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Creation

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God as the sovereign Creator of all things — the origin and sustainer of everything that exists.

Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.

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Creation connects to different paths in Scripture:

Creation arises from God, and leads to Joy and God's Sovereignty.

Leads into Creation

Reading Path

Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.

1
God
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10 →
2
Creation
“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
Psalm 19:1 →
3
Worship
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Romans 12:1 →
4
Joy
“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 →

Relationships

leads to Worship God's Sovereignty
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Anchor Scriptures 19 verses

Old Testament
Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

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Psalm 19:1

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”

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Jeremiah 10:12

“He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.”

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Isaiah 45:12

“I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.”

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Isaiah 40:28

“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”

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Proverbs 8:22

“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.”

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Psalm 104:24

“O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.”

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Psalm 8:3

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;”

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Job 38:4

“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.”

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Nehemiah 9:6

“Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.”

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Exodus 20:11

“For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

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Genesis 2:2

“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.”

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Genesis 1:27

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

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New Testament
John 1:3

“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

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Romans 1:20

“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”

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Colossians 1:16

“For by him 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:”

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Hebrews 1:2

“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”

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Hebrews 11:3

“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”

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Revelation 4:11

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

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