When God Creates
Benjamin Galindo
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· 18 viewsGod has the ability to create in a way that none of his creatures can and he uses this ability to create a new heart in us.
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Do You Know God?
Do You Know God?
Who is He? What does He do What does He like?
3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
A Creator God
A Creator God
Do you know anyone who is creative? Who is this person, and what makes this person creative in your opinion?
What is one of the most creative things you have experienced?
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1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Survey: How did God create in Gen 1-2?
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
When God created humans, He created Adam of dust from the ground and Eve from the side of man.
There are numerous references to God being the creator in the beginning.
The word that the Hebrew uses when God creates is bara’. It occurs 48 times in the OT.
There are four verbs used in the Hebrew Bible that may be translated “to create” (baraʾ, ʿasah, yatsah, qanah); they can all have human or divine subjects who create—except baraʾ. Baraʾ always has a divine subject—God.
Although there is no “morning and evening” for the seventh-day it is clear that God rests on this day, but...
There is no bara’ used in the ten commandments; either Exodus 20, or Deuteronomy 5.
Isaiah is where the word bara’ is used most frequently and contains the controversial verse Isaiah 45:7
Did God Stop Creating?
Did God Stop Creating?
David’s story 2 Samuel 11-12
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
David recognises his sin and asks for true forgiveness.
He asks for a new heart created by God, and and a mind that does not waver.
It is only God that creates salvation and righteousness:
8 “Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the Lord, created them.
The Creator Becomes the Redeemer
The Creator Becomes the Redeemer
We still fail God in the same way that Adam and Eve failed. We still worship the creature rather than the creator:
25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
Only God can change our hearts (minds):
26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”
Isaiah provides us with a clear link between creation and salvation:
24 This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer and Creator: “I am the Lord, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth?
All we need is to believe and come to Jesus with complete surrender.
8 And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
We Have Hope
We Have Hope
13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.