Good evening ladies and
gentleman and welcome to
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another exciting
edition of the Eleventh Hour
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Evidence coming to you
live from, you know where,
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Battle Creek, Michigan.
We are beaming right now
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all around the globe
and you are part of the
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audience. So, pull up
your chair and get ready for
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what's coming. Pastor
Asscherick is loading up
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even as we speak,
but before allowed him to
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unload on this
congregation and unload
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on those out there
who are watching we have
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Buddy Houghtaling
standing by with a very special
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song. What is the
song tonight Buddy?
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Tonight the song is
called He and it will be sung
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by Dan Grentz and
I'll help him a little bit.
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Amen, take it away, Dan Grentz
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and Buddy Houghtaling.
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He can turn the tides
And calm the angry sea.
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He alone decides
Who writes a symphony.
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He lights ev'ry star
That makes our darkness
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bright. He keeps watch
all through Each long and
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lonely night. He
still finds the time
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To hear a child's
first prayer. Saint or sinner
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call And always find Him there.
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Though it makes him
sad To see the way we live,
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He'll always say, "I forgive."
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He can grant a wish Or
make a dream come true.
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He can paint the clouds
And turn the gray to blue.
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He can touch a tree
And turn the leaves to
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gold. He knows every lie
That you and I have told.
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He still finds the
time To hear a child's first
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prayer. Saint or
sinner call And always find
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Him there.
Though it makes him sad
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To see the way we
live, He'll always say,
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"I forgive." Amen. You know,
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I need to get some
forgiveness right now.
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Yeah, come over. I'm
going to hug this guy.
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I love you Dan. I'm
sorry. I forgot to say your name
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at the beginning of the
program. This is not the
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invisible man. This is
Dan Grentz. So, we are talking
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about, here we appreciate
you brother. Well tonight
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we have a wonderful
message, we're gonna
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continue the second part
of David's last meetings,
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and I'm not gonna tell
you what that was because I
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want to introduce this
in a slightly different
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manner. Before we get
into that, I want to tell
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you little bit about
he Urbandale Seventh-Day
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Adventist Church and
people out there have been
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are asking how did
you come to be in the
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Church here in Urbandale.
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And I wanna tell you
that the church congregation
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actually did not build
this place, we just found it.
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It's been here for quite
a long time as it turns out,
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best of our knowledge
it's been blown together by
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years of erosion,
moving sediments, various wind
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forces, and we think the
glaciers had something to
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do with it as well. If
you don't believe a word of
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what I've just said
you're really going to like what
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Pastor Asscherick has
to say about Evolution just
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about now, Pastor Asscherick.
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Amen. Amen the same
thing is true with Jason.
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We think the erosions and
glaciers had something to,
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boom he just
appeared. Good evening everyone.
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Good Evening.
Did you have a nice
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Day today? Amen. Yes.
Good how many of you had
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a Day that on a scale of
1 to 10 was at least a 7?
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At least 7? Least to
7? Good! Any 8's? Any 9's?
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Anybody so bold us to
say there Day was 10? Amen.
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Ah, Amen! There
is a few of you good.
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Well, it's great to be
alive, you know I don't
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like it when I meet
fellow Christians and I say to
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them how are you
doing and they say fine.
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I quick, I'm quick to
remind them that fine is
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a texture. Amen.
Fine is not an attitude,
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it's not a condition
of being a texture, and so
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if I ask a Christian
how he is doing, or how she
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is doing, I would
anticipate an answer
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like this, I'm doing
absolutely wonderful.
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Friends, we have a
savior Amen, Amen, and even if
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you got a flat tire or
if you got fired, or your
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is too big or some
terrible thing happened
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you still have a
savior; Amen? Amen. We have so
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much to be thankful
for and we should strive to
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be the happiest most sun
shinning people we can be.
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Amen? Amen. You know a
good friend of mine his
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name is Denzel, and
when I say hey Denzel how are
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you doing? He says Oh!
Fantastic, but don't worry
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things will get
better. Amen. Amen, Oh! Praise
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the Lord. It's so good to
be alive. I just feel very
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alive right now. Our
message as Jason has said
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is the second part of a
two part series entitled
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Creation: Father God
or Mother Nature, part 2.
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Now originally, I was
kind of contemplating,
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just moving in to
another section, another portion
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of our message, but
I've decided that we need to
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understand a little
better this idea of creation,
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Evolution, and
it's significance and
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particularly how it
reflects on our picture of God.
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And so we are going to
spend some more time on
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that this evening and
I think that you will be
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blessed as we make
a transition from the
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creation, Evolution,
debate and dialogue into the
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book of Revelation
and you will see just how
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potent and how powerful
this is right in the last
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book of the Bible,
the book of Revelation.
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So, let's begin with a
word of prayer and then
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we will dive into
our message proper.
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Father in heaven we
thank you for your kindness
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and for your goodness
to us that we do not yet,
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cannot desire. Father
you have given us a new
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Day of life, you have
woken us up, and Father
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to be alive is so
much better then the
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alternative. Father
everyday with Jesus is 10.
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We've seen those bumper
stickers that say a good
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Day fishing is or a bad
Day fishing is better than
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a good Day of work.
And Father may we always
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remember that a bad Day
with Jesus is better than
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the best Day without
him. Father in heaven give us
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a renewed sense of
Jesus as our creator,
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our redeemer and our
friend, as we open now
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the Holy Bible pleas
come and be with us we
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pray in Jesus name Amen. Amen.
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Now before we dive
right into the message proper
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I don't know if I told
you this are not, but my wife
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is actually in
California right now with my two
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boys Landon and
Jabel and they have been
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faithfully watching
the program night by night,
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and two nights ago they
were watching the program
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and Violetta was saying
to my oldest boy Landon,
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he is almost three
years old, she said do you see
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there is papa, there
is papa and he said mom I
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want to go in there. He
pointed to the television
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he said I wanna go in
there, I wanna to be with
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papa and so mom had
to try and explain to him
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that he can't just go
in there, but I promised
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Violetta that I would
hi to Landon tonight. So,
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I want to say hi
Landon, he is watching right now
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and Violetta said he
will say hi to you, so I
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wanted to be sure and
do that. Our message is
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entitled Creation:
Father God or Mother Nature,
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part 2. Now before
we launch off into new
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material, let's do a little
bit of review. A little bit
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of what everyone?
Review! Review. So, go with
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me to the screen as we
do just a quick amount of
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review before launching
off into the new material.
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Last night, I
mentioned that they were four
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reasons that I'm not
an Evolutionist. We talked
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about the four
inadequacies of Evolution.
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Number 1 that it is
not theologically sound and
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that's what we spent
our time on last evening.
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We looked at
theological obstacles to the
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acceptance into the
harmonization of the
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Biblical account and
the Evolutionary account.
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Now what we're going
to talk about tonight are
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these other three that
is also not scientifically
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sound, neither is it
geologically sound, nor is
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it philosophically
sound. Now we are going to do
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that and as I've
already discussed then we will
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transition into the
book of Revelation, into what
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book everyone?
Revelation! Revelation.
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Now, lets quickly
review the five theological
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obstacles that we looked
at last night, reasons why
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it is unacceptable and
even ridiculous, ludicrous
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to try and harmonize
the concept of Evolution.
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Remember Evolution
by definition is in
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unsupervised
impersonal natural process.
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Those were the
two operative words.
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Unsupervised and
impersonal and to talk
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about a process
that is unsupervised and
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impersonal being
supervised by a personal
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God is talking about
a squaricle, that is a
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square circle, a
non-meaningful sentence
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or a non-meaningful
figure of speech. And so
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we presented five
reasons why it is unacceptable
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and impossible to try to
harmonize the Evolutionary
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account with a
Biblical account. Let's quickly
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review those. Number 1
is that there are no long
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ages in Genesis 1
&2. Let's just talk about
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briefly. If you
remember from yesterday,
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we discussed that
Hebrew word that is translated
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Day, do you remember
what that word was? Yom!
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Yom, that's right
Y-O-M, Y-O-M, the Hebrew word
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Yom and it's very much
like our our word - Day,
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it has a fluidity to it.
You remember I told there
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were three definitions
of the word Day. The word
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Day in the English
language can mean a
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24 hour period. It
can also mean a what?
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A 12 hour period, but
what else can it mean?
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An indefinite period,
that's right. And we can
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always know what we're
talking about through the
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context. For example,
if I said today is the
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dawn of a new Day for
this nation. Which one is
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that? That's an indefinite
period. Isn't it? And if
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I say I spent seven Days
in Hawaii then that means,
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724 hour periods. If I
say I feel like I stood in the
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line all Day today you
would understand that to
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me in the light part of
the Day. So, too with the
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Hebrew word Yom, there
is a degree of fluidity
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there. It's not a
rigid word and in order to
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understand what the
word means in context,
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we must read the words
that surround it. Now when
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we come to Genesis 1&2,
we find in each instance
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that word Yom is
modified by a numeral,
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and modified by what
word? Numeral! A numeral,
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by a number. So, let
says the evening and the
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morning were one Yom,
the evening and the morning
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were one Yom, the
evening and the morning were
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two Yom, three Yom,
four Yom, five Yom and
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by the same token the
word Day in our English
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language when modified
by a number always means
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a literal 24 hours
solar Day, are you with me
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yes or no? Amen. I was
there six Days, you know
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that means six 24 hour
period, it's not 612 hour
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period, 72 hours, it
means a 24 hour period.
