By Mike Durrill
The Genesis account of the creation of the universe has been read, studied, and intensely mulled over by each generation. There is one particular nagging constant which has been the impetus of the accidental evolutionary theory of how the universe came into existence, and that is this - If God created the universe, then what has been created must be accountable to its Creator. This is undeniable truth - We are accountable to our Creator. Every person who has ever lived to the age of understanding ought wrestle with this truth.
I believe that the Bible is the Word of God and so I believe that when God declares that He created, then He created. I also believe that He spoke the universe into existence. Call me naive, but I personally believe that it was done in six literal days as it states.
That being said, it struck me while reading again the first chapter of Beginnings that everything God made He examined and found to be good. He says it seven times! The light. The dry land. The seas. The trees, plants, and vegetation. The sun, moon, and stars. The fish, birds, and mammals. Man and Woman.
Everything- not just good, but very good.
The Apostle Paul writes, [4] For everything created by God is good... - 1Ti 4:4a ESV
It was all good, because He is good.
[1] Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! - Psa 106:1 ESV
As a believer - you are a new creation. Old things are passed away and look...all things are made new!
[17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. - 2Cr 5:17 ESV
What God creates - He calls good. No, He calls very good.
The Genesis account of the creation of the universe has been read, studied, and intensely mulled over by each generation. There is one particular nagging constant which has been the impetus of the accidental evolutionary theory of how the universe came into existence, and that is this - If God created the universe, then what has been created must be accountable to its Creator. This is undeniable truth - We are accountable to our Creator. Every person who has ever lived to the age of understanding ought wrestle with this truth.
I believe that the Bible is the Word of God and so I believe that when God declares that He created, then He created. I also believe that He spoke the universe into existence. Call me naive, but I personally believe that it was done in six literal days as it states.
That being said, it struck me while reading again the first chapter of Beginnings that everything God made He examined and found to be good. He says it seven times! The light. The dry land. The seas. The trees, plants, and vegetation. The sun, moon, and stars. The fish, birds, and mammals. Man and Woman.
Everything- not just good, but very good.
The Apostle Paul writes, [4] For everything created by God is good... - 1Ti 4:4a ESV
It was all good, because He is good.
[1] Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! - Psa 106:1 ESV
As a believer - you are a new creation. Old things are passed away and look...all things are made new!
[17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. - 2Cr 5:17 ESV
What God creates - He calls good. No, He calls very good.
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