Good evening ladies
and gentlemen and welcome
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to another edition of
the Eleventh Hour Evidence.
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We're coming to you
live from Battle Creek,
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Michigan, my hometown.
As you know this series
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has been waking us up to
the fact that Jesus is alive
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I'm your host Pastor
Jason Seiber and I'm so glad
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you're joining us. Tonight
we are going to be talking
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about an amazing topic. It
is a topic that has divided
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the world right down
the spiritual fault line.
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The question of evolution,
where did we come from
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and what are the
implications of that answer,
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and I've got to tell
you Buddy, I know something
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about our good
friend David Asscherick.
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It turns out this guy
hang on a wall like a monkey.
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Are you aware of that? I
mean this guy's an incredible
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rock climber, how many people
knew that David Asscherick
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is incredible rock
climber? You know I was doing
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pull-ups with him outside,
I'm lucky to be able to just
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do a pull up, he does pull-ups
and at the top he claps,
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catches it goes
back down. Apparently,
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Louise Leakey is asking
questions about whether he
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might introduce some
possibilities to the missing
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link. And if you
believe that it's not true,
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okay don't anybody
call 3ABN and ask about the
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missing link, it not
true. But we are excited about
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this topic because we believe
there are fantastic answers
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to our origins and to
the quality of the God
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that we serve
based upon those origins.
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I understand you have a
perfect song for a perfect
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discussion for a
perfect evening in Battle Creek.
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Mr. Darwin, I address you
to the subject of this song,
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I hope you're not
offended when I tell you that
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you're wrong, but when
you tell me that my ancestor's
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flower or a tree. Mr.
Darwin, I have to disagree,
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you said that we were
slimy ones and crawled out
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of the sea and
though I am no scientist I
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know that wasn't me. I
don't know just what possessed
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you to say all
the things you say,
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when Jesus comes your
face will surely be red.
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For it was God that
formed me from the dust
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and gave my body a
shape, it is he that I descended
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from and not some hairy
ape. It is he that loves
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and cares for me this
much I know is true and
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Mr. Darwin,
Jesus Christ loves you.
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I have a little dog at
home, he's got a lot to give
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and though he is my little
friend, he's not my relative
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and when I go into the
zoo to look at all the living
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things, it's just a visit
and not a family gathering.
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For it was God that
formed me from the dust and gave
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my body a shape. It
is he that I descended
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from and not some hairy
ape. It is he that loves
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and cares for me,
this much I know is true
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and Mr. Darwin,
Jesus Christ loves you.
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I cannot condemn you for
the things you tried to say.
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All I know is you and I
were never made that way
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and though my little
furry friends so similarities.
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Lets not make a
monkey out of me. Mr. Darwin,
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when the life you led
in Heaven's court is tried,
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I hope you change the
tune you're saying sometime
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before you died. 'Cause
when Jesus comes he is going
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to take his
children off the ground and
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you're just going to
have to stick around.
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For it was God who
formed me from the dust and gave
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my body a shape, it is
he that I descended from
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and not some hairy ape.
It is he that loves and cares
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for me, this much I
know is true and Mr. Darwin,
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Mr. Darwin,
Jesus Christ loves you.
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Amen. Amen. How about that
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Mr. Darwin, Jesus Christ
loves you. How many of you
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had a great dad in your lives.
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I know not everybody
has, but some of you like me
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have had a wonderful
dad that you really loved
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and appreciated. My dad is
out in Northern California,
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he was a timber
faller for a number of years,
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worked on the
highways for a number of years.
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My mom used not like
to take my sister and I
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out to visit him
because when we would go and see
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him and bring him his
lunch, my dad couldn't keep
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his lunch to himself
and by the time it was done,
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dad got no lunch and my
sister and I ate everything.
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I don't know if you
had a dad like that,
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but that my dad for
you, a very sharing person
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and when you got sick,
my dad was the kind that
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held your head and
comforted you and told
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you it's all going to be okay.
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Tonight, we're going to
ask the question friends,
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what kind of dad is God?
Is he a dad like my dad or
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better or is he a dad
that strikes fear to the heart
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of his creation. To
answer that question
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tonight Pastor David Asscherick.
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Amen. Good evening everyone.
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Good evening. Did
you love that song? Yes.
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That was hilarious. But
it was not only hilarious,
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it was very sound
too. I mean that's what
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I liked about it, is that
it was funny and very sound
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as well. Where did
Buddy go? He said he was going
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to sit with his
family, I'm looking for him.
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Oh, there we are
excellent, great,
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what a beautiful family.
Where's your wife, oh! Hi,
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nice to meet you. Well,
I might invite you back up
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to sing that song again Buddy,
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maybe I'll just preach short
and then I'll have you come
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in sing that song again.
Wasn't that beautiful? Yeah.
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Oh! My heart is just
encouraged by that song,
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very nice. Now, before
we go one moment further
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I've been having great
time staying at Jason's house
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and he and I are sort of
back and forth on correcting
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one another and I'll
say no you pronounced that
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word wrong and he'll
say, no you pronounced that
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word wrong and
we're back and forth,
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always sort of trying to
one up one another in good
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humor and I think I'm
way ahead of him though,
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way ahead. Anyway I
do need to make a public
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declaration, I declared
yesterday or maybe it was
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two days ago that it was
the Roman emperor Diocletian
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who had put John into
the cauldron of boiling oil,
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it was not
Diocletian as Jason reminded me,
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it was Domitian and so
I just wanna go on record
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of saying Jason was right.
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Amen Amen. Alright,
well we have a wonderful
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message in store for
you this evening, it's
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entitled Creation,
Father God or Mother Nature,
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Creation, Father God or
Mother Nature and I think
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you're going to find
this message very encouraging,
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very challenging and
very stimulating and hopefully
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you will also find it
very motivating. Creation,
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Father God or Mother
Nature. Now before we get into
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the message proper
what is it our custom to do?
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Pray. Pray. That's right.
So, let's begin with a word
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of prayer together.
Father in Heaven, we invite your
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presence to be
with us now. Father,
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you have set the stage for
this meeting to take place.
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The story that Jason
has told about his father
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and the way that he
treated his children,
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he communicated
accurately a picture of you.
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And Father, the
song that Buddy sang,
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what a powerful song, what
a poignant song that shows us
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that we are not
the descendents of some
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primordial unicellular
organism, but we are fresh
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from the hands of
the Creator. Father,
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tonight as we discuss
this potentially divisive
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and certainly
controversial topic.
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We pray that our hearts
would be surrendered to you
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and that we would come
to know at the close of this
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meeting that we have
a Creator and a Father.
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Be with us now we ask,
for we come to you in Jesus
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name and everyone
can say Amen. Amen.
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Friends, I want to
begin by letting you know
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that our picture of
God is informed by our,
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how shall we say this?
Our picture of our heavenly
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Father would be
largely informed by our earthly
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father. Now as you
look to the screen here you
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will notice two of
the most handsome boys
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you have ever seen
in your entire life.
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I've never seen
two more handsome boys
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ever and these
are my two boys here.
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The one on your right
is Landon, he is my oldest
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and then the youngest
is Jabel. Jabel is actually
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named after a young man
who is just 21 years old,
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who is planting
churches right now in Sudan,
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and so we named him after
Jabel hoping that he will be
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that kind of a
missionary worker for God.
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Now, the picture I
hope that I am communicating
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to both Landon and
Jabel of their heavenly Father
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is one of love, one
of kindness, magnanimity
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and benevolence. My
youngest son or my oldest son
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rather is a very trusting
person, ever since he was a
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young boy and I'm
sure some of the doctors
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aren't going to
like this very much,
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but ever since he was
very small I would you know
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very gently start to
sort of toss him into the air,
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you know how we do
where? Over the bed always,
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mothers don't worry.
Over the bed and then as he
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got a little older and
firmer and muscles got bigger
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and stronger, you know,
I toss him a little higher
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and at first he be scared,
but I'd catch every time.
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Now the only problem is
that now we have developed
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such a bond of trust
that I find my boy doing
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things that probably are
not in his best interest.
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For example, he will have
no hesitation in just getting
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on top of the largest
rock and jumping toward
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me as quickly as he
can, now most of the time
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I catch him. No, I'm
just kidding, all of the time
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I catch him, but the
point here is just this.
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My oldest son and I,
Landon we have developed
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such a bond because I
catch him in every instance.
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When I throw him
I'm there for him,
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when we go walking I
support him, I take care of him
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and in doing this by
the grace of God I'm trying
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to give him a picture of
the way that our heavenly
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Father cares for us.
There are many people today
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that wonder what God is
like? Some people wonder
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if there even is a God at
all? When Jesus came to this
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planet he revolutionized
the way that we think
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of God. When Jesus
came to this planet,
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he showed that God was
not some vindictive exacter,
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not some creditor that
was just out to tag you out
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at every moment. He
showed that God had a personal
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interest in us, he
said things like this.
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The very hairs of
your head are what?
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Numbered. Numbered,
isn't that remarkable? Amen.
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He also said a sparrow
does not fall to the ground,
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except your heavenly
Father takes notice now.
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Now I take real
consolation in that because
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I am a bird watcher and
my wife and I are birders
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and so we love the
fact that God is a bird
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watcher too. Amen? Amen.
