Origin of creation

God is Creator of the universe and everything in it

Nehemiah 9:6 NKJV

You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.

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Light and darkness

Genesis 1:3–5 NKJV

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

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The heavens

Psalm 136:5 NKJV

To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever;

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The land

Genesis 1:9–10 NKJV

Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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The sea and sea creatures

Psalm 95:5 NKJV

The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.

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Birds

Genesis 1:20–22 NKJV

Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Land animals

Genesis 1:24–25 NKJV

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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The human race

Genesis witnesses to order and progression in God’s creative activity. The creation of Adam and Eve is not merely the end point, but the climax to the sequence.

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The role of Jesus Christ in creation

John 1:3 NKJV

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

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The role of the Spirit in creation

Job 33:4 NKJV

The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

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The creation of the world

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The original creation was complete and perfect

Its completion

Genesis 2:1 NKJV

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.

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Its perfection

Genesis 1:31 NKJV

Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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The witness of creation

Creation should cause people to worship God

Revelation 4:11 NKJV

“You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”

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Sinners refuse the witness of creation

Romans 1:18–20 NKJV

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

Believers receive the witness of creation by faith

Hebrews 11:3 NKJV

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

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