CREATION

AND THE
CREATOR
Bereans House of Worship
Saturday February 10th 2024
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CREATION
AND THE
CREATOR
Saturday February 10th 2024
1. BY WHOM • Genesis 1:1
WERE THE
HEAVENS AND "In the beginning God
THE EARTH created the heaven and the
CREATED?
earth."
• Inferences erroneously drawn from facts observed in
nature have, however, led to supposed conflict
between science and revelation; and in the effort to
restore harmony, interpretations of Scripture have
been adopted that undermine and destroy the force of
the word of God...Millions of years, it is claimed, were
required for the evolution of the earth from chaos; and
in order to accommodate the Bible to this supposed
revelation of science, the days of creation are assumed
to have been vast, indefinite periods, covering
thousands or even millions of years. (Education 128.2)
• Such a conclusion is wholly uncalled for. The Bible record is
in harmony with itself and with the teaching of nature. Of
the first day employed in the work of creation is given the
record, “The evening and the morning were the first day.”
Genesis 1:5. And the same in substance is said of each of
the first six days of creation week. Each of these periods
Inspiration declares to have been a day consisting of
evening and morning, like every other day since that time.
In regard to the work of creation itself the divine
testimony is, “He spake, and it was done; He commanded,
and it stood fast.” Psalm 33:9. With Him who could thus
call into existence unnumbered worlds, how long a time
would be required for the evolution of the earth from
chaos? In order to account for His works, must we do
violence to His word? (Education Pg 129.1)
 • Colossians 1:16
"For by Him [the Son] were all things
created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they
2. THROUGH
be thrones, or dominions, or
WHOM DID principalities, or powers: all things
GOD CREATE were created by Him, and for Him."
ALL THINGS? • John 1:3
"All things
were made by Him [through Him, R. V.,
margin]: and without
Him was not anything made that was
made.“

• Hebrews 1:1-2
God, who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto
us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the
worlds;
Ms 107, 1897
“Search the Scriptures”
September 15, 1897
In the plan of God, it is designed that old and young
shall study His Word. This is necessary for the
development of the intellect. God would have all
realize that the truth is capable of expanding and
increasing in grace and power. The student of God’s
Word finds that an effort to comprehend truth calls
forth all his powers. The truth is deep and broad and
high. Were it other than this, it would not be the truth.
But its clearness is proportionate to its depth. Upon
those who search the Scriptures, the truth found
therein has an elevating, ennobling influence, enabling
them to reach the standard of perfection.
12LtMs, Ms 107, 1897, par.1
 • Psalm 19:1
"The heavens declare the
glory of God; and the
3. WHAT DO
THE HEAVENS firmament
DECLARE? showeth His handiwork."
Some may suppose that these grand things in the natural
world are God. But they are not God. They but show forth His
glory. The ancient philosophers prided themselves upon their
superior knowledge. But let us read the inspired apostles
understanding of the matter. “Professing themselves to be
wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the
incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,
and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things; ...
who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever more.”
[Romans 1:22, 23, 25.]
13LtMs, Ms 86, 1898, par. 13 Ellen Gould White, Letters and
Manuscripts — Volume 13 (Manuscript 86, 1898), (Ellen G.
White Estate, 1898), 1., https://egwwritings.org/read?
panels=p14063.7408019&index=0
 • Isaiah 45:18
"For thus saith Jehovah that
created the heavens; God
4. WHAT WAS Himself that formed the earth
GOD'S and made it; He hath established
OBJECT IN it, He created it not in vain, He
MAKING THE formed it to be inhabited. I am
EARTH? Jehovah; and there is none else."
This same earth, freed from the curse of sin, is to be man's eternal
home. Of the earth the Scripture says, that God “created it not in
vain, He formed it to be inhabited.” Isaiah 45:18. And “whatsoever
God doeth, it shall be for ever.” Ecclesiastes 3:14. The Story of
Jesus ( SJ) 183.4

