God the Creator

God is the Creator

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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God’s creative activity demonstrates his uniqueness

Psalm 96:5 NKJV

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens.

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God’s creative activity implies that he is good

1 Timothy 4:4 NKJV

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

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God creates all things

He creates the physical world

Isaiah 45:18 NKJV

For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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He creates the spiritual world

Psalm 148:2–5 NKJV

Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, For He commanded and they were created.

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The human race is the apex of God’s creation

Psalm 8:3–8 NKJV

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

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The Creator’s agents

He creates through Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 8:6 NKJV

yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.

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He creates by the Spirit

Job 33:4 NKJV

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

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He creates by his word

Psalm 33:6 NKJV

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

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He creates by wisdom

Wisdom is personified and is active with the Creator.

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He creates from nothing

God creates out of non-existent material, which emphasises the absolute dependence of all creation upon him.

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The Creator sustains the created order

The Hebrew indicates continuous activity.

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Examples of God sustaining creation

Matthew 5:45 NKJV

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

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The Creator watches over his creation

Psalm 33:14 NKJV

From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth;

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The creation is a vehicle for God’s self-revelation

Romans 1:20 NKJV

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,

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God renews his creation through redemption

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God renews his new creation of believing people

2 Corinthians 4:16 NKJV

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

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God will reveal a new universe

Revelation 21:1 NKJV

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

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