Showing posts with label Creation out of nothing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creation out of nothing. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

The Doctrine of God: The Time and Purpose of CREATION.


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              Messier - 81 galaxy

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Introduction.

God was involved with the Universe from the very Beginning. We are not dealing with some Myths or Legends as some people think. There are more Myths and Legends in the present day belief in ‘nothing made everything by a mysterious ‘Big Bang’’; whenever and and however is still unknown. The Theory of Evolution suits those who wish to exclude God from His Universe. But after centuries of postulating they are still as uncertain about what they believe eminent Scientist, Stephen Gould, who intimates that they still don't know how it all began
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  1. The Time of Creation.

The Bible teaches us clearly that God created the world ‘in the beginning’. That is, at the beginning of all temporal things. back of this beginning lies a timeless eternity. The first part of this creation work was strictly “creation out of nothing”in Genesis 1:1; i.e. without the use of pre-existent materials.
The expression “creation out of nothing” is not found in the Bible but in one of the Apocryphal Books. 2 Maccabees 7:28 However the idea is clearly taught in such verses as :


Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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Psa 33:9  For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood.


Psa 148:5  Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for He commanded, and they were created.


Heb 11:3  By faith we understand that the ages were framed by a word of God, so that the things being seen not to have come into being out of the things that appear. MKJV
Heb 11:3  Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible. WNT

b. The Final Purpose of Creation.

Some find the final end or purpose of Creation in the happiness of man. They say that God could not make Himself the final end, because he is sufficient unto Himself. But it would seem to be self evident that God does not exist for man. The creature cannot be the final end of creation.
The Bible teaches us clearly that God created the world for the manifestation of His Glory. Naturally, the Revelation of the Glory of God is not intended as an empty show to be admired by the creature, but also aims at promoting their welfare and attuning their hearts to the Praise of the Creator.
Isa 43:6  I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring My sons from far and My daughters from the ends of the earth;
Isa 43:7  everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.


Isa 60:21  Your people also will all be righteous; they will inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.


Starry, starry night: this Hubble image released on Tuesday shows a young group of stars in a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Daily Mail.com











Eze 36:21  But I had pity for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
Eze 36:22  Therefore say to the house of Israel, So says the Lord Jehovah: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
Luk 2:14  Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men.


Rom 9:17  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth."
Col 1:16  For all things were created in Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created through Him and for Him.



Tuesday, 1 December 2015

The Doctrine of God: The God of CREATION. Part 1.

He created ex-nihilo (Out of Nothing).
Notes from Louis Berkhof  Summary of Christian Doctrine p. 51 - 57.
After the Discussion of Decrees we now look at the Execution of God's Work in the Universe.
Creation is the beginning and basis of all Revelation.

Introduction to Creation in General.

The word “creation”, is not always used in the same sense in the Bible.
In the very strict sense creation denotes that work of  God by which He produces the world (universe) and all that is in it, partly without pre-existent materials and partly out of material that is by its nature unfit; for the manifestation of His Glory. L.B. p. 51

It is represented as the Work of the Triune God,:

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen 1:2  And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
Job 26:13  By His Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Job 26:13  By His Spirit the heavens were beautiful; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Job 33:4  The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Psa 33:6  By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Isa 40:12  Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out the heavens with a span? And who has shut up the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Joh 1:3  All things came into being through Him (the Word), and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.

1Co 8:6  but there is to us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him. we have been translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son;

Col 1:14  in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins.
Col 1:15  who is the image of the invisible God, the First-born of all creation.
Col 1:16  For all things were created in Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created through Him and for Him. MKJV
Col 1:16  For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him. WNT.
Col 1:17  And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. MKJV

Over against Pantheism we must maintain that it was the free act of God. He did not need the world.

(Pantheism.) Question: "What is pantheism?"
Answer: Pantheism is the view that God is everything and everyone and that everyone and everything is God. Pantheism is similar to polytheism (the belief in many gods), but goes beyond polytheism to teach that everything is God. A tree is God, a rock is God, an animal is God, the sky is God, the sun is God, you are God, etc. Pantheism is the supposition behind many cults and false religions (e.g., Hinduism and Buddhism to an extent, the various unity and unification cults, and “mother nature” worshippers). got-questions.org

Ephesian 1:11  In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
Rev 4:11  saying, "It is fitting, O our Lord and God, That we should ascribe unto Thee the glory and the honor and the power; For Thou didst create all things, And because it was Thy will they came into existence, and were created."

Over against Deism, which says that He created the world so that it always remains dependent upon Him.

He must uphold it from day to day.
Act 17:28  For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' WNT
Heb 1:3  He (Jesus) brightly reflects God's glory and is the exact representation of His being, and upholds the universe by His all-powerful word. After securing man's purification from sin He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,