1. Of God and the Creation of All Things

Martyrs Mirror in Modern English

Of the True Church of God, Its Origin, Progress, and Immovable Stability, Through All Times

1. Of God and the Creation of All Things

Since we find it testified that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that whoever would come to God must believe that there is a God, and that He rewards those who seek Him; therefore we confess with the mouth, and believe with the heart, with all the pious, according to the holy Scriptures, in one eternal, almighty, and incomprehensible God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and in none more, nor in any other; before whom no God was made or existed, nor shall there be any after Him; for of Him, and through Him, and in Him, are all things; to Him be praise and honor forever and ever, Amen. Hebrews 11, verse 6; Deuteronomy 6, verse 4; Genesis 17, verse 1; Isaiah 46, verse 8; First John 5, verse 7; Romans 11, verse 36.

Of this same one God, who works all in all, we believe and confess that He is the Creator of all things visible and invisible; that in six days He created, made, and prepared heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them; and that He still governs and upholds them and all His works through His wisdom, might, and the word of His power. First Corinthians 12, verse 6; Genesis 1; Acts 14, verse 15.

And when He had finished His works, and had ordained and prepared them, each in its nature and properties, good and upright, according to His pleasure, He created the first man, the father of us all, Adam; whom He formed of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living soul, created by God in His own image and likeness, in righteousness and holiness, for eternal life. He regarded him above all other creatures, endowed him with many high and glorious gifts, placed him in the pleasure garden, or Paradise, and gave him a command and a prohibition. Afterward He took a rib from Adam, made a woman from it, and brought her to him, joining her and giving her to him as a helpmate, companion and wife; and as a result of this He also brought it about that from this first* man Adam all people who dwell upon the whole earth have descended. Genesis 1, verse 27; Genesis 2, verses 7, 17, 18, and 22.