Day 3: Dry Land and Vegetation (Gen. 1:9-13)
God's Work on Day 3:
- The description of God causing the earth to appear and sprout on Day 3
- The significance of God causing the earth to appear and sprout on Day 3
Summary: On Day 2 God created the Sky by holding back the waters. Now on Day 3 God is going to push aside the lower waters and raise the land from the deeps by the power of his Word. But God doesn't there, he also causes the earth to sprout and flourish. All of this took place on the 3rd Day.
Main Point: God wants us to know that he caused the earth to appear then sprout with great variety and fruitfulness by his powerful Word.
Discussion Questions:
- What does it tell us about God that he didn't just raise up the earth but he also caused it to sprout and flourish?
- What do we learn about seeds from 1:11-12? How does Paul pick up on this seed language in 1 Cor. 15:35-58?
- What must happen before we bear fruit in our lives (see John 12:23-24; 32-33; 3:14-16; 6:44; John 15:1-5; cf. Phil. 1:9-11)?
Application Questions:
- God is glorified in our fruitfulness. What are areas in your life that you need God to prune you in order that you might bear more fruit for his glory?
- How effect should the following fact have on you as a Christ follower: when you die, you will be planted into the ground like a weak seed but sprout gloriously at Christ's return when you are raised with an imperishable, immortal, spiritual body like Jesus?
- Praise God for sending his Son to die and be planted in the grave like a seed so that through his powerful resurrection we might be raised with him to live fruitful lives for his glory
- Praise God for the hope of the resurrection
- Ask God to prune us and help us bear maximal fruit as we await the return of Christ
