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God made the World

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

[Genesis 1:1]

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In the beginning, there was nothing.

And darkness was over the surface of the deep.

Only God was in the world.

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God decided to beautifully make the world.

God created the world only through his words.

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God said, “Let there be light." As soon as God said it, there was light.

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God called the light "day", and called the darkness "night".

God saw that the light was good. This was the first day that God created.

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On the second day, God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."

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As soon as God said, it was made into a very big round expanse.

And the water was separated into the up expanse and the down expanse with the expanse as the center.

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God called the expanse "sky". And God saw that the sky was good. This was the second day that God created.

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And on the third day, God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place.“

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Let dry ground appear. And it was so. God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters he called "seas."

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Then he commanded again.

"Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. Again, God saw that it was good.

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On the fourth day, God made two great lights.

The greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. And he made the stars.

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God set them in the expanse of sky. And God saw that it was good.

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On the fifth day, God said, "Let the water be filled with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." And it was so.

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God said to them again, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas,

and let the birds increase on the earth." And God saw that it was good.

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On the sixth day, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds. Livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.

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God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.

Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

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God created the man in his own Image, in the image of God he created male and female.

Male was made by the dust and female was made by one of the male's ribs.

The male was called Adam and the female was called Eve.

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God said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number.

Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

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God created the whole world in six days.

God created the world where we live for us.

We have to beautifully keep the world that God created

and we have the responsibility to use it for God's glory.