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And so when we come
to Genesis 1&2, Moses
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communicates in very
plain language, in the
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Hebrew language that
these were six consecutive,
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six what word did I
say? Consecutive! Consecutive
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solar Days and so you
will search in vain in
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Genesis 1&2 for these
long epochs of time these
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long Eons and eras.
Number two is that, there
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are no long ages anywhere
else in the Bible. You can
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search from Genesis
to Malachi in the Old
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Testament, from
Mathew to Revelation in the
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New Testament, and you
simply will not find any
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place in there, there is
no envelope of opportunity
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to have multiplied
millions and billions of years,
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which means that to try
and harmonize these long
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ages almost eternally
long ages with the Biblical
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record is an exercise
in futility, it is a fool's
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errand. That's
number two. Number three it
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undermines the
significance of the
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Seventh-day Sabbath.
Now let's go quickly to
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Exodus chapter 20, we
were there last night,
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but let's just revisit
it quickly. Exodus is the
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second book of the
Bible, and we're going to Exodus
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chapter 20, Exodus
chapter 20, and I'm beginning
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to read in verse 8. Now
to set the context here,
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this is the codification
or the giving of the law from
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Mount Sinai, from
where everyone? Mount Sinai!
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Mount Sinai;ú you
remember the story,
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Moses is spending 40
Days and 40 nights to top
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Mount Sinai's pinnacle;
he is in a dialogue with
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God, and the climax
of that dialogue the
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consummation of
that dialogue is when God
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actually gives the Ten
Commandments written by
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the finger of God on
tables of stone to Moses.
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Now one of those
Commandments says this,
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beginning in verse
8, "Remember the Sabbath
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Day, to keep it holy.
Note with me that this is the
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only Commandment
that begins with the word
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Remember. The other
Commandments begin very
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differently, in fact 8
of the 10 Commandments are
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thou shalt not, thou
shalt not, thou shalt not, only
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two of the Commandments
are framed in the positive
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and that's number four;
remember the Sabbath Day
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keep it holy and number
five honor thy Father and
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thy mother. Now let
me just give you a quick
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parenthetical remark here.
It is very significant that
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the only two
Commandments that are
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framed in the
positive, not in the negative,
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eight of them are
don't do it, don't do it,
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don't do it, in fact I
say it this way sometimes,
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a corpse can keep eight
of the Ten Commandments.
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Okay, but there are
two Commandments that are
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framed in the
positive, in the positive,
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and remarkably both of
those Commandments have
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to do with our
relationship to our
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creators. The
fourth Commandment is our
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relationship to your
heavenly creator, and the
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fifth Commandment is
our relationship to our
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parents, our
procreators. There is salience
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theological significance
here. Now notice with me
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in verse 8 "Remember
the Sabbath Day, to keep it
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holy. Six Days you
shall labor and do all your
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work, but the seventh
Day is the Sabbath of the
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Lord your God, in it
you shall do no work: you,
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nor your son, nor your
daughter, nor your male
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servant, nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
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Why God? What's the
big deal about this Day?
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Verse 11, for in six
Days the Lord, what's the
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next word? Made,
made the heavens and the
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earth. According to
that first phrase there in
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verse 11, and how
many Days did the Lord make
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the make the
heavens and the earth? Six!
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In six Days. Now notice
this, the sea and all that
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in them is and rest of
the seventh Day. Therefore,
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and remember when you
see the word, therefore
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ask yourself what it's
therefore, therefore it
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says the Lord blessed
the Sabbath Day and hallowed
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it. There can be no
question that what God
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is saying here in
the fourth Commandment is
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that he was our
example in working for six and
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resting on seven and
he now commands us to work
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for six and rest on the
seventh. Now if that makes
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sense say Amen. Amen.
But, can we see that all
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of a sudden, think
about Moses, if Moses actually
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believed that God had
created through long Eons
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and epics, multiplied
millions and billions of
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years. And now here is
that same Moses who wrote
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the book of Genesis
standing at top Mount
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Sinai summit and God
says to him, Moses keep
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the seventh-day Sabbath
because I worked for six
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and rested on the
seventh, yet Moses believes that
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God has created from
millions and millions and
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millions of years,
friends that would make any
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sense. Amen, Amen.
What God said the Moses did
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make sense because
both God and Moses knew that
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the account that Moses
gave in Genesis was choo,
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choo, choo, six
consecutive solar Days
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and he rested on the
seventh Day and only in
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that context is it
meaningful for God to tell
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us, to work for six and
rest on the seventh. Amen,
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Amen. But, if we take
away, the literal six Day
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creation friends, we
do knew the seventh-day
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Sabbath of any meaningful
significance and so that
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was theological
obstacle number 3. Number 4 is
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that the New Testament
writers affirm the creation
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story. The New
Testament writers affirm the
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creation story and
yesterday we looked just
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quickly at Jesus in
Mathew chapter 19, who coded
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directly from Genesis
chapter two and said that
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in the beginning God
made them male and you
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remember what else?
Female! Female. What is
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Jesus doing here?
Jesus is endorsing the Mosaic
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account of creation.
Jesus didn't believe that
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we were unicellular
organisms that became
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increasingly complex
and became multicellular
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organisms through
a process of gradual
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Micro evolutionary
changes. Jesus affirmed
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right in the beginning
male and female, and then
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he affirmed the
marriage covenant as the
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consummate
relationship between a man and a
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woman. Can you say
Amen? Amen. Now if we
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are going to try to
say that what Moses meant
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was long Eons of time
then what we're in affect
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saying is we understand
what Moses wrote better
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than Jesus understood.
And we understood what
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Moses wrote better
than Paul who affirmed the
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creation account and
Peter who affirmed the
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creation account. Never
forget this friends, the
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New Testament is
the divinely inspired
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commentary on the Old
Testament. Does that make
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sense yes or no? Amen.
One theologian has put it
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this way, the Old
Testament is the New
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Testament concealed
and the New Testament is
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the Old Testament
revealed. It is impossible
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for us to interpret
the Old Testament in a way
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that is different than
Mathew, Mark, Luke, John,
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Jesus, Peter, Paul,
James and Jude did. If that
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makes sense say
Amen, Amen. And then number
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five we, we, well I think
say the best for last year
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and that is, is that if
Evolution is true and God
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chose to create through
the process of Evolution
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and think about that
for just a moment. The whole
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idea of Evolution is
that millions and multiplied
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millions of
generations have come and gone
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passed off the scene
through the process of
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death and suffering
and pain and parasitism.
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You understand
what I mean when I say
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parasitism right?
Parasites leaching off
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of others, predation
that is to say animals killing
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others and ripping their
flesh through these whole
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process God supposedly
was working a loving God.
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The Bible says in first
John 4:8 God is love and
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supposedly we have
this picture of God that he
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created for millions and
billions of years through
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this process of
bloodshed and predation and
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parasitism only to
arrive at a perfect Eden.
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Does that make
sense to you yes or no?
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No. It makes no
sense. And friends what it
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actually does is a
under cuts the very character
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of God and it turns
our loving, benevolent,
00:19:04.72\00:19:07.13
magnanimous God into
a killer friends who has
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actually crated through
bloodshed, through death,
00:19:10.34\00:19:13.08
through parasitism and
predation and I'll just go
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on record to saying
that's not the God I serve.
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Amen. So, friends note
with me there are several
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five theological obstacles
others could be sided and
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this is basically
review. Now with that in mind we
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launch off into new
material. As we suggested
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last night, Christ on
the cross, he is the one that
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gives us the picture
of what God is like. Amen,
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Amen. And friends the
God that we find there on the
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cross is not a God that
revels in bloodshed, pain
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and in predation. Now
let us move to these next
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three obstacles that
affirm the inadequacy of
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Evolution. We are
going to move through them
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quickly and some of this
will be rapid for some of
00:19:50.50\00:19:53.01
you but you just hang on
as best as you can and I'll
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do my best to make it
clear. We're gonna look
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at some scientific
obstacles, some geological
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obstacles, some
philosophical obstacles
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and then we are going to
end up in the Revelation.
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Let's begin by
talking about some scientific
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obstacles to the
acceptance of Evolution.
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It is not scientifically
sound and we're going to
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take each one of these
and talk about them just
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briefly. Number one,
first of all Evolution is
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not science by definition,
it is a theory. It is what
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word did I say? Theory!
Theory, let's spend a few
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moments on this. In
order for science to qualify as
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science that is definitional
science it must meet four
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qualifications. How
many qualifications? Four,
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four recite them with
me. Number one is that it
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must be
demonstrable, it must be what?
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Demonstrable! What
do you think that means?
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Means you can demonstrate
it over and over again,
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take for example
we could do a little
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experiment here with the
dimmer. This is I used to
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call the clicker, but
the people in the 3ABN track
00:20:48.46\00:20:50.38
affirmed, no, no, no
that's not the clicker
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that's the dimmer and
so we will do an experiment
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with the dimmer.
Now we could do a little
00:20:54.13\00:20:56.02
experiment on gravity
and we will start throwing
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this up in the air and
we are going to develop a
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hypothesis that when
things go up they come
00:21:01.39\00:21:03.92
down at least four out
off four times it has come
00:21:04.14\00:21:05.98
back down. Now can I
demonstrate this yes or
00:21:06.17\00:21:09.12
no? Sure and how many
times could I demonstrate
00:21:09.33\00:21:11.70
it? Until my arms got
tired, right? So, we could
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this is beginning to be
beginning of real science
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because it's demonstrable.
