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Creation 1.
IN the beginning it pleased the Triune God-Father, Son and Holy
Spirit-to create the world and all things in it in six days. All was very
good. In this way God glorified His eternal power, wisdom and goodness. 2.
All creatures were made by God, the last to be fashioned being man
and woman who received dominion over all other creatures on the earth. God
gave man and woman rational and immortal souls, and in all respects fitted
them for a life in harmony with Himself. They were created in His image,
possessing knowledge, righteousness and true holiness. The divine law was
written in their hearts and they had power to obey it fully. Yet, being
left to the liberty of their own mutable wills, transgression of the law
was a possibility. 3.
The law of God in general was written in the hearts of the first
human pair, but at the same time they were placed under a special
prohibition not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Their happiness and fellowship with God depended upon their yielding
obedience to His will, as also did the continuance of their dominion over
the creatures. [Previous Chapter] [Next Chapter]
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