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I love the song that says
his eye is on the Sparrow.
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Jesus himself said,
consider the ravens and so Jesus
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he turned the whole
picture of what, what,
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the picture that we have
of God he turned it around.
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He also said things like
this, when his disciples came
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to him and said
Lord teach us to pray.
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We want to pray like you
pray, he said this is how
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you should pray.
What was the first words
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that he said? Our
Father, who art in heaven,
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hallowed be the name.
What Jesus did here is he took
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God out of that sort
of ethereal, nebulous,
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heavenly realm and
he brought him down into
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the tangible, knowable
reality. He brought him
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down not in
terms of condescension,
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but he brought him down
and he said he is not just
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a God often the
distance nether reaches
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of the universe,
but he is your Father.
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He has a personal
interest in you, in your family,
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in your welfare
and in your well being,
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that's the picture that
we have of God in the Bible.
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You know friends what
we are going to learn today
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is that there are many
things in the world that are,
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that are purporting and
are attempting to actually
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take away that
caring magnanimous picture
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that we have of
our heavenly Father.
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Probably the single
most powerful force that
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is in the world today
that is trying to rob us of our
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picture of benevolent
paternal Father the concept
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and the theory of
evolution. Our message title is
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very pointed and I want
to remind you of it again.
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The message is
Creation, Father God or Mother
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Nature. I personally
believe that there has been no
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modern philosophy, no
modern world view that has done
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more to undermine our
picture of God and his existence
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than the world view and
the theory of evolution.
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So we must ask the
question then is evolution true?
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And if it is true, is
it compatible with what the
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Bible teaches and we're
going to discuss that as
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we commence this evening.
Let's begin by noting here
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on the screen that
the Bible affirms in
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unequivocal language
that God is the Creator.
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That God is what word
did I say? The Creator.
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The Creator, note with
me in Genesis chapter 1,
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lets go to a passage of
scripture that we all know
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very well. Genesis and
what Chapter are we going to?
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Chapter 1. Genesis chapter 1,
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now I'm beginning in
verse 1. Genesis chapter 1
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and verse 1, you
should have no problem finding
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Genesis, it's the
first book in the Bible.
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Genesis chapter 1,
beginning in verse 1 it says,
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in the beginning
God created the what?
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The heavens and the
earth, now notice that's
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the very first
introduction that we have to God
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in the Bible. "In the
beginning God created,"
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here we see God as
Creator, as what word did I say?
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Creator. Verse 2 the
earth was without form,
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and void; and darkness
was on the face of the deep.
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And the Spirit of God
was hovering over the face
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of the waters then God
said, let there be light
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and there was light. Right
here in the opening verses,
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the opening chapter of
the Bible, we find God being
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affirmed as the Creator,
so note here on the screen.
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The Bible presents God
in unmistakable language
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as the Creator of
heaven, earth and everything
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in them. Let us
note a few other passages
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that will help to
buttress this idea that God is
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in fact our Creator.
Go with me from the book
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of Genesis to
the book of Psalms.
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What book are we
going to everyone? Psalms.
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Psalms. Right toward
the middle of your Bible
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and we're going to
Psalm 33. There are literally
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100s of passages
that we could sight,
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but we're going to
go to Psalm chapter 33,
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Psalm 33 and I'm
going to begin in verse 6.
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Psalm 33 and verse 6, the
Psalms writes these words,
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By the word of the
LORD the heavens were made,
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the heavens were
what everyone? Made.
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Made, note also, all the
host of them by the breath
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of his mouth. He
gathers the waters of the sea
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together as a heap,
he lays up the deep in
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storehouses. Let all
the earth fear the LORD, let
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all the inhabitants of
the world stand in awe of him!
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Verse 9, For he
spoke and it was done,
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he commanded and
it stood fast. Amen.
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The picture that we
have here of God is one
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in which he creates and
when he creates let me just
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note quickly and
carefully that when he creates
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it is not through a
process, but through an
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instantaneous act of
creation, notice that again
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in verse 6, by the
word of the Lord the heavens
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were made and all the
host of them by the breath
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of this mouth, by
the word they were made.
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Now, notice
verse 9, for he spoke
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and it was set in
motion. is that what it says. He
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spoken was done, he
commanded and it took a while.
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It stood fast. It stood
fast, so notice here not
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only in Genesis, but
also in the book of Psalms,
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the great hymn book
of the Old Testament,
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God is, God is shown to
us, he is pictured to us
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as the Creator, as
the what word everyone?
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Creator. We're going
to emphasize that again
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and again this evening.
Now go with me to the Book
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of Isaiah, one of
the major prophets.
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Isaiah chapter
45, Isaiah chapter 45,
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and notice with me just
one verse here in Isaiah 45,
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I'm noting verse 18.
Isaiah chapter 45 in verse 18,
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for thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens;
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who what the
heavens everyone? Created.
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Created the heavens, who
is God, who formed the earth
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and made it, who established
it, who did not create it
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in vain, who
formed it to be inhabited.
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Why did he formed it
everyone? To be inhabited.
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I am the Lord and
there is no other,
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notice here again in
Isaiah 45 in verse 18,
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the Prophet Isaiah
affirms in unequivocal,
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unmistakable
language that God created
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and when he created, it
was an instantaneous act,
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he commanded it was done,
he spoke and it stood fast.
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This is the
picture that we have not,
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just in Genesis,
Psalms and Isaiah.
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This is the picture
that runs as a thread through
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the entire cannon of
scripture from Genesis
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to Malachi in the Old
Testament and from Matthew
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to Genesis or to
Revelation in the New Testament.
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In both testaments, God
is presented as the Creator.
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Now go with me to
one of the most powerful
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New Testament text to this
effect and this is actually
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from the Fourth
Gospel, the Gospel of John.
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And here the Gospel
writer John does something
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very powerful and
something very theologically
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significant. He actually
enlarges upon the language
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that we saw there
in Genesis chapter 1.
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He broadens that
language and he incorporates a
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significant element into
it. John chapter 1 beginning
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in verse 1, John
chapter 1 beginning in verse 1.
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Now remember, what were
the first words of Genesis
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chapter 1, what
were those first words?
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In the beginning, in
the beginning and what
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was the next word? God.
God. Now notice what John
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does in John chapter
1 beginning in verse 1,
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it says in the beginning,
there is the same three words
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that's how he
begins his even galleon.
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In the beginning was the
what? The word, the logos,
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notice what he says
about this word, this logos,
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in the beginning was the
word and the word was with God
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and the word was,
what's the next word there?
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God. God. Notice verse
2, he was in the beginning
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with God. Verse 3, all things
were, what's the next word
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Made. Made through him
and without him nothing
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was made that was made. What
John is doing here is he is,
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he is drawing on that
powerful sublime language
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of Genesis 1 and he is
saying that Jesus was actually
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the vehicle, the conduit
through which God created.
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Notice that again in
verse 3, it says all things
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were made what's
that word there? By him.
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Through or by him. So,
Genesis 1:1 affirms that God
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is Creator and John 1:1
affirms that God created
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and the conduit or
the vehicle, the mechanism
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through which he
created was Jesus Christ.
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Notice here on the screen
with me, God was the Creator,
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but when he created it
was through Jesus Christ.
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It was what
everyone? Through. Through
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Jesus Christ, as a
matter of fact if you remember
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there in Genesis chapter 1
the first two verses it said,
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and the Spirit of God
hovered over the waters.
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Not only was the
Father involved in creation,
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not only was the Son
involved in creation,
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but the Spirit was also
intimately involved in the
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act of creation, and so
you have all three members
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of the God head, Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit working
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together
harmoniously, synchronously
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to create the
heavens and the earth.
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Are you with me?
Yes or no? We are.
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Powerful, now you're
still there in John chapter 1
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and notice with me
verse 10, John chapter 1
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and verse 10. It
says, he was in the world,
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this is speaking of
the incarnation of Jesus,
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he was in the world
and the world was made,
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what everyone? Through him.
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Through him and there it
is again, and the world did
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not know him, verse 11
must be one of the saddest
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verses in all of the Bible,
it says he came to his own
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and his own did not receive him.
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What is John trying to
do here at the beginning
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of his Gospel, he is,
he is affirming number one
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that God is Creator,
number two, he is affirming
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that the word was
with God and that the word
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was God and number
three, he is affirming
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that that word that
logos, Jesus Christ in the
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flesh was the
Creator, the instrument through
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which God created
in the beginning. Amen.
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Now, let's continue to
unpack this, the significance
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here is very important
and I want you to go with me
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from John to the
other significant book,
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one of the other significant
books written by the same
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author and that's
the Book of Revelation.
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Go with me to
Revelation chapter 4,
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Revelation chapter
4. Now if we had time
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and I wish we did we
could go into great detail
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in Revelation chapter 4
about what's taking place
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here, if you read
Revelation chapter 4 through
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you will note that the
word that comes up over
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and over again in that
chapter is the word throne.
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Is the word what everyone?
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Throne and the whole
context of Revelation 4
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revolves around the
throne, the significance
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of the throne and him
that sits on the throne.
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It occurs a number of
times, I think even more then
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10 times. The throne,
the throne, the throne,
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the throne, now what
I want you to notice is
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beginning in
verse 9 it says whenever
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the living creatures give
glory and honor and thanks
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to him who sits on
the, what everyone? Throne.
