Creation obeyed the commandment of God's word to come into existence out of nothing. It did so immediately but did not do so fully immediately. It had to do so immediately if it was to do so at all, yet it was not able to do so with absolute completion without the assistance of God's grace of listening as well as His grace of speaking. Both the divine power of speaking and listening are inherent in the nature of the word of God.
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