Creator-creature distinction

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For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways.^[1]

Creator

Only one God

Main topic: Monotheism Dt 6:4–5; Mt 19:17; Mk 12:28–34 (cites Dt 6:4–5); Jn 5:44; Ro 3:30; 1Co 8:4–6 (alludes to Dt 6:4); Gal 3:20; Eph 4:4–6; 1Ti 1:17; 2:5; Jas 2:19; 4:12

No one else like God

Ex 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; Dt 4:35, 39; 32:39; 1Sa 2:2; 2Sa 7:22 (cf. 1Ch 17:20); 2Sa 22:32; 1Ki 8:23, 60; 2Ki 5:15; 19:15, 19 (cf. Isa 37:15–16, 20); Ps 18:31; 83:18; 86:8–10; 135:5; Isa 40:18, 25; 43:10; 44:6–8, 24; 45:5–6, 21–22; 46:5, 9; 64:4; Jer 10:6–7, 10; Hos 13:4; Joel 2:27; Mic 7:18; Heb 6:13

God is uncreated, self-existent

Ge 1:1; Ex 3:14; 1Ch 29:11–16; Job 22:2–3; 35:6–7; 41:11 (cited at Ro 11:35); Ps 50:10–13; 90:1–4; 93:2; Isa 40:13–14; Dan 4:35; Jn 5:26; Ac 17:24–25; Ro 11:33–36 (cites Job 41:11); 1Co 8:5–6; Rev 4:8

God created everything from nothing

Main topic: Ex nihilo creation Ps 33:6, 9; Ro 4:17; Heb 11:3; Rev 4:11

Nothing exists God did not create

Neh 9:6; Isa 44:24; Jn 1:3; Ac 4:24; Ro 11:36; 1Co 8:6; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16–17

God is transcendent over creation

1Ch 29:11; Job 37:23; Ps 47:2, 7–9; 97:9; 99:1–2; 148:13; Isa 6:1; 33:5; 57:15; 1Ti 6:16

God is sovereign over creation

Main topic: Providence Job 23:13; 42:2; Ps 33:8–11; 103:19; 115:3; 135:5-7; Ecc 3:14–15; Isa 14:24, 27; 43:13; 46:9-11; Dan 4:34–35; Ac 2:23; 4:28; Ro 8:28; 11:36; Eph 1:11; Php 2:10–11; 1Ti 6:15; Heb 6:17

God is not a man

Nu 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Job 9:32; 10:4–6; Ps 50:21; Isa 31:3; Hos 11:9

God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts

Dt 29:29; Job 11:7–9; Ps 92:5; 139:6; 147:5; Isa 40:28; 55:8–9; Mt 11:27 (cf. Lk 10:22); Ro 11:33–34; 1Co 2:9–11; 13:9–12

God owns all, does not depend on creatures

Dt 10:14; 1Ch 29:11–14; Job 22:2–3; 35:7–8; 41:11 (cited at Ro 11:35); Ps 24:1; 50:7–12; Isa 40:13–17; Hag 2:8; Lk 17:10; Ac 17:24–25; Ro 11:35–36 (cites Job 41:11); Jas 1:17

God has absolute rights over creation

Isa 45:9; Ro 9:20–21

Worship of creator commanded

Neh 9:6; Ps 33:8–9; Rev 4:11; 14:7

Creatures

We are wholly dependent on God

Job 12:10; 34:14–15; Ps 104:29; Dan 5:23; Mt 5:44–45; Ac 14:17; 17:25, 28; Eph 2:8–9; 1Co 4:7

We belong to God by virtue of creation

Ps 24:1; 100:3; Isa 43:1, 7

We belong to God by virtue of new creation

Ac 27:23; Ro 1:6; 7:4; 1Co 6:19–20 (cf. 1Co 7:23); 1Co 15:23; Gal 5:24

He is our God and we are his people

Ge 17:7–8; Ex 6:7; 19:5–6; 20:1–2; 29:45–46; Lev 11:45; 26:11–12, 44–45; Dt 4:20; 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; 29:13; 2Sa 7:14, 24; 2Ki 11:17; 1Ch 17:22; 2Ch 23:16; Ps 89:26–27; Jer 7:23; 11:4; 24:7; 30:22; 31:1, 33; 32:38; Eze 11:20; 14:11; 28:26; 34:24, 30–31; 36:28; 37:23, 27; 39:22, 28; 48:35; Hos 2:23; Joel 2:27; Zec 2:10–11; 8:8; 10:6; 13:9; Mal 3:16–18; 2Co 6:16 (cites Ex 29:45; Lev 26:12; Eze 37:27); 2Co 6:18 (cites 2Sa 7:14); Heb 1:5 (cites 2Sa 7:14); Heb 8:10 (cites Jer 31:33); 1Pe 2:9–10 (cites Ex 19:6); Rev 21:3, 7

Worship of created things forbidden

Main topic: Idolatry Ex 20:4–6, 22–23; Dt 4:15–19; Isa 40:18–28; Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Ro 1:22–25

Aspiring to become like God is sin

Ge 3:4–5; Isa 14:12–15; Eze 28:2-10; 2Th 2:3–4

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