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Creation and The Creator |
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| By whome were the heavens and the earth created? |
| "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" Genesis 1:1 |
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| How did God bring the heavens and earth into existence? |
| "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth....For he spake, and it was done; he commanded and it stood fast." Psalm 33:6-9 |
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| Through whom did God create all things? |
| "For by him [the Son] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him." Colossians 1:16. "All things were made by him ["through him" R. V. margin]; and without him was not anything made that was made." John 1:3. (See also Hebrews 1:1,2) |
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| What was God's object in making the earth? |
| "For thus said 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." Isaiah 45:18 |
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| How did God provide inhabitants for the world He had created? |
| "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7 |
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| In whose image was man created? |
| "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Genesis 1:27 |
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| To what glorious position did God assign man? |
"Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth." verse 26.
"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 has crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet." Psalm 8:4-6 |
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| What home did God make for man in the beginning? |
| "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." "And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it." Genesis 2:8,15 |
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| How did God provide for the perpetuation of life? |
| "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knoledge of good and evil." Genesis 2:9 |
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| What simple plan did God devise to test man's loyalty and obedience? |
"And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
verse 16, 17 |
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| By what power are all things upheld? |
| "Upholding all things by the word of his power." Hebrews 1:3 |
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| What do the heavens declare? |
"The heavens declare the glory of God...Day unto day uttereth speech"
Psalm 19:1, 2 |
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| What may be percieved through the things that are made? |
| "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." Romans 1:20 |
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| What Contrast is drawn in the Scriptures between the Creator and false gods? |
| "Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens." "The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: for the Lord of hosts is his name." Jeremiah 10:11,16 |
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| To whom is our worship justly due? |
| "O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker" Psalm 95:6 |
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| What is the true basis of the brotherhood of man? |
| "Have we not all one Father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?" Malachi 2:10 |
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| Return to Sin; It's Origin, Results, and Remedy |
