Genesis 1 teaches that God made us.  We are the product of his fabulously inventive mind, created out of dust to enjoy and honor him.  But Genesis 1 not only speaks to how all things began; it also teaches us something else.  Something very important and very practical…

It also teaches us how God RELATES to us — and indeed to all the things that he has made.  He relates to us BY HIS WORD.  That’s how God related to his creation in Genesis 1 and 2, and even after the fall into sin (in Genesis 3) that’s still how God relates to his creation.  To be sure, our sin has confused and fractured God’s relationship with us in many ways… but nevertheless, this is still how God chooses to relate — by his Word.

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