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Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
“Seek Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion,
And turneth the shadow of death into the morning,
And maketh the day dark with night;
That calleth for the waters of the sea,
And poureth them out upon the face of the earth
(Jehovah is His name).”
Amos 5:8
, A.R.V.
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A Personal God Created Man
In the creation of man was manifest the agency of a personal God.
When God had made man in His image, the human form was perfect
in all its arrangements, but it was without life. Then a personal, self-
existing God breathed into that form the breath of life, and man became
a living, breathing, intelligent being. All parts of the human organism
were put in action. The heart, the arteries, the veins, the tongue, the
hands, the feet, the senses, the perceptions of the mind—all began
their work, and all were placed under law. Man became a living soul.
Through Jesus Christ a personal God created man and endowed him
with intelligence and power.
Our substance was not hid from Him when we were made in secret.
His eyes saw our substance, yet being imperfect; and in His book all
our members were written, when as yet there were none of them.
Above all lower orders of being, God designed that man, the crown-
ing work of His creation, should express His thought and reveal His
glory. But man is not to exalt himself as God.
“Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah....
Serve Jehovah with gladness:
Come before His presence with singing.
“Know ye that Jehovah, He is God:
It is He that hath made us, and we are His;
We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise:
Give thanks unto Him, and bless His name.”