Christians in a Post-Christian World / September 2010, Featured Articles
God's Created Universe!
Before the mountains were created, before you made the earth and the world, you are God, without beginning or end” (Psalm 90:2). “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). “...God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he made the universe and everything in it” (Hebrews 1:2). “...I alone am God, the First and the Last. It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth. The palm of my right hand spread out the heavens above. I spoke and they came into being” (Isaiah 48:12b-13). “The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born” (Psalm 33:6). “The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours – you created it all” (Psalm 89:11).
“Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out one after another, calling each by its name. And he counts them to see that none are lost or have strayed away” (Isaiah 40:26). “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all thing were created by him and for him” (Colossians 1:16). “...He sustains the universe by the mighty power of his command...” (Hebrews 1:3).
“By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen” (Hebrews 11:3). “For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. ‘I am the Lord,’ he says, ‘and there is no other’” (Isaiah 45:18). “I am the one who made the earth and created people to live on it. With my hands I stretched out the heavens. All the millions of stars are at my command” (Isaiah 45:12).
“God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath and life to everyone” (Isaiah 42:5). “I discovered that God created people to be upright, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path” (Ecclesiastes 7:29). “How stupid can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you. You are only the jars he makes! Should the thing that was created say to the one who made it, ‘He didn’t make us’? Does a jar ever say, ‘The potter who made me is stupid’?” (Isaiah 29:16). “This reminded me that no one can discover everything God has created in our world, no matter how hard they work at it. Not even the wisest people know everything, even if they say they do” (Ecclesiastes 8:17).
Scriptures compiled from the New Living Translation by Rev. Willmore Gundersen of Fergus Falls, MN.
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