Genesis
1:27 “So God created man
in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female
He created them.”
The
truth is that only God can (by definition) create, and whenever this verb
(Hebrew: bara) is used in the
Bible, the subject of the verb, either explicitly or implicitly, is God! The
1828 Webster’s dictionary defines the word “create” as: To produce; to bring into being from nothing; to cause to exist. “In the beginning, God created the heaven and
the earth”. - Genesis 1:1. However, certain “progressive creationists”
contend that “creation” does not have to be instantaneous, but can be a
protracted process—some form of evolution.
Genesis
5:2 “Male and female created he them; and
blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.”
This
type of scriptural distortion illustrates the extremes to which theistic
evolutionists and progressive creationists will go in order to force long
evolutionary ages into Scripture. The 1828 Webster’s dictionary defines
the word “creature” as: That which is
created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. The
sun, moon and stars; the earth, animals, plants, light, darkness, air, water, and
are the creatures of God.
2
Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
The
1828 Webster’s dictionary defines the word “creation” as: The act of creating; the act of causing to exist; and especially, the
act of bringing this world into existence. -Romans 1. Also, The things created;
creatures; the world; the universe (by Creator God). When a person receives the Lord Jesus
Christ by faith as his Creator and Savior, he does indeed become “a new creation”
– 2
Corinthians 5:17, and the miracle of regeneration is always recognized
in Scripture as an instantaneous event accomplished by the Creator in the mind
and heart of the believer at the time of conversion.
Ephesians
4:22-24 “that you put off,
concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to
the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the
new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”
Blessings
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