Chapter 6

God’s Creation

Sections

1. General
   1. God Made All Things
      • God made the heavens and earth – and everything in them
      • All that God made is very good
   2. God Maintains Creation
      • Every creature’s life is dependent on God
      • God provides food for all creatures
      • God regulates all aspects of the weather
      • God maintains nature
   3. How God Made and Maintains Creation
      • God made all things with his wisdom
      • God made all things with his power
      • God made all things by his word
      • God made and sustains all things through Jesus Christ
      • The Holy Spirit also has a role in creation
   4. Implications of God Being Creator
      • Because he made everything, all things belong to God
      • Because he made everything, God is sovereign over all things
      • Creation shows God’s power and wisdom to be incomparable

2. God’s Creation of People
   1. Life and Death
      • God creates people . . .
      • . . . God gives people life and breath
      • People’s lives are very brief
      • Each person is destined to die
   2. The Human Spirit
      • God has made people with a spirit
      • The spirit is at the core of one’s being
      • People are dead without their spirit
      • People’s spirits exist after death
   3. The Uniqueness of People
      • God has made people in his own image
      • God has given people an able mind – with which they can think and reason intelligently
      • People have the moral capacity to know good from evil
      • People are to care for and act responsibly towards creation
   4. Epilogue: God’s Self-Revelation to People
      • God reveals himself to people
      • God reveals himself by what he does
      • Creation perpetually evidences and reveals God to all people

 ➜Major headings in: 6. God’s Creation (and all of Unit B)

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