God the Creator

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God’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

Nehemiah 9:6 KJV 1900
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
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God’s creative activity demonstrates his uniqueness

Psalm 96:5 KJV 1900
For all the gods of the nations 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 KJV 1900
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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God creates all things

He creates the physical world

Isaiah 45:18 KJV 1900
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, He created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
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He creates the spiritual world

Psalm 148:2–5 KJV 1900
Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be 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 KJV 1900
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, And hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
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The Creator’s agents

He creates through Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 8:6 KJV 1900
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
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He creates by the Spirit

Job 33:4 KJV 1900
The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
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He creates by his word

Psalm 33:6 KJV 1900
By the word of the Lord were the heavens 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 KJV 1900
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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The Creator watches over his creation

Psalm 33:14 KJV 1900
From the place of his habitation he looketh Upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
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The creation is a vehicle for God’s self-revelation

Romans 1:20 KJV 1900
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world 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 KJV 1900
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
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God will reveal a new universe

Revelation 21:1 KJV 1900
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
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