Starting with no preexisting material, Jehovah used his holy spirit​—his powerful active force—​to create the physical heavens, the earth, and everything else in the universe.

Obviously, tremendous power and energy were required to create not just the sun but also all the other billions of stars.

Create a Peaceful Environment

Similarly, children are more likely to learn to love Jehovah if parents create a peaceful home environment.

Because of his own absolute righteousness, goodness and holiness, he could not create the first man and woman as creatures “sold under sin.”

He does not create sinners, for he is not the source of sin.

These inspired words assure us that Almighty God can re-create, yes, re-create human souls.

5. What does the Bible say about Jehovah’s existence?

⁵ Before Jehovah began to create his universal organization he was all by himself in endless space.

Why, then, after being alone from eternity did he begin to create?

“I FORM the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.” (Isa. 45:7, AS)

Man cannot create life from the elements.

Can unintelligence create intelligence?

CREATE POSITIVE FEELINGS

Then we can create new, positive feelings.​—See the box “Three Steps to Forgiveness.”

Three Steps to Forgiveness

DO NOT IGNORE YOUR FEELINGS

• We cannot expect our hurt feelings to get better if we ignore them.

DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS

• Give yourself time to heal.

• Ask Jehovah to help you combat resentment.

• Trust Jehovah, not your feelings.

CREATE POSITIVE FEELINGS

• Try to see the person as Jehovah sees him.

• Ask Jehovah to help you to forgive.

• Tell the person that you have forgiven him.

Speak positively about the arrangement, and consider what you can do to create a warm and enjoyable atmosphere.

10. In what other way can you help your children to learn about Jehovah?

¹⁰ Create opportunities to teach your children about Jehovah.

12. What does a teacher need to create, and why?

¹² A teacher needs to create the right conditions for training.

So how do teachers create the right conditions for training others?

³ Jehovah did not create the earth as a testing ground to enlarge his family of spirit sons in heaven, as taught by many churches of Christendom.

• Why did Jehovah create the earth and put man upon it?

11. What motivated Jehovah to create the universe and spirit and human creatures?

¹¹ So, then, what motivated Jehovah to create the universe and intelligent spirit and human creatures?

Furthermore, his attribute of justice did not require that he create free moral agents.

The participle of the Heb[rew] verb ‘create’ is pl[ural] to denote grandeur or excellence.”

Thus, besides being able to create, Jehovah is also able to cause his creations to become whatever he desires them to be in order for his purposes to see fulfillment.

The first book of the Holy Bible tells us: “God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

And so I must create what is bad.

8, 9. (a) What did the Creator not have in mind when creating the earth and putting man upon it? (b) Where and how does he say so?

⁸ The very fact that the human race is here proves that the Creator did not create our earth to be or to become a lifeless charred planet orbiting in space.

He did not create the human race to destroy itself eventually or to die out and become extinct like the dodo bird.

“And God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him.” (Gen. 1:27)

God could not bless a bad thing any more than he could create a sinful, improper thing.

The Assyrian power did not create a government that brought peace and happiness to the people.

Well, would he create another human pair and begin again?