God the Creator
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· 4 viewsGod’s power is revealed in the initial creation and the continuing sustenance of the universe. Humanity represents the climax of the Creator’s purposes.
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God is the Creator
God is the Creator
You, Lord, are the only God.
You created the heavens,
the highest heavens with all their stars,
the earth and all that is on it,
the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all of them,
and all the stars of heaven worship you.
See also Re 4:11; Ge 1:1; Is 66:2; Is 45:7; Eph 3:9
God’s creative activity demonstrates his uniqueness
God’s creative activity demonstrates his uniqueness
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
See also Is 37:16; Je 10:11
God’s creative activity implies that he is good
God’s creative activity implies that he is good
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
See also Ge 1:4; Ge 1:31
God creates all things
God creates all things
He creates the physical world
He creates the physical world
For this is what the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,
the God who formed the earth and made it,
the one who established it
(he did not create it to be a wasteland,
but formed it to be inhabited)—
he says, “I am the Lord,
and there is no other.
See also Ge 1:1–25
He creates the spiritual world
He creates the spiritual world
Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his heavenly armies.
Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded, and they were created.
See also Col 1:16; Ro 8:38–39
The human race is the apex of God’s creation
The human race is the apex of God’s creation
When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,
what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man that you look after him?
You made him little less than God
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.
See also Ge 9:6; Ps 100:3; Is 42:5; Ge 1:26–28; Ge 5:1; Ps 139:13; Ac 17:26–28
The Creator’s agents
The Creator’s agents
He creates through Jesus Christ
He creates through Jesus Christ
yet for us there is one God, the Father. All things are from him, and we exist for him. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ. All things are through him, and we exist through him.
See also Col 1:16; Heb 1:2; Jn 1:3
He creates by the Spirit
He creates by the Spirit
The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
See also Ps 104:30; Ge 1:2
He creates by his word
He creates by his word
The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.
See also Ps 33:9; Job 38:8–11
He creates by wisdom
He creates by wisdom
Pr 3:19 Wisdom is personified and is active with the Creator.
See also Pr 8:30; Je 10:12–13
He creates from nothing
He creates from nothing
Heb 11:3 God creates out of non-existent material, which emphasises the absolute dependence of all creation upon him.
See also Job 26:7; Ro 4:17
The Creator sustains the created order
The Creator sustains the created order
Is 44:24 The Hebrew indicates continuous activity.
See also Is 42:5; Dt 30:20; Job 9:8–9; Ps 104:2–4
Examples of God sustaining creation
Examples of God sustaining creation
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
See also Mt 6:28–30; Job 5:10; Job 38:31–33
The Creator watches over his creation
The Creator watches over his creation
He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth
from his dwelling place.
See also Ps 121:2–8
The creation is a vehicle for God’s self-revelation
The creation is a vehicle for God’s self-revelation
For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
See also Is 40:26; Ps 19:1; Am 4:13
God renews his creation through redemption
God renews his creation through redemption
Jn 3:17; 2 Co 5:17
See also Ro 4:17; Jn 1:12–13; Ro 6:4; Ro 8:19–23 The redemption of the physical world must wait until the sons of God are revealed at the end of time; Ga 6:15
God renews his new creation of believing people
God renews his new creation of believing people
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
See also Col 3:10
God will reveal a new universe
God will reveal a new universe
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
See also Re 21:5; Is 65:17