2. 1. God reflects His nature to us through creation.

3. Romans 1:20 Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities— his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

25. "The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.” - G.K. Chesterton

26. Romans 1:20 Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities— his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

27. Psalm 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. 5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. 6 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

28. Creations is the revelation of the beauty of God. God’s beauty, goodness, grace, generosity, love and creativity, are all given to us through creation.

29. Lk 19:40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

30. 1.God reflects His nature to us through creation. 2.God speaks through his creation.

31. Mat 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

32. God speaks through creation in order that we might be humbled.

35. Psalm 8:1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

36. 1.God reflects His nature to us through creation. 2.God speaks through his creation. 3.God shows us our value through creation.

37. Luke 12:6-7 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

38. God is using the created world he brought into being to illuminate our value.

39. Mat 5:45 He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

40. God knows a holy life is the most fulfilling way to live this life.

41. Because of our value to Him, God chose to embrace that which he hates (sin), in order to gain those whom he loves (us)!

42. “Creation speaks of the goodness and glory of God through dazzling colours and intoxicating scents. The sunrises and sunsets are grand spectacles that happen twice each day and are seldom noticed by people too busy to look. God could have made an ugly world; he was not obliged to make a world that inspires awe. Beauty has a lot to do with order. Simply gazing at a daisy reveals the mind of God.” – James Bryan Smith