I woke up this morning thinking about the Bible and all the information contained therein, and wondered what information / facts the Bible has given us that we can hopefully all agree with?

I, therefore, decided to create this topic and ask some questions to see what happens.

I am going to begin at the beginning of the Bible and ask the following simple question:

1 - Who created everything including the world in which we live?

Better ask the question a little differently. Everything includes the computer hosting this site...

Who created sin?

1 Corinthians 8:6-7 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. (7) However, there is not in every man that knowledge:

Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Who created all things?

God created everything that was created.

People take what God has created and MAKE things using what God created. Everything that mankind MAKES is made with ingredients that God created.

God created mankind with a brain that can chose and plan and MAKE things. Mankind can make and devise things, but they cannot create in the sense that God created, everything a person has, or makes, is dependent on what God has provided.




Who created sin?

Sin was NOT created, sin was a choice to use the things that God created in a self centered, anti-god way.
Lucifer was created by God a perfect being in all his ways.
Lucifer CHOSE to use the gifts God had given him, to exalt himself and rebel against God.

Mankind perpetuates sin, as they CHOOSE to use the gifts of God -- their strength, intellect, and the things around them, for their own self centered means and anti-god ways.

In the second Presidential Debate of the 2012 US General Elections between President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, the moderator, Candy Crowley, asked President Obama:

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  "Your Secretary of State, as I'm sure you know, has said that she takes full responsibility for the attack on the Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi. Does the buck stop with your Sectretary of State as far as what went on here?"
  
  To that, President Obama, clearly, deliberately and distinctly replied:
  
  "Secretary Clinton has done an extraordinary job. But she works for me. I'm the President. And I'm always responsible."

Those words so gravely uttered echo the sentiments expressed in the Bible in God's own conversation with Job. "I made everything," God assured Job, "and I take full responsibility for all the good and the bad; even the actions of the most cruel and heartless animals. The buck stops at My Throne." But God goes further than President Obama. "Anything that happens," He said, "is a reflection of My will. I control ALL things: how far they go in whatever they do!" As Jesus tells us, "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father." Mat. 10:29

You asked, "Who created everything including the world in which we live?" The obvious answer is God, of course; but what is not so obvious, unless it had been revealed to us through His word, is that He is actively engaged in our lives, really sharing life with us and directing its course for our sake. Our God is not a watch maker who has wound it up and left it to run until it dies. Rather, we have a Father in heaven and all that that paternal title entails in perfect love. Amazing, really. We are children of the King! Nobody may believe me, but I'm a Prince.

Now having said that, implied in the conversation between God and Job (and immediately apparent in the debate) is that though leaders bear responsibility for everything under their watch, they themselves, having delegated work, do not actually do everything.

All things were created by God; but not everything is His creation.

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"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father." Matthew 10:29 NIV84

Hm - is it the will of the Father that a sparrow fall? Nope.

Matthew 10:29 What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.

Interesting thoughts! It's true -- we can have faith that no matter what happens, God is in control.
God has the power to stop evil, but for His own reasons allows it to demonstrate it's course and consequences. Yet, He is in control -- thus far and no further, so much of our peace and safety is a direct result of God's protective hand.

He is still in control, and we can claim the promise "All things work together for good, to them that love the Lord."

He Himself has taken the penalty of sin upon Himself -- at the cross. Talk about taking responsibility!

Yet, the book of Job also points out the enemy. The evil one who orchestrated the disasters upon Job, was not God. It was Satan. Yet, Satan could do nothing to Job without God's permission.


God never desired sin. He never willed it to take place. He hates sin and sorrows over the misery and ruin it has brought.
But He gave intelligence and free will to His created beings, and sin is permitted to run its course to show how truly evil it really is.
In contrast -- God's ways are perfect, beautiful and good.

What will our choice be? That is the question we each must answer.

A thought provoking statement.

Question #1 - Who created everything including the world in which we live?

The obvious answer that we can all agree with is that Jesus Christ created everything including the world in which we live.

This means that Christ created the universe and everything in it, heaven, the angels, etc. before He created this world and all the plants and animals and ultimately also created Adam and then, using a rib from Adam, He created Eve. All other life in this world was then procreated from already existing life. All other things, including the computer server that runs this forum's software, was made from objects, etc. already in existence.

Let's try another question that we can, hopefully, agree upon based on the revealed Bible facts:

Question #2 - According to the Bible, how many days did Christ take to create this world?