Read Genesis
1:1,2
Verse 1,2 - The first verse of the Bible gives
us a satisfying and useful account of the origin of the earth and
the heavens. The faith of humble Christians understands this better
than the fancy of the most learned men. From what we see of heaven
and earth, we learn the power of the great Creator. And let our make
and place as men, remind us of our duty as Christians, always to
keep heaven in our eye, and the earth under our feet. The Son of
God, one with the Father, was with him when he made the world; nay,
we are often told that the world was made by him, and nothing was
made without him. Oh, what high thoughts should there be in our
minds, of that great God whom we worship, and of that great Mediator
in whose name we pray! And here, at the beginning of the sacred
volume, we read of that Divine Spirit, whose work upon the heart of
man is so often mentioned in other parts of the Bible. Observe, that
at first there was nothing desirable to be seen, for the world was
without form, and void; it was confusion, and emptiness. In like
manner the work of grace in the soul is a new creation: and in a
graceless soul, one that is not born again, there is disorder,
confusion, and every evil work: it is empty of all good, for it is
without God; it is dark, it is darkness itself: this is our
condition by nature, till Almighty grace works a change in us.
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