So in the Sermon on the Mount the Saviour declared, “Blessed are

the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5. SJ 184.1

So the psalmist long before had written, “The meek shall inherit
the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of
peace.” Psalm 37:11. SJ 184.2

With this agree the words of the Scripture, “The righteous shall be
recompensed in the earth.” They “shall inherit the land, and dwell
therein for ever.” Proverbs 11:31; Psalm 37:29. SJ 184.3
 • Genesis 1:27
"So God created man in His
own image, in the image of
5. IN WHOSE
IMAGE WAS God created He him; male
MAN and female created He
CREATED?
them."
Man is the highest and noblest of all God’s creatures.
In the beginning man was made in the image of God.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness. ... So God created man in his own image, in
the image of God created he him, male and female
created he them.” [Genesis 1:26, 27.] God formed us
for His glory, and He desires us in every word and act
to acknowledge this. 15LtMs, Lt 164, 1900, par. 4
Ellen Gould White, Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 15 (Letter 164, 1900), (Ellen G.
White Estate, 1900), 1.,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p14065.8180010&index=0
 • Genesis 2:8-15
"And Jehovah God planted a garden
eastward in Eden;
6. WHAT HOME and there He put the man whom He
DID GOD had formed. And out of the ground
MAKE FOR
MAN IN THE made Jehovah God to grow every
BEGINNING? tree that is pleasant to the sight, and
good for food. . . And Jehovah God
took the man, and put him into the
garden of Eden to dress it and to keep
it.
Although everything God had made was in the
perfection of beauty, and there seemed nothing
wanting upon the earth which God had created to
make Adam and Eve happy, yet He manifested His
great love to them by planting a garden especially for
them. A portion of their time was to be occupied in the
happy employment of dressing the garden, and a
portion in receiving the visits of angels, listening to
their instruction, and in happy meditation. Their labor
was not wearisome but pleasant and invigorating. This
beautiful garden was to be their home. CC 12.2
Ellen Gould White, Conflict and Courage, (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald
Publishing Association, 1970), 12.,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p17.57&index=0
7. WHAT MAY • Romans 1:20
BE PERCEIVED
THROUGH THE For the invisible things of
THINGS THAT him since the creation of
ARE MADE?
the world are clearly seen,
being perceived through
the things that are
made, even his everlasting
power and divinity; that
they may be without
excuse
We need not seek to know, by scientific
methods, what God is. “Who by searching can
find out God?” [Job 11:7.] As we follow in the
footsteps of Christ our Saviour, we shall learn
from Him all that we need to know of God. By
the revelation of His life and teaching, He leads
men from the lowest depths of sin to the highest
place in the heavenly courts, even to a seat upon
His throne. In Him all may be made complete.
18LtMs, Lt 262, 1903, par. 21
Ellen Gould White, Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (Letter 262, 1903),
(Ellen G. White Estate, 1903), 1.,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p14068.10150029&index=0
 • Ephesians 2:10
"For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto
8. WHOSE good works, which God hath before
WORKMANSHIP ordained that we should
IS THE walk in them."
CHRISTIAN?
God desires His children to show the world what it
means to sit together in heavenly places in Christ,
“that in the ages to come he might show the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness
toward us through Christ Jesus.” [Verse 7.] This
kindness He expects us to bring into our dealings
with one another. 16LtMs, Ms 38, 1901, par. 2
Ellen Gould White, Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (Manuscript 38,
1901), (Ellen G. White Estate, 1901), 1.,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p14066.9474008&index=0
9. WHAT
• Isaiah 40:28
ASSURANCE IS
GIVEN
Hast thou not known? hast thou not
CONCERNING heard? The everlasting God,
THE UNFAILING
POWER
Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of
OF THE the earth, fainteth not, neither is
CREATOR?
weary; there is no searching of his
understanding.
10. WHAT • Isaiah 40:29
ENCOURAGING
STATEMENT "He giveth power to the