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Throne. Who
lives forever and ever,
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the 24 elders fall
down and worship him
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who sits on the
throne, throne and worships him
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who lives forever and
ever and cast their crowns
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before the? Throne.
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Throne saying, now notice
what they say in verse 11,
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why are they, why
are they worshiping,
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why are they, why are
they adoring and giving
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honor and glory to him
who sits on the throne.
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What is their reason and
rationale, notice verse 11,
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you are worthy, you
are what word everyone?
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Worthy. Take that
word worthy and put it
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on a shelf in your
mind because we're going
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to comeback to
it in just a moment.
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The reason they're
worshiping, the reason
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they're giving honor
and glory and thanksgiving
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to this God that sits on
the throne is that he is worthy.
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Now, we might ask
legitimate question what makes
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him worthy?
Notice this in verse 11,
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you are worthy O Lord
to receive glory and honor
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and power for, the
word there means because,
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because you what everyone?
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Created. Created all
things, you created all things
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and by your Will they
exist and were created.
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Now a quick question
very easily answered here,
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according to Revelation
chapter 4 and verse 11
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why are those multitudinous,
that multitudinous strong
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worshiping him who
sits on the throne,
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why are they worshiping him?
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Because he is worthy.
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Because he is worthy
and what makes him worthy?
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Because he was the Creator.
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He was the Creator. Now
think about this for just
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a moment. If
Adam had never sinned,
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if Eve and Adam had not
been beguiled by the serpent
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and they had lived in
that Edenic environment,
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a perfect God and
perfect communion with a perfect
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people and sin had not
ever entered into this planet
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and say that we are
still, we are here now,
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we are alive, we are
the descendents of Adam,
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but not the sin
degenerate sins of Adam,
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sons of Adam, we are
living in a sinless world.
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Now think about
this for just a moment,
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would we still worship God? Yes.
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Yes or no. Yes. Would we
still give praise to God?
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Amen. Would we give
honor to God? Amen. Why?
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Because he is our
Creator. Because he is,
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you hit the nail on the
head, because he is our Creator.
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Why do the angels worship
God? Because he created them.
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Friends, think about
that for just a moment,
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if sin had never come
into the world we would still
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worship God, we would
not worship him though as our
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redeemer because
redemption would be unnecessary.
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We would worship
him as our Creator
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and he would still be
worthy, are you with me now?
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Amen. Now notice
this incredible transition
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as we move to
Revelation chapter 5,
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that's the very next chapter.
Now in Revelation chapter
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4, the preeminent word
and the preeminent theme
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is the throne, the throne,
the throne, in Revelation 5
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that emphasis switches
and the emphasis is now
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on the scroll, on the
what word did I say? Scroll
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On the scroll and
notice with me now beginning
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in verse 11, then I
looked and I heard the voice
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of many angels
around the throne,
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the living creatures and
the elders and the number
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of them was 10,000
times 10,000 and 1000s
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of 1000s, what John
is trying to say here is,
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it was a large number,
a vast, multitudinous and
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innumerable strong. Verse
12 saying with a loud voice,
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Worthy, there is that
word. Worthy is who everyone?
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The Lamb. Worthy
is the Lamb who was,
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what's the next word? Slain.
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Slain to receive power
and riches and strength
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and honor and
glory and blessing.
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Notice the similarity
with 5:12 and 4:11, let me read
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them back to back.
5:12 says worthy is the Lamb
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who is slain to
receive power and riches
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and wisdom and
strength and honor and glory
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and blessing. 4:11
says, you are worthy of Lord
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to receive glory and
honor and power for you created
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all things and by your will
they exist and were created.
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Do you see
similarities there? Yes or no?
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Yes, Amen. There are
so many similar words
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and the concept
is inescapable. God
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is worthy to be
worshiped, God alone is worthy
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of our adoration,
praise, honor, glory,
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blessing and worship
and in Revelation 4 it's
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because he is a
creator and in Revelation
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5 it's because he
is redeemer. Amen.
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Now think about
that for just a moment,
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what John here is
doing is as we see this scene
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that transpired in
the heavenly courts,
00:25:48.45\00:25:50.21
what John here is
showing is that God as Creator
00:25:50.24\00:25:53.65
and God as Redeemer is
the same God and these two
00:25:53.68\00:25:58.12
components, these two
elements of his character
00:25:58.15\00:26:00.50
are inexorably
intertwine. In other words you
00:26:00.53\00:26:05.33
can't wrestle them
apart and say over here
00:26:05.36\00:26:08.65
I worship God because
he is Creator and over he
00:26:08.68\00:26:11.03
is Redeemer, these two
things have been joined
00:26:11.06\00:26:14.17
together and that God
is joined together let not
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.47
man put this under. Amen.
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.31
Now you say well
what's the significance,
00:26:18.34\00:26:20.15
I don't follow the significance,
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.35
let me do my very best to
unpack it for you. Friends,
00:26:21.38\00:26:24.63
the reason that you and
I worship God is because
00:26:24.66\00:26:27.37
number one, he
created us and number two
00:26:27.40\00:26:30.07
he redeemed us, Amen. Amen.
00:26:30.10\00:26:31.96
Friends, if you begin to
pull the rug out from underneath
00:26:32.78\00:26:35.62
God his creative capacities,
in his creative faculties,
00:26:35.65\00:26:40.23
you are actually
undermining the same God whom
00:26:40.26\00:26:43.48
we worship because of
his redemptive capacities.
00:26:43.51\00:26:46.12
Amen. In other words
to take away from God his
00:26:46.15\00:26:49.94
creative power, his creative
majesty and significance
00:26:49.97\00:26:53.75
is just to pull the
rug out from underneath his
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.43
redemptive power and
his redemptive significance.
00:26:56.46\00:26:59.06
God is both
Creator and Redeemer. Amen.
00:26:59.09\00:27:02.95
Now, think about
that for just a moment,
00:27:04.76\00:27:06.25
if we say well
you know God created,
00:27:06.28\00:27:09.68
but he created through
long evolutionary long ages,
00:27:09.71\00:27:13.38
millions and
multiplied billions of years.
00:27:13.41\00:27:16.34
Let's just pretend
like that's the case,
00:27:16.37\00:27:17.87
I don't believe that's
the case, I believe what
00:27:17.90\00:27:19.83
the Bible says, he
spoken and it was done,
00:27:19.86\00:27:21.93
he commanded and
it stood fast. Amen.
00:27:21.96\00:27:24.90
By the way the
technical term here is Creation
00:27:24.93\00:27:28.12
Ex Nihilo, Ex Nihilo,
it's the Latin from creation
00:27:28.15\00:27:32.82
out that's Ex, like you
see a sign here, if it says Ex,
00:27:32.85\00:27:35.92
exit it means out of,
that's what the prefix Ex means
00:27:35.95\00:27:39.38
in the Latin out of
and Nihilo is nothing.
00:27:39.41\00:27:41.51
So the technical term
for the way that God created
00:27:43.25\00:27:45.58
is he created Ex Nihilo
out of nothing and the other
00:27:45.61\00:27:48.93
technical term Fiat
creation it means instantaneous,
00:27:48.96\00:27:52.43
on the spot,
immediate creation out of not
00:27:52.46\00:27:56.65
preexisting matter,
but out of nothing. Amen.
00:27:56.68\00:28:00.04
He spoken and it was
done, he commanded and it
00:28:00.07\00:28:02.83
stood fast, but let's just
pretend like God did create
00:28:02.86\00:28:05.17
these evolutionarily long
ages, how does that inform
00:28:05.20\00:28:07.93
our picture of God? Well,
let me tell you something,
00:28:07.96\00:28:10.82
the next time you fall on
your face and you make a fool
00:28:10.85\00:28:15.15
out of yourself
and you commit a sin.
00:28:15.18\00:28:16.99
You never let the
Lord down do you? No.
00:28:18.50\00:28:20.98
You ever let the
Lord down friends? No.
00:28:21.01\00:28:23.33
Do you ever said oh Lord
I'll never do that again only
00:28:23.36\00:28:25.52
do it before the cock
crows three times. Amen.
00:28:25.55\00:28:27.85
Friends, think about
that, the next time you come
00:28:27.88\00:28:31.09
to the Lord and you're
kneeling down there by your
00:28:31.12\00:28:32.81
bedside and you say oh!
Father you have promised in
00:28:32.84\00:28:35.39
First John 1:9, if we confess
our sins, you are faithful
00:28:35.42\00:28:38.13
and just to forgive us
our sins and he says okay
00:28:38.16\00:28:40.56
I'll forgive your sins,
but I'm gonna let them evolve
00:28:40.59\00:28:43.27
away. It will take 4.5
billion years and your sin
00:28:43.30\00:28:48.66
will have evolved
away into nothing.
00:28:48.69\00:28:50.80
Is that the God
you serve friends? No.
00:28:50.83\00:28:52.83
Friends listen, the
moment that we begin to
00:28:52.86\00:28:54.97
doubt that God could
have created in a moment,
00:28:55.00\00:28:57.29
in a second instantaneously,
Ex Nihilo, Fiat creation,
00:28:57.32\00:29:01.37
we are going to be
begin to doubt his ability
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.04
to forgive us
instantaneously. Friends,
00:29:04.07\00:29:07.49
the act of creation is
almost synonymous with the act
00:29:07.52\00:29:10.99
of redemption, in
fact David actually married
00:29:11.02\00:29:13.62
these two concepts
in Psalms 51 in verse 10
00:29:13.65\00:29:16.49
when he said, create
in me a clean heart oh!
