Transcript God - The Creator - Midway Church of Christ

Gen. 1:1,21,27
Is. 40:25,26
Jn. 1:1-3; Col. 1:15,16
Essential for eternal life, Jn. 17:3-5
Essential to true worship, Jn. 4:20-24;
Acts 17:22-25
Essential to morality, 1 Pet. 1:13-16
Essential to offset atheism, false gods
(Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism) false
doctrine, ignorance
“Before the mountains were brought
forth, Or ever You had formed the
earth and the world, Even from
everlasting to everlasting, You are
God” (Ps. 90:2).
Who made the stars? Did they
make themselves; one make another,
or did a father star baby stars?
Stars had no will – they were caused!
Something cannot come from nothing
Something exists
Therefore – something always was
Non-intelligence cannot create
intelligence
Intelligence exists
Therefore what created it was intelligent
Everybody believes something is
eternal!
Some say – for the sake of His creatures,
others say – for His own sake
Both: to manifest His glory (Ps. 19:1), and
to be glorified (Is. 43:7)
Best answer – He wanted to
Ps. 115:3 – “But our God is in heaven; He
does whatever He pleases.”
Rev. 4:11 – “You created all things, and by
Your will they exist and were created.”
“It seems clear from Scripture that God
wants to receive glory from the moral
creatures made in his own image, and that
this is the primary purpose for creation…
God’s highest purpose in creation – to be
glorified – is fulfilled in the highest way
through the creation of persons in his own
image, personal beings who can
acknowledge God’s glory as manifested in
his works…” (pg. 126,127).
God chose to make man in His own
image, Gen. 1:26,27
He could have made a robot – with no
choice, but He didn’t!
Who am I, and why am I here?
Cannot be answered separate from
creation
God is a Being with choice – So am I!
“Unless we know God as the Creator
of all things, we do not know the true
God” (Cottrell, p. 95)
Gen. 1:1; Jn. 1:3; Col. 1:16
From nothing – nothing comes, but
we begin with God, Heb. 11:3
Rom. 4:17 – The Word had only to
speak, Ps. 33:6-9
God loved Jesus before the foundation
of the world, Jn. 17:24
God chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world, Eph. 1:4
Christ was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, 1 Pet. 1:20
Ps. 90:2; Prov. 8:22-31
“The idea that God is the Creator of all
things is the indispensable foundation on
which the other beliefs of the Christian
faith are based” (p. 143).
Foundation of worship,
Ps. 33:6-9; 95:6; Rev. 4:11
Foundation of ethics, Jer. 11:7; Jn. 14:15