Cross Reference Verses:
God is the Creator:
Because God created the world, He owns it and everything in it:
Any study, any paper, any Sunday school class should always begin, keep as the main goal, and end with how the studied passage(s) relate to our relationship with God. I hope I have also “stayed the course” within this short essay. To me, Genesis 1:1 can be simply stated as: “Whenever the beginning was and whatever the beginning consisted of, God was there; and He created out of nothing the substances that make up everything that is above our head and everything that is below our feet”. Without Him, everything we take for granted and everything we do not take for granted was created and is owned by our Lord. We are not asked, but commanded, to consciously recognize God as our Creator and to show Him the proper praise and glory in every word we say, in every action we take, and in every relationship we have on this earth.
God Bless
God is the Creator:
Psa 102:25 "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. (NASB)
Isa 42:5 Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it, (NASB)
Isa 45:18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else. (NASB)
God is separate (sovereign) from His Creation:
Psa 90:2 Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. (NASB)
Act 17:24 "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; (NASB)
God created the world out of nothing:
Psa 33:6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. (NASB)
Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. (NASB)
God made it obvious that He is the Creator:
Isa 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? (NASB)
Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. (NASB)
Because God created the world, He owns it and everything in it:
Psa 89:11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have founded them. (NASB)
Creation itself demands that glory be given to God:
Rev 4:11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created." (NASB)
Conclusion:
Any study, any paper, any Sunday school class should always begin, keep as the main goal, and end with how the studied passage(s) relate to our relationship with God. I hope I have also “stayed the course” within this short essay. To me, Genesis 1:1 can be simply stated as: “Whenever the beginning was and whatever the beginning consisted of, God was there; and He created out of nothing the substances that make up everything that is above our head and everything that is below our feet”. Without Him, everything we take for granted and everything we do not take for granted was created and is owned by our Lord. We are not asked, but commanded, to consciously recognize God as our Creator and to show Him the proper praise and glory in every word we say, in every action we take, and in every relationship we have on this earth.
God Bless
