We sometimes wonder how the
world came to be. But here we find the answer. God created
the earth and everything in it, and made man like himself. Although
we may not understand the complexity of just how he did it, it is clear
that God did create all life. This shows not only God's authority
over humanity, but his deep love for all people.
The most important aspect
is not the process of creation, but the origin of creation. The world
is not a product of blind chance and probability. God created it.
The Bible not only tells us
that the world was created by God; more important, it tells us who God
is. It reveals God's personality, his character, and his plan for
his creation. It also reveals God's deepest desire; to relate to
and fellowship with the people he created. God took the ultimate
step toward fellowship with us through his historic visit to this planet
in the person of his Son, Jesus Christ. We can know this God who
created the universe in a very personal way.
The heavens and the earth
are there. We are here. God created all that we see and experience.
The book of Genesis begins, "God created the heavens and earth."
Here we begin the most exciting
and fulfilling journey imaginable.
1:1 The simple statement that
God created the heavens and the earth is one of the most challenging concepts
confronting the modern mind. The vast galaxy we live in is spinning
at the incredible speed of 490,000 miles an hour. But even at this
breakneck speed, our galaxy still needs 200 million years to make one rotation.
And there are over one billion other galaxies just like ours in the universe.
Some scientists say that the
number of stars in creation is equal to all the grains of all the sands
on all the beaches of the world. Yet this complex sea of spinning
stars functions with remarkable order and efficiency. To say that
the universe "just happened" or "evolved" requires more faith than to believe
that God is behind these amazing statistics. God truly did create
a wonderful universe.
God did not need to create
the universe; he choose to create it.
Why? God is love, and
love is best expressed toward something or someone else so God created
the world and people as an expression of his love. We should avoid
reducing God's creation to merely scientific terms. Remember that
God created the universe because he loves each of us.
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Matthew 3:2
The kingdom of heaven began
when God himself entered human history as a man. Today Jesus Christ reigns
in the hearts of believers, but the kingdom of heaven will not be fully
realized until all evil in the world is judged and removed. Christ
came to earth first as a suffering servant; he will come again as King
and Judge to rule victoriously over all the earth.
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In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2-4
Jesus Teaches about the Way
to Heaven
Luke 7:13
13 "Enter through the narrow
gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction,
and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow
the road that leads to life, and only a few find it
