GC Session 2015 - Williams Costa - Creation Film

(Williams Costa, Jr.) What an inspiration
to see the work of God being expanded

and shared all over the world.

What an inspiration to remember
that God is our Creator.

During this last quinquennium,

we had the opportunity to have concluded

a wonderful production, a movie
that reminds that God is our Creator.

This movie will be presented
in 19 languages,

in the gallery, at the exhibit center.

And I have the privilege
to introduce to you

the creator and director of the movie,
that is with us, tonight.

Please welcome Henry Stober,
from Germany.

(applause)

(Henry Stober) What a privilege
it is to be here, tonight,

and I want to greet you,
the World Church,

from my home country, Germany.

It's wonderful to be here

to participate in this amazing event.

The movie was actually produced
for my local church, back home,

and I never thought it was going
to travel the whole world,

to be produced in so many
different languages.

And I want to thank the General Conference

for taking over that project,

so it is communicated
throughout the world,

and reaches those people, out there,

not knowing that we actually have
a Creator God out there.

And combined with that message,

it's also communicating
our seventh-day Sabbath.

And what you are about to see

is The Creation: The Earth is a Witness,

and I'm thankful to share that with you,

and may all the glory go to God,
our Lord and Creator.

Thank you.

(applause)

(Williams Costa, Jr.) And we would like
to conclude the activities of this day,

presenting to you The Creation:
The Earth is a Witness,

a movie that has been produced
to remind all of us

that God is our Creator,

this is why we keep the Sabbath.

We think that this is a wonderful way
to start a new week.

May God bless all of you.

♪ subdued music, sound of wind ♪

♪ dramatic music ♪

(Narrator) Now faith is the assurance
of things hoped for,

the conviction of things not seen.

By faith we understand that the worlds
were prepared, by the word of God,

so that was is seen was not made
out of things which are visible.

In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

He was, in the beginning, with God.

All things came into being through Him,

and apart from Him, nothing came
into being that has come into being.

♪ upbeat dramatic music ♪

(Narrator) In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning.

In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and empty.

Darkness was over the surface of the deep.

And the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters.

And God said, "Let there be light."

And there was light.

God saw that the light was good.

And He separated the light
from the darkness.

God called the light, day,

and the darkness He called night.

And there was evening,
and there was morning,

the first day.

♪ sound of water dripping ♪

(Narrator) And God said, "Let there be
an expanse between the waters,

to separate water from water."

So God made the expanse and separated
the water under the expanse

from the water above it.

And it was so.

God called the expanse, sky.

And there was evening,
and there was morning,

the second day.

And God said, "Let the water under the sky
be gathered to one place,

and let dry ground appear."

And it was so.

God called the dry ground, land,

and the gathered waters He called seas.

And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, "Let the land
produce vegetation,

seed-bearing plants, and trees on the land
that bear fruit with seed in it,

according to their various kinds."

And it was so.

The land produced vegetation,

plants bearing seed
according to their kinds,

and trees bearing fruit with seed in it,
according to their kinds.

And God saw that it was good.

And there was evening,
and there was morning,

the third day.

And God said, "Let there be lights
in the expanse of the sky,

to separate the day from the night.

And let them serve as signs,

to mark seasons, and days, and years.

And let them be lights in the expanse
of the sky, to give light on the earth."

And it was so.

God made two great lights,

the greater light to govern the day,

and the lesser light to govern the night.

He also made the stars.

God set them in the expanse of the sky,

to give light on the earth,

to govern the day, and the night,

and to separate light from darkness.

♪ stirring music ♪

(Narrator) And God saw that it was good.

♪ stirring music ♪

(Narrator) And there was evening,
and there was morning, the fourth day.

And God said, "Let the water
teem with living creatures.

And let birds fly above the earth,
across the expanse of the sky."

So God created the great creatures
of the sea,

and every living and moving thing
with which the water teems,

according to their kinds,

and every winged bird,
according to its kind.

And God saw that it was good.

God blessed them, and said,

"Be fruitful, and increase in number,

and fill the water in the seas.

And let the birds increase on the earth."

And there was evening,
and there was morning,

the fifth day.

And God said, "Let the land
produce living creatures

according to their kinds -

livestock, creatures that move
along the ground, and wild animals,

each according to its kind."

And it was so.

♪ upbeat music ♪

(Narrator) God made the wild animals
according to their kinds,

the livestock according to their kinds,

and all the creatures
that move along the ground,

according to their kinds.

And God saw that it was good.

♪ upbeat music ♪

(Narrator) Then God said,

"Let us make man in our image,

in our likeness."

The Lord God formed the man
from the dust of the ground,

and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life.

And the man became a living being.

Then God said, "Let them rule
over the fish of the sea

and the birds of the air,

over the livestock, over all the earth,

and over all the creatures
that move along the ground."

So God created man in His own image.

In the image of God, He created him.

Male and female, He created them.

And God blessed them, and said to them,

"Be fruitful, and increase in number.

Fill the earth and subdue it.

Rule over the fish of the sea

and the birds of the air,

and over every living creature
that moves on the ground."

Then God said, "I give you
every seed-bearing plant

on the face of the whole earth

and every tree that has fruit
with seed in it.

They will be yours for food,

and to all the beasts of the earth,

and all the birds of the air,

and all the creatures
that move on the ground.

Everything that has
the breath of life in it,

I give every green plant for food."

And it was so.

God saw all that He had made,
and it was very good.

And there was evening,
and there was morning,

the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth
were completed, and all their hosts.

By the seventh day, God completed
His work which He had done,

and He rested on the seventh day
from all His work which He had done.

Then God blessed the seventh day,
and sanctified it,

because in it, He rested from all His work
which God had created and made.

♪ music ♪

(Narrator) Remember the Sabbath day,
by keeping it holy.

Six days you shall labor,
and do all your work,

but the seventh day is a Sabbath
to the Lord your God;

on it, you shall not do any work,

neither you, nor your son or daughter,

nor your manservant or maidservant,

nor your animals, nor the alien
within your gates.

For in six days the Lord made
the heavens and the earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

but He rested on the seventh day.

Therefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

♪ stirring music ♪

(applause)

(Male presenter) What an inspiring evening
this has been!

God has always been at work,

and He continues to be at work,

for His people and through His people.

At this time, I invite you to stand,

as we have a benediction.

(Christine Estall - Prayer
in language of the South Pacific)