Believing in God or having faith in God is the beginning of a life without illusions and mistakes.

Perhaps, deep in your heart, you have the following questions:

• Does God really exist?
• Did God really create the universe or was it a big bang as scientists say?
• Does the Bible reveal the truth?

The Bible says: Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

BY FAITH WE BELIEVE THAT ALL THAT WE SEE WAS NOT CREATED BY WHAT WE SEE.

That is, we believe that God, our creator, made all things, we also believe that God did not need something to exist to create everything in the universe., for God is not like man, who actually, instead of creating, transforms something into something.

We can't help but talk about the first verse of the Bible that says: Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The word BEGINNING comes from the Hebrew “Berishith” which means: Beginning of time, Beginning of everything and the word CREATED comes from the Hebrew “Barah” and means: Create from nothing.

But God goes far beyond creation, He takes care of what He created:

Nehemiah 9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

If you still have doubts about this, just look around you, and realize that the whole world is under God's control, moved by his Word, regardless of what it may seem.

Because of man's sin and estrangement from God and because of his disobedience, humanity appears to be out of control, but it is not:

Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.

Remember that thousands of years ago, the action of God, who controls everything, eliminated man from the face of the earth, leaving only the family of Noah, because he was a righteous man:

Genesis 7:23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.

Very soon, God's control over humanity will be evidenced once again, through Jesus, bringing the reward for sin and man's contempt of God, which is the CONDEMNATION TO ETERNAL DEATH and the reward for who are obedient and faithful to God, which is the ETERNAL LIFE.

CHOOSE LIFE, as God suggested to us:

Deuteronomy 30:19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

The Lord bless you and keep you.

Pastor Val Martins