Sinclair Ferguson

And we need to remember that when we think about creation, and we see it in Genesis chapter 1.

Second thing that we need to note about creation is it's a work of amazing divine power.

The theologians have another Latin phrase because they wrote in Latin, many of them, they loved little Latin phrases and theologians always have, haven't they?

Creatio ex nihilo.

Or sometimes creatio in nihilum.

Creation out of nothing and creation into nothing.

And this is the most extraordinary indication of divine power.

Sometimes exegetes of Genesis 1 have brought this out by the way in which Genesis speaks about the creation of these great lights for the day and for the night and how God made them.

And in the older translations, there is a little addendum to those words and also the stars.

as though the creation of the stars were almost like a, let me add just another little detail to my creation.

And when, as we do now, we are able to explore the vastness of the universe, what amazing power to bring this into creation.

Actually, what an amazing power this would be if there had already been something that God created our cosmos out of.

But what is the greatest demonstration of divine power is that he created it out of nothing.

I sometimes wonder what would happen if the scientists in their exploration, some of them by no means at all, but some of them I think determined to show that there is no creator.

What would it be like if they got to the omega point of all things and were able to look over?

I don't think it's actually possible, not a coherent idea, but they were able to look over to what happened before or what was before and they said, there was nothing there.

There was absolutely nothing there.

You Christians, don't you understand there was nothing there?

And the newest Christian who had read Genesis chapter one, I think could say, have you not been listening to me?

I've been trying to tell you that God created the world out of nothing.