Number two, it must be
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observable. It must
be what? Observable,
00:21:20.58\00:21:23.06
observable to talk
about science something that
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can't be observed is a
non-meaningful statement.
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How can we make
any observations about
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something that is
non-observable? And so
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number two, science
must be observable and
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anybody that's taken
a chemistry class or any
00:21:35.76\00:21:37.55
sort of class where you
went into the laboratory
00:21:37.75\00:21:39.50
in high school and or in
college you know that you
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had to observe the
Bunsen burner and to observe
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the little containers
and to observe the chemical
00:21:44.80\00:21:48.19
reactions taking
place and so it must be
00:21:48.29\00:21:50.00
demonstrable, it must
be observable and it must
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be repeatable. Amen,
Amen. If we only have
00:21:52.71\00:21:56.28
the opportunity to throw
this into the air one time
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and that's all we have
we really couldn't develop
00:21:58.85\00:22:00.49
any real hypothesis
about it because it only
00:22:00.62\00:22:02.96
happened once. It
would be an anomaly what
00:22:03.06\00:22:05.78
scientists call a singularity.
In order for science to
00:22:05.93\00:22:08.98
be science we have to
be able to do it over,
00:22:09.02\00:22:10.99
and over, and over,
and again when we begin to
00:22:11.27\00:22:13.69
get consistent
results, we then develop what we
00:22:13.72\00:22:16.01
call the law of science.
Actually scientists don't
00:22:16.18\00:22:18.91
just deal in what
they call laws they deal in
00:22:18.94\00:22:20.46
probabilities. In
what word did I say?
00:22:20.89\00:22:23.17
Probabilities! So,
think about that for just a
00:22:23.44\00:22:25.33
moment. It's demonstrable, it's
00:22:25.37\00:22:26.92
observable, and it's
repeatable and so here
00:22:27.06\00:22:28.77
is our experiment
with the dimmer can we
00:22:30.48\00:22:31.45
demonstrate it yes, can
we observe it we are all
00:22:31.46\00:22:32.57
watching it, can we
repeat it? The answer is
00:22:32.74\00:22:34.42
yes. So, could we
develop a real scientific
00:22:34.61\00:22:37.86
experiment with the
dimmer yes or no? Yeah we
00:22:37.98\00:22:40.84
might form a hypothesis
that goes something like
00:22:40.87\00:22:42.70
this. When you throw
it in the air, it seems to
00:22:42.75\00:22:45.55
always come back down.
Now that's demonstrable,
00:22:45.68\00:22:48.53
observable and repeatable.
Okay all true science must
00:22:48.69\00:22:53.49
meet at least these
three qualifications. Now let's
00:22:53.64\00:22:55.76
plug Evolution into
that. Is Evolution demonstrable
00:22:55.84\00:22:59.20
in a laboratory? Now you
might not know the answer
00:22:59.40\00:23:02.14
of that but the answer
is no, it's not demonstrable
00:23:02.17\00:23:04.22
in a laboratory it
never has been demonstrated,
00:23:04.25\00:23:06.11
in fact what they try to
do is take fruit flies and
00:23:06.42\00:23:08.99
fruit flies are very
easy because the generations
00:23:09.10\00:23:11.01
go very rapidly and
because they basically
00:23:11.04\00:23:12.86
mapped the genome of
fruit fly and so they can
00:23:13.12\00:23:15.54
tweak it here, remove
it here and make all sorts
00:23:15.81\00:23:17.83
of genetic
modifications and they will have
00:23:17.86\00:23:19.36
literally thousands of
generations in just over a
00:23:19.53\00:23:21.81
you know few years and
we have not yet observed
00:23:21.85\00:23:24.65
a single incidence of
what would be inarguable
00:23:24.72\00:23:27.72
Evolution in the
laboratory. So, number one
00:23:27.99\00:23:30.18
it is not demonstrable.
If it's not demonstrable
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.56
then by definition it's
not what? Observable and
00:23:32.75\00:23:35.88
it's also not repeatable.
We are told that Evolution
00:23:36.06\00:23:38.46
is something that has
taken place and now it is
00:23:38.55\00:23:40.87
taking place, so slow,
you never heard me talk
00:23:41.11\00:23:45.34
that slow have you? We
can't see, makes me tired
00:23:45.48\00:23:51.83
just doing that. Friends
it's taking place so slow
00:23:51.96\00:23:55.08
that allegedly we
can't discern it or see it.
00:23:55.20\00:23:57.72
Now by those definitions
and friends you just go
00:23:58.11\00:24:00.13
to any science textbook
and you will find it must
00:24:00.16\00:24:02.17
be demonstrable,
observable, and repeatable
00:24:02.20\00:24:03.91
in order to qualify
as science and Evolution
00:24:04.12\00:24:06.53
meets not even of
those criterion, which proves
00:24:06.64\00:24:09.58
that it is not science
in the truest definition,
00:24:09.61\00:24:12.31
it is a theory or a
philosophy. If this makes
00:24:12.64\00:24:15.63
sense say Amen,
Amen. Okay number two,
00:24:15.83\00:24:17.79
so Evolution cannot
explain the origin of life.
00:24:18.31\00:24:21.60
The origin of life we
talked a little bit about this
00:24:21.73\00:24:23.50
on the second night.
The word biogenesis means
00:24:23.53\00:24:27.97
the beginning of life.
Bio is life and genesis is the
00:24:28.09\00:24:31.01
beginning. And we have
learned through multiplied
00:24:31.11\00:24:34.58
millions of scientific
experiments the life only
00:24:34.74\00:24:37.55
comes from life,
Amen, Amen. For example if I
00:24:37.70\00:24:41.15
say where did you
come from? I came from my
00:24:41.30\00:24:42.58
parents. Where did they
come from? Their parents,
00:24:42.65\00:24:43.83
their parents, their
parents, their parents,
00:24:43.86\00:24:45.13
and if you remember
we went to Luke chapter 3
00:24:45.44\00:24:46.95
and we extrapolated
all the way the back and it
00:24:47.04\00:24:48.83
says that Adam was the
son of what? God and so
00:24:49.09\00:24:53.47
the source of all life must
itself be alive. But this is
00:24:53.59\00:24:57.38
an instrumental
obstacle for the committed
00:24:57.48\00:24:59.39
Evolutionist because for
the committed Evolutionist,
00:24:59.62\00:25:02.09
life must spontaneously
generate not from formal
00:25:02.41\00:25:06.55
life because that would
only raise the question,
00:25:06.68\00:25:08.75
well where did that life
come, but life must boom,
00:25:08.82\00:25:11.39
spontaneously generate
from none life. And yet this
00:25:11.60\00:25:14.91
has never been proved.
Not even the beginnings
00:25:14.94\00:25:17.44
ever proved; have even
been put forward by the
00:25:17.52\00:25:19.61
scientific community
in hundreds of years that
00:25:19.71\00:25:21.80
life can be spontaneously
generated from non-life.
00:25:22.03\00:25:24.14
It's more like a
Fairy Tale than science. The
00:25:24.40\00:25:26.93
proverbial princess who
kisses the frog and boom,
00:25:27.04\00:25:30.25
turns into a prince,
friends that's not science
00:25:30.84\00:25:33.32
that's Fairy Tales.
Amen, Amen. And so this is
00:25:33.41\00:25:36.08
a scientific obstacle.
Number three you cannot
00:25:36.11\00:25:39.00
extrapolate macro-Evolution
from micro-Evolution.
00:25:39.13\00:25:42.39
Now that's very
easy to understand,
00:25:42.46\00:25:44.64
micro-Evolution means
small Evolution, it means
00:25:45.43\00:25:48.93
what everyone? Small.
And macro-Evolution means
00:25:49.05\00:25:51.73
guess what large or big
Evolution. Now let's try
00:25:51.89\00:25:55.17
to understand this. Has
any one in this room ever
00:25:55.31\00:25:57.63
seen a Great Dane?
Great Dane right, okay good so
00:25:57.71\00:26:01.09
Great Dane stands about
that tall can stand about
00:26:01.22\00:26:03.16
that tall. Now, how
about a Chihuahua? Every seen
00:26:03.27\00:26:05.90
one of these little
hippie dogs? Alright, now people
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.05
actually love those
dogs, why, is totally unknown
00:26:08.19\00:26:10.78
to me but people
actually like them. But at least
00:26:10.89\00:26:12.89
people claim that there
are people that like them.
00:26:13.12\00:26:14.70
Now here you have this
little rat, I mean this
00:26:15.21\00:26:16.96
little dog and it's
about that tall. Now you have a
00:26:17.13\00:26:20.89
Chihuahua here and a
Great Dane here and then
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.22
you have whole bunch
of intermediate dogs,
00:26:23.31\00:26:25.10
right up through the
good dogs. You know your
00:26:25.13\00:26:27.37
yellows labs, and
your black labs, and your
00:26:27.75\00:26:29.81
golden retrievers
good dogs. What words did I
00:26:30.08\00:26:32.82
say? Good dogs. Anyhow
I'm going to get myself
00:26:32.92\00:26:35.62
in trouble with all
those Chihuahua lovers.
