Gen. 1:1,21,27

Is. 40:25,26

Jn. 1:1-3; Col. 1:15,16

Essential for eternal life, Jn. 17:3-5

Essential to true worship, Jn. 4:20-24; Acts 17:22-25

Essential to morality, 1 Pet. 1:13-16

Essential to offset atheism, false gods (Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism) false

doctrine, ignorance

“Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the

earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are

God” (Ps. 90:2).

Who made the stars? Did they make themselves; one make another,

or did a father star baby stars?

Stars had no will – they were caused!

Something cannot come from nothing

Something exists

Therefore – something always was

Non-intelligence cannot create intelligence

Intelligence exists

Therefore what created it was intelligent

Everybody believes something is eternal!

Some say – for the sake of His creatures, others say – for His own sake

Both: to manifest His glory (Ps. 19:1), and to be glorified (Is. 43:7)

Best answer – He wanted to

Ps. 115:3 – “But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.”

Rev. 4:11 – “You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”

“It seems clear from Scripture that God wants to receive glory from the moral

creatures made in his own image, and that this is the primary purpose for creation… God’s highest purpose in creation – to be glorified – is fulfilled in the highest way

through the creation of persons in his own image, personal beings who can

acknowledge God’s glory as manifested in his works…” (pg. 126,127).

God chose to make man in His own image, Gen. 1:26,27

He could have made a robot – with no choice, but He didn’t!

Who am I, and why am I here?

Cannot be answered separate from creation

God is a Being with choice – So am I!

“Unless we know God as the Creator of all things, we do not know the true

God” (Cottrell, p. 95)

Gen. 1:1; Jn. 1:3; Col. 1:16

From nothing – nothing comes, but we begin with God, Heb. 11:3

Rom. 4:17 – The Word had only to speak, Ps. 33:6-9

God loved Jesus before the foundation of the world, Jn. 17:24

God chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, Eph. 1:4

Christ was foreordained before the foundation of the world, 1 Pet. 1:20

Ps. 90:2; Prov. 8:22-31

“The idea that God is the Creator of all things is the indispensable foundation on

which the other beliefs of the Christian faith are based” (p. 143).

Foundation of worship, Ps. 33:6-9; 95:6; Rev. 4:11

Foundation of ethics, Jer. 11:7; Jn. 14:15