ETCF III.19 Creation

From Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul

(c) 1992 R. C. Sproul Published by Tyndale ISBN 0-8423-2006-1

Part III. The Works and Decress of God ~ 19. Creation

Biblical passages for reflection
[Links to the ESV Bible]:

Genesis 01; Psalm 33.01-09; Psalm 104.24-26; Jeremiah 10.01-16; Hebrews 11.03;

Summary:

1. Everything in time and space has a beginning.
   
2. Something cannot come from nothing. Nothing cannot do anything.
   
3. If ever there was nothing then nothing could exist now.
4. Something exists now; therefore something must exist that has no beginning.
5. Things cannot create themselves because they would have to be before they are.
6. If some "part"of the universe is uncreated, then it is superior or transcendent to the parts that have a beginning.
7. An uncreated being is supreme(a higher order of being than created beings), regrdless of where it lives.
8. Transcendence refers to a level of being, not to geography.
   

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My Reflections:
I think I have to read this a couple times more--the logic flows;but, the idea of transcendence is hard for my mind to comprehend.

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