My God Made Your God!Genesis Chapter 1 At the time the book of Genesis was written, people worshipped all kinds of gods. The Egyptians worshipped animals, the sun, moon, and stars, all as gods. Many scholars believe that the first chapter of Genesis was a declaration to those in the land that the God of Israel, the one true God, made everything including their gods. Here's a few of the Egyptian God's that were worshipped at the time of Genesis: 
So from this point of view, let’s look at Genesis Chapter1
and tell the story as the people of Israel would have told the people of Egypt
that “My God Made Your God”! [Note: Trade off asking a question and then giving the
response. Have fun with it!] Question to the people in the land: You worship the
earth and the land? Your Response to them:
My God created the earth! Genesis 1:1-2 1
In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth. Q: You worship the sky and the ocean? R: My God made the sky and the ocean! Read vs 6-8 6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the
waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse
and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was
so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening,
and there was morning—the second day. Q: You worship the land (mother earth) and the water (Nile
River)? R: My God made the land and the waters! Read vs 9-10 9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered
to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God
called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called
"seas." And God saw that it was good. Q: You think all the crops, trees, and fruits are
because of your god! R: My God made your crops, trees, plants, and fruits! Read vs 11-12 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,
according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land
produced 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. Q: You giver offerings to your gods to bring you spring and
summer come? R: Well My God made the seasons! Read v 14 14 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
seasons and days and years Q: You worship the sun and the moon as gods? R: My God made your gods! Read vs 16-18 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the
day and the lesser light to govern the night . . . . 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 darkness. And God saw that it was good. Q: You worship the stars in the sky as gods? R: My God made the stars in the sky! v 16 16 . . .He also made the stars. Q: You worship birds as your gods and pray that they bring
you good catches of fish? R: My God made the birds you call gods and it’s
My God that made the fish! vs 20-22 20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21
So God created 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 blessed
them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in
the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." Q: You worship animals as your gods – cows, cats, dogs? R: My God made your animal gods! vs 24-25 24 And God said, "Let the land produce living 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 made 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 good. Q: You worship your kings and gods! R: My God made your kings and all man! vs
26-27 26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air,
over the livestock, 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. R: My
God is bigger than your god, My God made your gods and everything else. In fact when my God got done making your
gods He said to Himself, “Cool, good job!”
vs 31 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. R: Then
he kicked back, put his feet up, and rested cause He had made it all! Chapter 2:2 2 By the seventh day God had finished 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, because on it he rested from all the work of
creating that he had done. R: So
the next time you go worship, or pray, or give sacrifices to your gods. Remember, your god is not that great because
– “My God made your god!” Summary Questions What did people in Egypt and other lands worship as gods? Who made those things? What is Chapter 1 of Genesis trying to tell us? Did it do a good job in communicating that? 
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