let there be light
And God said, “ Let there be light ,” and there was light ( Genesis 1:3 ). As God begins to work with the raw material of His creation , His first act is to separate darkness from light. Notice that the Bible does not give us a mechanical description of how this light was produced. Rather, the focus is on the “divine fiat.” The word fiat comes from the Latin phrase let there be. God speaks and things are created out of nothing. In verse 3 we find a clear affirmation of the authority of God . The word authority is built on the word author. God as Author of all things has authority over all things. Only God has the power of being within Himself. Only God can declare anything into existence. The great “I AM” is the Author who speaks. Verse 3 points us to an understanding of God’s power in creating all things. Theologians say that the world was created ex nihilo , out of nothing. They also say ex nihilo, nihil fit: out of nothing, nothing comes. Both statements are correct when we