God saw that it was GOOD. And in verse
18 it says,
18 AND TO RULE OVER THE DAY AND
OVER THE NIGHT, AND TO DIVIDE THE
LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS: AND GOD
SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD.
God saw that it was GOOD. Let's keep
reading. Look at verse 21.
31 AND GOD SAW EVERY THING THAT
HE HAD MADE, AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS
VERY GOOD. AND THE EVENING AND
THE MORNING WERE THE SIXTH DAY.
21 AND GOD CREATED GREAT WHALES,
AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT
MOVETH, WHICH THE WATERS
BROUGHT FORTH ABUNDANTLY, AFTER
THEIR KIND, AND EVERY WINGED FOWL
AFTER HIS KIND: AND GOD SAW THAT IT
WAS GOOD.
God saw that it was GOOD. Now, read
verse 25.
25 AND GOD MADE THE BEAST OF THE
EARTH AFTER HIS KIND, AND CATTLE
AFTER THEIR KIND, AND EVERY THING
THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH
AFTER HIS KIND: AND GOD SAW THAT IT
WAS GOOD.
Once again God saw that it was
GOOD. Verse 31 says,
It was Very GOOD!
Only one thing was not good. Let's
read Genesis 2:18:
18 AND THE LORD GOD SAID, IT IS NOT
GOOD THAT THE MAN SHOULD BE
ALONE; I WILL MAKE HIM AN HELP MEET
FOR HIM.
Now, look at verses 21 and 22:
21 AND THE LORD GOD CAUSED A DEEP
SLEEP TO FALL UPON ADAM, AND HE
SLEPT: AND HE TOOK ONE OF HIS RIBS,
AND CLOSED UP THE FLESH INSTEAD
THEREOF;
22 AND THE RIB, WHICH THE LORD GOD
HAD TAKEN FROM MAN, MADE HE A
WOMAN, AND BROUGHT HER UNTO THE
MAN.
Now you know Adam must have said,
"Wow! Now THIS is GOOD!" The Great
and Good God created good things.
Our Wonderful and Good God has
never, ever created anything that was
bad.
"But, Brother Copeland, how about the
devil?" Well, how about him? He
wasn't always bad. The prophet
Ezekiel said by the Spirit of God in
Ezekiel 28:15, New King James Version:
15 YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS
FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED,
TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU.
Read verses 11-13 in the NKJV.
11 MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD
CAME TO ME, SAYING,
12 "SON OF MAN, TAKE UP A
LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE,
AND SAY TO HIM, 'THUS SAYS THE LORD
GOD: "YOU WERE THE SEAL OF
PERFECTION, FULL OF WISDOM AND
PERFECT IN BEAUTY.
