Faith in God’s Creation Account Matters

After God created everything in six days, He said everything He made was very good. [1]

Everything was good! If we doubt His account, we do two things:

1) We doubt God’s truthfulness. That’s an authority issue.

2) It means we put death and disease before Adam and Eve sinned. The sin of people defiled the goodness of creation. Before they sinned, nothing died. Not dinosaurs, not plants, not people!

God was there! He does not lie. If we feel at liberty to change God’s creation account, what’s to stop us from changing His marriage account? Jesus said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” [2] Jesus is acknowledging the fact that marriage was established when God made the first male and female, you were made one when you became one flesh. There’s an institution of marriage right there.

It is important to believe God’s creation account because it is the foundation of the rest of the Bible. It is the foundation of the Christian faith. Where’s the origin of sin? Genesis 3:1-18! Where’s the origin of death? Genesis 3:19! The seven-day week? Genesis 2:1-3! Why do we all wear clothes? Genesis 3:21! God gave us clothes made from animal skins because sin revealed our nakedness and shame. The first animals were sacrificed to provide a covering for people. The word atonement in the Bible is used to describe what Jesus did on the cross to cover our sins. God covered their shame with skins as a result of sin. [3]

Sin is bad, but God is good. God is ready to forgive our sin. He wants our fellowship. He wants to live with Him forever in heaven. He is also ready and able to help us now.

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” [4]

[1] Genesis 1:31; 2:1-3
[2] Matthew 19:5, Genesis 2:24
[3] Ken Ham on Creation in Six Says
[4] Psalm 121:1-2