God as Creator
“Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Ps. 100:3).
Scripture is unequivocal: God is the Creator. Without this fundamental truth, the Bible message becomes meaningless. On the other hand, God as Creator means that He is to be distinguished from creation, that He is not part of the created order. God as the Creator means that there was nothing before Him or before His acts of creation (Rom. 4:17, Heb. 11:3). God as Creator means that everything belongs to Him and depends on His power and benevolence for subsistence (Ps. 24:1, 2; 104:10–14). God as Creator means that creation reveals the glory and power of its Creator (Ps. 19:1–3, Rom. 1:20).
What did the Creator promise to a world damaged by sin? Isa. 65:17, Rev. 21:1.
The Bible explicitly states that God created and sustains everything through the power of His Son (John 1:1-3; Heb. 1:2, 3). The atonement is God’s solution to the problem of sin within this creation. Instead of leaving us to reap the ultimate rewards of sin and rebellion, which would be eternal ruin, He instituted the plan of salvation.
How does Paul describe those who are in Christ? 2 Cor. 5:17.
The power God displayed during the creation of the universe is the same power He employs in re-creating fallen human beings into His own image. He brought everything into existence through the power of His word (Ps. 33:6); and now it is also through the power of His incarnate word in Christ that He re-creates us (John 1:1, 12, 13; 2 Cor. 4:16).
| Is there something that you personally have created and sustained, something that you put a lot of work and care into? In what ways does your act of creating it give you ownership over it? How do you feel about what you have made? How, in a small way, might this comparison help us understand what we mean to God, our Creator? |
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