0257. 254. Creation Proves a Creator

254. Creation Proves a Creator

There is one of two things to do: either to accept what the Scriptures affirm, that there was a “beginning” to creation, and hence a Creator; or accept the hypothesis there was no Creator, and everything produced itself! What do the Scriptures affirm?

1. God is the Originator of all things, for in “the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth” (Gen_1:1).

2. God is the Creator of man, and that man owes his being to Him, who caused him to be—Gen_1:27; Gen_5:1-2; Gen_6:7; Isa_45:12.

3. The seen things of creation proclaim Him, who made them what they are—Rom_1:20.

4. That creation is referred to as an illustration of God’s grace, for He who caused the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts—2Co_4:6.

5. The creature is dependent upon the Creator for his existence, for in Him we live and move and have our being—Act_17:24-28.

6. The man of God recognises he needs the help of the Creator to help him in time of need—Psa_121:2; Act_4:24.

7. That everything was made by, sustained in, created for Christ—Joh_1:3; Col_1:16-19.

Thus we see Christ, God, and the Scriptures centre in and are held together by God the Creator. Accept the extreme position of evolutionists, and we have nothing but the nebulous gas of pantheism; but receive the Scriptures as they reveal God, and in Christ we find One who cares, and loves, and blesses.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH