HLT 302 Topic 4 Discussion Question Two
HLT 302 Topic 4 Discussion Question Two
On first glance, how would you define what it means for something to be “natural”? According to Called to Care, the textbook, what does the Bible tell us about natural creation or the “natural” world? Base your response from the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer.
Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 545 helpful votes
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Colossians 1:16 ESV / 484 helpful votes
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 404 helpful votes
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the
HLT 302 Topic 4 Discussion Question Two
deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Revelation 4:11 ESV / 264 helpful votes
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
Genesis 1:1 ESV / 227 helpful votes
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 2:7 ESV / 223 helpful votes
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
John 1:1-3 ESV / 199 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Romans 1:20 ESV / 180 helpful votes
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Exodus 20:11 ESV / 161 helpful votes
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Genesis 1:26 ESV / 158 helpful votes
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Genesis 1:24-25 ESV / 141 helpful votes
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Psalm 33:6 ESV / 136 helpful votes
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Job 12:7-9 ESV / 128 helpful votes
“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
2 Peter 3:5 ESV / 114 helpful votes
For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,
John 3:16-17 ESV / 105 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 1:3 ESV / 101 helpful votes
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Job 33:4 ESV / 93 helpful votes
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Isaiah 42:5 ESV / 91 helpful votes
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
Hebrews 1:10 ESV / 80 helpful votes
And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
Jeremiah 10:12 ESV / 77 helpful votes
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Job 37:5 ESV / 71 helpful votes
God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.