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The Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger Catechism
1. In the beginning it pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit [1] to create the world out of nothing in order to reveal the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness.[2] He made everything in the world, visible and invisible, in the space of six days, and it was very good.[3]
[1] Heb 1:2, Jn 1:2-3, Gn 1:1-3, Jb 26:13, 33:4, Rom 11:36, 1 Cor 8:6.
[2] Rom 1:20, Jer 10:12, Ps 104:24, 33:5-6.
[3] Gn 1, Heb 11:3, Col 1:16, Acts 17:24, Ex 20:11.
2. After God had made all the other creatures, he created man, male and female,[4] with reasoning, immortal souls.[5] He endowed them with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness in his own image[6] and wrote his law in their hearts.[7] God also gave them the ability to obey his law and the potential to disobey it; i.e., he gave them freedom of their own will, which could change.[8] In addition to this law written in their hearts, they were commanded not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.[9] As long as they obeyed God's law and kept this commandment, they were happy in fellowship with God[10] and had dominion over the other creatures.[11]
[5] Gn 2:7, Eccl 12:7, Lk 23:43, Mt 10:28, Ps 8:5-6, Gn 2:19-20.
[6] Gn 1:26, Col 3:10, Eph 4:24.
[8] Eccl 7:29, Gn 3:6,17, 2:16-17, Col 3:10, Eph 4:24.
[11] Gn 1:26,28, Ps 8:6-8, Gn 1:29-30.
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