Articles of Faith: Of the Creation

We believe in the Genesis account of creation and that it is to be accepted literally, and not allegorically or figuratively; that man was created directly in God's own image and after His own likeness; that man's creation was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species, or development through interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms; that all animal and vegetable life was made directly and God's established law was that they should bring forth only "after their own kind." Since God created mankind into genders distinctly male and female, we believe that the only legitimate marriage is that between a man and a woman. He has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of marriage. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex. We believe that God rejects any attempt to alter one's gender by surgery or appearance.

John 1:3

All were made by him; and was not any thing made that was made.

Acts 4:24

And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with , and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made , and , and the , and all that in them is:

Acts 17:23-26

23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, . Whom therefore ye worship, him declare I unto you.

24. God that made the world and , seeing that he is Lord of , dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

25. Neither is with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all , and , and all things;

26. And hath made of all of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath the times before appointed, and the of their habitation;

Romans 1:20

For the things of him from the of the world are clearly seen, being by the things that are made, even his and ; so that they are :

Colossians 1:16-17

16. For by him were created, that are in , and that are in , visible and invisible, whether they be , or , or , or : all things were created by him, and for him:

17. And he is all things, and by him all things .

Hebrews 11:3

Through we understand that the were by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Revelation 10:6

And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created , and the things that therein are, and the , and the things that therein are, and the , and the things which are therein, that there should be no longer:

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