Why I Don't Believe in Atheists

We're going to consider the biblical account of creation in light of two verses in Romans 1, but while you are turning there, I want to begin with Genesis 1:1, where creation is first mentioned and summarized for us in a single verse. You probably know Genesis 1:1 by heart, so you can be turning in your Bibles to Romans 1:19 if you like. But before we get into the Romans text, I want to think through with you some of the important implications of Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

I recently listened to a message by A. W. Tozer in which he said that's the single most important verse in all of Scripture, even surpassing John 3:16.

Something in me recoils from the idea of trying to rank the relative importance of key Bible verses, because "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable"Cbut (of course) Tozer believed that as well. So I think I understand what he meant when he ranked Genesis 1:1 as the Bible's most important text. This is the necessary starting-point and foundation for everything else the Bible has to say.

There is no text in the whole Bible that contains more or explains more than Genesis 1:1. Literally everything is in this verse. Everything you can see; everything in existence that Romans 1:19-20 2 you can't see; and everything that ever was or ever will be is encompassed in Genesis 1:1...

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