creation

Creation: Whales, fish, birds

Isaac van Oosten - The creation of birds and fish

Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

 


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Creation: Lights in the Firmament of Heaven

Explanation:  A 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula.
NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF

 

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

The Moon and the Sun - Two Views

NASA/SDO/LRO/GSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Crux and Southern Cross

Kovayashi, Southern Cross, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 


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Creation: Earth, seas, grass, herb, trees

God Creating Plants and Trees LACMA 65.37.58

Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

 

 


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Creation: Firmament – divides the waters from the waters

Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men (1897) (14781064904)

Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

 

 


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Creation: In the beginning

Tissot The Creation

Artist:  James Tissot, The Creation

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

 

 


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The Lord Our God is One Lord

Brooklyn Museum - Jesus Sits by the Seashore and Preaches (Jésus s'assied au bord de la mer et prêche) - James Tissot

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

 

There is a vein of thought that is put out by the secular media that Christians cannot be scientists.  A secular modernist worldview disassociates God and science.   Yet the Bible says that God is one.

Every life-giving system has its roots in godly principles.

Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

 

You cannot have a system based on truth that functions outside of God.  Systems may function, but if they are not based on how the Lord God set things up, those systems will be destructive.   They may appear to work for a while  . . .  until they don’t.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus] am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 

There are systems in society that don’t function properly and are not life-giving.  Society gives them and the people who promote them various names …  fiat currency, transgenderism, open borders, Deep State, global elites,  covid jabs and more.

In all of these, there is something that defies the laws of creation, such as transgenderism; or the laws of life, private property, and equal justice as given to mankind in the Old Testament.  In the case of the covid jab there is an ignoring of the golden rule … do unto others as you would have them do unto you (Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:12).

When it comes to the whole covid dilemma, there was an ignoring of the original Hippocratic oath which historically has been a guide for physicians; that oath has since been modified and ignored in its original form.

Here is the majority of the text of the original Hippocratic Oath, minus the ode to the Greek gods.  There is much that is commendable in this oath.

… I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.

To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture; to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to my own sons, the sons of my teacher, and to indentured pupils who have taken the Healer’s oath, but to nobody else.

I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgment, and I will do no harm or injustice to them. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. But I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art. I will not use the knife, not even, verily, on sufferers from stone, but I will give place to such as are craftsmen therein.

Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me. – Translation by W.H.S. Jones.

“First do no harm”

 

Going back to the question of whether a scientist can be both a scientist and a Christian, it is a fact of history that there have been many Christian scientists.  These individuals believed that they could understand the natural world because as individuals they were created in the image of God and therefore could think God’s thoughts after him. By understanding the scientific laws of the world as set up by the Lord God, inventions like electricity, modern sanitation, structurally sound buildings, etc., have been brought to the world.  Individuals have understood the forces of nature and how to turn them into practical applications; positive inventions have been gifts from God.

Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Exodus 3:13 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

 

Thomas Jefferson referenced the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God in the Declaration of Independence.

The question might be asked that if God gives inventions, then why do some of these inventions go awry? Why are they used for destruction?

One of the initial commands to Adam was to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

 

However Adam and Eve, and mankind in general after them, have failed to keep that commandment.  Over and over every generation keeps reaching out its hand to mix in some evil with the good. God gave the warning.  Over the centuries, mankind overall has not heeded it.

Since Jefferson was mentioned in connection to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God, it seems important to point out that as there has been a deviation from the original Hippocratic Oath, likewise there has been a deviation from the original intent of the Founding Fathers.  It has been said that they created a democracy.  Actually, they did not.  They created a Republic.  There is a difference.   They understood the difference.

“Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”  James Madison

 

The premise given to the public about Ukraine (there is the official version given for public consumption and then there is what is going on behind the scenes which is usually more accurate) is that this is a war for democracy.   First of all, the United States is a Republic, not a democracy, and should not be fighting for democracy.  Secondly, the word “democracy” is one of those double speak words talked about in the book, 1984.   It might be better phrased as a struggle to maintain the military-industrial complex and to enrich those who invest in the industries of destruction.  Democracy gives “power to the people” but which people … the globalists?  the ruling elite?  the military industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned about as he left office?

