Title: God the Creator
2013. 9. 15 Sunday morning worship service
Bible: Isaiah 45:5-7
Title: Creator God
Isaiah 45:5-7 ‘5. I am the LORD, and there is no one but me, and there is no god but me. Even if you do not know me, I have the same girdles for you. 7. I form the light and create darkness; I form peace and create tribulation; I am the LORD, the doer of all these things.” -Amen.
If we look at what caused Israel's destruction around AD 70, it is analyzed that their knowledge of God was wrong.
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge... Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children."
Hos 6:3 “Therefore, let us know the Lord, let us do our best to know the Lord…”
Again, on Chuseok, we will be offering a sacrifice to our ancestors as a thanksgiving offering, which is unique to Korea. This is not a custom, but rather an act of ignorance toward the gods. work. Truly, it is a nation where the entire nation sins against God twice a year.
It seems that our knowledge depends on whether we live well or not, but in the case of North Korea, we do not live that way because we do not have a doctorate in economics. Even if the world economy is difficult, it is not difficult for those who have it. This is a vicious cycle that occurs because people do not follow the conditions of life that God has given them.
1. Only God created heaven and earth and man
The story of all gods is not well grounded, but the fact that the God of the Bible we believe in is the Creator of all things in the world that are written as gods, unlike other gods made by man, determines that he is a true God.
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:27, Revelation 4:11)
And this world will be judged by people's sins and will disappear, and the one who will make Shincheonshinji again will be created by the God who created the world again (Revelation 21:1-, Isaiah 65:17). Therefore, if there is a God,
Isaiah 45:5 The text says, “I am the Lord, and there is no other, but me there is no God...”
2. Providential management as a creator
Whoever made anything can manage it well. As the creator of all things, it is natural that He can provide harmonious nature and history of all things.
Isaiah 45:7 “I form light and create darkness; I form peace and create tribulation; I am the LORD, the doer of all these things.”
Amos 4:13 “Behold, he who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, who makes his will to men, who makes the morning dark, and who treads the high places of the earth, his name is the LORD, the God of hosts.”
People's religious psychology and their gods are not gods as creators, and there is no reason to explain them as creator gods. The God we believe in is the creator of all things and the God of life who changes lives, and the God who creates us so that we can believe in eternal life through the resurrected Jesus Christ.
Confession of faith is an expression of God's creative work. I pray that you will become saints who can reveal God the Creator well.