00:26:35.65\00:26:37.06
Now here is the
point, even though you have
00:26:37.68\00:26:39.89
the Great Dane on
this end and you have the
00:26:39.92\00:26:41.67
Chihuahua on this end
they are all dogs. Yes.
00:26:41.70\00:26:46.00
They are what? Dogs,
Dogs and what we have done is
00:26:46.13\00:26:48.50
that we have
stretched these species through
00:26:48.53\00:26:51.12
breeding and hybridization,
we have stretched these
00:26:51.30\00:26:53.86
species about as far as
we can, dogs can't get much
00:26:54.17\00:26:56.55
bigger then great
Danes and I hope they can get
00:26:56.62\00:26:59.04
much smaller then
Chihuahuas. Okay and here
00:26:59.11\00:27:02.11
is the point. If it was
physically possible every
00:27:02.24\00:27:06.01
one of those species can
interbreed with the other.
00:27:06.20\00:27:09.70
So, a lab can be
mixed with German shepherd.
00:27:09.98\00:27:12.39
A German shepherd
could be mixed with the Great
00:27:12.48\00:27:14.08
Dane etcetera and
because they can all
00:27:14.14\00:27:16.06
interbreed it shows
they are members of the same
00:27:16.30\00:27:18.92
species. Amen, Amen.
So, then when you have,
00:27:19.24\00:27:22.41
when you have variation
within a species this is
00:27:23.02\00:27:25.27
called micro Evolution
or small changes within a
00:27:25.48\00:27:29.48
species. Now the
humans have obviously through
00:27:29.68\00:27:31.97
breeding and other
things we have spread the
00:27:32.19\00:27:33.59
process up to suit our
own needs. Some people like
00:27:33.72\00:27:35.77
big dogs, some people
like small dogs. The point
00:27:35.83\00:27:38.15
here is just this, if the
beak of a bird gets a little
00:27:38.20\00:27:41.43
bigger that's fine for
the Christian, or that's
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.46
proving is that you can
have adaptation within a
00:27:44.57\00:27:47.36
species, Amen, Amen and
if the beak of a bird gets
00:27:47.47\00:27:50.72
a little smaller that's
fine I've no problem with
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.87
that. That's what's
called horizontal adaptation.
00:27:53.02\00:27:56.31
The problem that
Evolution has run into is
00:27:57.12\00:27:59.50
that we can document
horizontal adaptation that
00:27:59.62\00:28:02.16
is variation within a
species, but they wanna
00:28:02.19\00:28:04.35
take that think in
whoop and turn it on this axis
00:28:04.47\00:28:06.85
and say that if you go
far enough, far enough,
00:28:06.89\00:28:09.27
far enough, within
that species small change,
00:28:09.37\00:28:11.70
small change, small
change, small change then
00:28:11.92\00:28:13.81
all of a sudden it
equates to a large change and
00:28:13.85\00:28:16.92
instead of having a
dog now we have a horse.
00:28:16.95\00:28:19.73
Do you understand
the difference yes or no?
00:28:20.90\00:28:22.63
Friends' microevolution
is true, that is to say
00:28:23.50\00:28:26.70
adaptation does take
place and that's perfectly
00:28:26.95\00:28:29.39
fine for the, for
the committed Christian
00:28:29.52\00:28:31.60
because God has built
that in the species so
00:28:31.86\00:28:33.98
that they can
adapt to changes in their
00:28:34.01\00:28:35.65
environment. Amen.
Otherwise certain species
00:28:35.76\00:28:38.55
would just be immediately
wiped out if they couldn't
00:28:38.58\00:28:40.43
adapt. So, adaptation is
fine but what the Evolution
00:28:40.70\00:28:43.88
is wants to do
is extrapolate those
00:28:44.02\00:28:46.68
Micro changes into
the macro level and move
00:28:46.80\00:28:49.91
beyond the species and
there is no. There is what
00:28:50.14\00:28:54.09
word did I say? No,
scientific evidence that
00:28:54.24\00:28:57.36
micro changes eventually
yield a macro change not
00:28:57.64\00:29:01.01
one single incidence
in the history of science,
00:29:01.20\00:29:04.73
alright, are we
together on this yes or no?
00:29:05.45\00:29:07.02
Now number 4,
Evolution then becomes like a
00:29:07.65\00:29:10.09
religion. It requires
faith. It requires what; faith
00:29:10.24\00:29:15.03
and there is no question
about that. Evolutionists
00:29:15.06\00:29:17.77
will tell you, that they
have they won't use the word
00:29:17.80\00:29:19.96
faith, but they will say
they have confidence that
00:29:20.03\00:29:22.83
the postulates and
the presuppositions of
00:29:23.10\00:29:27.07
Evolution will eventually
be supported. But it's
00:29:27.29\00:29:30.18
not demonstrated in a
laboratory, they just hope
00:29:30.33\00:29:33.56
that it will be some
Day and friends that's why
00:29:33.78\00:29:35.92
even I call faith. Amen.
And number 5, is and this
00:29:36.03\00:29:40.06
is very important and
this discourages me about
00:29:40.09\00:29:42.22
what's being done in
many of our public high
00:29:42.30\00:29:43.71
schools and that is
that there is no scientific
00:29:44.03\00:29:47.39
uniform, scientific
consensuses. Now, let me
00:29:47.70\00:29:50.91
try to unpack that for
you. There are numerous
00:29:50.94\00:29:53.54
different schools of
Evolutionary thought,
00:29:53.65\00:29:56.18
there are numerous
different what; schools,
00:29:56.52\00:29:58.55
now the scientist
Evolutionary scientists will
00:29:58.82\00:30:00.92
agree broadly define;
they will say we believe
00:30:00.95\00:30:03.47
Evolution took place.
The problem is that that
00:30:03.55\00:30:05.88
you have a school over
here that says it happened
00:30:05.91\00:30:08.29
very rapidly and these
punctuated equilibriums
00:30:08.63\00:30:11.32
and then you have
somebody over here that
00:30:11.65\00:30:12.74
says no like Darwin
said, it moved so slow and
00:30:12.88\00:30:17.02
then you have people
in between who say it
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.46
moves fast sometimes and
slow at others. The point
00:30:18.66\00:30:21.65
here is just this,
what's being presented to our
00:30:21.80\00:30:24.15
kids if they are in
public schools and by the way
00:30:24.37\00:30:26.06
I want to let you
know I stand firmly on the
00:30:26.14\00:30:28.10
side of Christian
education. Amen. Amen.
00:30:28.13\00:30:31.12
But what's being
communicated in our public
00:30:31.29\00:30:33.02
schools is that Evolution
is a fact, but what's not
00:30:33.19\00:30:36.09
being told to either the
public or to our children
00:30:36.24\00:30:38.59
that are in public
schools is that there is really
00:30:38.62\00:30:41.23
very little consensuses
in the scientific community
00:30:41.41\00:30:44.77
about how the fact of
Evolution actually took
00:30:45.03\00:30:47.96
place. In fact the
view of one person is
00:30:48.08\00:30:50.18
absolutely contradictory
to the view of another,
00:30:50.33\00:30:52.85
but we are not being
told this because it would
00:30:53.08\00:30:54.71
begin to undermine and
erode the foundations of
00:30:54.85\00:30:57.20
the theory. So, it's
making sense yes or no. So,
00:30:57.23\00:31:00.02
there is nothing like
consensus in the scientific
00:31:00.05\00:31:03.28
community. In fact they
just say broadly it's true
00:31:03.40\00:31:06.08
but they are debating
heartily, fiercely about
00:31:06.62\00:31:10.17
the actual
methodologies of Evolution. Now,
00:31:10.25\00:31:13.34
we move off of
scientific obstacles and we move
00:31:13.37\00:31:15.30
to our next and that
is Geological obstacles.
00:31:15.39\00:31:17.75
There are significant
geological obstacles and
00:31:17.98\00:31:20.31
let's just go over
these very quickly. Last night
00:31:20.34\00:31:22.73
we just mentioned
in passing the Cambrian
00:31:22.77\00:31:25.07
explosion, with the
showing of hands how
00:31:25.23\00:31:27.09
many people in this
room understand what the
00:31:27.21\00:31:28.64
Cambrian explosion is.
I want to know how much
00:31:28.85\00:31:30.81
I have to explain it.
Okay, good. How many people
00:31:30.89\00:31:33.26
in this room
understand what the geological
00:31:33.41\00:31:34.87
column is? Oh! Good
scientific lesson. Here
00:31:35.04\00:31:37.98
we go, how many
people know what the Grand
00:31:38.04\00:31:40.51
Canyon is? Ooh! Alright
we are getting somewhere.
00:31:40.73\00:31:43.93
Now in the Grand
Canyon you have several layers
00:31:44.52\00:31:47.21
or what are called
Strata of rock, you follow that
00:31:47.24\00:31:50.31
right, this rock is
called Sedimentary rock it's not
00:31:53.72\00:31:54.69
igneous rock, igneous
rock used to be molten.
00:31:54.70\00:31:56.22
That's like granite.
Igneous rock, sedimentary
00:31:56.45\00:31:59.38
rock is rock that has
been laid down in sediments,
00:31:59.49\00:32:03.14
in what everyone?