Probably no words are a better definition of “double speak” than these.

“I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”  Alan Greenspan

Even if you think democracy is a good thing … and those who attempt to subvert the Constitution portray democracy as a good thing … Zelensky in Ukraine consolidated  TV outlets and dissolved opponent political parties.  Is this one party rule something the United States should be backing?  Churches have been destroyed as well.

You need to understand that the official version of the story is far from the truth.  Colonel Douglas MacGregor and a few others have been willing to break with the official narrative in order to tell the truth.

Why should you care?  Well, for one thing Congress is sending money to Ukraine for a war that is not a war for “democracy,” even in the misunderstood sense of the word.   The other point is, this is a proxy war with Ukraine, moving to the edge of nuclear WWIII through the current “leadership” (if it can be called that).  It is a proxy war, meaning the US and NATO are fighting Russia through a third party, Ukraine.   It wouldn’t be a saleable war to the American people if they really understood it, but because the “fake news” that Donald Trump tried to warn about still operates, people don’t really understand the history and background and “players”  in this conflict.  It wouldn’t be saleable to the American people if the over 400,000 Ukrainians killed were American sons.  And for what have they been killed?  The only ones benefiting from this war is the military industrial complex and the industries of destruction and those who make money from them.  So, to blunt, Ukrainians are dying, families are losing their … fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, uncles, nephews, cousins, grandfathers and children … in the name of feeding the military industrial complex that gets rich from war.  Bankers benefit as well.  People weep tonight because their loved ones are dead, killed in a senseless war “in the name of democracy.”  The United States sends money, purportedly to “save democracy”; the United States is not even a democracy, but a Republic.  More could be said but at least this much must be understood.

The United States is guilty; can it expect blessings as long as it promotes and funds this war?

“Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”  James Madison

 

Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

 


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Relationship and Prayer Requests

Jesus and Nicodemus

Prayer is a topic about which there are many scriptures and examples in the Bible.  This post can only be a minute, minute (adj.) discussion.

It is important to realize that prayer begins with relationship … a relationship with God the Father.

Jesus began the Lord’s prayer with the words, “Our Father.”

Isn’t God the Father of everyone?  God is the Father of spirits.  All spirits … and man is a spirit, has a soul, and lives in a body … all spirits were created by God.   A relationship through Jesus Christ restores fellowship.

Hebrews 12:9 (KJV)  Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

I Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

At Creation, God created man to fellowship with him. That fellowship was broken by the Fall.

Genesis 3:8 In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.

9 The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”

 

Jesus came to make a way for that fellowship to be restored.

Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

 

Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

 

Jesus went to the heart of the matter in this discourse.

John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

 

Without the new birth through Jesus Christ, the spiritual lineage of all men (in English grammar that includes women) is to be born in trespasses and sin.  The sin nature, like genetics, is carried on from generation to generation until it is broken through the power of Jesus Christ through the new birth.  It requires individual repentance and turning to the Lord Jesus Christ.  There is a saying that “God has no grandchildren.”  In other words, the new birth experience cannot be carried down generation after generation.  Knowledge can be passed on on how to be born again, but the experience cannot be.

This is why Jesus could talk to the most religious people of the day and tell them they were of the father the devil.  It wasn’t necessarily about their actions, it was about their lineage.  They had not yet been adoped into the family of God through Jesus Christ.

John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

Jesus stated:

John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

The reason why a person is “condemmed already” is because that person exists in trespasses and sins, no matter how nobly they may act.

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

 

This is why before talking about the topic of prayer, it is necessary to talk about establishing a relationship with God first.  A child asks help of his father.

The one prayer that God does hear in order to re-establish that relationship is this.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 

That comes from the Apostle Paul’s longer explanation here.

Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.