00:29:16.52\00:29:20.80
God and renew a
right spirit within me.
00:29:20.83\00:29:22.65
Dave marries these two terms,
00:29:22.68\00:29:24.57
David marries these
two terms of creation
00:29:24.60\00:29:27.06
and redemption. The creation
of what kind of a heart?
00:29:27.09\00:29:31.59
A pure heart or a clean heart.
00:29:31.62\00:29:34.14
Now let us
continue to unpack this,
00:29:34.17\00:29:37.85
but go with me to the
screen as we do our very best
00:29:37.88\00:29:39.97
to set stage for what
we're discovering this evening.
00:29:41.60\00:29:43.59
Evolution is at odds
with the Bible on many fronts,
00:29:43.62\00:29:48.45
including: these are just
a few, the age of the earth,
00:29:48.48\00:29:52.34
the creation of man,
and the nature of death.
00:29:53.33\00:29:56.51
Evolution is at odds
with the Bible on many fronts,
00:29:57.49\00:30:00.83
well you say, what is
evolution? Let's define it.
00:30:01.47\00:30:05.38
This is actually taken
from an official statement,
00:30:06.15\00:30:08.44
a 1995 official
statement from the National
00:30:08.47\00:30:10.63
Association of Biology Teachers,
00:30:10.66\00:30:12.31
Biology and Science
Teachers in North America.
00:30:12.34\00:30:14.17
This is the scientific, one
of the officially agreed upon
00:30:14.96\00:30:18.32
scientific definitions
of evolution and here it is.
00:30:18.35\00:30:21.19
The diversity of life
on earth is the outcome
00:30:22.32\00:30:25.55
of evolution: an
unsupervised, impersonal,
00:30:25.58\00:30:30.85
unpredictable and
natural process of temporal
00:30:30.88\00:30:35.01
descent with
genetic modification.
00:30:35.04\00:30:37.42
Now the two words I
really want you to hold
00:30:37.45\00:30:40.54
in on there, are these
two words, unsupervised
00:30:40.57\00:30:43.97
and what's the next
word there? Impersonal.
00:30:44.00\00:30:46.27
Impersonal, do you see
what they are communicating?
00:30:46.30\00:30:48.73
Yes or no? The
whole concept of evolution
00:30:48.76\00:30:51.95
is that there is a
process, what word did I say?
00:30:51.98\00:30:55.70
A process. What
kind of a process.
00:30:55.73\00:30:58.09
An unsupervised and
impersonal process that has
00:30:59.05\00:31:03.16
been moving down
through ions and millions,
00:31:03.19\00:31:06.70
multiplied billions of
years, nobody is in charge
00:31:06.73\00:31:09.95
of the process, nobody
set the process in motion,
00:31:09.98\00:31:13.06
motion, the very definition
of evolution is that it is
00:31:13.09\00:31:16.20
unsupervised and
impersonal. Now think about this
00:31:16.23\00:31:20.14
for just a moment,
some people are telling us
00:31:20.17\00:31:23.78
that God created
through evolution,
00:31:23.81\00:31:27.32
we'll talk about that in
just a moment. The actual
00:31:27.35\00:31:29.80
technical term here
is theistic evolution,
00:31:29.83\00:31:33.49
theistic evolution and
that's just the juxtaposition
00:31:33.52\00:31:36.47
of two words, Theos,
which is God and Evolution,
00:31:36.50\00:31:39.56
which is the process that
we've just described here.
00:31:39.59\00:31:41.41
So, it's God centered
and God initiated evolution.
00:31:41.44\00:31:44.54
Friends, what I'm
trying to tell you right now
00:31:45.00\00:31:46.13
is this is a
non-meaningful statement. Amen.
00:31:46.16\00:31:49.70
To talk about an
unsupervised, impersonal process
00:31:49.73\00:31:52.84
that is
supervised by a personal God,
00:31:52.87\00:31:54.80
that's a non-meaningful
statement. That's right.
00:31:54.83\00:31:57.13
Do you
understand? Yes or no? Amen.
00:31:57.16\00:31:58.59
We're dealing
here with squircles.
00:31:59.40\00:32:00.73
You say what's a squircle?
A squircle friends is a
00:32:02.57\00:32:06.56
square circle. Right, in,
in, in, in Euclidean geometry,
00:32:06.59\00:32:13.74
that is to say plane geometry,
a square is a geometric
00:32:13.77\00:32:19.07
figure that has four right
angles and four equal sides.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.65
Are you with me on that? Right.
00:32:22.31\00:32:23.45
Now a circle is a
geometrical figure and again
00:32:23.48\00:32:26.06
in Euclidean
geometry, a planar geometry,
00:32:26.09\00:32:28.11
where you put a
point in the middle,
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.10
the epicenter and every
bit, every space on that
00:32:30.13\00:32:34.24
geometrical figure is
equidistant from the center.
00:32:34.27\00:32:37.16
Right. Now if you have
a circle and then you have
00:32:38.12\00:32:40.12
a square, these are
mutually exclusive geometrical
00:32:40.15\00:32:43.73
figures. Do you
understand that? Yes or no?
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.43
So, the concept of a
square circle or a squircle
00:32:46.17\00:32:49.01
is non-meaningful. That's
exactly what we are talking
00:32:49.04\00:32:53.16
about when we say
theistic evolution.
00:32:53.19\00:32:55.57
God supervised
evolution, the very definition
00:32:56.03\00:32:58.40
of evolution is that it is
unsupervised and impersonal,
00:32:58.43\00:33:01.58
it's like trying to take a
square and a circle and call
00:33:01.61\00:33:04.07
it a squircle. Friends
you can call it a squircle,
00:33:04.10\00:33:06.24
but it doesn't mean
that the actual geometrical
00:33:06.27\00:33:08.11
figure is a possibility. Amen.
00:33:08.14\00:33:10.73
Are you
understanding? Yes, Amen.
00:33:10.76\00:33:12.33
Now you say well
why does it matter,
00:33:12.36\00:33:14.89
I don't understand,
what's the significance?
00:33:14.92\00:33:16.42
Notice this second
definition from George Gaylord
00:33:16.45\00:33:18.77
Simpson, he said "Man is
the result of a purposeless
00:33:18.80\00:33:23.19
and natural process that
did not have him in mind."
00:33:23.22\00:33:28.00
What do you think is
the operative word there?
00:33:28.78\00:33:30.13
Purposeless. Man is the
product of a purposeless
00:33:31.53\00:33:35.49
and natural process that
did not have him in mind,
00:33:35.52\00:33:38.67
friends this is the
definition of evolution.
00:33:38.70\00:33:41.83
It's the what word did I say?
The definition of evolution,
00:33:42.52\00:33:45.82
now note here with me.
According to evolutionary
00:33:46.62\00:33:49.05
psychology, this is
actually taken from an article
00:33:49.08\00:33:51.77
in Time Magazine,
August 15, 1994 and the title
00:33:51.80\00:33:54.71
of the article was
actually the cover article,
00:33:54.74\00:33:56.35
Infidelity: It
May Be In Our Genes.
00:33:56.38\00:34:00.07
Notice this
quotation from the article.
00:34:00.10\00:34:01.83
According to
evolutionary psychology,
00:34:01.86\00:34:03.84
it is 'natural' for both
men and women at some times,
00:34:03.87\00:34:08.04
under some circumstances
to commit adultery.
00:34:08.07\00:34:11.56
Do you understand
what's being communicated here?
00:34:11.59\00:34:14.96
What's happening is, is
that if evolution is true
00:34:14.99\00:34:18.23
friends, it's not
just like saying, well
00:34:18.26\00:34:20.31
God created through
millions and multiplied billions
00:34:20.34\00:34:23.11
of years. It totally changes
the landscape of our picture
00:34:23.14\00:34:27.25
of God, our picture of
society, our picture of
00:34:27.28\00:34:30.69
reality. Do you understand
how different it is to say that
00:34:32.05\00:34:34.61
our loving God in Eden
stooped down and formed Adam
00:34:34.64\00:34:38.56
out of the dust and
picked up that lifeless corpse
00:34:38.59\00:34:41.11
and in an act of intimacy
breathed into his nostrils
00:34:41.14\00:34:45.24
the breath of life, how
different that is then there
00:34:45.27\00:34:48.09
was a unicellular organism
that became a multicellular
00:34:48.12\00:34:50.95
organism, that eventually
became by some miraculous
00:34:50.98\00:34:54.07
manifestation an
amphibian, and then a reptile,
00:34:54.10\00:34:56.71
and then a bird,
and then a mammal,
00:34:56.74\00:34:58.82
and boom you and I popped
out. You see how different
00:34:58.85\00:35:02.78
these processes are?
