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3. Contributor L. James Gibson Principal Contributor Origins

4. 1 Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth 2 Creation: Forming the World 3 The Creation Completed 4 Creation, a Biblical Theme 5 Creation and Morality 6 Creation and the Fall 7 Through a Glass, Darkly 8 Jesus, Provider and Sustainer 9 Marriage: A Gift From Eden 10 Stewardship and the Environment 11 Sabbath: A Gift From Eden 12 Creation and the Gospel 13 Creation, Again Origins Contents

5. Origins In the Beginning of the Beginning {4} Creation is the foundational truth of Scripture. All other biblical teachings—the Incarnation, the Cross, the Second Coming, and every other biblical teaching, as well—are founded upon the truth that our world was created by the Lord.

6. Origins In the Beginning of the Beginning {4} That’s why Creation appears not only in the opening pages of the Bible but in the first five books of Moses, in the prophets, in the Psalms, in the Gospels, in the Epistles, in Acts, and in Revelation. And, in almost all cases, the theological context demands that it be taken literally.

7. Origins In the Beginning of the Beginning {4} Thus, this quarter’s lessons delve into the doctrine of creation and explores its implications for a number of our beliefs—including morality, sin, marriage, stewardship, and more.

8. Origins Our Goal {5} As we go through this quarter, we’ll see even more reasons why a literal six-day creation is essential to all that we believe and why to compromise on Creation is to undermine the basis of the gospel and the teachings that make us what we are.

9. Origins Lesson 1, January 5 Origins Lesson 1, January 5 Jesus, Creator of Heavens and Earth

10. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth Key Text Genesis 1:1 NKJV “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

11. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth Initial Words {7} Only something greater than what it creates could have created it. Thus, only a Being greater than the universe could have created the universe. And that Being is the God who is revealed in the Bible, the God whom we worship and serve because, among other things, He is our Creator.

12. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth Quick Look 1. Jesus, Before the Beginning (Hebrews 11:3) 2. Jesus, Creator of All (John 1:1-3, 14) 3. Jesus, Creator Among Us (John 2:7-11)

13. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth 1. Jesus, Before the Beginning Hebrews 11:3 NKJV “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which were seen were not made of things which were visible.”

14. 1. Jesus, Before the Beginning God and Creation {8} The text does seem to tell us that the universe was not formed from preexisting matter. The universe was created by the power of God’s Word; that is, both matter and energy were brought into existence by God’s power.

15. 1. Jesus, Before the Beginning God and Creation {8} Creation from nothing is known as creation ex nihilo. We often credit humans with the creation of various things…; change the form of pre- existing matter, but we have no power to create ex nihilo. Only the supernatural power of God can do that.

16. 1. Jesus, Before the Beginning The Heavens Declare {9} The precise fitness of our universe for life has gained the admiration of scientists and has led many of them to comment that the universe appears to be designed by an intelligent Being. The world also must have been wisely designed in order for life to exist. Truly, God’s wisdom is shown in what He created.

17. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth 2. Jesus, Creator of All John 1:1-3, 14 NKJV “In the beginning was the Word…and the Word was God. … All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we beheld His glory…as of the only begotten….”

18. 2. Jesus, Creator of All The Power of His Word {11} John refers to Jesus as the Word (“Logos”) and equates Him with God. In John’s day, the term logos was commonly used to represent the creative principle. John applied this familiar concept to Jesus, identifying Him as the true Creator.

19. 2. Jesus, Creator of All The Power of His Word {10} Though we cannot know exactly how God created, we are told that it was through His powerful Word. All the energy in all parts of the universe had its origin in the Word of God; all the gravity throughout the universe, every star guided in its course, and every black hole result from God’s power.

20. 2. Jesus, Creator of All The Power of His Word {10} God is not restricted by natural law; instead, God has determined natural law. God’s power has not always followed the patterns that we call the “laws of nature.” God’s creative word is not bound by the “laws” of science. God is sovereign over all His creation and is free to carry out His will.

21. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth 3. Jesus, Creator Among Us John 2:7-11 NKJV “Jesus said, ‘Fill the waterpots with water…. Draw…and take it to the master of the feast….’ And he said to him, ‘Every man at the beginning set out the good wine…but you have kept the good wine until now.’ This beginning of signs…manifested His glory….”

22. 3. Jesus, Creator Among Us Creative Power {12} These miracles gives us a glimpse of God’s power over the material world that He Himself created. What kind of process would be required to change water directly into wine? It took an act outside of the laws of nature, at least as we now know them, to do what Jesus did here.

23. 3. Jesus, Creator Among Us Creative Power {12} In the miracle of the fish and loaves, all the food was made of atoms and molecules. At the end, there were many times more atoms and molecules of food than when Jesus started to feed the crowd. From where did the additional molecules come, if not by the supernatural intervention of God?

24. 3. Jesus, Creator Among Us Creative Power {12} Whatever the details of the man’s blindness, the words of Jesus caused molecules to form in appropriate places, forming functional receptors, neuronal connections, and brain cells so that light entering the eye would form an image, and the man would have the ability to recognize images that he had never before seen.

25. Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth Final Words {13} “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.” Patriarchs and Prophets 113