Sediments, now what
00:32:03.47\00:32:05.81
happens is, is that in
these sedimentary rocks
00:32:06.02\00:32:08.13
for example if you go
to the Grand Canyon and
00:32:08.16\00:32:09.54
you see those beautiful
panoramas of sedimentary
00:32:09.67\00:32:12.19
rock they stack up 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, and in those
00:32:12.22\00:32:16.72
different sediments are
different kinds of fossils,
00:32:16.80\00:32:19.70
different kinds of
what everyone? Fossils! Now
00:32:20.04\00:32:22.27
the Evolutionist looks
at that and says ah, look
00:32:22.30\00:32:24.82
we started down here and
this is a record of history
00:32:25.05\00:32:28.19
a chronology of
millions of years moving up
00:32:28.64\00:32:32.41
through the geological
column from simple things
00:32:32.52\00:32:35.40
down here
increasingly complex, increasing
00:32:35.43\00:32:37.55
complex until eventually
we get to very complex
00:32:37.74\00:32:39.84
at the top. Now, it's
really not that simple but
00:32:39.87\00:32:41.39
that's what they say.
Are you understanding now
00:32:41.49\00:32:43.54
yes or no? Now here is
the point what happens is
00:32:43.57\00:32:46.82
as you go all the
way down to the bottom of
00:32:46.94\00:32:48.70
those geological strata
you come to what's called
00:32:48.76\00:32:51.86
the Precambrian
layer, the Precambrian layer.
00:32:52.12\00:32:56.25
Now don't be afraid of
that multisyllabic word.
00:32:56.38\00:32:58.46
In the Precambrian
layer there are no fossils.
00:32:59.27\00:33:03.98
There are how many
fossils? No fossils.
00:33:04.74\00:33:06.81
They are just not
there. There might be some you
00:33:06.96\00:33:08.78
know disputable, you
know unicellular types of
00:33:08.81\00:33:12.19
organisms, but for the
most part it's a practical
00:33:12.34\00:33:14.79
true to say there are
no fossils Precambrian.
00:33:14.95\00:33:17.09
Now the next layer
that you encounter as you
00:33:17.63\00:33:19.53
come up the geological
column is the Cambrian
00:33:19.95\00:33:22.58
layer and you know
what happens in the Cambrian
00:33:22.75\00:33:24.78
layer, you have
this instantaneous boom
00:33:24.89\00:33:28.56
explosion of life and
there are all different kinds
00:33:28.73\00:33:31.88
of life forms, I
mean literally hundreds of
00:33:31.91\00:33:34.30
different kinds of life
forms all fossilized in the
00:33:34.50\00:33:38.51
Cambrian layer yet
remarkably the layer just
00:33:38.63\00:33:41.21
below that nothing. This
is what is referred to as
00:33:41.34\00:33:44.76
the Cambrian explosion
and what happens is, is
00:33:44.88\00:33:47.54
that it appears as
though life just all of a sudden
00:33:47.57\00:33:50.34
didn't existed. No,
gradual process is that lead up
00:33:50.82\00:33:54.82
to it, it just jumps on
to the scene. Now that is
00:33:55.06\00:33:58.26
totally inconsistent
with what Evolution would
00:33:58.36\00:34:00.64
anticipate. You understand
that, right? Evolution
00:34:00.76\00:34:03.59
says no, no, no, gradual,
gradual, gradual, gradual,
00:34:03.70\00:34:05.80
gradual and so we
should see that we should not
00:34:05.99\00:34:07.70
see this instantaneous
immediate explosion of
00:34:07.81\00:34:11.40
life. And you know
that's exactly what the fossil
00:34:11.61\00:34:13.04
record shows. Number
2, is when we look at the
00:34:13.18\00:34:17.08
fossil record the species
are firmly established in
00:34:17.25\00:34:20.03
the fossil record. Horses
are still horses, dogs are
00:34:20.06\00:34:23.16
still dogs, whales are
still whales I mean the same
00:34:23.40\00:34:26.84
kind of rigidity that
you have with species today
00:34:27.02\00:34:30.28
you find in the fossil
Record which leads us to
00:34:30.32\00:34:32.45
number 3. There are no
and I want to underscore
00:34:32.52\00:34:35.13
that word there, no
indisputable transitional
00:34:35.31\00:34:39.30
forms and there should be
trillions of these things.
00:34:39.41\00:34:42.45
Now what do you
think I mean when I say
00:34:43.01\00:34:44.37
transitional forms?
You've got it. Evolving, going
00:34:44.56\00:34:49.58
from one species to
another. Now if Evolution
00:34:49.79\00:34:53.32
true that this is
a process remember of
00:34:53.53\00:34:55.32
Micro revolutionary
change little change, little
00:34:56.39\00:34:58.14
change, little change,
little change, little change,
00:34:58.17\00:35:00.09
eventually yielding a
macro change, but think
00:35:00.49\00:35:03.06
of it this way. Could I
travel ten million miles
00:35:03.09\00:35:06.05
one inch at a time if I
had enough time to do it
00:35:06.08\00:35:08.23
yes or no? Sure, now
what Evolution is positing
00:35:08.40\00:35:11.51
is, is that these
changes are so small and so
00:35:11.72\00:35:14.78
gradual and so minute
on the micro-level that you
00:35:14.92\00:35:18.19
have these transitional
forms that should be
00:35:18.33\00:35:21.71
replete in the fossil
layer. We should find literally
00:35:22.29\00:35:25.32
millions and even
trillions of these sorts of
00:35:25.58\00:35:28.40
quasi-half reptile;
half amphibian, half mammal,
00:35:28.56\00:35:32.14
half reptile, half
bird, half lizard; we should
00:35:32.24\00:35:35.48
find all of these sorts
of strange anomalous things
00:35:35.64\00:35:38.31
in the fossil record.
Yet that's not at all we find
00:35:38.34\00:35:40.73
in the fossil record in
fact to take this a step
00:35:40.85\00:35:43.05
further the
scientific community in years of
00:35:43.23\00:35:46.78
excavating the
geological column has not found
00:35:46.86\00:35:49.63
a transitional form.
Amen. And friends there should
00:35:54.87\00:35:57.62
be trillions of these
things, but what we find
00:35:57.68\00:36:00.32
in the geological column
is that things are locked
00:36:00.39\00:36:03.59
in very much the same
way they are locked in, in
00:36:03.76\00:36:06.05
the Day and age in
which we live. Amen. In fact,
00:36:06.08\00:36:09.48
I have some really
cute statements from Darwin
00:36:09.51\00:36:11.46
where he talks about
he says well, you know the
00:36:11.62\00:36:13.39
noble science of
geology has been corrupted by
00:36:13.64\00:36:16.51
the inadequacy of the
fossil record. In another
00:36:16.54\00:36:18.40
words what he is saying
is, it's just too bad for
00:36:18.62\00:36:20.39
those geologists
that they fix such a bad
00:36:20.42\00:36:22.12
branch of science. So,
instead of reevaluating
00:36:22.23\00:36:24.61
this theory on the
basis of inadequate geological
00:36:24.71\00:36:26.97
support, he says well
you know that geology they
00:36:27.15\00:36:28.90
are all messed up,
interesting. So then
00:36:28.93\00:36:31.57
number 4, Evolution is
true 'despite the fossil
00:36:31.80\00:36:36.45
record, not because
of it'. Do you understand
00:36:36.68\00:36:39.65
that point yes or no?
Yes. They have committed
00:36:39.68\00:36:42.16
themselves to the truth
of this Evolution and the
00:36:42.25\00:36:44.53
fact that the fossil
record flies in the face
00:36:44.65\00:36:46.79
of their presuppositions
and flies in the face of
00:36:46.85\00:36:49.00
their predictions
doesn't throw the theory of the
00:36:49.17\00:36:51.39
window it just
causes them to adjust their
00:36:51.55\00:36:54.03
theory. Yet friends,
the fossil record proves.
00:36:54.13\00:36:56.86
In fact some of Darwin's
greatest critics were not
00:36:56.93\00:36:59.15
from the clergy, not
from the churches, they were
00:36:59.21\00:37:01.57
geologists who were
saying but wait a minute
00:37:01.73\00:37:03.35
Mr. Darwin; the
fossils just don't match up.
00:37:03.53\00:37:05.61
Amen. Powerful! So,
we looked at geological
00:37:06.26\00:37:08.64
obstacles and then
finally Philosophical Obstacles.
00:37:08.80\00:37:11.77
Now for those of who
like to think how many of
00:37:11.90\00:37:15.29
you in this room like to
think. Okay good this part
00:37:15.32\00:37:17.88
is only for you the
rest of you can take about a
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.70
seven minute nap. For
those who would like to
00:37:19.85\00:37:22.08
think put that
thinking cap on. Number one,
00:37:22.27\00:37:26.08
Evolution is a
pre-commitment to an
00:37:26.88\00:37:29.09
unproven ideology
not a commitment to the
00:37:29.25\00:37:33.04
evidence. Now
listen carefully here, the
00:37:33.21\00:37:36.28
ideology of Evolution
is that there is no God,
00:37:36.40\00:37:42.13
you understand me yes
or no? And if there is no
00:37:42.16\00:37:45.34
God there is nothing
supernatural? There is
00:37:45.50\00:37:49.11
nothing what two words
that I said, supernatural,
00:37:49.14\00:37:51.62
everything is just
natural. It simply matter
00:37:52.05\00:37:56.05
in motion it's what
everyone matter in motion.
