Evolution vs. Creation

 

2002013

Subject: evolution; creation

Introduction:

A.    For 150 years – society has bought into the “lie” that evolution is a fact.

1.    Public at large believes evolution the only valid explanation for creation of the earth.

2.    Evolution is a basic belief of humanism.  Humanism denies God and elevates man to be the highest form of life in the universe.

B.    Evolutionists reject the Bible as the inspired, inerrant, infallible, and authoritative word of God.

1.    After first denying Gen. 1-11 – advocates of evolution now attack the Bible from many directions.

2.    Since the creation account is rejected, many now find it easy to deny miracles & prophecy found w/in the Bible.

C.   Evolution teaches that man is an animal.  If an animal he will act as an animal.

1.    Belief has led to many problems we now face in society.

2.    Some attribute our country’s moral decline to the acceptance of evolution and the denial that God exists.

D.   Christians must accept that the world was created by God.

1.    This is not a judgment matter.

2.    Evolution is a threat to faith!  Heb. 11:3

3.    The Bible account of creation cannot be reconciled w/evolutionary theory.

 

I.  Bible says our world began by Creative Genius.

A.    Psa. 19:1; Isa. 40:26, 28; Heb. 3:4; Acts 17:24

B.    Bible begins w/the claim in Gen. 1:1.

1.    first 2 chapters of Genesis then gives us the foundational claim of the Bible:

2.    God created the world.

3.    God gave life to its inhabitants in 6 days of creation.  See also Ex. 20:11

C.   It is stated in the same declarative style in informing us about all the other facts stated in the Bible.  Its stands/falls together.

 

II. Bible claims a perfect, mature, & full-grown creation from the beginning.

A.    Man is not pictured as a product of development over course of a billion years. 

1.    Rather, we see him as the designed creation of God from the beginning.

2.    Note how Jesus speaks of Adam/Eve – Mt. 19:4; Mk. 10:6

B.    God created the first living things fully grown & in possession of power of reproduction.

1.    6 times in Gen. 1 God said His creation was “good.”

2.    The biblical account suggests no disorder or “struggle for survival” as evolutionists claim.

3.    All things were operating in perfect harmony & order.

C.   Evolution demands we view things going from the very simple to complex.

1.    lifeless ooze becomes filled with life – an amoeba – then evolves over the course of time into a complex being (Human)

2.    A mass of matter exploding – disarray – moving toward a more orderly arrangement. (Big Bang)

D.   Scripture teaches that the process is working in exact reverse.

1.    Things were more perfect in their original state.

2.    But…have been subjected to degeneration & decay by the introduction of sin.

 

III. The results of creation are presented in a non-evolutionary manner.

A.    Gen. 1:11-25 – each living unit of creation reproduces “after its kind.”

B.    Two lower life forms have never mated to give birth to a higher life form.

1.    Cats do not give birth to horses.

2.    Horses do not give birth to humans.

3.    Why?  Because each living thing reproduces after its kind.

C.   Evolutionists believe in a process which is contrary to the Bible.

1.    They accept the premise that it requires millions of years to change from lower to higher life.

2.    But cannot specifically point to living things right now in the middle of the evolutionary process.

 

IV. Consider the order of the universe.

A.    Is everything a result of chance?  Coincidence?

1.    When will next full moon on Christmas Eve occur?  2076. 

2.    Haley’s comet:  1986…2062…2138…every 76 years…

3.    What are the chances of all this falling into place by mere coincidence?

B.    Rotation of the earth.

1.    Everything is just right in order to sustain life. 

2.    Slower:  day time too hot & night too cold for life to continue.

3.    Faster:  equally grave problems.

C.   Orbit of earth around the sun.

1.    Farther:  too cold to sustain life; to close:  too hot.

D.   Consider:

1.    Thickness of atmosphere; the factors needed to sustain necessary gases in exactly the right proportions.

2.    Amount of surface covered by water.

3.    Was it all by design or chance?

E.    Order/design in the animal world.

1.    Bees communicate the direction & distance of food sources to other bees by vibrating.  This is essential for their survival.  How did they learn it?

2.    How would they have survived to evolve this behavior when such was necessary for their existence?

3.    Is it reasonable to assume that such was the result of mere chance?

4.    Evolutionists must explain how:

a)    Salmon know how to return the same FW stream where they were hatched years earlier.

b)    How animals depend on each other for survival.  Same dependence is seen between animals & certain plants.

c)    Go on and on.

F.    Order of the human body.

1.    Muscle that functions only once at birth – but is necessary for us to survive the change from life w/in the womb to life on the outside.

a)    How did that evolve?  When it had to be there for any human to survive birth.

2.    Eye?

a)    Cannot match it for vision – even w/the latest technology & allowing for many time the space occupied by the eye.

3.    Order of bodily systems.

a)    Heart; lungs; brain; ears; muscles; bone structure – order to the smallest detail!

b)    All these systems exist in EVERY human being!

c)    Think of how complex human body is – and yet evolutionists say it’s all by chance it got that way.  Huh?

4.    Psa. 19:1; 139:14

 

V.  Evolution DEMANDS faith.

A.  One who accepts evolution do so on “faith” rather than “fact.”

B.  The evolutionist must assume:

1.    Nonliving things gave rise to living material, i.e. spontaneous generation.

2.    Spontaneous generation occurred only once.

3.    Viruses; bacteria; plants; animals; are all interrelated.

4.    Single celled organisms gave rise to multi-celled organisms.

5.    All organisms w/o a backbone (invertebrate) are interrelated.

6.    Invertebrates gave rise to vertebrates.

7.    With the vertebrates, fish gave rise to amphibian, amphibian to reptiles, reptiles to birds, and birds to mammals.

D.   These are just that:  assumptions.

1.    NOT FACTS as some would like to think.

2.    In the final analysis … evolution and creation have the same evidence for us to begin with.

3.    Differences result from interpretation of said evidence.

4.    Which interpretation is more reasonable?

E.    The Bible claims evidence available is properly used to deduce existence of God.

1.    Rom. 1:20

F.    Watch Story

G.   House Story.

H.   C O N C L U S I O N