Yes or no. And friends
00:35:02.81\00:35:05.40
if we tell our kids
and we tell the world
00:35:05.43\00:35:07.78
and we ourselves
believe that we are just
00:35:07.81\00:35:10.54
the byproducts of
some evolutionary process,
00:35:10.57\00:35:13.52
some mistake on the
ladder, then it's going to stand
00:35:13.55\00:35:17.84
a reason friends that
we're going to do all kinds
00:35:17.87\00:35:20.54
of debouched, depraved, and
sinful things mainly adultery
00:35:20.57\00:35:24.65
and then we'll justify it by
saying well it's in my genes.
00:35:24.68\00:35:28.28
Evolution has
hard wired me this way,
00:35:28.31\00:35:30.39
yet the Bible
says in clear language,
00:35:31.49\00:35:33.52
in the Ten Commandments,
I quote for you the
00:35:33.55\00:35:35.69
Seventh Commandment.
Thou shalt not commit what?
00:35:35.72\00:35:40.28
Adultery. Adultery. Are
you seeing how these two
00:35:40.31\00:35:43.53
world views are at odds?
Do you see that, yes or no?
00:35:43.56\00:35:45.98
That's the whole
point tonight friends.
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.96
That you can see that it's
not well a little here and a
00:35:48.66\00:35:51.17
little here, we'll
mix it all together and
00:35:51.20\00:35:53.17
we'll bake the cake. No,
no, no, it's one or the other.
00:35:53.20\00:35:56.66
That's right. Now you
say why I'm still not clear
00:35:58.58\00:35:59.73
why could not God have
created through long ages
00:35:59.76\00:36:02.74
and there many good Christian
folk that hold to this view,
00:36:02.77\00:36:05.63
I'm going to do my best
tonight to show you that, that
00:36:05.66\00:36:07.31
is a ridiculous
preposition and not only that,
00:36:07.34\00:36:09.52
that it will totally
undermine and undercut
00:36:09.55\00:36:12.42
the very picture that
we have of a loving God.
00:36:12.45\00:36:15.29
Let us continue here,
notice this remarkable
00:36:16.97\00:36:19.05
statement of Dr. Henry
Morris, the respected scientist,
00:36:19.08\00:36:21.61
untold damage has been wrought,
00:36:21.64\00:36:23.85
especially during the
past century by this dismal
00:36:23.88\00:36:26.36
doctrine that man is merely an,
00:36:26.39\00:36:29.48
what are the next
two words? Evolved.
00:36:29.51\00:36:31.32
An evolved animal. Friends,
if man is just an evolved
00:36:31.35\00:36:34.82
animal, do you see how
that would inform the psyche
00:36:34.85\00:36:37.29
of our children, yes
or no? I mean they'll look
00:36:37.32\00:36:39.61
at the way that their
dog behaves and say hey,
00:36:39.64\00:36:41.34
if I am just one of
those. Notice as the statement
00:36:41.37\00:36:44.61
continues, racism,
economic imperialism,
00:36:44.64\00:36:47.61
notice this friends,
communism, Nazism, sexual
00:36:47.64\00:36:50.62
promiscuity and perversions,
aggressive militarism,
00:36:50.65\00:36:53.04
infanticide, genocide,
and all sorts of evils have
00:36:53.07\00:36:55.98
been vigorously
promoted by one group or another
00:36:56.01\00:36:58.13
on the grounds that
since they were based on
00:36:58.16\00:37:00.90
evolution, they
were scientific and,
00:37:00.93\00:37:03.52
therefore, bound to prove
beneficial in the long run.
00:37:03.55\00:37:06.37
Amen. Friends did you,
did you read the list there?
00:37:08.06\00:37:10.27
Communism, Nazism,
aggressive militarism,
00:37:11.26\00:37:13.96
infanticide,
genocide, all being promoted
00:37:13.99\00:37:16.95
in the name of
evolution. Now friends,
00:37:16.98\00:37:20.85
I want to try and
unpack the significance for you
00:37:20.88\00:37:23.10
of this as we
continue, now note this.
00:37:23.13\00:37:25.25
Note this with
here, with me here,
00:37:27.67\00:37:28.88
there are four reasons
that I do not accept the
00:37:28.91\00:37:31.63
truthfulness of evolution.
I find evolution to be
00:37:31.66\00:37:34.82
inadequate for four
reasons; number one,
00:37:34.85\00:37:37.10
evolution is not
theologically sound.
00:37:37.73\00:37:39.64
We're going to talk
more about that this evening.
00:37:39.67\00:37:41.22
Number two, evolution is
not even scientifically sound,
00:37:41.91\00:37:45.08
it's being promoted as science,
00:37:45.11\00:37:47.06
but it is not science,
it is a theory and more than
00:37:47.09\00:37:50.43
that it is a
philosophy of naturalism.
00:37:50.46\00:37:52.72
Number one, not
theologically sound, number two,
00:37:52.75\00:37:55.00
not scientifically
sound, number three,
00:37:55.03\00:37:56.75
it's not geologically
sound. Some of Darwin's greatest
00:37:56.78\00:38:01.41
critics friends
were not the clergy,
00:38:01.44\00:38:03.25
some of Darwin's most
vociferous critics were
00:38:04.18\00:38:06.91
not the ministers and
the clergy in those days,
00:38:06.94\00:38:09.32
it was the geologists
who said wait a minute
00:38:09.35\00:38:11.98
Darwin what we find in
the fossil record doesn't
00:38:12.01\00:38:14.54
square with what
you're saying we should find.
00:38:14.57\00:38:17.08
And friends since
Darwin published his seminar
00:38:18.36\00:38:21.17
work there in 1859,
the origin of species,
00:38:21.20\00:38:23.67
the fossil record has only
gotten worse for Mr. Darwin,
00:38:23.70\00:38:26.40
not one bit better.
By the way I could quote,
00:38:26.43\00:38:29.61
I could quote at
length evolution,
00:38:29.64\00:38:32.30
evolutionary
geologists, that is geologists
00:38:32.33\00:38:34.73
who are committed to
evolution who say you know
00:38:34.76\00:38:36.61
we're just not
finding what you would think
00:38:36.64\00:38:38.45
we would find on the
Darwinian model in the
00:38:38.48\00:38:41.03
evolutionary record, we
don't find lots of transitional
00:38:41.06\00:38:43.66
forms, we don't find
this gradual increase
00:38:43.69\00:38:46.51
from complexity or from
no complexity to complexity,
00:38:46.54\00:38:49.64
we find boom, instantaneous
existence of organisms,
00:38:49.67\00:38:53.45
this is what is called
the Cambrian explosion,
00:38:53.48\00:38:55.43
where they go
down, they go down,
00:38:55.46\00:38:56.45
they go down the
geological column and just out
00:38:56.48\00:38:58.74
of nowhere? Here is
all this life in the bottom
00:38:58.77\00:39:01.06
most layer of the
geological column,
00:39:01.09\00:39:02.56
nothing preceding
it, it just boom explodes
00:39:02.59\00:39:06.39
on to the scene.
This is antithetical
00:39:06.42\00:39:08.75
with what Darwin
would have predicted
00:39:08.78\00:39:10.43
and then we don't
find these sort of you know
00:39:10.46\00:39:12.33
half bird, half
reptile sort of creatures.
00:39:12.36\00:39:15.30
We find stasis, what
word did I say? Stasis,
00:39:15.33\00:39:19.10
where kinds in
the geological column
00:39:19.13\00:39:21.63
are just like the
kinds we find today,
00:39:21.66\00:39:23.35
sure there are
variations, but we can put them
00:39:23.38\00:39:25.92
into
compartments, into genealogical
00:39:25.95\00:39:28.35
compartments and they
are not these transitional
00:39:28.38\00:39:30.12
forms. And so even
in Darwin's day he began
00:39:30.15\00:39:33.15
to scratch his head
and say, well you know
00:39:33.18\00:39:34.93
when more of the
geological record is uncovered
00:39:34.96\00:39:37.49
then we'll see that it
will support my theory,
00:39:37.52\00:39:39.71
but friends over the
last 150 years the geological
00:39:39.74\00:39:42.58
column has not gotten
kinder to Darwin it has
00:39:42.61\00:39:45.25
actually become even
more difficult for his theory
00:39:45.28\00:39:48.43
to try and explain away.
So, it is not geologically
00:39:48.46\00:39:51.24
sound, number three,
number four it is also not
00:39:51.27\00:39:54.04
philosophically sound
and I wish I had time to
00:39:54.07\00:39:56.10
go into that and we may
spend a little more time
00:39:56.13\00:39:58.26
on this tomorrow evening,
but those are the four reasons
00:39:58.29\00:40:00.11
that I reject evolution.
It is not theologically
00:40:00.14\00:40:03.21
sound, it is not
scientifically sound,
00:40:03.24\00:40:05.31
it is not geologically sound
and it is not philosophically
00:40:05.34\00:40:08.42
sound. Let's talk
about number one there,
00:40:08.45\00:40:09.98
It's not theologically
sound. The Biblical account
00:40:10.01\00:40:14.13
of origins and
evolutionary account of origins
00:40:14.16\00:40:17.33
are mutually
exclusive in their claims.
00:40:17.36\00:40:19.79
They cannot both be
true, if that makes sense,
00:40:19.82\00:40:23.19
say Amen. Amen.
00:40:23.22\00:40:24.33
It's a piece of cake to
understand this friends.
