3/22/13

From Gary V. Womack...GOD'S ORDER Creation or Evolution



GOD'S ORDER
Creation or Evolution

Jn. 1:1-5,14, 18 John claims the Father and the 
                         Son (the Word) existed in past    
                         eternity - that all things were 
                         made through the Word (Creator)-
                         and that the Word came to this 
                         earth & declared God.

Has man been listening to the Son's declaration of God? The record of Christ's coming depends on the creation account.

Does it make any difference what we believe regarding the origin of all things? Does it effect our (or others') eternal outcome?

Consider our children, what they are taught, & the slow progression of whittling away at the foundation of our faith in God's word. If you can weaken the foundation - all that it supports will crumble.

The first 11 chapters of Genesis are called in question by both evolutionists & even creationists.

Gen. 1 Creation account points to Design - Order - Purpose

Design - Order - Purpose All demonstrated in:

1. Sequence of the days of creation by logical successive events.

2. Instantaneous creation -v/s - Evolution of billions of years.

3. Self-perpetuation of living things. (Reproduce "after their own kind.")

4. Man's unique nature & authority over creation ( "subdue and; rule over")



1. Sequence of days of creation by logical successive events


    Day 1 Earth & light }
              Light necessary for life

    Day 2 Sky }
             Atmosphere needed

    Day 3 Seas & plants }
             Land suited to man & food

    Day 4 Sun, moon & stars }
              Warmth, seasons, time

    Day 5 Birds & aquatic animals }
             Sources of food

    Day 6 Land animals and man }
             All things ready for man.

Gen. 1:26-ff Man: 
                   The focus of God's creative work - 
                   all made for man.

                    When man loses sight of this - his 
                    understanding of origins is colored.


                   Note: cf. Day 1 and 4 - Earth created 
                           before the rest of the universe.


                  Evidence: Universe is expanding as it 
                                   recedes away from the 
                                   earth.


                   Resulting false theory: "Big Bang 
                                   Theory" (15-20 billion years)


                   Assumption: All matter originating in 
                               one "lump" before exploding.


                   Question: If this were so, where did 
                                   the "lump" originate?


                   Quotation from "The Heavens" World 
                   Book Encyclopedia of Science under 
                   "The Stellar Universe: Evolution of the 
                   Universe" pg. 50, (sub-topic: "Testing 
                   the Big Bang Theory"):


                   "Despite these and other problems, 
                   however, most astronomers still believe
                   that the big bang theory provides the 
                   most plausible explanation of the origin 
                   of the universe." In short, we will 
                   ignore contrary evidence.

Rom. 1:18-22 When man disregards God, he 
                      becomes a fool & his thinking 
                      leads him to all kinds of 
                      ungodliness. See vss. 28-ff

2. Instantaneous creation v/s Evolution of billions of years

The expanding universe points to a point of beginning.

Ex. 20:10-11; 31:17 Moses referred to 6 days of creation & sabbath (7th) rest This is an affirmation of earths literal 6-day creation.

Earth was created to be inhabited

Isa. 45:18 "For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited."

What kind of intelligence builds a house, leaves it empty for vast years before giving its primary tenets residency?

God commanded man to "subdue" (exercise control over) earth & its creatures

Gen. 1:28 "Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.' "

Did God allow billions of animals to die (some to extinction) before creating man? What purpose did those animals serve with no man present?

Man's futile effort (in the form of a hoax) to discredit God's creative account

The "Geologic Column" found in most science text books depicts the evolutionary process of life from non-living matter to man.

It assumes a godless process covering a span of 4.5 - 5 billion years.

We must be more than creationists:

Mt. 7:21-23 On judgment day, some of these may 
                   be creationists

Mt. 7:24-27 Regardless of what they believe, did 
                   they obey God?

                  a. This "column" exists nowhere at  
                      any one place on earth.

                      If it did exist as depicted, it would 
                      extend to a depth of about 130 
                      miles.

                      (Sedimentary rock where fossils 
                      appear are never more than 12-15 
                      miles deep)

                      Earth's crust is only 25-30 miles 
                      thick.


                  b. This evolutionary theory of non-life 
                      to simple life to complex life defies
                      accepted laws of science such as:

                      The Second Law of                   
                      Thermodynamics
                      
                      "Matter and energy always tend to 
                      change from complex and ordered 
                      states to disordered states."

                      Everything winds down, and wears 
                      out.


                      Isaac Asimov (leading evolutionist 
                      and astronomer) acknowledged this 
                      law:

                      "As far as we know, all changes are in        
                      the direction of increasing entropy, of 
                      increasing disorder, of increasing 
                      randomness, of running down." 
                      (Science Digest, May, 1973, pg. 76)


                  c. This geologic "order" is found to 
                      be inverted in several places


                      Near Yellowstone N. P. (Wyoming) 
                      in a 30 mile wide area, what is 
                      called Paleozoic strata is found on 
                      top of Paleozoic strata (said to be 1 
                      billion years older than Paleozoic 
                      strata)


                  d. This geologic order is often found 
                      to be out of sequence, with fossils 
                      from one geologic period 
                      imbedded in layers of another 
                      widely separated period


                      This is physical evidence that 
                      disproves vast periods of time for 
                      such layers to be formed.


                  e. Evolutionary theory says man 
                     (Homo Sapiens) appears near the 
                     top layer. (Quaternary Period) 
                     representing 1/1,000 of the geologic 
                     record.


                     Evidence: Many human footprints 
                     found in Carboniferous Period

                     (Said to precede man's existence by 
                     300 million years.)


                     Albert Ingalls (noted evolutionist) 
                     "...noted that such footprints are found 
                     from Virginia and Pennsylvania 
                     through Kentucky, Illinois and 
                     Missouri. He was very much 
                     impressed with the "human-like' 
                     appearance of the tracks, but 
                     dismissed them, observing that if 
                     they were human tracks, "then the 
                     whole science of geology is so 
                     completely wrong that all 
                     geologists will resign their jobs 
                     and take up truck driving." ("The 
                    Carboniferous Mystery, "Scientific 
                    American, CLXII, January, 1940, pg. 
                    14; as quoted from Reason & 
                    Revelation, "The Geologic Timetable" 
                    by Wayne Jackson, November, 1984, 
                    Vol. IV, No. 11)


                f. Trilobites (Used as an "index" fossil to 
                   measure existence of Paleozoic strata -
                  1/2 billion years ago according to 
                   evolutionary theory) Have been found 
                   in Delta, Ut. (1968, by William Meister) 
                   inside human footprints wearing 
                   sandals.



INVITATION


Eccl. 3:11 "He has made everything beautiful in its 
                 time. Also He has put eternity in their 
                 hearts, except that no one can find out 
                 the work that God does from beginning 
                 to end."

Eccl. 8:17       "then I saw all the work of God, that 
                       a man cannot find out the work that  
                       is done under the sun. For though a 
                       man labors to discover it, yet he will 
                       not find it; moreover, though a wise 
                       man attempts to know it, he will not 
                       find it."

Rom.11:33-ff "...How unsearchable are His 
                       judgments and His ways past 
                       finding out!"

1 Cor. 1:18-ff "Greeks seek after wisdom...but we 
                      preach Christ crucified... to the 
                      Greeks foolishness...Because the 
                      foolishness of God is wiser than        
                      men."