1. What is revealed concerning God in the first verse of the Bible? “In the beginning _God created the heaven and the earth_.” Gen. 1:1. 2. What contrast is repeatedly drawn in the Scriptures between the true God and false gods? “Thus shall ye say unto them, _The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth_, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.... The portion of Jacob is not like them: for _He is the former of all things_; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance: The Lord of hosts is His name.” Jer. 10:11-16. See Jer. 14:22; Acts 17:22-29; Rev. 14:6-10. 3. Through whom did God work in creating all things? “In the beginning was _the Word_, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. _All things were made by Him_; and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:1-3. 4. Through whom is redemption wrought? “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, _Christ died for us_. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” Rom. 5:8, 9. 5. In what scripture do we learn that Christ, the active agent in creation, is also the head of the church? “_For by Him were all things created_, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: _all things were created by Him_, and for Him: and He is before all things, and _by Him all things consist_. And _He is the head of the body, the church_: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.” Col. 1:16-18. 6. What scripture shows that the Creator is also the Redeemer? “But now thus saith _the Lord that created thee, O Jacob_, and He that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for _I have redeemed thee_, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.” Isa. 43:1. 7. Who is declared to be the source of power to the weak? “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, _the Creator_ of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding. _He giveth power to the faint_; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.” Isa. 40:28, 29. 8. What prayer of David shows that he regarded redemption as a creative work? “_Create in me a clean heart_, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Ps. 51:10. 9. Who keeps the heavenly bodies in their places? “To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? saith _the Holy One_. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, _that bringeth out their host by number_: He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His might, for that He is strong in power; not one faileth.” Isa. 40:25, 26. 10. What can the same Holy One do for the believer?