00:37:56.53\00:38:00.62
Molecules being moved
upon by the forces energy
00:38:00.87\00:38:04.07
that in the Evolutionary
picture is all there is.
00:38:04.57\00:38:07.28
There is nothing
supernatural that's over
00:38:07.76\00:38:10.17
and above the natural
there is only the natural.
00:38:10.20\00:38:13.41
Now, think about
that for a just a moment,
00:38:14.04\00:38:15.43
they then defined
science as naturalistic
00:38:16.01\00:38:19.95
explanations for the
world around us. Now, follow
00:38:20.21\00:38:22.79
me carefully here.
If we defined science as
00:38:23.05\00:38:26.44
naturalistic explanations
for the world around us
00:38:26.73\00:38:29.29
then it should it come
as any remarkable surprise
00:38:29.79\00:38:32.43
to us that we find
naturalistic explanations,
00:38:32.53\00:38:35.97
the answer is no.
Because listen very carefully if
00:38:36.73\00:38:39.86
at the outset before we
even began to look at the
00:38:40.08\00:38:43.01
data at the outset we
have already committed
00:38:43.22\00:38:45.39
ourselves to the fact
that God doesn't exist and
00:38:45.45\00:38:48.08
all things natural
can be explained by things
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.67
natural. When we get a
little bit down into our
00:38:50.75\00:38:53.01
observations it's no
big surprise that they say,
00:38:53.32\00:38:55.76
oh we found a naturalistic
explanation. Of course
00:38:56.01\00:38:59.01
you found a naturalist
explanation, you have said
00:38:59.04\00:39:01.26
only naturalistic
explanations by definition
00:39:01.43\00:39:04.41
are allowed. Do you
understand that yes or no?
00:39:04.74\00:39:07.45
Yes. So, then what
happens is Evolution is
00:39:07.95\00:39:09.67
always true. It's not a
commitment to the evidence
00:39:09.84\00:39:13.14
friends it's a
pre-commitment to the
00:39:13.29\00:39:15.33
ideology of materialism
and naturalism. Are you
00:39:15.56\00:39:19.60
understanding now yes
or no? Yes. I wish I had
00:39:19.65\00:39:21.78
time to go in to it
more. Number 2 will help us to
00:39:21.89\00:39:24.43
sort of unpack and I am
sure I'm gonna teach you
00:39:24.64\00:39:26.14
a word here that you
may have never heard before.
00:39:26.17\00:39:27.14
It will be interesting
to see with the showing of
00:39:28.51\00:39:29.70
hands how many know
this word. Number 2,
00:39:29.76\00:39:32.00
Evolution is a tautology,
that is to say it is true
00:39:32.24\00:39:35.89
by definition. Now,
with a rising of hands how
00:39:36.34\00:39:38.91
many people in this
room know what a tautology
00:39:39.05\00:39:40.83
is? You have heard of
that before? Oh! This is
00:39:40.89\00:39:43.50
going to be very fun.
Okay, let me give you a
00:39:43.53\00:39:46.00
very simple tautology.
A widow woman, okay do
00:39:46.07\00:39:52.06
you understand that,
yes, why do I, why do I say
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.74
that's a tautological
statement because a widow
00:39:54.89\00:39:58.39
is always a woman.
Here is another one, a male
00:39:58.52\00:40:03.15
bachelor. Now the only
exception here is Karen
00:40:03.69\00:40:06.08
Bachelor who is a
woman and a bachelor.
00:40:06.17\00:40:07.80
A male bachelor
right, because a bachelor by
00:40:09.99\00:40:13.61
definition is a male. So,
listen very carefully it's
00:40:13.79\00:40:17.89
true by definition,
it's true at the outset and
00:40:18.19\00:40:23.16
nothing that you say
that you uncover can disprove
00:40:23.36\00:40:26.78
your theory because
it's true by definition.
00:40:26.81\00:40:29.52
Why is Evolution true
by definition? Because they
00:40:29.83\00:40:32.01
have defined that God
does not have a place in
00:40:32.04\00:40:35.03
the picture he is not
allowed in and so when
00:40:35.06\00:40:37.60
they, dig up fossil
they say, exactly what we
00:40:37.71\00:40:42.59
expected to find. Of
course it's what you expected
00:40:42.79\00:40:44.86
to find. That's what
the theory necessitate is
00:40:45.05\00:40:47.56
found and if they, if
they found another fossil,
00:40:47.80\00:40:50.81
they say, exactly what we
expected to find, it's true
00:40:50.92\00:40:54.97
by definition and
everything always supports
00:40:55.14\00:40:58.60
the theory, but listen
carefully, a theory that
00:40:58.76\00:41:01.26
proves everything
proves guess what? Nothing and
00:41:01.44\00:41:05.88
a technical term for this
is that is non-falsifiable,
00:41:06.04\00:41:08.96
non-falsifiable. Let me
explain that to you very
00:41:09.46\00:41:11.80
quickly. Remember
our experiment with the
00:41:11.96\00:41:13.69
dimmer we are throwing
it up, we are throwing it
00:41:13.81\00:41:15.62
up, and it's always
doing what, when I throw it
00:41:15.79\00:41:17.64
up what's it always
doing, coming back; coming
00:41:17.68\00:41:19.45
back down. Now, we have
developed our hypothesis,
00:41:19.58\00:41:22.11
and our hypothesis
is that when we throw up
00:41:22.33\00:41:24.10
the dimmer it comes
back down. Now, can you
00:41:24.15\00:41:27.29
think of some
scenario, something that would
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.36
happen that would
disprove our hypothesis?
00:41:29.47\00:41:31.78
Yeah that's exactly
right so we are throwing it;
00:41:32.81\00:41:34.38
that's always coming
down so have developed our
00:41:34.48\00:41:35.95
hypothesis, the
dimmer always comes down but
00:41:36.19\00:41:37.98
then one time I throw
it up and it just levitates
00:41:38.01\00:41:41.75
up there. Like that
right, is this gonna disprove
00:41:41.78\00:41:46.04
our hypothesis yes or
no? Yes or no? Yes. Yeah,
00:41:46.11\00:41:49.57
it would utterly disprove
our hypothesis, it would
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.40
utterly disprove our
predictions and friends
00:41:51.67\00:41:53.63
listen very carefully,
there is nothing like that
00:41:53.83\00:41:57.25
when it comes to
Evolution. Every single
00:41:57.28\00:42:00.16
thing that they find
they say, this is exactly what
00:42:00.31\00:42:03.23
we expected to find,
this is exactly what we
00:42:03.31\00:42:06.48
expected to find there
is nothing that can prove
00:42:06.60\00:42:08.92
the theory false
because it's true by definition
00:42:09.03\00:42:12.59
Do you
understand that yes or no?
00:42:13.11\00:42:14.51
It's non-falsifiable
and that is to say, it's a
00:42:15.03\00:42:18.35
tautology. And number
3, strict materialism is
00:42:18.82\00:42:21.66
incompatible with how
we actually live. Now,
00:42:21.71\00:42:23.94
let's break that down
for just a minute. How many
00:42:24.08\00:42:26.01
of you in this room have
children that you love or
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.78
a spouse that you love.
You feel like you actually
00:42:27.85\00:42:29.81
have experienced love,
okay I agree. When I look
00:42:29.91\00:42:32.74
at my little boy and
I say come here Landon.
00:42:32.82\00:42:35.68
He will make all those
funny noises as you know
00:42:36.55\00:42:37.89
we do with kids. You
actually are pretending
00:42:38.09\00:42:40.57
like you love that
child. I mean you are under
00:42:40.60\00:42:42.84
the impression that
you have some sort of
00:42:42.87\00:42:44.35
meaningful thing called
love or with your spouse
00:42:44.63\00:42:46.57
you know romantic
dinner and you are there on
00:42:46.66\00:42:49.53
the beach and you are
gazing into her eyes and
00:42:49.56\00:42:51.57
she is gazing into
yours and you have that warm
00:42:51.68\00:42:53.74
fuzzy feeling, you
still have that don't you.
00:42:53.84\00:42:55.48
Amen. Listen, in a
strictly materialistic
00:42:56.12\00:43:01.71
universe if everything
is just molecules in motion.
00:43:02.30\00:43:05.67
Adam is in motion,
operating under the forces
00:43:06.16\00:43:08.52
of nature, love is
simply a bio-chemical reaction
00:43:08.55\00:43:12.02
that takes place in
the brain very much like
00:43:12.08\00:43:14.66
indigestion. No,
seriously think about this
00:43:15.66\00:43:19.96
for a just a
moment. If there is no
00:43:20.16\00:43:22.20
supernatural, if there
is nothing above and beyond
00:43:22.31\00:43:25.25
the matter that this
world is made up there is no
00:43:25.38\00:43:28.02
material difference,
no substantive difference
00:43:28.09\00:43:30.68
between gas in your
intestines and the love
00:43:31.00\00:43:33.46
that you feel for your
wife. They are both simply
00:43:33.57\00:43:35.43
biochemical reactions
that are taking place in
00:43:35.63\00:43:37.86
the body and in the
brain. You understand that
00:43:37.89\00:43:40.02
yes or no? Yes. But
friends you don't live that way
00:43:40.08\00:43:42.21
do you? And listen
Evolutionists don't live
00:43:42.32\00:43:45.06
that way either.
