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.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground."
So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him."
O poder criador
Pela palavra do Senhor foram feitos os céus. Tudo foi criado por Ele e para Ele — o visível e o invisível.
The Lord merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God.
Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,
I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth!
Our help is from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
This is the day the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
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.
Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
"What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator.
Does a clay pot argue with its maker?
Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying,
‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’
Does the pot exclaim,
‘How clumsy can you be?’
"O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!
The Lord’s home reaches up to the heavens,
while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The Lord is his name!
For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.
Nova criação
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é. O Criador faz novas todas as coisas — na natureza e na redenção.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.
For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.
For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:
"Blessing and honor and glory and power
belong to the one sitting on the throne
and to the Lamb forever and ever."