PT-2 "Creator God" (Acts 17:24a)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/18/2018 10:07 AM

My Worship Time                                                                                Focus:  PT-2 “Creator God”

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                         Reference:  Acts 17:24a

            Message of the verses:  “"The God who made the world and all things in it,”

            I tried to explain the direction we are going in as we look at Acts 17:24-29 in our last SD, that is that there are sub-points under the main point of “Recognizing who God Is,” and we began the first sub-point in our last SD, “Creator God,” and will continue looking at this in today’s SD.

            We have been talking about evolution in our last SD, and for those who have read some of my Spiritual Diaries know, I hate evolution because it is something that is impossible to make happen.  I also hate it because Satan is behind it to cause people not to be accountable to God.  We were also talking about the fossil record in our last SD, and the fossil record is the only way to determine if evolution has happened.  Why? Because it contains the history of life on earth.  John MacArthur writes:  “Although presented in popular literature and textbooks as proof for evolution, the fossil record is actually a major source of embarrassment for evolutionists.  The innumerable transition forms between phylogenetic group’s demands by evolution are simply not found.  Although an evolutionist, David B. Kitts of the University of Oklahoma admits,

‘Despite the bright promise that paleontology provides a means of ‘seeing’ evolution; it has presented some nasty difficulties for evolutionist’s record.  Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and Theory.’

“Even Stephen Jay Could of Harvard University, perhaps the most well known contemporary defender of evolution, candidly admits,

‘The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology.  The evolutionary trees that adorn out textbooks have data only at the tips and notes of their branches; the rest is inference, however reasonable, not the evidence of fossils.’”

            Now as we look at what Paul said in our verse for today we see that he simply stated that “God made the world and all things in it.”  Like Genesis 1:1 which says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” Paul realizes that God has always existed, and always will exist; there is no argument about this.  We can look at some verses in the Word of God to support what Paul is saying in verse 24.  Now we have already looked at Genesis 1:1 and so we will move on to Psalm 146:5-6 “5 How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them;” In Isaiah 40:28 he asks a rhetorical question:  “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.”  Next we look at Isaiah 45:18 “For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else.”  Next Jeremiah 10:12 “It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.”  Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You.”  (There is a wonderful little hymn that goes along with this verse.)  Next, Zechariah 12:1 “The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.”

            Next we move to some verses in the New Testament.  Ephesians 3:9 “and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.”  Colossians 1:16 “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created through Him and for Him.”  Revelation 4:11 “"Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."”  Revelation 10:6 “and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT.” 

            I will close by talking about another thing that is disturbing to me, and that is what is called the “gap theory.”  Some say that there is a gap of perhaps millions, or billions of years between Genesis 1:1, and Genesis 1:2.  During that gap period God had set the world in motion and then left and so those who believe this theory believe in evolution, and they are supposed to be believers.  I have run into some people, who taught this, and one of them is now in heaven and so I have to believe that he has now changed his mind.  It is very simple to me when it comes to God creating the world and the universe, and that it happened just as we read in the Scriptures beginning with Genesis 1:1 and then looking at other verses from both the Old and New Testaments.  As to why did God do this I can say that God did not need to create man, the earth, and the rest of the universe, for if that were true that would mean that God was in need of something, and for me I would not worship a God who needed anything.  God created what He created for His glory as Psalm 19 tells us:  “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.”  I believe that we can expand on this by looking at the second Psalm:  “7 "I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ’You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8 ’Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. 9 ’You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’"”  I believe that the Word of God teaches that God created it entirely for His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  God needed nothing, or needs nothing, but in eternity past the triune God made a plan, and that plan would bring glory to God through the creation of all that He created, and that plan was that the Father was doing what He did for the Son as we see in Psalm 2:8.  Those who God chose in eternity past, those who the Son came and died for, and those that the Holy Spirit gave an effectual call to are part of God’s plan to give to the Son, and as for me I am in awe of that and so very thankful that Christ came to earth to save me, and then to use me to bring glory to the Lord, and even the things that I do which bring glory to the Lord were planned in eternity past (Eph. 2:10), and are accomplished through the indwelling Holy Spirit who gives me the power to accomplish what He has planned for me to do so that that too will bring glory to the Lord.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I trust the Lord that the things that I do will bring glory to His Son, my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

My Steps of Faith for Today:  Trusting the Lord to bring spiritual insight as I read and study His Word today.

Answer to yesterday’s Bible question:  “Because they had witnessed the things He did at Jerusalem at the feast” (John 4:45).

Today’s Bible question:  “Who said, ‘The philistines be upon thee’?”

Answer in our next SD.

5/18/2018 11:01 AM