Evolutionists love their kids
00:43:45.09\00:43:47.63
they love their wives
and friends the way that we
00:43:48.15\00:43:50.24
live shows that there
is something powerful.
00:43:50.46\00:43:52.58
Something transcend
and something real in the
00:43:52.94\00:43:55.65
human experience. Amen.
So, these are significant
00:43:55.71\00:43:58.95
obstacles to the
acceptance of Evolution.
00:43:59.07\00:44:00.78
We could spend even
more time if we wanted to,
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.22
but it is not
theologically sound, it's not
00:44:04.12\00:44:05.99
scientifically sound,
it's not geologically sound
00:44:06.12\00:44:08.14
and it's not philosophically
sound. Well, how then
00:44:08.17\00:44:10.28
do we explain the
existence of things
00:44:10.31\00:44:12.51
particularly life.
Well, the Bible says in the
00:44:12.59\00:44:15.33
beginning God created
the heavens and the earth
00:44:15.39\00:44:18.12
and the earth was
without form and void and
00:44:18.68\00:44:20.12
darkness was upon the
face of the deep and the
00:44:20.23\00:44:22.22
spirit of God moved
over the face or hovered over
00:44:22.35\00:44:24.85
the face of waters
and God said let there be
00:44:24.88\00:44:27.42
light and there was
what everyone. Light, friends
00:44:27.51\00:44:30.43
we have a creator, we
have a God who not only
00:44:30.59\00:44:33.03
created us but a
God who redeemed us.
00:44:33.27\00:44:35.01
The Bible presents God
in unmistakable language
00:44:35.50\00:44:38.13
as the creator of
heaven and earth and everything
00:44:38.19\00:44:40.23
in them can you say
Amen. Brothers and sisters
00:44:40.26\00:44:42.76
we have tonight a
creator we are not the process
00:44:42.99\00:44:45.28
of some long
Evolutionary age. We are not the
00:44:45.31\00:44:48.72
process of some
mindless impersonal unsupervised
00:44:48.95\00:44:52.93
force and last night we
learned that the vehicle,
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.86
the conduit through
which God created was Jesus
00:44:56.34\00:44:59.78
Christ. Was what word
everyone? Go with me to
00:45:00.04\00:45:02.54
the book of Hebrews
very quickly I want to
00:45:02.57\00:45:04.75
just show you
another text to that effect.
00:45:04.78\00:45:06.63
Hebrews has found
in the New Testament,
00:45:07.42\00:45:09.11
in the which
testament, New Testament, we are
00:45:09.29\00:45:11.63
going to the book
of Hebrews you can find
00:45:11.66\00:45:12.88
it after all the teas.
After the Thessalonians
00:45:12.91\00:45:15.79
and the Timothy's and
Titus we come to Hebrew
00:45:15.82\00:45:18.47
chapter 1. Hebrews
chapter 1, and notice with
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.90
me beginning in verse
1, Hebrews 1:1 it says
00:45:21.93\00:45:25.76
God, who at various
times and in various ways
00:45:25.93\00:45:28.86
spoke in the past to
the Fathers by the prophets,
00:45:28.90\00:45:32.18
has in these last Days
spoken to us by his son,
00:45:32.70\00:45:35.49
by his who
everyone? Son, whom he has
00:45:35.78\00:45:38.00
appointed the air of all
of things notice this now
00:45:38.11\00:45:40.66
through whom also he
made the what? Worlds!
00:45:41.13\00:45:46.38
Through whom he made
the worlds. According
00:45:46.83\00:45:48.52
to verse 2, there
through whom did God make the
00:45:52.19\00:45:53.16
worlds? Through
Jesus, so Jesus becomes that
00:45:53.17\00:45:55.08
conduit through which
God created all of the
00:45:55.27\00:45:57.66
beautiful and sublime
things that we see around
00:45:57.73\00:45:59.82
us. Evolution not only
undermines God as creator
00:45:59.85\00:46:02.89
it also then
undermines our worship of him as
00:46:03.37\00:46:06.39
creator. If God is not
the creator then it's non
00:46:06.66\00:46:09.78
meaningful it's
senseless to worship God as the
00:46:09.94\00:46:13.43
creator. Do you
understand that yes or no?
00:46:13.53\00:46:15.49
Yes. And you say well
I am not understanding
00:46:15.77\00:46:17.15
what's the significance
of this. Revelation clearly
00:46:17.34\00:46:20.39
points to worship as the
dividing issue at the end
00:46:20.64\00:46:24.10
of the time. We also
discover an unmistakable
00:46:24.14\00:46:27.37
call to worship God
notice these next two words as
00:46:27.69\00:46:30.51
creator at the heart of
revelation. Go with me in
00:46:30.77\00:46:33.99
your Bibles to
Revelation chapter 13. Let us
00:46:34.02\00:46:37.51
buttress these two
points that we have made here.
00:46:37.70\00:46:40.20
First that Revelation
says that the dividing issues
00:46:40.44\00:46:43.59
at the end of time will
be the issue of worship,
00:46:43.62\00:46:45.71
the issue of what every
one? Worship. We're gonna
00:46:45.91\00:46:47.98
go to Revelation
chapter 13, very quickly we are
00:46:48.01\00:46:51.11
going to do a survey
of the word worship in
00:46:51.17\00:46:53.49
Revelation Chapter 13,
now this is the antichrist
00:46:53.66\00:46:56.20
chapter and there
are two beasts in this
00:46:56.44\00:46:58.31
chapter. The first is
the antichrist and second is
00:46:58.47\00:47:00.53
the false prophet.
Now, notice with me in verse
00:47:00.63\00:47:02.83
three of Revelation 13
very quickly. And I saw
00:47:02.86\00:47:05.50
one of his heads as
it had been moderately
00:47:05.57\00:47:07.07
wounded and his deadly
wound was healed and all
00:47:07.15\00:47:09.30
the world marveled
and followed the beast.
00:47:09.33\00:47:11.36
Verse 4 so they
worshiped, notice that word they
00:47:11.50\00:47:14.57
worshiped the
dragon. Who is the dragon
00:47:14.68\00:47:16.77
everyone? Satan. So,
they worshiped Satan who
00:47:16.84\00:47:19.59
gave authority to the
beast and they worshiped
00:47:19.68\00:47:21.84
the beast saying who is
like the beast who is able
00:47:21.90\00:47:23.91
to make war with him.
Notice two times there
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.50
the word worship jump
down to verse 8. All who
00:47:25.70\00:47:28.13
dwell on the earth
will what's the next word?
00:47:28.38\00:47:29.98
Worship him. Jump
down to verse 12 and he
00:47:30.75\00:47:33.18
exercises all the authority
of the first beast in his
00:47:33.29\00:47:35.38
presence and causes the
earth and those who dwell
00:47:35.50\00:47:37.14
in it too what's the
next word. Worship the first
00:47:37.18\00:47:39.97
beast whose deadly
wound healed. Notice
00:47:41.71\00:47:42.68
verse 15, he was grant
to power to give breath of
00:47:42.69\00:47:44.28
the image of the
beast that the image of the
00:47:44.36\00:47:46.11
beast should be speak
and cause that as many as
00:47:46.14\00:47:49.00
would not what's the
next word? Worship the image
00:47:49.17\00:47:52.10
of the beast should be
killed. Now, does it strike
00:47:52.13\00:47:55.16
you that this worship
issue is going to be a
00:47:55.29\00:47:56.73
fairly significant issue
yes or no. Friends if they
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.59
are saying you don't
worship in a certain way
00:47:59.62\00:48:01.46
and the certain objective
worship in a certain way
00:48:01.71\00:48:05.63
that you will be
killed that strikes me as a
00:48:05.80\00:48:07.57
significant issue. Amen.
Now you go into Revelation
00:48:07.79\00:48:10.71
Chapter 14, and notice
verse 9, then a third angel
00:48:10.91\00:48:13.33
followed them saying
with a Loud voice If anyone
00:48:13.47\00:48:15.45
worships the beast and
his image, and receives
00:48:15.74\00:48:17.73
his mark on his
forehead, or in his hand, he
00:48:17.76\00:48:19.36
himself shall also
drink of the wine of the wrath
00:48:19.39\00:48:21.46
of God, that sound
pretty serious, yes or no. Yes.
00:48:21.60\00:48:25.20
So, when you read
Revelation 13 and 14 again
00:48:25.23\00:48:27.18
and again worship,
worship, worship, worship,
00:48:27.21\00:48:29.83
worship and that's why
we safely conclude that
00:48:30.15\00:48:32.30
according to the book
of Revelation at the end of
00:48:32.37\00:48:34.37
time the dividing issue
between the followers of
00:48:34.55\00:48:37.72
Jesus Christ and the
followers of antichrist, the
00:48:37.82\00:48:40.59
followers of the
kingdom of God and the followers
00:48:40.66\00:48:42.65
of kingdom of Satan will
be the dividing issue of,
00:48:42.68\00:48:46.97
you tell me? Worship.
That's what the book of
00:48:47.06\00:48:49.92
Revelation says. Now,
notice the second part
00:48:50.06\00:48:52.35
here we also discover
an unmistakable call to
00:48:52.46\00:48:55.40
worship God as
creator right in the heart of
00:48:55.64\00:48:58.26
Revelation. Notice with
me Revelation Chapter 14
00:48:58.45\00:49:01.56
beginning in verse 6.
