Last week, I made a list of truths and fires to study. The first truth, I think, is that there is a God. One God.
It amazes me as I step out into our culture, how more and more people actually don’t believe in any god….and if they do….there’s a “variety” to choose from.
1 Corinthians 8:6 says,
6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
We went for a trip to the Natural History Museum in D.C. recently. While there was a lot to see, the part that has stuck with me the longest, is how prevalent evolution was in that museum, and how permanently displayed. There was a individual theatre devoted to Evolution. In almost every display, from fossils to jellyfish to plants and insects, billions of years was assumed and thus stated.
There were no suggestions that it was a theory.
There were no mentions of any other possible views.
It was taken for granted, that if you believe in science, you believe in evolution. It was presented as fact.
Yet, we know this not to be true. Genesis 1 describes creation. We know that no one knows the very beginning, before time beginning. We know that there are missing pieces and information that evolution is still seeking.
But why is it presented as fact?!
Fire #1 – Evolution is fact. The earth is billions of years old. God did not create the world. If you question this you are ignorant and unscientific.
Truth #1 - Creation displays a Creator. The earth is not billions of years old. There are many scientific people who believe in Creation or Intelligent Design.
The prevalence of evolution being taken for granted by the general public appalls me. It surprises me. It humbles me.
I see that this is one fire I can watch out for and work to “put out.”
- I can let people know, in common conversations, when evolution is referenced, that there are people out there who don’t take it for granted.
- I can study and research more on this topic, so that I am more equipped for the right answer.
- I can pray for those in schools and leadership, that they would stand for the truth.
- I can make every effort to teach in accordance to God’s word.
- I can show kids there is evidence in nature.
- I can make good books available on the subject in the church library.
Do you have any other ideas or real experience?
For verses about God in creation, see here.
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