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Creation
I believe that God created man, the universe, and everything in it. All things were created by natural process, by God’s own hands. God created everything in six days, and on the seventh day he rested. He blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, it is known as the Sabbath, the day of rest. The story of creation can be found in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. It describes the creation of the heavens, earth and man. When God created man from sand, he gently blew breathe into his nostrils and gave him life, He named him Adam. God realized that Adam needed a mate, so He took a rib from Adam and created a woman for Adam, her name was Eve. God blessed Adam and Eve and they lived in a place called the Garden of Eden. In the Garden they had everything they needed to live a very comfortable, and happy life. God gave Adam dominion over everything on the earth, Adam was even given him the privilege of naming all the animals. The only stipulation to living in the garden, they were not allowed to eat from the tree of knowledge. God told them that if they ate from this tree that they would surely die. In the days to come Eve was tempted by a serpent, coaxing and tricking her to eat an apple from the tree of knowledge. The serpent told Eve that she would not die from eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge; that God had told them that because He did not want them to become as wise and great as He was. But in reality, God did not want them to eat the fruit, because it would result in death of their spiritual not a physical death. So Eve did eat the fruit and told Adam to also eat it, one bite of the apple had made them realize they were naked and they were ashamed. God knew that day as He walked in the garden something had changed. Adam and Eve were hiding and had made clothing of fig leaves to cover their nakedness; God offered to cover them with skin from an animal. He was so angry, God threw them out of the garden forever. He also...

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