Beginning in Verse 6 of
00:49:01.59\00:49:04.39
Revelation 14, the
author John finds these three
00:49:04.54\00:49:08.11
angels, streaking
through the midnight heavens,
00:49:08.28\00:49:12.35
each one with a very
powerful salient message
00:49:12.75\00:49:15.51
for planet earth right
at the end of time. And
00:49:15.61\00:49:18.28
remember this series
is entitled the 11 hour
00:49:18.34\00:49:20.24
evidence. So, these
messages are for us note
00:49:20.27\00:49:23.14
with me the first message
it says in verse 6, then I
00:49:23.17\00:49:27.00
saw another angel the
word angel simply means
00:49:27.06\00:49:28.94
messenger I saw a
messenger flying in the
00:49:29.20\00:49:31.22
midst of heaven having
the everlasting gospel to
00:49:31.47\00:49:33.00
preach for those who
dwell on the earth to
00:49:33.13\00:49:34.61
every nation,
tribe, tongue and people.
00:49:34.64\00:49:36.59
So, this message is
a universal message.
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What kind of a
message? How many people is it
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for? For everyone!
Notice the message the content
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of the message in verse
7. Verse 6 is the scope of
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the message and verse
7 is the content of the
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message saying with a
loud voice fear God, and
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glory to him; for the
hour of his judgment has
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come: and what's the
next word; worship him who
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made. Let me say that
again, worship him who
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made. Now you read
Revelation 13, worship the
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beast, worship the beast,
worship the beast, worship
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the image of the beast,
even Revelation 14 verses
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9 to 12 worship the
beast, worship the beast, and
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then right here in the
middle of all this calls to
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worship the counterfeit
beast here is a single
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call, a clarion call, a
powerful call to worship
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God as creator and
notice what he goes on to say
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worship him who made
heaven and earth the sea
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and springs of
waters. How many of you were
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aware that of the 404
verses in the Revelation
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270 are taken directly
from the Old Testament.
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How many of you
knew that? 404 verses in
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Revelation, more than two
thirds taken directly from
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the Old Testament,
you want to know something
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remarkable though. The
single largest quotation,
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verbatim quotation
of any Old Testament
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passage is right there
in Revelation 14 in verse 7,
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you just read it. Let
me read it to you again;
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worship him who made
the heaven, the earth,
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the sea and the springs
of waters. Now, you tell
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me where is John
quoting from, this is the single
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largest quotation from
the Old Testament in the
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book of Revelation,
you tell me Bible students
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who already read it
tonight so it's a give
00:51:13.45\00:51:14.57
away, where is he
quoting from? Exodus! He is
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coding from Exodus
Chapter 20, verses 8-11 and
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you tell me what takes
place in Exodus 20, 8-11
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the Sabbath Commandment.
Oh friends, we're gonna
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spend a moment here
listen very carefully in
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the midst of all of
these false calls to worship;
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in the midst of these
counterfeit calls to worship
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the beast and the
image of the beast here comes
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this clearly and
resounding message from
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God and he says stop,
don't worship the antichrist
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or the counterfeit Christ
or the image of the beast,
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worship me as creator
and then He quotes the
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Sabbath Commandment.
Now, friends what do you
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think He is trying to
say? He is pointing us back to
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the one Commandment
that begins with the word
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remember you've got it.
Now, think about that for
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a just a minute. If God
is calling us to worship him
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as creator what do you
know by implication and
00:52:09.94\00:52:13.33
by definition that
they would be a significant
00:52:13.41\00:52:16.42
thrush that the end of
time to undermine God as
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creator. Amen. I mean
come on think about it for
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just a second here.
The only reason that God
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would call us back to
worship him as creator in
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the midst of this all
these counterfeit calls the only
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way that that could
even make sense is if people
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were beginning to not
worship him as creator and
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his creative power was
being undermined. Amen.
00:52:35.76\00:52:39.28
Now, think about
that what an absolutely
00:52:39.79\00:52:42.27
remarkable statement
here we are being called to
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worship the God who
said let there be light
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and there was light,
right in the midst of the book
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of the Revelation God is
calling us back to worship
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him as creator and
then quotes the Sabbath
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Commandment. The
seventh Day Sabbath is
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the sign of God's
creative power and love. When we
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keep the Sabbath we
worship him, what are the
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next two words, as
Creator, as Creator.
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We might legitimately
ask Lord you've told us in
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the book of Revelation
to worship you as creator
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how do we do it? And
he would respond by saying
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keep the memorial of my
creation working for six
00:53:14.68\00:53:18.91
resting on the
seventh. Amen. It's powerful.
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By the way think
about this, a Buddhist,
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or a Muslim, or a
Hindu, can keep most of the
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Ten Commandments. They
can abstain from murder
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and adultery and
thievery and robbery, but no
00:53:31.57\00:53:34.23
Buddhist can keep
the Sabbath Commandment
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because the
Sabbath Commandment says I
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worship the God of
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and
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Moses who created the
world in six and rested on
00:53:42.80\00:53:45.87
the seventh. It's the
Sabbath Commandment that
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identifies the God
that you are worshipping.
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Amen. There is a reason
its right in the heart of
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the Commandments. So
then, Evolution robs God
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of His power as
creator and thus undermines the
00:53:57.79\00:53:59.86
memorial of his creation
the seventh-Day Sabbath.
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Yet revelation calls us
to keep it and honor it.
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Amen. Amen. Quoting it
right there in the middle
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of all these counterfeit
calls to worship and so I
00:54:08.21\00:54:10.43
give you tonight 10
reasons, 10 significant
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facts about the
Seventh-Day Sabbath and
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note them with me
carefully. Number one it
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was created by Jesus
before sin, created by
00:54:17.53\00:54:21.28
Jesus when, before
sin, notice how Jesus is at
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that centre of each
of the reasons. Number 2,
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it was commanded at
Mount Sinai and by Jesus
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to Moses, written
with the finger of God on
00:54:29.01\00:54:30.81
tables of stone. Number
3, it was kept and honored
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by Jesus in his life.
If you wanted to find Jesus
00:54:34.02\00:54:37.47
on the Seventh Day
you went to the Synagogue
00:54:37.61\00:54:39.78
the Bible says in the
Luke 4:16, so he honored it
00:54:39.85\00:54:42.35
as a man. He created
it in the beginning, he
00:54:42.67\00:54:45.40
commanded it at Sinai
and he honored it in his
00:54:45.52\00:54:48.00
life. Number 4, all of
Jesus Old Testament followers
00:54:48.14\00:54:51.99
kept the Sabbath. How
many of them? All of them
00:54:52.13\00:54:54.79
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
Joseph all the descendents
00:54:55.17\00:54:58.63
of Joseph Elijah, Isaiah
all of the prophets Adam,
00:54:58.80\00:55:02.01
Noah every single
Old Testament follower of
00:55:02.24\00:55:04.95
God was a Sabbath
Keeper. Remarkably
00:55:05.05\00:55:07.14
though, all of Jesus
New Testament followers were
00:55:07.40\00:55:10.80
also Sabbath Keepers,
every single one of them.
00:55:10.87\00:55:13.66
All of the disciples all
of the apostles, even the
00:55:14.03\00:55:16.65
gentiles that Paul was
preaching to in Acts were
00:55:16.80\00:55:18.73
Sabbath keepers.
Notice this way. God rested on
00:55:19.06\00:55:22.36
the Sabbath in creation
just as he did in salvation
00:55:22.55\00:55:25.32
when Jesus rested in
the tomb it was on the
00:55:25.63\00:55:27.49
Sabbath. Number 7, it
was changed by the Roman
00:55:27.64\00:55:30.49
Church in the fourt
century. Yet the Sabbath
00:55:30.73\00:55:33.28
will be kept in heaven
number eight. Number 9,
00:55:33.42\00:55:35.90
it is a sign of both
creation that God created
00:55:36.07\00:55:38.58
us and that he saved us.
The Bible says in Ezekiel
00:55:38.68\00:55:41.55
Chapter 20, the
Sabbath is a sign that I am the
00:55:41.71\00:55:44.55
Lord that
sanctifies you and Number 10 in
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Revelation Jesus calls
us to remember it and to
00:55:48.16\00:55:51.20
honor it. Ten reasons
while you should seriously
00:55:51.33\00:55:53.96
and soberly
consider keeping the Sabbath.
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Friends and I, when you
look at the cross you find
00:55:56.25\00:55:58.27
a God who loves you
and cares for you not a God
00:55:58.30\00:56:00.87
that works to the
processes or predation
00:56:00.90\00:56:02.49
and parasitism to
create you, but a God who
00:56:02.59\00:56:04.67
stooped in the mud to
create you and breath into
00:56:04.98\00:56:07.08
your nostrils the
breath of life. Amen, I am so
00:56:07.12\00:56:09.84
happy to report you
tonight that contrary to
00:56:10.01\00:56:12.20
popular Evolutionary
theory, contrary to popular
00:56:12.33\00:56:15.28
scientific opinion,
true science upholds, true
00:56:15.51\00:56:19.04
religion upholds,
Jesus Christ as creator and
00:56:19.80\00:56:23.07
redeemer and in the
book of Revelation we are
00:56:23.21\00:56:25.33
called to keep his
Sabbath. Friends has tonight's
00:56:25.55\00:56:29.13
message went clear yes
or no? Praise the Lord.
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