Creation KEY QUOTES

Christian beliefs about Creation – KEY QUOTATIONS

  • “God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen.1) – God as Creator, Omnipotent

  • “earth was formless and empty” (Gen.1) – Creation ex nihilo; God’s transcendence

  • “Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Gen.1) – Spirit present at Creation; God as Triune

  • “‘Let there be light’ and there was light” (Gen.1) – God wills all into being; God’s omnipotence

  • “the first day...the second day...” (Gen.1) - An ordered not a chaotic creation

  • “created mankind in his own image” (Gen.1) – Man created imago dei

  • “rule over…every living creature” (Gen.1) – mankind’s dominion over nature

  • “very good” (Gen.1) – 6th day: God is pleased with His Creation; ordered not chaotic

  • “on the seventh day he rested” (Gen.2) – Sunday is a day of rest for Christians

  • “you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (Gen.2) – God as lawgiver; humans must act responsibly as part of Creation

  • “man gave names to all the livestock” (Gen.2) – mankind’s role of stewardship (caretaking) for God’s Creation

  • “the serpent was more crafty than any of the other wild animals” (Gen.3) – serpent (symbolising temptation) is part of God’s good Creation

  • “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God” (John 1) – Word (Jesus) present at Creation; God as Triune