FOLLOWS
CONCERNING THE faint; and to him that have
SUPPLY OF
POWER TO THE
no might
FAINT?
He increaseth strength'."
31
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and
not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
 • 1 Peter 4:19, R.V.
11. TO WHOM "Wherefore let them also that
ARE THOSE
WHO SUFFER
suffer according to the will
EXHORTED TO of God commit their souls in well-
COMMIT doing unto a faithful Creator."
THEIR
SOULS?
“For God hath not given us the spirit of
fear; but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind. Be not thou therefore
ashamed of the testimony of our Lord; ...
but be thou partaker of the afflictions of
the Gospel according to the power of
God.” (2 Timothy 1:7,8) ST July 25, 1900,
par. 9
Ellen Gould White, "My Witnesses—No. 2", The Signs of the
Times, (July 25, 1900): 9,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p820.16864&index=0
 • Revelation 10:5,6
"And the angel which I saw stand upon the
sea and upon
the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and
12. WHAT
GAVE SPECIAL sware by Him that
FORCE TO THE liveth forever and ever, who created heaven,
OATH OF AN and the things that
ANGEL? therein are, and the earth, and the things
that therein are, and the
sea, and the things which are therein, that
there should be time no
longer."
 • Jeremiah 10:11-16
11.Thus shall ye say unto them, The
gods that have not made the heavens
13. WHAT and the earth, these shall perish from
CONTRAST IS the earth, and from under the heavens.
DRAWN IN THE
SCRIPTURES 12.He hath made the earth by his
BETWEEN THE power, he hath established the world
CREATOR AND by his wisdom, and by his
FALSE GODS?
understanding hath he stretched out
the heavens.
13. When he uttereth his voice, there is
a tumult of waters in the heavens, and
he causeth the vapors to ascend from
the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings for the rain, and bringeth
forth the wind out of his treasuries.
 Jeremiah 10:11-16 (cont.)
14. Every man is become brutish and
is without knowledge; every
13. WHAT goldsmith is put to shame by his
CONTRAST IS
DRAWN IN THE graven image; for his molten image
SCRIPTURES is falsehood, and there is no breath
BETWEEN THE in them.
CREATOR AND
FALSE GODS? 15. They are vanity, a work of
delusion: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
16. The portion of Jacob is not like
these; for He is the former of all
things; and Israel is the tribe of his
inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his
name.
 • Psalm 95:6
Oh come, let us worship
14. TO WHOM
IS OUR
and bow down;
WORSHIP Let us kneel before Jehovah
JUSTLY DUE?
our Maker
“For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be
praised:
He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are idols;
But Jehovah made the heavens.
Honor and majesty are before Him:
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
Psalm 96:4-6
8T 122.2
Ellen Gould White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, (Mountain View,
CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1904), 122.,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p112.704&index=0
 • Isaiah 65:17
"For, behold, I create new
heavens and a new earth: and the
former shall not be remembered,
15. IN VIEW OF
nor come into mind.“
THE CURSE
UPON THIS
CREATION, • Revelation 21:1
WHAT HAS GOD
PROMISED? And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first heaven
and the first earth are passed
away; and the sea is no more.
The fires of the last day are to destroy “the heavens and
the earth, which are now;” but there shall come forth
“new heavens and a new earth.” 2 Peter 3:7, 13. The
heavens and the earth will be made new. SJ 184.4

“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9. SJ 184.5

No human language can fully describe the reward of the

righteous. It will be known only to those who behold it.
We can not comprehend the glory of the Paradise of God.
The Story of Jesus (SJ) 184.6
Ellen Gould White, The Story of Jesus, (Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Association, 1900), 183 - 184.,
https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p144.1230&index=0
 • Malachi 2:10
"Have we not all one Father?
hath not one God created us?
16. WHAT IS why do we deal
THE TRUE
BASIS OF THE
treacherously every man
BROTHERHOOD against his brother,
OF MAN?
by profaning the covenant of
our fathers?"