00:40:24.36\00:40:26.50
Now, there are some
people with, with high degrees
00:40:26.53\00:40:29.19
and, and elevated degrees
that will try to tell you
00:40:29.22\00:40:31.94
that the two can be
harmonized, but just remember
00:40:31.97\00:40:34.47
that theistic
evolution or God supervised
00:40:34.50\00:40:37.91
evolution is a
squircle. The whole definition
00:40:37.94\00:40:41.22
of evolution is that it is
impersonal and unsupervised
00:40:41.25\00:40:44.58
and to say that a
personal God supervised
00:40:44.61\00:40:46.93
an impersonal
unsupervised process is a
00:40:46.96\00:40:49.53
non-meaningful statement.
Are you with me, yes or no?
00:40:49.56\00:40:51.77
Amen. What's the picture
that we have of evolution?
00:40:51.80\00:40:54.01
The picture that we have
of evolution is unicellular
00:40:55.10\00:40:57.14
organisms eventually
increasing in complexity
00:40:57.17\00:40:59.64
and a little more change,
and a little more change,
00:40:59.67\00:41:01.48
and a little more
change, boom a frog.
00:41:01.51\00:41:03.03
And then a little more,
little more, little more,
00:41:03.06\00:41:04.82
boom a reptile, boom. You
see, that's the process of
00:41:04.85\00:41:07.37
evolution, but the
picture that we have of the
00:41:07.40\00:41:09.39
created order and of the
created origins in the Bible
00:41:09.42\00:41:11.43
is instantaneous,
immediate God spoke
00:41:11.46\00:41:14.31
and it was done. Amen.
Do you see that these two
00:41:14.34\00:41:17.81
are not easily harmonized?
I would go so far as to say,
00:41:17.84\00:41:21.74
they're not only,
not easily harmonized,
00:41:21.77\00:41:23.21
they're just not
harmonizable, they cannot
00:41:23.24\00:41:25.41
both be true. Untold
damage has been wrought
00:41:25.44\00:41:29.67
especially during the
past, that's we have already
00:41:29.70\00:41:31.76
gone over that will.
You have to give me the
00:41:31.79\00:41:33.30
next one, we've been over
this. The biblical account
00:41:33.33\00:41:38.97
okay, great. Now, I need
the next one, there we go.
00:41:39.00\00:41:41.65
Some liberal and creative
Bible scholars have sought
00:41:41.68\00:41:45.05
to harmonize evolutionary
theory with Biblical model.
00:41:45.08\00:41:48.93
Their efforts have proved
unimpressive and strained.
00:41:49.57\00:41:52.09
Now, let me tell you
why? What some scholars
00:41:52.97\00:41:55.52
are trying to do is, in
order to retain what they call
00:41:55.55\00:41:58.83
the relevance of the
Bible. After all we don't wanna
00:41:58.86\00:42:01.97
live in the dark ages they say.
00:42:02.00\00:42:03.42
The Bible must remain relevant.
00:42:03.45\00:42:05.36
And the only way to make
it relevant is to incorporate
00:42:05.39\00:42:08.81
and inculcate the
scientific model into what the
00:42:08.84\00:42:13.30
Bible teaches. Now,
let me say something here.
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.64
All true signs will
uphold and affirm what the Bible
00:42:16.36\00:42:19.57
teach, amen, amen. And
by the way just a survey,
00:42:19.60\00:42:22.89
a quick survey of the
great scientists of old will
00:42:22.92\00:42:26.28
utterly affirm that
most of them were committed
00:42:26.31\00:42:29.74
Bible believing Christians.
Let me just give you a
00:42:29.77\00:42:32.30
few names, you tell me if
you've ever heard this men.
00:42:32.33\00:42:34.17
Isaac Newton, amen, ever
heard of that name? Friends,
00:42:35.01\00:42:38.25
the whole concept of
modern physics is based on,
00:42:38.71\00:42:41.93
on Newtonian physics.
And he, he not only was very
00:42:41.96\00:42:46.17
Well known and
renowned as a scholar in,
00:42:46.20\00:42:49.21
in the area of
physics and the sciences.
00:42:49.24\00:42:51.00
He wrote a commentary
on the Book of Daniel.
00:42:51.03\00:42:53.52
Did you know that? He
was, he wrote one of the most
00:42:54.42\00:42:57.22
respected in his day
commentaries on the Book
00:42:57.25\00:43:00.32
of Daniel. He was a
theologian and a scientist.
00:43:00.35\00:43:02.73
So, for Isaac Newton,
there was no you know,
00:43:02.76\00:43:04.79
irreconcilable difference
between his commitment
00:43:04.82\00:43:07.01
to God and his
commitment to science,
00:43:07.04\00:43:08.69
because he understood
that the God of the Bible,
00:43:09.23\00:43:11.16
the God of
Revelation was also the God of
00:43:11.19\00:43:13.29
nature and of science. Amen.
00:43:13.32\00:43:15.11
People like Johannes
Kepler or Lord Kelvin and
00:43:16.22\00:43:20.75
Johannes Kepler and
James Clerk Maxwell;
00:43:20.78\00:43:23.09
I mean these are the
great names in science.
00:43:23.12\00:43:25.68
And most of them were
Bible believing Christians.
00:43:25.71\00:43:27.98
Amen. Incredible, so
this idea that there is a
00:43:28.01\00:43:32.78
dichotomy or a
paradox between Christianity,
00:43:32.81\00:43:35.67
Bible believing
Christianity, what some people
00:43:35.70\00:43:38.59
would try to marginalize
and call fundamentalism.
00:43:38.62\00:43:41.09
That there is a paradox
between that a contrast,
00:43:42.83\00:43:45.25
an irreconcilable
difference between that
00:43:45.28\00:43:47.27
and what the Bible
teaches. No, no, no friends,
00:43:47.30\00:43:49.77
science and the Bible
will be harmonious because
00:43:50.41\00:43:52.99
the God of science is
the God of the Bible. Amen.
00:43:53.02\00:43:56.16
Now, let's talk here
about why I believe that,
00:43:57.58\00:44:01.33
that there are
theological obstacles.
00:44:01.36\00:44:03.85
Why it is
impossible to harmonize the,
00:44:03.88\00:44:07.09
the Biblical record
with evolutionary long ages.
00:44:07.12\00:44:09.68
Lets take number one,
there are no long ages
00:44:09.71\00:44:12.89
in Genesis 1 and 2. Let's
just go quickly to Genesis
00:44:12.92\00:44:17.08
chapter 1 and let us
note a phrase that occurs
00:44:17.11\00:44:20.65
numerous times in the
First Book of the Bible.
00:44:20.68\00:44:23.43
Genesis chapter 1, I'm in
verse 5. Genesis chapter 1
00:44:23.46\00:44:28.96
and verse 5, And God
called the light day and the
00:44:28.99\00:44:31.73
darkness he called
night. So, the evening
00:44:31.76\00:44:34.22
and the morning,
were the what? First,
00:44:34.25\00:44:37.18
what's that word? Day.
00:44:37.21\00:44:39.55
Day, the first day.
And notice also in verse 8.
00:44:39.58\00:44:41.97
And God called
the firmament heaven,
00:44:42.00\00:44:43.59
so the evening and
the morning were the?
00:44:43.62\00:44:45.54
Second. Second
day, verse 13. So,
00:44:46.68\00:44:48.31
the evening and the
morning were the third day.
00:44:48.34\00:44:50.61
Verse 19, so, the
evening and the morning were
00:44:50.64\00:44:52.61
the fourth day. All the
way of through, the sixth day.
00:44:52.64\00:44:54.60
Now, the word that is
translated day here in
00:44:55.77\00:44:58.08
the Hebrew was the
word Yom, YOM, Yom and it
00:44:58.11\00:45:02.27
is very much
like our own word day.
00:45:02.30\00:45:04.60
Now, listen very carefully.
I'll do my best to explain
00:45:05.45\00:45:07.20
this as quickly as I
can. The English word day
00:45:07.23\00:45:10.00
can have three
meanings, three meanings.
00:45:10.03\00:45:13.63
Number one, it can
mean a 24 hour period.
00:45:13.66\00:45:16.55
Number two, it can mean
the lighter part of the day,
00:45:16.58\00:45:19.32
a 12 hour period. And it
also can mean an indefinite
00:45:19.35\00:45:23.32
period of time. Let me
give you some examples,
00:45:23.35\00:45:25.66
if I say, I was there for
three days, which definition
00:45:25.69\00:45:30.60
applies there? Is
that the 12 hour period,
00:45:30.63\00:45:33.53
the 24 hour period
or the indefinite time.
00:45:33.56\00:45:35.40
24 hour period.
That's the 24 hour, isn't it?
00:45:36.76\00:45:37.87
I was there for three
days. Now if I said, we spend
00:45:37.90\00:45:41.20
all day at the beach,
which definition there?
00:45:41.23\00:45:44.16
The 12 hour put day
or at least the lighter
00:45:44.19\00:45:47.25
part of the day. Now, if
I said, today is the dawn
00:45:47.28\00:45:50.76
of a new day for this
nation. What am I saying now?
00:45:50.79\00:45:54.41
Indefinite. Indefinite
period, or if I say today
00:45:55.29\00:45:56.54
is the day of reckoning.
Do I mean today is the
00:45:56.57\00:45:59.41
24 hour period of
reckoning. What am I saying?
