Questions
To Ponder
 Does it really matter if God created
the world or not?
 What about theistic evolution?
 Is it wrong to look for natural
processes to explain God’s actions?
Science?
What Does The Bible Say?
 Does the record of creation matter?
The Creation Report
Genesis 1-3
God’s Report
 (Genesis 1:1) In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. (NKJV)
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Who? – God
When? – In the beginning
What? – Heavens and the earth
How? – Created
 “God’s report is that there was a beginning.
There was a time before which the heavens
and the earth did not exist, and there was a
time after which they did exist.” (Larry
Dickens)
6 Days For Creation
 (Genesis 1:5) God called the light Day, and
the darkness He called Night. So the evening
and the morning were the first day. (NKJV)
 (Genesis 1:8) And God called the firmament
Heaven. So the evening and the morning
were the second day. (NKJV)
 (Genesis 1:31) Then God saw everything
that He had made, and indeed it was very
good. So the evening and the morning were
the sixth day. (NKJV)
God Rested On The 7th Day
 (Genesis 2:1-3) Thus the heavens and the
earth, and all the host of them, were
finished. And on the seventh day God
ended His work which He had done, and He
rested on the seventh day from all His work
which He had done. Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it, because in it
He rested from all His work which God had
created and made. (NKJV)
The Days of Creation
 All six days of creation were “in
the beginning.”
 (Genesis 1:1) In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth.
(NKJV)
 (Mark 10:6) "But from the beginning
of the creation, God 'made them
male and female.' (NKJV)
God, The Creator
 (Psalms 148:3-5) 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. (NKJV)
 (Isaiah 42:5) Thus says God the LORD, Who created
the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth
the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives
breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk
on it: (NKJV)
 (Isaiah 45:11-12) Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of
Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come
concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My
hands, you command Me. I have made the earth, And
created man on it. I-My hands-stretched out the
heavens, And all their host I have commanded. (NKJV)
God, The Creator
 (Matthew 19:4) And He answered and said
to them, "Have you not read that He who
made them at the beginning 'made them
male and female,' (NKJV)
 (Colossians 1:15-16) He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created that are
in heaven and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers. All things were
created through Him and for Him. (NKJV)
The Word
 (John 1:1-3) In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through Him, and
without Him nothing was made that was
made. (NKJV)
 (John 1:14) And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth. (NKJV)
How Did God Create It All?
 Read Genesis 1:3-31
 (Psalms 148:5) Let them praise the
name of the LORD, For He
commanded and they were created.
(NKJV)
 (Psalms 33:6) By the word of the
LORD the heavens were made, And
all the host of them by the breath of
His mouth. (NKJV)
Why Did God Create the Heavens
and the Earth?
 (Genesis 1:27) So God created man in His own
image; in the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them. (NKJV)
 (Hebrews 2:6-8) But one testified in a certain place,
saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or
the son of man that You take care of him? You have
made him a little lower than the angels; You have
crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over
the works of Your hands. You have put all things in
subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in
subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put
under him. But now we do not yet see all things put
under him. (NKJV)
Why Did God Create the Heavens
and the Earth?
 (Ephesians 3:8-10) To me, who am less
than the least of all the saints, this grace
was given, that I should preach among the
Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
and to make all see what is the fellowship
of the mystery, which from the beginning of
the ages has been hidden in God who
created all things through Jesus Christ; to
the intent that now the manifold wisdom of
God might be made known by the church to
the principalities and powers in the
heavenly places, (NKJV)
The Scheme of Redemption
 (Ephesians 1:3-4) Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in
the heavenly places in Christ, just as He
chose us in Him before the foundation of
the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before Him in love, (NKJV)
 The creation of the heavens and the earth
was not the end of the plan – only the
start!
God Is To Receive Glory
 (Revelation 4:11) "You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power; For
You created all things, And by Your will
they exist and were created." (NKJV)
 (Revelation 5:13) And every creature which
is in heaven and on the earth and under
the earth and such as are in the sea, and
all that are in them, I heard saying:
"Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to
the Lamb, forever and ever!" (NKJV)
Creation Demonstrates The Great
Power Of His Word
 The gospel is a “word-message.”
 (2 Corinthians 4:1-5) Therefore, since we have
this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do
not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden
things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor
handling the word of God deceitfully, but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves
to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But
even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those
who are perishing, whose minds the god of this
age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light
of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine on them. For we do
not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord,
and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
(NKJV)
The Creation Demonstrates The
Great Power Of His Word
 The parallel to the creation.
 (2 Corinthians 4:6) For it is the God who
commanded light to shine out of darkness,
who has shone in our hearts to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ. (NKJV)
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God’s word had power then.
His word has power now!
God’s word caused the creation then.
His word, today, causes the new creation!
Conclusion
 The record of creation does matter!
 Part of the Plan of God!
 “Let us all believe the inspired reporters
record of the creation… to be impressed
with the power of God’s word, not just to
create man in the beginning, but to be
impressed with the power of His Word to
save mankind!”
God Has Spoken!
 (Hebrews 1:1-2) God, who at various times
and in various ways spoke in time past to
the fathers by the prophets, has in these last
days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has
appointed heir of all things, through whom
also He made the worlds; (NKJV)
 (Ephesians 2:10) For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(RSV)
Acknowledgements
 Tract by Larry Dickens.
 Published in the “Florida College
Magazine”, Volume 5, Number 1,
Summer, 2003.