Maker of Heaven and Earth
Minister: | Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: | 12/4/2016 AM |
Text: | Colossians 1; Lord's Day 9 |
Psalters: | 308, 401, 352, 346 |
- His work.
- Creation is the work of the Triune God calling into existence the things which were not as if they were (cf. Rom. 4:17).
- Faith, not science, is the only possible means of knowing about and understanding God’s work of creating (Heb. 11:3).
- Faith (resting on Scripture) believes that God created by speaking, calling all things into existence (Ps. 33:6,9).
- Faith believes that the Bible teaches that God created all things in one week of 7 days of 24 hours.
- Creation is the work of the Triune God calling into existence the things which were not as if they were (cf. Rom. 4:17).
- Creation reveals God, its Maker (Acts 17:23,24), even though it does not really prove God.
- First, creation reveals that God has a will.
- Second, creation reveals God’s omnipotence (cf. Rom. 1:20,21; Rev. 4:11).
- Third, creation reveals God’s perfect wisdom.
- Resulting obligations.
- God, as the Father of Jesus (our Savior and Lord), created.
- In His perfect wisdom God arranges (and controls) all things so they reveal Christ and the salvation of all that are in Him.
- The end and purpose of creation was that all things would be united and reconciled in Christ (Eph. 1:10; Col. 1:16-20).
- Even at its beginning this world was adapted in perfect wisdom to serve as the “stage” for the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- He is the spiritual Father of all the elect and of only the elect (those in Christ).
- Three implications.
- The earthly was created after the pattern of the heavenly so His children might know abstract and heavenly things.
- Faith sees our creating Father as both able and willing to work all for our good!
- In His perfect wisdom God arranges (and controls) all things so they reveal Christ and the salvation of all that are in Him.