Is God's Word Our Authority? (Authority over Creation)

This week will begin a series based on God and His Word. Is this Word authoritative? Can we trust it’s guidance for our lives? These are some questions that have been debated for centuries and are very prevalent today.  With God’s Word becoming less of a priority in individuals lives (even some Christians today) it is necessary that we ask this question: Is God’s Word our authority? We will investigate this question by looking at God’s Word in regards to Creation, Miracles, Christian Evidences, and Our Lives. 

If Christians believe that God’s word is verbal plenary inspiration (word for word from the mouth of God – 2 Timothy 3:16), then we should investigate God’s words in and of themselves. Do they have authority? Well, let us begin this week by looking at the Creation. 

It is interesting to see how God made or created all that we see around us. When we think about our creations, physical effort seems to be implied. What did God have to do in order to make or create the earth and the stars and galaxies?  Every time God makes or creates something during the six days of creation all that is accounted are these words, “Then God said…” (Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 14, 20, 24, 26, NASB).That’s all it took – a spoken word. “Let there be light,” “Let the earth bring forth living creatures…” “Let Us make man in Our image…” etc. A spoken word is the only evidence given us as to how the creation came about. We see the same said in Psalm 33:6-9 when it says, 

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;

He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was done;

He commanded, and it stood fast.

All it took was a word, a simple command, and the Lord created all we see around us. Does that not sound like authority to you? It sure does to me! If anyone can create anything remotely as beautiful and as complex as this earth, the galaxies and all of creation by a simple word, then their words deserve to be trusted. But, our investigation of the authority of God’s word does not stop here, this is only the beginning. Come back next week to see God’s word in regards to Christ’s miracles.