THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN TRADITION

 

Chapter 6

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God's Word Runs the Whole Universe

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Text

Job. 38:4-5 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?”

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Memory Verse

Acts 4:24 (NIV) When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.”
 

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Introduction

Everything that exists takes orders from God. Not suggestions - orders. The ocean knows where to stop. The stars know where to shine. Animals know how to be born and live. Humans do too.

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Job 38-40 shows God talking to Job, and it is basically God saying: “See all this? I set it up. It runs by My word.” He ordained it. God’s original instructions keep creation working.

 

If fish, clouds, and mountains obey God without arguing, how much more should we?

 

Presentation

 

1. Even the Sea Obeys God

 

(1) Life reproduces “after its kind”.

God told the sea creatures, plants, and animals to reproduce according to their kind (Gen. 1:21-25; Job 38:8-11).

 

A dog does not give birth to a cat. A fish does not turn into a bird.

 

This shuts down the idea that everything evolved randomly from one thing to another. And it applies to us too - humans have children “in our likeness” (Gen. 5:3). We are made in God’s image, we are not random accidents.

 

(2) The sea stays within its boundaries.

God told the ocean, “You can come this far, but no further” (Job 38:11). That is why the tide does not swallow the whole earth.

 

It is the same with us: when we walk in obedience, God sets limits on what can harm us. “Who is going to harm you if you follow what is good?” (1 Pet. 3:13). Christ holds all things together for the good of His Church (Col. 1:17).

 

2. The Animal Kingdom Follows God’s Instructions

 

(1) Animals live by built-in rules.

Read Job 39-41. God asks Job about mountain goats, lions, eagles, horses, and the leviathan. Every animal has birth cycles, instincts, and limits built in. No animal wakes up and decides to rewrite its DNA.

 

(2) Nothing can harm you if Christ lives in you.

If God controls wild animals, He can keep them from harming His people. “Let God be God and man be man.”

 

(3) Humans are known by God from the womb.

Ps. 139:13-16 says God knitted you together in your mother’s womb. Jeremiah was known by God before he was formed (Jer. 1:5). You are not an accident.

 

3. The Earth and Sky Stay Where God Put Them

 

(1) God hangs the earth on nothing (Job 26:7). No cables, just His word.

 

(2) He commands the morning (Job 38:12). Sunrise does not happen by accident.

 

(3) He runs the stars, clouds, rain, snow, lightning (Job 38:31-38).

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If God can manage galaxies, He can manage your life.

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Conclusion

God set up the universe to work for our good (Rom. 8:28-29). But there is a condition: we have to choose obedience.

 

If we are willing and obedient, God keeps regulating creation for us. Why? Because that is why He made it in the first place - for us, and for fellowship with Him (1 Cor. 3:9).

 

We are not just living in the universe. We are co-workers with the One who made it. So yeah… someone praise the Lord!

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Evaluation Questions & Answers​

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1. What condition in God’s arrangement renders the theory of evolution illogical?

   • God’s command that every living thing reproduces “after its kind” (Gen. 1:21-25; Job 38:8-11). Things do not randomly change into other kinds. Humans have children in our likeness, not in the likeness of animals.

2. What is the cardinal reason for God to regulate His creation?

   • For the good of His people and for fellowship with Him. He made everything for us, and made us for relationship with Him (Rom. 8:28-29; 1 Cor. 3:9).

3. What is the foundation upon which the earth stands?

   • God’s word and power. Job 26:7 says He “hangs the earth on nothing”. It does not rest on physical pillars - it rests on His command.

4. What condition disposes us favourable for blessing before God?

   • Willingness and obedience. Isa. 1:19 says, “If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land.” When we choose to obey God’s will, He allows His creation to work for our good.

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Prayer

Father, thank You for Your Word. Command the heavens to stay subject to You for the good of Your people in Christ. Help us to trust and obey You as the rest of creation does. In Jesus’s name, Amen.

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