Matthew Henry’s commentary observed four things from this passage which I discussed in the four previous posts on the 23rd, 25th, 27th, and 28th of January. He continues…
Matthew Henry: “Let us learn hence, (1) That atheism is folly and atheists are the greatest fools in nature; for they see there is a world that could not make itself, and yet they will not own there is a God that made it. (2) That God is sovereign Lord by an incontestable right. (3) That with God all things are possible, and therefore happy are the people that have them for their God, and whose help and hope stand in His name:
Psalm 121:2
My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth
Psalm 124:8
Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth
(4) That the God we serve is worthy of all blessing and praise:
Nehemiah 9:5-6
And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: "Stand up and bless the Lord your God Forever and ever! "Blessed be Your glorious name, Which is exalted above all blessing and praise! 6 You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.
If all is of Him, all must be to Him.
Clay Miller: That concludes His first section on “Creation is in its epitome” (or condensed account). My other study I am doing on this BLOG is The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock. It deals in more in depth with the folly of atheism. It is amazing that common sense tells every man this world was created and yet so many have forced their minds to accept the irrationality of pseudo science called evolution. The things evolutionist would have us believe, we would not accept under any other context, and yet, most say, “Who cares, they are smart, use big terms and words, and give me an excuse not to have to be accountable to God.” The ironic thing is, in naturalistic evolution’s system, absolute morality is eliminated so there is no moral compass for these so-called scientists to adhere to. So why would lying be a big deal to them? In survival of the fittest all is fair. So it is ironic to me that people put their trust in them. But then, there is the folly.
God is sovereign. He owns this world and it is His to do what He pleases. He has revealed in His word what He pleases to do. He has revealed His character and explained how all of His character relates to His purpose. We are to use God’s standards on God, and not our own. He makes known what HE, what GOD, is, we do not.
If God created this world, determined its nature and laws…then it goes to say He alone can change it at His will. He can intervene at any moment to heal, calm a storm, cause a storm, break laws of nature, make an axe head float, part a sea, engulf a bush in flames and yet not consume it, turn water to wine, etc…The God of nature is not bound by the laws of nature, He determines them and manipulates them according to His good pleasure.
And when we take all of this into consideration, it should draw us to praise Him and worship Him and live for Him, because in Him is not only true joy, but a joy that will last for all eternity. What a mighty God we serve!
