10:12 上主以大能創造大地；他以智慧建立世界，以聰明展開天空。
10:13 他一發令，天空上的水澎湃；他使雲朵從地平線浮現。他使閃電在雨中發光；他使風從自己的倉庫吹出。
10:14 這景象使人自覺愚蠢無知；金匠對自己造的偶像失望，因為他們造的神明虛假，沒有生命。
10:15 偶像毫無價值，荒謬可笑；上主對付它們，它們都要消滅。
10:16 雅各的上帝不像這些偶像：他創造萬物，選召以色列作自己的子民。他的名是耶和華─萬軍的統帥。
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them. They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish. He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance–the LORD Almighty is his name.
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上帝是宇宙萬物的創造主，祂當然是我們的創造者。所以是上帝造人，不是人造神。這也是基督信仰與其他信仰不同之處。
其他宗教信仰都是由人為出發點，尋求心目中的神和真理。而基督徒是因為上帝的啟示，使人可以信靠上帝。因為人尋找，免不了摻入人的觀念，更是以人為中心，仍然是「罪性」之產物，不能拯救人。上帝向人啟示，雖然遷就人的軟弱與有限，但是卻能引導人離開「罪惡」，進入上帝之永生。
所以，我們需要好好承受上帝的啟示，而上帝的啟示是以聖經為中心，正如保羅所說：『全部聖經是受上帝靈感而寫的，對於教導真理，指責謬誤，糾正過錯，指示人生正路，都有益處，要使事奉上帝的人得到充分的準備，能做各種善事。』（提摩太後書3:16-17）
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