00:45:59.44\00:46:01.99
Its the period of
reckoning. In other words,
00:46:03.21\00:46:05.24
it means an indefinite
time period. Are you with me
00:46:05.84\00:46:08.63
now, yes or no? Amen.
Now, the Hebrew word Yom
00:46:08.66\00:46:11.08
is almost the same in
its fluidity, it can mean any
00:46:11.11\00:46:14.84
of those three
things, but here is the catch.
00:46:14.87\00:46:16.92
Every time the
Hebrew word Yom is modified
00:46:17.79\00:46:20.91
by a number. By what
word did I say? Number.
00:46:20.94\00:46:24.39
A number just like in the
English language it means a
00:46:24.42\00:46:28.17
24 hour period. Let
me give you an example,
00:46:28.20\00:46:31.60
if I was there for
two days, you know,
00:46:31.63\00:46:34.17
I'm not talking about
an indefinite period, amen.
00:46:34.20\00:46:36.02
Amen. Oh! He was there
for 16 years. No, no, no,
00:46:36.05\00:46:39.51
if I say, I was there
for two days you know,
00:46:39.54\00:46:41.09
you understand I
was there for 48 hours.
00:46:41.12\00:46:42.53
So, to in the Bible says,
the evening and the morning
00:46:42.56\00:46:46.21
were the one Yom. The
evening and the morning
00:46:46.24\00:46:49.21
were the two Yom. The
evening and the morning
00:46:49.24\00:46:51.46
were the three Yom.
Every single time in the
00:46:51.49\00:46:54.90
Old Testament, when
Yom is modified by a number
00:46:54.93\00:46:58.06
and a numeral. It means a
literal 24 hour solar day.
00:46:58.09\00:47:04.05
Amen. Are you with me? Amen.
Friends that's inescapable.
00:47:04.08\00:47:07.03
Now, let me give you
something here that I'm moving
00:47:08.56\00:47:09.94
rapidly, but I hope you
can get your fingers wrapped
00:47:09.97\00:47:11.61
around this. You know
who Martin Luther was, right,
00:47:11.64\00:47:13.53
raise your hands if you
know who Martin Luther was?
00:47:13.56\00:47:15.05
Martin Luther
had a right hand man.
00:47:15.08\00:47:17.11
Does anybody know
what his name was?
00:47:17.14\00:47:18.51
Melancthon. Melancthon,
that's exactly right.
00:47:18.54\00:47:20.55
One of the great
reformers of old,
00:47:20.58\00:47:21.92
a man by the name of Melancthon.
00:47:21.95\00:47:24.20
And listen to what
Melancthon said, carefully.
00:47:24.23\00:47:25.20
Melancthon said the
Bible must first be understood
00:47:25.21\00:47:28.33
grammatically before it can
be understood theologically.
00:47:28.36\00:47:32.37
The Bible must first to
be understood grammatically
00:47:33.96\00:47:36.37
before it can be
understood theologically.
00:47:36.40\00:47:38.54
What does that mean? It
means we must first determine
00:47:38.57\00:47:40.95
what the words
say? Before we decide
00:47:40.98\00:47:43.61
what they mean? Amen. You
understanding? That's right.
00:47:43.64\00:47:46.48
In other words we can't say, Oh!
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.09
I, I believe this
and so about the Bible
00:47:48.12\00:47:49.99
and then force the
Bible into our construct,
00:47:50.02\00:47:52.68
force the Bible into
saying what we want it to say?
00:47:52.71\00:47:55.23
We must first say,
well, what do the words say?
00:47:55.77\00:47:57.14
And then when we determined
what the words actually
00:47:57.75\00:47:59.28
say only then can we
say what do the words mean.
00:47:59.31\00:48:03.56
Amen. You
understand the difference,
00:48:04.19\00:48:05.16
yes or no? Amen. So,
let's ask the question
00:48:05.17\00:48:06.44
Genesis 1 & 2,
what did the words say?
00:48:06.47\00:48:08.15
The evening and the
morning were the first 24 hour
00:48:08.96\00:48:11.20
period. The evening and
the morning were the second
00:48:11.23\00:48:13.38
24-hour period. Read
Genesis 1, read Genesis 2.
00:48:13.41\00:48:17.56
And ask yourself, is
there any place in here for
00:48:17.59\00:48:20.32
4.5 billion years.
Friends, what is happening is,
00:48:20.35\00:48:25.25
is that evolutionary
scientists are trusting
00:48:25.28\00:48:28.82
their interpretation
into the Biblical record,
00:48:28.85\00:48:31.78
but if we allow the Bible
to be the arbiter of science
00:48:31.81\00:48:34.26
and if we allow the
Bible to stand on its own,
00:48:34.29\00:48:36.86
you cannot get those
long ages in the Book
00:48:36.89\00:48:39.20
of Genesis.
Amen. Amen. Amen. Now,
00:48:39.23\00:48:42.50
what about in the
rest of the Bible.
00:48:43.35\00:48:45.29
The answer is no. In
the Old Testament and in the
00:48:45.85\00:48:48.26
New Testament, you will
search in vain for millions
00:48:48.29\00:48:51.61
and multiplied billions
of years. They simply are not
00:48:51.64\00:48:54.95
there. Number three,
this would undermine the
00:48:54.98\00:48:59.26
Seventh-Day Sabbath.
Now, I wonder about that
00:48:59.29\00:49:02.08
Seventh-Day Sabbath.
Let's go to Exodus chapter 20.
00:49:02.11\00:49:04.72
That's where we find the
codification, that is to say,
00:49:06.95\00:49:10.25
when God codified
the law on the Mount
00:49:10.28\00:49:12.46
Sinai Pinnacle. In
Exodus chapter 20 beginning
00:49:12.49\00:49:15.64
in verse 8, he gave
his commandment concerning
00:49:15.67\00:49:18.66
the Sabbath. I'm
in Exodus chapter 20
00:49:18.69\00:49:20.58
and I'm beginning in
verse 8. What verse am I in?
00:49:20.61\00:49:22.03
Verse 8, he says,
remember the Sabbath-Day.
00:49:22.06\00:49:26.15
Now, why does he
say remember friends?
00:49:26.18\00:49:27.65
The reason he says
remember is because he had
00:49:27.68\00:49:30.65
already given them
the Sabbath and where
00:49:30.68\00:49:32.40
it was that? Where
it was that in creation?
00:49:32.43\00:49:35.61
That's exactly right,
because created in how many
00:49:35.64\00:49:37.44
days? Six and then
rested on the Seventh. And
00:49:37.47\00:49:41.00
the Bible says, he
blessed that day and he hallowed
00:49:41.03\00:49:42.84
that day, he
sanctified it. Now notice this,
00:49:42.87\00:49:45.55
Exodus chapter 20 and verse 8.
00:49:46.60\00:49:47.57
Remember the
Sabbath-Day to keep it holy.
00:49:47.60\00:49:49.27
It doesn't say to make
it holy, it already was holy
00:49:49.30\00:49:51.82
and he says; now you
just keep it that way,
00:49:51.85\00:49:53.52
amen. Amen. Verse 9, six
days you shall work and do
00:49:54.20\00:49:58.06
all your, six days shall
you labor and do all your work.
00:49:58.09\00:50:00.77
But the Seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord
00:50:00.80\00:50:02.39
your God. In it
you shall do no work.
00:50:02.42\00:50:03.99
You nor your son nor
your daughter, nor your male
00:50:04.02\00:50:06.73
servant, nor
your female servant,
00:50:06.76\00:50:08.04
nor your cattle
nor your stranger,
00:50:08.07\00:50:09.20
who is within your gates,
why? What's the big deal God?
00:50:09.23\00:50:11.06
Verse 11, for,
what's that word. For. For.
00:50:11.09\00:50:14.81
What does the word
mean? Because, because
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.64
in six days the Lord
the made the heavens and
00:50:16.67\00:50:19.31
the earth, the sea,
and all that is in them
00:50:19.34\00:50:20.84
and rested the Seventh
Day therefore and remember
00:50:20.87\00:50:24.29
when you see the word
therefore, ask yourselves
00:50:24.32\00:50:26.21
what it's therefore. Therefore,
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the Lord blessed the
Sabbath-Day and hallowed it.
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Now, why did God
bless the Sabbath-day and
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hallowed it? Why did he
ask us, ask us to keep it?
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Because he worked
for six days and rested
00:50:38.48\00:50:41.72
on the seventh. And he says,
on the basis of my example,
00:50:41.75\00:50:45.36
on my what
everyone? Example. Example,
00:50:45.39\00:50:47.59
you do the same. Now, can
you imagine how ridiculous
00:50:47.62\00:50:51.89
it would sound for
God to say? Keep the
00:50:51.92\00:50:54.35
Seventh-Day Sabbath
because, six days and resting
00:50:54.38\00:50:58.28
on the seventh, but I
really created through
00:50:58.31\00:51:00.57
millions and
multiplied billions of years.
