Ken Ham - Answers Book for Kids, Volume 1

The Answers Book for Kids Volume 1

22 Questions from Kids on Creation and the Fall

Ken Ham with Cindy Malott

Sixth Printing: February 2011

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For Parents and Teachers

Dear Moms and Dads:

The more I learn about our infinite Creator God, and the longer I serve Him, the more amazed I am at His greatness. As I consider the universe God created, I share Davids exclamation in Psalm 145:3, Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

The greatness of God is truly unsearchable when we consider creation. This book is intended to give biblical and scientific answers, in a way children will understand, to questions they have about Gods creation and mans fall into sin.

Sadly, our culture today, by and large, has turned away from the truth of Gods Word in Genesis. As you know, the Bible makes it very clear that parents are responsible for the teaching of their children. I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to partner with you as we strive to teach children to not only believe Gods Word, but to also put their faith and trust in our Savior the Creator of the universe Jesus Christ.

Charles Spurgeon once said, The only way to keep chaff out of the childs cup is to fill it brimful with good wheat. We need to be consistent and intentional as we fill the cups of children with the good wheat of Gods precious, holy Word.

My prayer is that this book will begin to answer many of the questions your children will encounter, but in a way that gives God the glory, honor, and power He is worthy of.

Ken Ham

President/CEO, Answers in Genesis

Question:

When did time begin?

Sarah S.
Age 10 Canada

Answer:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

Time began when God started to create everything in the whole universe. He did this in the beginning of the Creation Week. According to the Bible, that was about 6,000 years ago. Before then, there were no days or weeks or years. It is hard for us to understand, but time, just like everything else God created, including you and me, had a beginning, and it wasnt very long ago! God, on the other hand, is infinite. He has always existed, and He is not bound to time, like we are. In fact, the Bible says that to God a day can be like 1,000 years and 1,000 years can be just like a day. Time just doesnt mean the same thing to God as it does to us. Hes outside of it. We do know, however that He created time on the first day of creation.

But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- 2 Peter 3:8

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
- Revelation 1:8

Question:

How did God create everything from nothing?

Shelby H.
Age 11 Texas, USA

Answer:

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible (Hebrews 11:3).

We serve a mighty and powerful God! He created everything the whole universe in just six days! And in our Bible verse we learn that the things we see were made from things not seen, or invisible things. In other words, there was nothing (or maybe we should say not even nothing) when God began to create.

If you read the first chapter of Genesis, you will see the words God said eight times. Shelby, this explains how God created by His great power. For example, can you imagine how amazing it must have been when God said, Let there be lights in the heavens? The stars, sun, and moon appeared, just as God had planned. God needed only to speak and everything was created. He truly is worthy of our praise!

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
- Exodus 20:11

14 Then God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth; and it was so.
- Genesis 1:1415

Question:

Did Adam and Eve have bellybuttons?

Kimberly W.
Age 7 Georgia, USA

Answer:

And the LORD God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him (Genesis 2:18) .

Okay. First of all, this person wasnt exactly a boy. Adam was a man. And we know that, as our infinite Creator, God can do whatever He wants to do. When He made Adam first, God was teaching us how He wanted our families to be. He made Adam to be the head of the family. See in our Bible verse? It says that God wanted to create a helper for Adam, so He created Eve. Eve was the perfect complement to Adam.

Adam was the leader of that very first family. Adam was not better or more valuable than Eve. It was just that God knew someone had to be the leader, so He made that leader Adam. By doing this, God showed us that He wants the husband, the dad in the family, to be the spiritual leader in the family.

4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; 6 but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
- Genesis 2:4-7

15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.