Thinking On Scripture With Steven Cook

     The Bible reveals God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, that “God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1:1), that He “made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth” (Acts 17:24), for “By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible” (Heb 11:3). The creation account in Genesis 1-2 describes how God created the world and everything in it over six literal days (cf., Ex 20:8-11).      The Bible reveals that God made mankind in His image, as Scripture states, “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen 1:27). People are not the product of evolutionary processes over millions of years, but a special creation by God Himself. Even after the historic fall of Adam and Eve, all people are said to be “in the image of God” (Gen 9:6), and “in the likeness of God” (Jam 3:9). Despite the fall of humanity into sin, the image