00:51:00.60\00:51:02.31
Does that make any
sense? No. Not only does it not
00:51:03.30\00:51:05.65
make any sense
friends, listen carefully,
00:51:05.68\00:51:07.01
it makes God out to be
a liar. See, now you have
00:51:07.04\00:51:10.82
a lying God on top of
Mount Sinai, who says,
00:51:10.85\00:51:13.64
I want you to keep
the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
00:51:13.67\00:51:15.85
I want you to work six
and rest the seventh because
00:51:15.88\00:51:18.06
I created in six and
rested on the Seventh,
00:51:18.09\00:51:19.76
but friends if what some
of these liberal theologians
00:51:19.79\00:51:22.46
are telling, telling us
is true that really Genesis
00:51:22.49\00:51:24.71
has millions and
millions of years.
00:51:24.74\00:51:26.48
Then God on top of Mount
Sinai is a liar and not only
00:51:26.95\00:51:29.78
is he a liar, he is
not as smart as modern day
00:51:29.81\00:51:31.96
theologians. You
understanding now, yes or no?
00:51:31.99\00:51:35.55
Yes. So, friends
number three, it undermines
00:51:35.58\00:51:38.41
the Seventh-Day
Sabbath. Number four;
00:51:38.44\00:51:40.09
this is the nail in the
coffin for people who believe
00:51:40.12\00:51:43.25
that Jesus Christ
was the Son of God.
00:51:43.28\00:51:45.33
How many people here
who believe that Jesus
00:51:45.36\00:51:46.82
was the Son of God? If
you believe that friends
00:51:46.85\00:51:49.38
then this boom puts
the nail in the coffin for
00:51:49.41\00:51:52.31
evolutionary theory
being harmonized with what
00:51:52.34\00:51:54.43
the Bible teaches.
Go with me to Matthew
00:51:54.46\00:51:56.59
chapter 19 and I'll
explain. Matthew chapter 19,
00:51:56.62\00:52:00.14
the first book of
the New Testament.
00:52:00.17\00:52:02.75
Matthew, what
chapter are we going to? 19.
00:52:04.37\00:52:06.47
19, Jesus is speaking
and notice what he says
00:52:06.87\00:52:10.76
in Matthew chapter
19. Beginning in verse 4,
00:52:10.79\00:52:13.46
the Pharisees have
asked a question in verse 3.
00:52:16.45\00:52:17.78
The Pharisees also came
to him testing him and said
00:52:17.81\00:52:19.92
to him, is it lawful for
a man to divorce his wife
00:52:19.95\00:52:22.41
for just any
reason. Now notice verse 4.
00:52:22.44\00:52:24.22
And he answered
and said to them.
00:52:25.11\00:52:26.08
Have you not read that
he who made them at the
00:52:26.11\00:52:28.27
beginning, made them
male and female. Made them,
00:52:28.30\00:52:31.89
what everyone? Male and female.
00:52:31.92\00:52:33.89
Male and female verse
5, and said for this reason
00:52:33.92\00:52:36.01
a man shall leave his
father and mother and the two,
00:52:36.04\00:52:38.14
and shall be joined to
his wife and the two shall
00:52:38.17\00:52:40.98
become one flesh. So,
then they are no longer two,
00:52:41.01\00:52:43.42
but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined
00:52:43.45\00:52:46.41
together let not man separate.
00:52:46.44\00:52:47.94
Question for you?
Where is Jesus quoting from?
00:52:47.97\00:52:51.01
Is any of that
language sound familiar,
00:52:53.15\00:52:54.61
therefore shall a man leave
his, does that sound familiar?
00:52:54.64\00:52:57.10
He is quoting
from Genesis 2 friends.
00:52:58.74\00:53:00.06
And notice what he
says there in verse 4.
00:53:01.00\00:53:02.23
He says, that he
made them in the beginning
00:53:03.00\00:53:05.13
made them unicellular
amoebas. No. What did he make
00:53:05.16\00:53:11.08
them? Male and
female. Male and female,
00:53:11.11\00:53:12.91
do you know what
you have here friends;
00:53:13.76\00:53:14.83
you have Jesus endorsing
the Mosiac account of creation.
00:53:14.86\00:53:21.30
Amen, amen. So, if we
were to ask Jesus and say,
00:53:21.33\00:53:23.93
Jesus what do think about
Moses account of creation?
00:53:23.96\00:53:26.38
Did God create through
multiplied millions of years?
00:53:26.41\00:53:28.81
He would say, let me
tell you what I believe.
00:53:28.84\00:53:30.32
In the beginning God
made them male and female
00:53:30.35\00:53:34.04
and they performed
a marriage ceremony.
00:53:34.07\00:53:36.17
Friends, you're not
marrying amoebas, amen. Amen.
00:53:36.66\00:53:39.50
There is no commitment
there. We could go to Peter
00:53:39.53\00:53:43.47
and we could show
that Peter affirmed Moses
00:53:43.50\00:53:46.68
writing in terms
of the creation story.
00:53:46.71\00:53:49.38
Paul affirmed Moses
writing in terms of the
00:53:49.41\00:53:51.95
creation story. The New
Testament is the divinely
00:53:51.98\00:53:54.93
inspired commentary
on the Old Testament.
00:53:54.96\00:53:57.96
Let me say that
again. The New Testament
00:53:58.94\00:54:01.29
is the divinely
inspired commentary on the
00:54:01.32\00:54:04.69
Old Testament. Amen.
Have you understand that,
00:54:04.72\00:54:06.79
say amen. Amen, amen.
Now, listen how did Jesus
00:54:06.82\00:54:09.93
understand the Old Testament. He
00:54:09.96\00:54:11.50
affirmed the creation
story How did Paul understand
00:54:11.53\00:54:14.09
the Old Testament? He
affirmed the creation story.
00:54:14.12\00:54:16.66
How did Peter
understand the Old Testament?
00:54:16.69\00:54:18.72
He affirmed the
creation story of Moses.
00:54:18.75\00:54:21.64
So, you know,
what you have friends.
00:54:21.94\00:54:22.96
When you have liberal
Christians and liberal
00:54:23.31\00:54:25.32
theologians say, well
you know, Moses really meant
00:54:25.35\00:54:28.22
long ages of time,
what they're saying is?
00:54:28.25\00:54:30.48
They're smarter than
Jesus. They're smarter than
00:54:30.51\00:54:32.59
Paul. They're smarter
than Peter, and they understand
00:54:32.62\00:54:34.94
the Bible better
than them. You comfortable
00:54:34.97\00:54:37.23
with that? No. Friends, if
it's good enough for Jesus,
00:54:37.26\00:54:39.81
it's good enough for me.
That's right. Amen. Amen.
00:54:39.84\00:54:41.68
And number five
friends, it turns our loving God
00:54:42.39\00:54:44.58
into a killer. Think
about this for just a moment.
00:54:44.61\00:54:48.12
My Bible teaches that
the wages of sin is what?
00:54:48.90\00:54:52.35
Death. But in evolutionary,
in the evolutionary
00:54:52.38\00:54:54.46
world view, in the
evolutionary context,
00:54:54.49\00:54:58.16
sin does not result or
death doesn't result from sin.
00:54:59.00\00:55:02.93
Death is taking place
for millions and millions
00:55:03.93\00:55:06.26
and millions and
millions and millions of years
00:55:06.51\00:55:07.72
working up gradually building,
building, building, toward,
00:55:07.75\00:55:11.49
towards Eden and
then God has Adam and Eve
00:55:11.52\00:55:14.04
in Eden as the perfect
couple in perfect communion
00:55:14.07\00:55:17.04
with a perfect God.
Yet, there have been ions
00:55:17.07\00:55:19.32
and multiplied
billions of years before that,
00:55:19.35\00:55:21.82
all death and disease
and predation and parasitism
00:55:21.85\00:55:25.45
working up to God's
perfect creation in Eden.
00:55:25.48\00:55:28.23
No way. Friends, the
wages of sin is what? Death.
00:55:29.15\00:55:31.81
Death, but if you
believe in evolution that it can
00:55:31.84\00:55:33.80
be harmonize with the Bible,
you have death before sin.
00:55:33.83\00:55:36.27
And friends the whole atonement,
00:55:38.61\00:55:39.93
Jesus dying on the cross
for my sins and your sins.
00:55:40.71\00:55:42.82
The entire idea of the
atonement is predicated
00:55:43.41\00:55:46.62
on the idea that the
wages of sin is death.
00:55:47.25\00:55:51.20
And Jesus came to set us
free from the wages of sin.
00:55:51.67\00:55:54.81
Amen. Amen. Jesus
came to set us free.
00:55:54.84\00:55:58.09
And friends, as
you look at the cross,
00:55:59.07\00:56:00.57
you see there a God, who
died to set you free from
00:56:01.47\00:56:05.00
the wages of sin, which
is death. If death preceded
00:56:05.03\00:56:08.88
Adam and Eve friends
there, there is no meaning
00:56:08.91\00:56:10.72
to the cross. The cross
is a meaningless gesture.
00:56:10.75\00:56:14.88
Friends, I have given
you many reasons tonight
00:56:16.28\00:56:17.83
to believe that evolution
is not theologically sound.
00:56:17.86\00:56:20.84
My first question for you
tonight is has this message
00:56:20.87\00:56:23.09
made sense, yes or no?
Amen. My second question
00:56:23.12\00:56:25.87
is how many of you
want to receive God as your
00:56:27.19\00:56:29.19
Creator and Redeemer?
00:56:29.22\00:56:30.46