Jeremiah After each act of creation, God pronounced it good. When God finished creating the heavens and the earth they were perfect:. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good Genesis There was no imperfection in God's original creation. Imperfection eventually entered the universe as a result of humankind's sin, not God's design.
Thus, the universe as it exists today is not the same as God created it. Sin has brought into it abnormality and imperfection. Scripture gives various details of the creation narrative. God has counted the stars and given them all names:.
He counts all the number of stars; he calls them all by name Psalm For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heavens, to establish a weight for the wind, and mete out waters by measure. When he made a law for the rain, and a path for the thunderbolt Job Do you know the balance of the clouds, those wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge. With him, have you spread out the skies, strong as a cast metal mirror? Job , The day is yours, the night also is yours; you have prepared the light and the sun.
You have set all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and winter Psalm As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured Jeremiah He made Pleiades and Orion; he turns the shadow of death into morning and makes the day dark as night; he calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth; the Lord is his name Amos Of old you have laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you will endure; yes all of them will grow old like a garment; like a cloak you will change them, and they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end Psalm God, made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
Nor is he worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, since he gives to all life, breath, and all things Acts , You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for you have created all things, and by your will they exist and were created Revelation For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse Romans When Paul wrote to the church at Corinth he refers to God commanding the light to appear in Genesis :.
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness who has shown in our hearts 2 Corinthians For this they willfully forget; that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water 2 Peter We have already seen that the Scriptures testify that Jesus is the Creator.
Last, but certainly not least, we have the testimony of Jesus Himself as to the creation account in Genesis. Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? Matthew , 5. Jesus quotes Genesis and , which demonstrates that He believed God created Adam and Eve in the beginning. His Word is the final authority on every issue.
For by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things have been created through him and for him Colossians Angels would be part of the category of things invisible. This was probably prior to creating the physical universe. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so Genesis Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens" Genesis Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.
God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good Genesis , God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them Genesis The Scriptures give many references to the doctrine of creation. It is by no means something obscure. God is assumed to be the Creator of heaven and earth.
There are no arguments in Scripture given to prove it. His existence is accepted as a fact. Creation was regarded as a historical event. There is no indication that the Scripture writers considered the story a myth. There are many references outside of Genesis that add details to the creation narrative.
Scripture also teaches that creation was out of nothing-no preexistent materials. Finally, and most importantly, Jesus testified to the fact that God created the heavens and the earth.
Ultimately, the Christian believes what God has revealed about creation because it has been recorded in His Word, the Bible. Though not all details are included in the record, many facts are, and they should be understood in the same way as other Scriptures. Hence, the biblical account of creation recorded in Genesis should be accepted as what actually happened in the beginning. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry.
Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. There are two stories of how God created it which are found at the beginning of the book of Genesis in the Bible.
Some Christians regard Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 as two totally separate stories that have a similar meaning. Others see the two chapters as part of one continuous story. Summary of Genesis 1 :. In Genesis 2 , some people think that the story goes on to give more detail about the creation of humans, seen as two individuals, Adam and Eve.
Adam was made from 'the dust of the ground' when God breathed life into him. Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs to provide company and help for Adam. They lived in a special place called the Garden of Eden. Both of them were given the task and responsibility to look after the place that God had created for them. Perhaps God values rocks and cosmic dust more highly than humans. The problem with these rival explanations is that, as they stand, they are unsatisfying.
They hint at reasons why God might create tiny humans in a gargantuan place but are a million miles away from fully explaining why.
The weight of galaxies, and the press of years, seem to sweep us towards atheism. Festival of Social Science — Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Emily Thomas , Durham University. The second lesson focuses on the argument from creation. The big idea is the existence of God can be shown from the creation of the universe.
The argument goes like this:. We have just listened to a song on the Bible verse 1 Peter One reason people often give for not believing in Christianity is because Science has shown that Christianity is wrong. There is an argument we can use to show Science agrees with Genesis 1 that God created the universe. This cause must be timeless, immaterial, powerful and personal which sounds a lot like God.
Use the pictures supplied in the PowerPoint. Have the kids discuss who made each thing shown in the picture use generic terms such as artist rather than Monet. These examples show us everything that has come into existence has a creator.
There are no examples of this not working. Since everything that begins to exist has a cause, this race must have a cause.
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