Criação
A criação revela a glória de Deus. Céus, terra, mares e tudo o que existe testemunham o poder criador. No princípio Deus criou — e tudo era muito bom.
No princípio
No princípio criou Deus os céus e a terra. O Espírito de Deus pairava sobre as águas. E Deus disse: haja luz.
1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.2 And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
26 And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
27 And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
3 And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
18 And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.
O poder criador
Pela palavra do Senhor foram feitos os céus. Tudo foi criado por Ele e para Ele — o visível e o invisível.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:
2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
6 Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.
1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.
24 This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein.
Criador e Sustentador
O Deus eterno não se cansa nem se fatiga. Dele, por Ele e para Ele são todas as coisas — a Ele seja a glória.
28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.
9 Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?
17 Alas, alas, alas, 0 Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:
6 He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.
36 For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.
20 For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; his eternal power also, and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.
19 For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
Nova criação
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é. O Criador faz novas todas as coisas — na natureza e na redenção.
17 If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
4 For every house is built by some man: but he that created all things, is God.
28 For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.
13 And every creature, which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them: I heard all saying: To him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, benediction, and honour, and glory, and power, for ever and ever.