Creation

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth. God created the stars, the sun, the sky, the land, and the ocean. God created the animals and fruits of the land. Lastly, God created man. After creating each of these things, He declared them good. Then of course comes the Fall, which brings us to the time in which we now live, but the point is that God declared His creation good.

The world is fallen. Certainly the apple trees did not cause this. Certainly the cows that provide us with meat did not cause this. Man caused the fall, and every man, woman, and other living creature is subject to the fall. But, even though everything is fallen, even though everything was changed as result of the fall, God's creation is still good.

Because creation is good, we who now dwell in creation have a responsibility to treat creation well. We have a responsibility to care for this planet that we have been given to live on. But above all else, we have a responsibility to the people around us. Even though man is prone to wander, and has a sinful nature, man was created good.

All that to say, man is good. Now, what is to be done with that? We must be able to look past this fallen body of a man. We must be able to look past the fallen mind of a man. We must not judge based on these things, but rather we must look at the soul of a man. For the soul is what God sees, the soul is what God redeems.

In Christ,

Ben