¹¹ In him we have also received an inheritance,^[f] because we were predestined according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will, ¹² so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.

¹³ In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. ¹⁴ The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

WHO is a person’s guarantee? THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! The third person of the Trinity.

Do you have the guarantee of The HOLY SPIRIT?

If not, you may pray something like this:

Dear JESUS, I thank YOU for giving YOUR sinless life to pay for all of my sins in full and I ask YOU to come into my heart and make me whole through the miracle of Spiritual birth.

Thank YOU!!!

Blessings!!!