Grace and peace unto you.

I don’t normally take part in the Creation vs. Evolution debate, simply because I feel that I need to focus more on reading and growing in the Word, to be better equipped to witness.  That’s not to say that this debate is not important.  On the contrary, it’s very important.  But I think that we as Christians need to be careful that we don’t get so caught up in this debate that we lose sight of those people around us who truly need witnessing to.

The same can be said of the subject of apologetics in general.  Many apologists use 1 Peter 3:15 as the basis for vigorously defending the gospel against every known attack of the enemy.  But the apostle Peter doesn’t admonish us to give an answer to every question that is asked of us.  He admonishes us to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.”  

Why, is this so important?  Because, it is the basis of the Gospel.  The hope that is in us is the Blessed Hope that the apostle Paul speaks of in Titus 2:13:

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”

The Blessed Hope is the First Resurrection (the resurrection of the dead in Christ) or Rapture as it is commonly called, reference to which can be found in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17:

“For the Lord Himself shall descend with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  

“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

It can also be found in Romans 8:23 and 1 Corinthians 15:51, as well as in the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.  The Resurrection is a perfect segue to the Gospel.  That is why we definitely want to be ready to answer any question about this Blessed Hope.  Without this Hope, we would be wasting our time witnessing, and our faith would be useless, as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:12-19:

“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?  

“But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.  

“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching in vain, and your faith is in vain.  

“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is in vain; ye are yet in your sins.   

“If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”

Man, do I love that part.  “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are all of all men most miserable.”  But since we have hope in this life as well as the next, then we are of all men most joyous!

So, we are admonished to answer any question regarding our hope in the Resurrection because it is tied directly to Christ’s resurrection, and while we are on the subject of His resurrection we can give them the gospel.  That is not to say that we don’t answer questions on other matters of faith, but we must be careful that we don’t get into arguments that in the end distract us from the gospel message.

It is no secret that a frequent tactic that Satan uses is to get us arguing with someone who has already determined in their mind not to believe the gospel.  They only want to distract us, waste our time, and hopefully frustrate and discourage us.  For this reason Paul admonishes us to “avoid profane and vain babblings and oppositions of science falsely so-called” (1 Timothy 6:20).  Can there be a more profane babbling than the so-called science of evolution?

Now, there is a place for creation ministries, as I was led to the Lord in part by the Creation Science Evangelism ministry.  But, these are people who are dedicated to this type of ministry, and are very good at what they do.  That is not to say that the average Christian should not be ready to defend creation, but we should know with whom we are dealing and make sure that we have enough ammunition to fight with before we decide to tackle these arguments or we risk losing the very people we hope to save. 

If you don’t have enough information, stick to the gospel.  But if you feel that it is important enough for you to invest the time and energy to get smart on the arguments of evolutionists to better defend the gospel, by all means do it.  Towards that end, let me share with you something that I found that literally blew me out of my socks.

Let’s go to the Book of Genesis.  As we know, Genesis 1:3 says, “And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.” Did you ever ask yourself why God’s first act of creation was to create light?  Did God need light?  Psalm 139:12 says, “Yea…the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.”

So God can see in the dark (which helps since the wicked often do their evil deeds in the dark), so He didn’t need light.  Adam and Eve certainly didn’t need light yet, because they weren’t created until Day 5, and besides, God had created the sun, the moon, and the stars on Day 4 “to give light upon the earth” (v. 17).  Why, then, did God command there to be light so early in the creation when it wasn’t yet needed?  Why, He did it for you and for me, to show us that we can believe in His word.

You see God is nothing if not orderly.  Everything has its time and place.  He could easily have created the sun, moon, and stars on Day 1 in anticipation of creating Adam and Eve.  After all, He knew he was going to create them from the beginning.  But, had He done that, we would have been left without a very great piece of evidence of His omniscience and His omnipotence.  Let me explain.

Because God knows all things, including those things that are not yet, He knew that the false scientists identified in Romans Chapter 1 would invent evolution to deny the Creation, and that the theological evolutionists would use evolution to deny a literal six-day creation.  Let us look at what God says about the false scientists of our day, because it is extremely revealing:

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:18-20).

Wow! That is powerful stuff.

God is extremely upset at ungodly evolution-pitching scientists, because He has shown them the truth of Himself through science.  But the scientists keep it from us.   The purpose of science is supposed to be to bring us to the knowledge of God.  Bet you never thought of it that way, did you?  But it’s true.  You see, science was not intended to answer all questions, because all questions cannot be answered by science.  Probably the best evidence of this is light.

Did you know that scientists don’t have a clue what light is?  They know what it does, how it acts, and how to manipulate it, but they have no clue what it is.  But Christians know what light is because Scripture tells us “God is Light” (1 John 1:5).  Jesus is the Light (John 9:5).  The Holy Spirit is Light (Daniel 5:14).  “And these three are one” (1 John 5:7).  Light may be the best evidence of a Creator-God.  And science cannot explain it.

When scientists reach a point where they cannot give a “scientific” explanation; that is, one that can be observed, tested, and demonstrated, they are supposed to say, “This is the finger of God.”  Even Pharaoh’s pagan magicians had sense enough to do that (Exodus 8:19).  But nooooo.  The Godless scientists of our day would rather make up some foolishness like evolution rather than point to God.  They would rather invent a false history than point to God.

Why do they do this?  Because they don’t want to admit that there is a God, and that He created the world, and therefore, has the right to judge his creation.  You see, God, like any good parent, has rules, and He expects them to be obeyed.  If you take a hard look at anyone, and I mean anyone, who will not admit that there is a God, you will probably see that there is some sin in their life that they do not want to give up.

Be it chasing women, chasing men, homosexuality, drunkenness, witchcraft, you name it, if we like doing it, we don’t like the idea of someone telling us that we can’t.  I have heard that one evolutionist scientist admitted that he knows evolution is untenable, but he would rather believe in evolution rather than admit that there is a God, because he doesn’t want anyone telling him who he can and cannot sleep with.

So the ungodly make up the fairy tale of evolution, so that they can continue to live in sin. It’s fine if they want to believe that they are descended from monkeys.  That’s their prerogative.  The problem is that they are teaching our children that they too are descended from monkeys.  For me that is a problem, because it could destroy their faith in the Word of God.  But God saw this coming and showed us in His Word.

That’s why He created light in lieu of the sun to “divide the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1:4).  He then created Day and Night (verse 5), providing the means by which we could mark the passing of time.  He then said, “And the evening and the morning were the first day” (verse 5).   With Day 1 established, He created the atmosphere (Day 2), the oceans and all plant life (Day 3), The sun, moon, stars, and all the planets (Day 4), all fish and birds (Day 5), and lastly, the animals and His crowning achievement, you and me (Day 6).  And on Day 7 He rested.  He had a busy week.   And it all started with light.

God broke us off a little piece of Himself when he gave us light.  He broke off an even bigger piece of Himself when he gave us The Light.  Light itself is evidence of a Creator-God, and the light at the beginning of the Creation is the best evidence of a literal six-day creation.  And as for the scientists who deny this, well, God says that they are “without excuse” (Romans 1:20).  May their end be in accordance with their works.

If in reading this you are beginning to see that true science points directly to an Almighty God, and you realize that it behoves you to get right with Him right now, click here.

Brothers and sisters, you might want to add this to your evolution-fighting arsenal.

Be encouraged, my little children, and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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