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by Brent Goodge
ew Year. 2022. Wondering how we can go back to
shine out of darkness, who has shown in our hearts to give
a pre-Covid, pre-Zoom, pre-arguing over vaccines
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
and masks kind of life. But to get to a real new
of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6). If Christ cannot speak
beginning, let’s go back to earth’s actual beginning. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the
physical light into existence, how could He ever create light in the hearts of His enemies? (Romans 5:8). What right
earth” (Genesis 1:1). We live in a world where the Genesis account of Creation is considered a myth. Those who believe the God of Heaven spoke and things happened are thought to be ignorant. The words of Genesis 1 and 2 are echoed throughout the Bible. When speaking the Ten Commandments, God pointed to the seven-day week as continual evidence that He alone is our Creator (Exodus 20:8-11). When identifying Himself as the only true God, the Bible points to His creative power (Psalm 33:8, 9). When Paul explained the “Unknown God” to the wisest men of Athens, he told of the One who “made from one blood every nation of men” (Acts 17:26). The arguments against Biblical Creation, rather than weakening the faith of the faithful, should strengthen it. Peter foretold that in the last days scoffers would “willfully forget that by the Word of the
or power would He have, were He not our Creator, to be
Lord the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of
our Savior? To fulfill His New Covenant promise to write
water and in the water, by which the world that then existed
His law in our hearts and remember our sins no more?
perished, being flooded with water” (2 Peter 3:5, 6). Who
(Hebrews 10:16, 17).
should we believe? The scoffers who have grown in strength
The final messages of warning to planet earth call all
over the past 175 years? Or the God who prophesied their
humanity to worship Jesus Christ as our Creator. This call
coming 2000 years ago?
depicts Creation as an integral part of the everlasting gospel
As Christians, we must realize that Satan’s attack on Creation is an attack on Jesus Christ Himself. At least three
of Jesus Christ (Revelation 14:6, 7). As sinners, our only Hope is in our Creator, our Re-
times, the New Testament clearly identifies Jesus as the
Creator, Jesus Christ. “Create in me a clean heart, O God,
One who spoke our physical world into existence (John 1:3;
and renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10). Trust
Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2). Doubting the Genesis account
Him to re-create your heart today.
But there’s an even greater story of beginnings that the Bible portrays. “For it is God who commanded light to
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About The Author
is to question the power and honesty of Jesus Christ Himself. Brent Goodge lives in Whitfield County and wants Christ to re-create a new heart in him every day (1 Corinthians 15:31).
