Lesson 6 The Master Chef’s Management - Part 2
A. Overall Lesson Objective
•To understand that the Master Chef provides quality control and oversight of people from the beginning to the present.
B. Learning Competencies
•God’s oversight and quality control are perfect. He exercises these functions from the beginning of Genesis.
•As the Master Chef, He watches and renders assessments within His creation. If things are not right, He often makes that clear and takes corrective action, just as a manager of quality control in human terms.
•God reminds people of His continued oversight and quality control in various parts of the biblical record.
•In other words, He continues to exercise these functions. In contrast, a naturalistic view of the world has no overseer, no cause in itself, and no course in itself. Surviving things are purely accidental or they survive by being naturally better than anything else.
C. Lesson
We reviewed the definitions of quality control and oversight in the last lesson. As we examined several verses in Genesis, we found that the Master Chef exercised these functions as He created, making comments (assessments) at the end of each day in the first account of creation. These functions, however, extend to situations where the result is not good, where negative reports and assessments are given. Let us examine some of those:
1.Note the phrase “not good” in Genesis 2:18. While this report does not indicate anything evil or bad has taken place, God does make an assessment that no suitable helper was found that would stand by Adam. The result is quite amazing. God creates the woman from the man then defines the fundamental relationship for them. We will study this more thoroughly in another lesson.
2.Note the negative report and judgment God mentions in Genesis 3:14, 17. In this case, not only is a negative report provided, but the Master Chef introduces a new and scathing word (“cursed”) that shows the extent of God’s displeasure.
3.Note the assessment of God in Genesis 6:12 and 8:21.
We will be studying the changes that take place as creation unfolds in the early history of man. You can see already that the biblical creation view of the universe points to God’s direct involvement at creation, including the affairs of men as the rest of creation unfolds. The repercussions and ramifications of events show sharp attentiveness from God. For these reasons the biblical view of creation is wholly in contrast to a self-developing universe that has no overseer, no cause in itself, and no course in itself.
As a check in other parts of the Bible, you examined verses in the assignment for this class and wrote how the functions or evidence of oversight and quality control appeared in each of them. The following questions go a little further in each of the references:
🦕 CT? In Psalm 74:12, explain how ‘working salvation’ is an active function in the text that follows. In Isaiah 45:5-8, explain from verse 7 the extent to which God will go to make it clear that He is God. Explain from Acts 17:24-28 how His functions of oversight and quality control have not ceased over time.
Psalm 33:13-19 contains a good description of God’s oversight position that is coupled with the exhortation in verse 18 that God watches over those who fear Him and place trust in His steadfast love.
D. Assignment
Read Genesis 1:1-9. Make a list of the things created.
E. Learning Activity
Divide into teams. Each team should picture themselves as God’s helper. He gives your team authority to create the perfect fast food restaurant. Describe 4 features that make it perfect. Then, presume a bad manager takes control, treats the workers badly, and produces bad food for customers. Since you exercise complete authority and quality control with perfect oversight, describe 3 things you will do to correct the situation and deal with the bad manager. From this experience, write the job description for the new manager in terms of oversight and quality control that you expect from him. The teacher will call on teams to present results.
F. Concluding Assessment
God’s exercise of oversight and quality control began with Genesis. He continues to exercise these functions.