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B V O V : 5 by Kenneth Copeland This article was adapted from the new book by Kenneth Copeland titled Live Fear Free. This article was adapted from the new book by said…and there it was. As believers, we know this very well: The universe didn't just accidentally come together through a random cosmic explosion. No, as Hebrews 11:3 says, "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by The WORD of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." The rst chapter of Genesis lays out the process in more detail. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [Or as it's literally translated from the Hebrew, God said, Light be! And light was] (verses 1–3). There's a reason those are the rst verses in the Bible. They set the stage for everything that follows. They also set the stage for how we, as His children, are to live our lives. They tell us not only that He is the Creator but also His method of creation, a method which He considers so vital for us to understand that in Genesis 1 it's repeated time and again: "God said, Let there be a rmament in the midst of the waters…. and it was so" (verses 6-7). "God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together…and it was so" (verse 9). "God said, Let the earth bring forth grass…and it was so" (verse 11). "God said, Let there be lights in the rmament of the heaven…and it was so" (verses 14-15). "God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly…and fowl that may y above the earth…" (verse 20). "God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature…and it was so" (verse 24). The Bible could have conveyed the information in those verses much more concisely. It could have told us just once that "God said," and then listed everything He called into being. But it doesn't. It tells us over and over that "God said" because this isn't just information. It's a revelation God does not want us to miss. As His earthly sons and daughters, we are to operate like He does, so He wants us to understand this all-important truth: God creates and gives life with His words. This planet was dead before God said those things in Genesis 1. It was formless, empty and dark. That's not how He originally created it. According to Isaiah 45:18, He did not create the earth "to be a worthless waste; He formed it to be inhabited" (Ampli ed Bible, Classic Edition). But the fall of satan in ages past killed it. His rebellion against God brought on the earth a massive destruction that left this planet and the atmosphere around it totally dead. Yet God was able to bring it back to life…with His words. God doesn't do anything without saying it. He always creates and changes things by speaking words because that's where the power is. That's "IT'S A REVELATION GOD DOES NOT WANT US TO MISS. AS HIS EARTHLY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, WE ARE TO OPERATE LIKE HE DOES, SO HE WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND THIS ALL-IMPORTANT TRUTH: GOD CREATES AND GIVES LIFE WITH HIS WORDS."