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86 • SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE . . .
The Remedy for Pessimism, Loneliness, and Meaninglessness. The
Creation narrative reveals that, rather than coming into existence because
of chance evolution, everything was created with a purpose. The human
race was designed for an everlasting relationship with the Creator Himself. When we understand that we were created for a reason, life becomes
meaningful and rich, and the painful emptiness and dissatisfaction that so
many express vanishes, replaced by the love of God.
The Holiness of God’s Law. God’s law existed before the Fall. In their
unfallen state human beings were subject to it. It was to warn against selfdestruction, to reveal the limits of freedom (Gen. 2:17), and to safeguard
the happiness and peace of the subjects of God’s kingdom (Gen. 3:22-24—
see chapter 19 of this book).
The Sacredness of Life. The Creator of life continues to be involved
in the formation of human life, thereby making life sacred. David praises
God because of His involvement in his birth: “You have formed my inward
parts; You have covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I
am fearfully and wonderfully made; …my frame was not hidden from You,
when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the
earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book
they all were written” (Ps. 139: 13-16). In Isaiah the Lord identifies Himself as the One “who formed you from the womb” (Isa. 44:24). Because life
is a gift of God, we must respect it; in fact, we have a moral duty to preserve it.
God’s Creative Work Continues
Has God finished His Creation? The Creation narrative ends with the
statement, “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were
finished” (Gen. 2:1). The New Testament affirms that God’s Creation was
completed at the “foundation of the world” (Heb. 4:3). Does this mean that
Christ’s creative energy is no longer in operation? Not at all. The creative
word still operates in various ways.
1. Christ and His creative word. Four thousand years after Creation
a centurion said to Christ, “Only speak a word, and my servant will be
healed” (Matt. 8:8). Just as He had done at Creation, Jesus spoke—and
the servant was healed. Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry the same creative energy that brought life to Adam’s lifeless body raised the dead and
brought new life to the afflicted who requested His help.
2. The creative word today. Neither this world nor the universe operates on any inherent power of its own. The God who created them pre-
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