Vineyard Labourer Bible College

Study 4

CREATION AND THE CREATOR

No finite mind can fully comprehend the existence, the power, the wisdom, or the works of the Infinite One. Says the sacred writer: "Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." Job 11:7-9. The mightiest intellects of earth cannot comprehend God. Men may be ever searching, ever learning, and still there is an infinity beyond.

Yet the works of creation testify of God's power and greatness. "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork." Psalm 19:1. Those who take the written word as their counsellor will find in science an aid to understand God. "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." Romans 1:20.

"The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever." Deuteronomy 29:29. Just how God accomplished the work of creation He has never revealed to men; human science cannot search out the secrets of the Most High. His creative power is as incomprehensible as His existence.

WHAT SAITH THE LORD

1. By whom were the heaven and the earth created? Genesis 1:1.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1.

2. Through whom did God create all things? Colossians 1:12, 13, 16; John 1:1-3; Hebrews 1:1, 2.

"Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: For by him 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 1:12, 13, 16.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:1-3.

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;" Hebrews 1:1, 2.

3. What do the heavens declare? Psalms 19:1.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork."
Psalms 19:1.

4. What was God's object in making the world? Isaiah 45:18.

"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." Isaiah 45:18.

5. In whose image was man created? Genesis 1:27.

"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.

6. What home did God make for man in the beginning? Genesis 2:8, 15.

"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 to keep it." Genesis 2:8, 15.

7. What may be perceived through the things that are made? Romans 1:20.

"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.

8. What assurance is given concerning the unfailing power of the Creator? Isaiah 40:28.

"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding." Isaiah 40:28.

9. What encouraging statement follows concerning the supply of power to the faint? Isaiah 40:29.

"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength." Isaiah 40:29.

10. To whom are those who suffer exhorted to commit their souls? 1 Peter 4:19.

"Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator." 1 Peter 4:19.

11. What gave special force to the oath of an angel? Revelation 10:5, 6.

"And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:" Revelation 10:5, 6.

12. To whom is our worship justly due? Psalms 95:6.

"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker." Psalms 95:6.

13. Whom does the angel flying in the midst of heaven tell us to worship? Revelation 14:6, 7.

"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Revelation 14:6, 7.

14. In view of the curse upon this creation, what has God promised? Revelation 21:1.

"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." Revelation 21:1.

15. What is the true basis of the brotherhood of man? Malachi 2:10.

"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.

"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. The Bible recognizes no long ages in which the earth has slowly evolved from chaos. Of each successive day of creation, the sacred record declares that it consisted of the evening and the morning, like all other days that have followed. At the close of each day is given the result of the Creator's work. The statement is made at the close of the first week's record, "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created." Genesis 2:4. But this does not convey the idea that the days of creation were other than literal days. Each day was called a generation, because that in it God generated, or produced, some new portion of His work.

Commitment:- I believe that God made this world in 6 literal days, and that all worship is due to Him.