1. Question 9: What is the work of creation? Answer: The work of creation is God making all things from nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, all very good.

2. Reality  At the foundation of all our thinking is the certainty that ourselves and the universe we live in are real!  One of the greatest questions we face is: Where did we, and the universe we live in, come from?  Atheists believe that the origin of all things is in impersonal matter and energy and impersonal fundamental laws of physics.  Christians believe that humanity and the universe originated as a result of an eternally personal God.  At the foundation of all our thinking is the certainty that ourselves and the universe we live in are real!  One of the greatest questions we face is: Where did we, and the universe we live in, come from?  Atheists believe that the origin of all things is in impersonal matter and energy and impersonal fundamental laws of physics.  Christians believe that humanity and the universe originated as a result of an eternally personal God.

3. An artist’s representation of the ‘Big Bang’ Impersonal laws Personal beings

4. Personal GodPersonal beings

5. The Bible tells us that God created heaven.  The place where the glory of God is especially revealed.  The place where all the different kinds of heavenly beings live.  The place where Christ is now living and from which he will come as Lord and Judge.  The place where believers are with Christ after their death.  The place where the glory of God is especially revealed.  The place where all the different kinds of heavenly beings live.  The place where Christ is now living and from which he will come as Lord and Judge.  The place where believers are with Christ after their death.

6. God created all of space and its countless stars. The Hubble telescope Some of the countless galaxies each with countless stars

7. The Milky Way… made up of countless stars in our galaxy

8. God created the earth as a wonderful and special place teeming with life.

9. God created everything in one working week! Day 1 LightDay 4 Sun, moon and stars Day 2 Sky and waterDay 5 Birds and sea creatures Day 3 LandDay 6 Land creatures and man

10. God created from nothing by his Word.  There is an enormous amount of energy in a very small amount of matter The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki

11. God alone can create from nothing  We can create – as those made in the image of God.  We can only create using what God brought into existence.  Our power is limited – God’s power is infinite.  We can create – as those made in the image of God.  We can only create using what God brought into existence.  Our power is limited – God’s power is infinite.

12. God’s original creation was all very good. No disease

13. God’s original creation was all very good. No disaster

14. God’s original creation was all very good. No death

15. God’s original creation was all very good. An artist’s impression of what the Garden of Eden would have been like!

16. Christians trust God to tell us the truth about our origins  ‘Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.’ Hebrews 11:3

17. The New Testament makes it clear the Son of God was actively involved in every aspect of creation.  ‘The Word was with God and the Word was God….All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.’ John 1:1,3  ‘By him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities or powers.’ Col 1:16  ‘The Word was with God and the Word was God….All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.’ John 1:1,3  ‘By him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities or powers.’ Col 1:16

18. The Word was made flesh!  The Word, who is the Son of God, created all things.  The Word is the one who has become fully human and is forever a creature as well as the Creator.  When we put our trust in Jesus Christ we are ‘committing our souls to our faithful creator’! (1 Peter 4:19)  The Word, who is the Son of God, created all things.  The Word is the one who has become fully human and is forever a creature as well as the Creator.  When we put our trust in Jesus Christ we are ‘committing our souls to our faithful creator’! (1 Peter 4:19)