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Repost: Kennedy Classics – How I Know There Is a God

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FROM D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES
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“HOW DO WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN…”
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IS A QUESTION THAT MAN HAS ASKED FOR A MYRIAD OF
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THINGS THROUGHOUT TIME.
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“HOW DO I KNOW MY PURPOSE IN LIFE?”
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OR “HOW DO I KNOW WHAT COMES AFTER DEATH?”
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OR MOST IMPORTANTLY “HOW DO I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?”
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A QUESTION LIKE THAT IS SO INTRICATE AND IN-DEPTH,
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HOW DO YOU EVEN BEGIN TO ANSWER IT?
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CS LEWIS COMMENTS ON THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION SAYING,
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“MY ARGUMENT AGAINST GOD WAS THAT THE UNIVERSE
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SEEMED SO CRUEL AND UNJUST.
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BUT HOW HAD I GOT THIS IDEA OF JUST AND UNJUST?
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A MAN DOES NOT CALL A LINE CROOKED UNLESS HE HAS SOME
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IDEA OF A STRAIGHT LINE.”
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SIMPLY PUT, IF THERE WASN’T A GOD, THEN HOW
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WOULD WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD
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AND EVIL, RIGHT AND WRONG?
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DR. KENNEDY POSES THIS VERY QUESTION AND ANSWERS
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WITH STRONG REASONING IN HIS SERMON, “HOW I KNOW
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THERE IS A GOD.”
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MAY WE HEAR NOW THE WORD OF GOD AS IT’S FOUND IN
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THE 14TH PSALM.
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PSALM 14, VERSE 1.
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MAY WE HEAR THE INSPIRED WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.
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AND MAY GOD SPEAK TO US TODAY THROUGH THIS PORTION
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OF HIS HOLY WORD, AND MAY HIS NAME EVER BE PRAISED.
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AMEN.
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THERE IS NO MORE PROFOUND QUESTION THAT YOU CAN ASK
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THAN THIS: IS THERE A GOD?
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MORTIMER ADLER, THE FAMOUS SCHOLAR AND EDUCATOR,
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EDITOR OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION,
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SAYS IN HIS GREAT IDEAS SYNTOPICON, WHICH IS THE
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TOPICAL INDEX FOR THE GREAT BOOKS, HE SAYS THAT
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ALMOST EVERY WRITER IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION HAS
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WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF GOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
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A FEW PURE MATHEMATICIANS.
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THE CHAPTER ON GOD IS THE LARGEST IN THESE VOLUMES.
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“THE REASON FOR THAT,” HE SAYS, “IS OBVIOUS.”
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THAT IS THAT MORE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOUGHT
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AND ACTION RESULT FROM THE AFFIRMATION OR DENIAL OF
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GOD THAN FROM ANY OTHER BASIC QUESTION.”
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INDEED, THE ENTIRE TENOR OF OUR LIVES WILL BE
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COMPLETELY AFFECTED BY THE ANSWER THAT WE GIVE.
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TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON WHAT MAY
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SEEM TO SOME TO BE AN AUDACIOUS SUBJECT, AND
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THAT IS, HOW I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD.
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NOW, IN AN AGE WHEN MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT YOU CAN’T
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KNOW ANYTHING, TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A
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GOD, OF ALL THINGS, WOULD SEEM TO THEM TO BE UTTERLY
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PREPOSTEROUS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT.
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I THINK THAT THE SCRIPTURE VERY CLEARLY TELLS US THAT
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WE CAN KNOW GOD.
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IN FACT, IT SAYS THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE THAT YOU MAY
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KNOW GOD, THE ONLY TRUE GOD IN JESUS CHRIST WHOM
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HE HATH SENT.
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SO, HOW DO I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?
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LET ME SET FORTH SEVERAL CLASSIC ARGUMENTS FOR THE
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EXISTENCE OF GOD BROUGHT UP TO DATE IN LIGHT OF
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SOME MODERN SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS THAT CERTAINLY
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HAVE AN IMPACT UPON THEM.
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ONE OF THE OLDEST, OF COURSE GOING ALL THE WAY
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BACK TO ARISTOTLE, IS CALLED THE COSMOLOGICAL
