It is by God’s grace that all things exist. He created Order, Light, Time, H2O’S separation, Vegetation and Trees and The solar system for days and seasons.
In this article we will learn how His grace led Him to make the fish, fowl along with flying creatures so life could thrive all over the planet. We will also examine how God made all the animals, large and small and even creeping creatures because of His divine plan for all of mankind. Finally we will focus on God’s great act of grace that makes the eternal existence of mankind possible.
It is by God’s grace that all the creatures in the waters and air exist. “God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens…So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind.
God blessed them by saying, “Be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” Genesis 1:20-23
Once we understand this act of grace we should echo the words of the Psalmist, “Oh Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of all Your creatures. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.” Psalms 104:24-25
It is also by God’s grace that every animal that has ever existed upon the earth has existed
“God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds…God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind.” Genesis 1:24-25
Without God’s loving act of grace to create all that does exist nothing would exist.
“All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:3
“There is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” 1 Corinthians 8:6
“By Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…all things were created through Him and for Him.” Colossians 1:16
By God’s grace Order, Light, Time, H2O’S separation, Vegetation, Trees, The Solar System for days and seasons. The fish and fowl and all the animals upon the earth were created to fulfill His great act of grace for mankind.
“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 every creeping thing that creeps of the earth. God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:26-27
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit—Co-inhabitants throughout eternity created heaven and earth and all that exist so we could know His love for us and one day live with Him eternally.
About the author:
Don and his wife Brenda have been married 48 years. They have two married sons Jason/Crista and Nicholas/Heather and four grandsons Luke, Ryker, Blake and Drew. Don is a graduate of the Gateway School of Preaching, Fairview Heights, IL, the Bristol Roads School of Biblical Studies, Flint, MI and he has a bachelor’s degree in religious education from Michigan Christian College. He has been preaching since 1979. He has preached at Pacific, MO; Howell, MI; Arnold, MO; Festus, MO; Dexter, MO; and De Soto, MO where he has served since 2007. He also serves the congregation as one of the elders. Don has done campaigns and meetings in several states and mission work in Cuba, India, and Jamaica. Don refers to himself as a “Minister” because he loves ministering to others and helping them learn about Jesus and growing in their relationship with Him.
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