ORIGIN: Creation has a Creator.
Genesis 1:1 (ESV)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
DESIGN: Creation has order.
Genesis 1:3-8 (ESV)
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
MEANING: Creation has purpose.
Colossians 1:16 (ESV)
16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
NATURE: Creation, in its original form, was good.
Genesis 1:31 (ESV)
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Romans 5:12 (ESV)
12 …sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned
OWNERSHIP: Creation belongs to God.
Psalm 24:1-2 (ESV)
The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
