God
Created
Let us make man
in our image…and let him rule…over all the earth…
Genesis 1:26
“Dad? How come they don’t like us
talkin’ ’bout God in school…’specially in science class?”
Bobby asked, genuinely bewildered.
The subject elicited strong feelings in
Jack, How do I explain to my eight year old son that men think too
highly of themselves and don’t like being told what to do?
He decided to try a more indirect
route, “Well, Bobby, schools have what is called a curriculum…”
Jack cut himself off, realizing he was about to give his son a
world-view response. He sighed, “The truth is, Buddy, there are
some people who don’t believe in God because His existence makes
them uncomfortable.”
Bobby’s nose scrunched as Jack continued, “There are a lot of people who don’t accept that God created the universe and everything in it because they can’t explain how He did it. The inability to explain creation scares them, so some people feel a need to come up with their own version of how it all began.”
Bobby’s nose scrunched as Jack continued, “There are a lot of people who don’t accept that God created the universe and everything in it because they can’t explain how He did it. The inability to explain creation scares them, so some people feel a need to come up with their own version of how it all began.”
Bobby’s face reflected the revelation
he was having, “Is that what my teacher calls the ‘Big Bang’
and ‘Revolution’?!”
Jack grinned, “Evolution, Bobby, and
you’re exactly right. The ‘Big Bang’ is Science’s version of
how the universe materialized, evolution is their belief in how
mankind came into existence, and both are why they don’t like
anyone talking about God.”
†
The theory of Evolution combined with
the ‘Big Bang’ is one of the world’s leading substitutes for
God. It wraps their rejection of a Creator up in a nice little bow,
alleging everything suddenly came from nothing in a tremendous,
exponential cosmic explosion; and from that, over billions of years,
the universe and humanity evolved.
But God, not chance, is responsible for
creation: Isaiah 48:13 says, “My own hand laid the foundations of
the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens…”
God, in today’s text, created Adam
‘of age’, capable of immediately ruling over the earth. Think
about that…and have faith in a God Who spread out the heavens with
His left hand behind His back.
Prayer
“Almighty God, Creator
of everything, I accept by faith that You created the heavens,
the earth, and me. Give me the wisdom and courage to testify to Your
creative truths. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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