Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Part Two—Sin; Its Origin, Results, and Remedy

Creation and the Creator

The Story of Creation

By whom were the heavens and the earth created? BR-ASI9 23.1

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1. BR-ASI9 23.2

How did God bring the heavens and earth into existence? BR-ASI9 23.3

“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. . . . For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.” Psalm 33:6-9. BR-ASI9 23.4

Through whom did God create all things? BR-ASI9 23.5

“For by Him [the Son] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him.” Colossians 1:16. “All things were made by Him [“through Him,” R.V., margin]; and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:3. (See also Hebrews 1:1, 2.) BR-ASI9 23.6

What was God’s object in making the earth? BR-ASI9 23.7

“For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited.” Isaiah 45:18. BR-ASI9 23.8

How did God provide inhabitants for the world He had created? BR-ASI9 23.9

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7. BR-ASI9 23.10

In whose image was man created? BR-ASI9 24.1

“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” Genesis 1:27. BR-ASI9 24.2

To what glorious position did God assign man? BR-ASI9 24.3

“Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth.” Genesis 1:26. BR-ASI9 24.4

“What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet.” Psalm 8:4-6. BR-ASI9 24.5

What home did God make for man in the beginning? BR-ASI9 24.6

“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.” “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” Genesis 2:8, 15. BR-ASI9 24.7

How did God provide for the perpetuation of life? BR-ASI9 24.8

“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis 2:9. BR-ASI9 24.9

What simple plan did God devise to test man’s loyalty and obedience? BR-ASI9 25.1

“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:16, 17. BR-ASI9 25.2

By what power are all things upheld? BR-ASI9 25.3

“Upholding all things by the word of His power.” Hebrews 1:3. BR-ASI9 25.4