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The free act of God based on his own wisdom and power, forming the whole natural order by his word.

God is Creator of the universe and everything in it

Nehemiah 9:6 See also Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1; Psalm 24:1-2; Proverbs 8:22-31; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 11:5; Isaiah 66:1-2; Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 51:19; John 1:3; Acts 4:24; Acts 7:50; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24

Light and darkness

Genesis 1:3-5 See also Isaiah 45:7

The heavens

Psalm 136:5 See also Genesis 1:6-8; Psalm 33:6; Psalm 96:5; Amos 5:8; Revelation 14:7

The land

Genesis 1:9-10 See also Psalm 95:5; Psalm 102:25; Psalm 104:5-6; Genesis 1:14; Exodus 20:11; Psalm 74:17; Psalm 118:24

The sea and sea creatures

Psalm 95:5 See also Genesis 1:20-22

Birds

Genesis 1:20-22

Land animals

Genesis 1:24-25 See also Job 40:15

The human race

Genesis 1:26-27 Genesis witnesses to order and progression in God's creative activity. The creation of Adam and Eve is not merely the end point, but the climax to the sequence. See also Genesis 2:7,21-22; Genesis 5:1-2; Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalm 100:3; Psalm 139:14; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 22:2; Ecclesiastes 12:1,7

The role of Jesus Christ in creation

John 1:3 See also John 1:10; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2

The role of the Spirit in creation

Job 33:4 See also Genesis 1:2; Psalm 104:30; Isaiah 40:12-13

The creation of the world

Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 11:3 See also Psalm 33:9; Psalm 148:5; Romans 4:17

The original creation was complete and perfect

Its completion

Genesis 2:1 See also Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 20:11; Isaiah 48:12-13; Hebrews 4:3

Its perfection

Genesis 1:31 See also Genesis 1:10,12,18,21,25; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Isaiah 45:18; 1 Timothy 4:4

The witness of creation

Creation should cause people to worship God

Revelation 4:11 See also Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 19:1-4; Psalm 95:6; Psalm 148:5,13; Romans 1:20 God's power and deity is witnessed through the created order.

Sinners refuse the witness of creation

Romans 1:18-20

Believers receive the witness of creation by faith

Hebrews 11:3 See also Genesis 6:6

See also

2303  Christ as creator
3266  Holy Spirit in creation
4015  life
4026  world, God's creation
4045  chaos
4060  nature
4203  earth, the
4241  Garden of Eden
4603  animals
4909  beginning
5002  human race & creation
5273  creativity