By whom were the heavens and the earth created?

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1.

How did God bring the heavens and earth into existence?

“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. . . . For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.” Psalm 33:6-9.

Through whom did God create all things?

“For by Him [the Son] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him.” Colossians 1:16. “All things were made by Him [“through Him,” R.V., margin]; and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:3. (See also Hebrews 1:1, 2.)

What was God’s object in making the earth?

“For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited.” Isaiah 45:18.

How did God provide inhabitants for the world He had created?

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7.

In whose image was man created?

“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” Genesis 1:27.

To what glorious position did God assign man?

“Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth.” Genesis 1:26.

“What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet.” Psalm 8:4-6.

What home did God make for man in the beginning?

“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.” “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” Genesis 2:8, 15.

How did God provide for the perpetuation of life?

“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis 2:9.

What simple plan did God devise to test man’s loyalty and obedience?

“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:16, 17.

By what power are all things upheld?

“Upholding all things by the word of His power.” Hebrews 1:3.

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