Creation By Jehovah
Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2011
by John Waddey
firstcenturychristian
It is a fundamental truth of Christianity that the heavens and earth and all things therein were created by Jehovah God. This is the opening statement of our sacred book. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen. 1:1). David wrote "By the word of Jehovah were the heavens make, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth...For he spake, and it as done; He commanded, and it stood fast" (Ps. 33:6-9). The Apostle John adds that it was by the agency of Christ, the divine Logos or Word, that all things were made (John 1:1-2). Paul added his testimony to the same truth, "All things have been created through him (Jesus) and unto him" (Col. 1:16). The author of Hebrews agrees that it was through Christ that God made the worlds (Heb. 1:2-3).
• "In truth, from the period of the earliest stages of Greek thought man has been eager to discover some natural cause of evolution, and to abandon the idea of supernatural intervention in the order of nature" (Henry Fairfield Osborn, The Origin and Evolution of Life, p. ix).
• "I must therefore say quite bluntly that I regard the hypothesis of special creation as too foolish for serious consideration" (H. S. Shelton, Is Evolution Proven?, p. 137).
• "Overwhelmingly, biologists had been accepting evolution because there was nothing else for them to do; but they had not proved it to their own satisfaction" (A. L. Kroeber in Evolution of Man, p. 2).
Even many who wear the sacred name of Christ deny the Genesis account. They prefer Darwin’s unproven theory of origins. They are embarrassed to stand alone with Christ. They find comfort in being accept by their unbelieving neighbors. This is a manifestation of liberalism in their hearts.
If we cannot trust the first three chapters of Genesis, how can we trust the rest of our Bible? Jesus believed and taught that God’s word "is truth" (John 17:17). David wrote, "The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether" (Ps. 19:9). Jesus linked his credibility to that of Moses. He said, "For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of men. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" (John 5:46-47).
Belief in creation by God is absolutely reasonable. It is a self-evident truth that "Out of nothing comes nothing." It is likewise true that every effect demands an adequate cause. For an inanimate object to move, there must be an adequate force from without. Design demands an intelligent designer. The forces of nature can destroy a house, but they can never build one. That takes intelligence. Life only comes from life. From whence did the first living creatures derive their life? Intelligence comes only from an intelligence source. No rock ever produced a bird. No tree has given birth to a man.
Evolution is an unproven attempt to account for the origin of the cosmos and man without an intelligent Creator, known as God.
• Charles Darwin himself wrote, "When we descend to details, we can prove that no one species has changed (i.e. we cannot prove that a single species has changed, JW), nor can we prove that the supposed changes are beneficial, which is the groundwork of the theory" ( Life & Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. II, p. 2:10) "I am conscious that I am in an utterly hopeless muddle. I cannot think that the world, as we see it, is the result of chance; and yet I cannot look at each separate thing as the result of design " ( Ibid. Vol II. p. 146).
• Thomas Henry Huxley said, "I by no means suppose that the transmutation hypothesis is proven or anything like it" ( Life & Letters of T. H. Huxley, Vol. I, p. 252).
• Louis T. More stated, "The more one studies paleontology, the more certain one becomes that evolution is based on faith alone" ( The Dogma of Evolution, p. 160).
• Paul Lemoine is quoted,"Evolution is a sort of dogma in which the priests no longer believe but that they maintain for the people" ( French Encyclopedia, 5-82-8).
• William Strauss, Jr. said, "I wish to emphasize that I am under no illusion that the theory of human ancestry I favor at the present time, can in any way be regarded as proven ( Quarterly Review of Biology, Sept 1949, p. 220).
Moses’ declaration in Genesis 1:1 sets forth many profound truths:
• "In the beginning God" denies atheism which insists there is no God.
• "In the beginning God" denies polytheism, the concept that there are many gods.
• "In the beginning God created" denies evolution with its concept of spontaneous generation and perpetually improving changes.
• That "God created the heavens and earth" denies pantheism which says the cosmos is identical with God, that it is the body of God. God existed prior to the creation of the material universe. His relation to the creation is much like that of a clockmaker to his clock.
• That "God created the heavens and earth" denies materialism which asserts that matter is eternal. The cosmos had a beginning and will have an end (II Pet. 3:19-11), but God is eternal. He has always been and will always be!
Think of what belief in divine creation does for man.
• It provides us a reasonable explanation of the universal question, "How did the heavens and earth come to be?"
• It provide us with an elevated understanding of ourselves. We are not the result of a cosmic explosion or accident. We are not just highly evolved animals. We are the children of God (Acts 17:29), made in his image (Gen. 1:26), made to live forever (I John 5:11).
• It reminds us of our moral obligation to live worthily of our station among the creatures of God. We alone bear his image. He has given us dominion and stewardship over the world he made (Gen. 1:28).
• It reminds us that every human life as special value. The horse we may ride, the ox we can use to pull our wagon. We can kill our pig or cow for food. We hunt the wild beast the preys on our livestock. We destroy rodents that invade our homes. We exterminate insects that want to live with us. But man is special, a protected species. Because man is made in the image of God we are told "Thou shalt not kill, i.e., do no murder" (Ex. 20:13; Rom. 13:9). "Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God mane he man" (Gen. 9:6).
• It reminds us of our dependence on God our creator. He gives us every good and perfect gift (Jas. 1:17). It reminds us of our duty to be submissive and obedient to our Creator in all of life (Eccle. 12:1, 131). Perhaps most of all it demonstrates the greatness, power and goodness of God.
Rather than trusting the uncertain, shaky theory of evolution, Christians base their faith on the solid rock of God’s Truth. Charles Darwin confessed, "I never feel surprised at any one sticking to the belief of immutability (The opposite of evolution, J. W.),...I remember too well my endless oscillation of doubt and difficulty" ( Life & Letters, Vol. II, pp. 210-211).
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