问题5：神还造了什么？
答：神用祂大能的话语创造了万物，祂所造的一切都甚好；万物在祂慈爱的治理下欣欣向荣。
儿童版：神创造了万物，祂所造的一切都甚好。

Question 5: What Else Did God Create?
Answer: God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything flourished under his loving rule.
For Kids: God created all things, and all his creation was very good.


歌谱 Lead Sheet

经文

《创世记》1 章31 节：

　　神看着一切所造的都甚好……

注解

约翰·加尔文

　　自从造天地以来，神就透过整个世界向我们显明祂永恒的智慧、良善和权能；虽然祂本身是人眼不能见的，但借着所造之物就可以叫人晓得。

　　我们通常称这个世界是神的神性的镜子；这并不是说，人可以透过观察世界来充分认识神，而是说神已经借着这个世界显明了祂自己，让那些不敬虔的人无可推诿。如今，蒙神赐祂属灵眼见的忠实信徒，从每个受造之物身上都能看见神的荣光。这个世界无疑是被造的，是神彰显自己荣耀的舞台。

默想

肯特·修斯

　　在我个人灵修祷告的时候，有时会首先默想宇宙的浩大。光是我们的银河系，就有一百亿颗星星，但宇宙还有数百亿的银河系，每个星系都有数百亿颗的星星。每个星系的直径都有数百光年，一个星系与另一个星系之间更有三百万光年的距离。太神奇了，真叫人难以置信。

　　旧约《创世记》开宗明义说：「起初神创造天地。」（创1:1）当「天」与「地」这两个相反的词被平行使用时，意思是祂造了一切。所以，你也可以这样理解：起初神创造宇宙，然后祂说：这是好的，不仅如此，祂说：这甚好。

　　当我读到新约，也就是关于耶稣基督更充分的启示，我们知道宇宙正是由基督所造。所以《约翰福音》这样开头：「太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。这道太初与神同在。万物是藉着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是藉着祂造的。」所以，我认识到基督是宇宙性的，是这一切的创造者。保罗在《哥林多前书》8 章6 节把这两件事放在一起，他说：「……我们只有一位神，就是父，万物都本于他，我们也归于祂；并有一位主，就是耶稣基督，万物都是藉着祂有的……」

　　然后我们听到一首不可思议的颂歌，记载在《歌罗西书》1 章16 节至17 节。论到耶稣，经文这样描述：「因为万有都是靠祂造的，无论是天上的、地上的、能看见的、不能看见的，或是有位的、主治的、执政的、掌权的，一概都是藉着祂造的，又是为祂造的。祂在万有之先，万有也靠祂而立。」

　　我常常想，若可以指挥《星际迷航》中的「企业号」飞船，离开我们的银河系，穿越在星河之间。当达到曲速8 级时，众星系将会被我抛在脑后。我会抵达宇宙的尽头，转头发现一片尘埃，但这依然是基督造的，又是倚靠基督而存有的。一切都是基督造的，无论是火山的熔岩或是萤火虫的微光。所有能被看到，能被摸到的、天上地上的事物、地底下的、海底下的事物，一切都是被祂所造，又是倚靠祂而存有的。

　　这也意味着祂是万有的创造者，一切都在祂仁爱良善的护理之下。我们必须牢记，作为人，我们是创造的最高峰，我们是按神的形像造的，承载着神的形像。作为重生之人，我们也有基督的形像，这意味着我们可以安息在祂的良善中，在祂伟大的创造中，在祂的能力中。祂掌权生命的一切，我们也在祂的掌权下得丰盛和满足。

祷告

　　用话语创造世界的主，祢手所造的令我们惊叹，即使它已经败坏了。璀璨的群星展现祢的美，猛烈的飓风展示祢的力量，数学定理彰显祢的秩序。凡有气息的，都要因耶和华手所造的来赞美祂！阿们。

Scripture

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. . . .

Commentary

JOHN CALVIN

God has given us, throughout the whole frame-work of this world, clear evidences of his eternal wisdom, goodness, and power; and though he is in himself invisible, he in a manner becomes visible to us in his works.

Correctly then is this world called the mirror of divinity; not that there is sufficient clearness for man to gain a full knowledge of God, by looking at the world, but that he has thus so far revealed himself, that the ignorance of the ungodly is without excuse. Now the faithful, to whom he has given eyes, see sparks of his glory, as it were, glittering in every created thing. The world was no doubt made, that it might be the theatre of the divine glory.

Devotional

R. KENT HUGHES

Sometimes I begin my personal time of prayer and devotion by reflecting on the mind-boggling size of the universe—that our own little galaxy has a hundred thousand million stars, that there are a hundred thousand million more galaxies each with a hundred thousand million stars, that our galaxy and each of those galaxies is a hundred light years across, and that there are three million light years between each of those galaxies. Absolutely phenomenal and amazing.

The opening line of the Old Testament says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). Now when it juxtaposes two words—heavens and earth—two opposites, it means he created everything. So you could really read that as, “In the beginning God created the cosmos.” And then he said it was good, but he said even more than that. He said it was very good.

When we come to the New Testament and the fuller revelation of Jesus Christ, we learn that the cosmos is created by Christ himself. So the opening line of the Gospel of John says, “In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God, and without him was not anything made that was made.” And so what we have there is the cosmic Christ, the Creator of all things. In fact, the apostle Paul brings both together in 1 Corinthians 8:6 when he says that our existence is due to the one God and Father and the one Lord Jesus Christ. All our existence depends on them.

And then you come to that incredible, lyrical song in Colossians 1:16–17, which speaks of Jesus: “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

I’ve often thought that if I could commandeer the Enterprise from Star Trek, and I could travel out to our galaxy and across the Milky Way, and then kick it into warp speed eight so the galaxies would fly by like fence posts, and finally come to the very backwater of the universe, make a right turn and find a piece of stellar dust, it would have been created by Christ and sustained by Christ. Everything is made by Christ. The fires of Arcturus, the fires that light a firefly, all textures, all shapes, things in heaven, things on earth, things under the earth, things under the sea, everything is created and sustained by him.

And that means that, as he’s the Creator of all things, everything is under his loving, benevolent care. We must also keep in mind that as human beings, the apex of creation, we were made in the image of God. But as regenerate people, we also have the image of Christ. Which means that we can rest in his goodness, in his great creation power, as he controls all of life, and we can flourish under him.

Prayer

Lord Who Spoke the World into Existence, we marvel at your creation, even though it has been corrupted. Your beauty is revealed in the splendor of the stars. Your might is shown forth in the strength of a hurricane. Your order is displayed in the laws of mathematics. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord for the works of his hands! Amen.