God Creates the World

  • Genesis 1–2
  • Old Testament
  • Early Learners
  • 10 min

God creates light, land, plants, animals, people, and everything in the world.

The story in Scripture

The opening chapters of Genesis describe God creating the heavens and the earth. God formed an ordered world filled with life and created people in His image.

Read it together in your Bible: Genesis 1–2.

What we learn

Creation shows God’s wisdom, power, order, and care.

Talk about it

  1. What are some things God created?
  2. What makes people different from the rest of creation?
  3. How can we care for what God created?

Try this activity

Take a creation walk and record seven things you notice through words, drawings, or photographs.

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