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ARGUMENT.
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THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IS BASICALLY AN ARGUMENT
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THAT SAYS THAT FOR EVERY EFFECT THERE MUST BE AN
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ADEQUATE CAUSE.
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YOU CAN REMEMBER THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IS
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AN ARGUMENT FROM CAUSE.
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IT MIGHT HELP YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THEY BOTH
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BEGIN WITH “C”- CAUSE AND COSMOLOGICAL: COSMOLOGICAL
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SIMPLY MEANS THE STUDY OF THE COSMOS, THE UNIVERSE.
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IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR ARGUMENTS OR PROOFS FOR
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THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, THEN WE DON’T HAVE TO LOOK
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UNDER A TABLE OR IN A CORNER SOMEWHERE.
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ABOUT YOU.
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THE UNIVERSE IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT THERE
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IS, PHYSICALLY, AND IN ITSELF IS THE GREATEST
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PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
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THIS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
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OF THINKING MEN.
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THE UNIVERSE IS THE GREATEST, LARGEST ARGUMENT
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FOR GOD.
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NOTICE, IF THE UNIVERSE EXISTS, AND WE ALL AGREE
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THAT IT DOES, THEN THERE ARE ONLY THREE
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EXPLANATIONS FOR IT.
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ONE, IT IS ETERNAL.
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NOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WERE MEN THAT
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BELIEVED THAT, BUT WITH MODERN SCIENTIFIC
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DISCOVERIES, IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
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THAT.
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SCIENTISTS, FOR THE LAST 150 YEARS HAVE BEEN
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SCURRYING AROUND TRYING TO AVOID THE PLAIN
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODERN LAWS THAT THEY HAVE
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DISCOVERED THAT CLEARLY INDICATE THE UNIVERSE IS
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NOT ETERNAL.
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THE GREAT LAW, WHICH IS THE MOST THOROUGHLY
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DOCUMENTED OF ALL OF THE LAWS OF SCIENCE,
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THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, THE LAW OF
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ENTROPY, WHICH SAYS THAT EVERYTHING IS RUNNING
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DOWN.
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EVERYTHING IS LOSING ENERGY.
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EVERYTHING IS WEARING OUT- GROWING OLD.
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SO, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT IF THE UNIVERSE WERE
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ETERNAL, IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE RUN DOWN.
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THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING HAS A TENDENCY
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TO DISTRIBUTE ITS HEAT EQUALLY INTO ALL PARTS OF
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THE UNIVERSE.
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THE UNIVERSE RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO MAKE EVERY
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SQUARE FOOT OF THE UNIVERSE THE SAME
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TEMPERATURE, SO THE SUNS ARE GETTING COOLER AND THE
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SPACE IS GRADUALLY RECEIVING MORE AND MORE
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ENERGY.
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AS IF, IF YOU WERE TO SET A GLASS OF HOT WATER AND A
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GLASS OF FREEZING COLD WATER DOWN ON A TABLE AND
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COME BACK IN A DAY, YOU WOULD FIND THAT THEY WOULD
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BOTH BE THE SAME TEMPERATURE.
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AND SO IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY, IF THE
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UNIVERSE CONTINUES LONG ENOUGH.
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THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WOULD BE THE SAME TEPID
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TEMPERATURE.
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THERE WOULD BE NO FREEZING SPACE, THERE WOULD BE NO
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BLAZING SUN.
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YET, THE UNIVERSE HAS NOT RUN DOWN, THEREFORE, IT IS
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NOT ETERNAL.
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EFFORTS RECENTLY TO HAVE AN OSCILLATING UNIVERSE TO
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AVOID THIS HAVE ALL FALLEN AFOUL OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC
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DISCOVERIES WHICH MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT
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THE UNIVERSE CANNOT BE ETERNAL.
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SECOND POSSIBILITY- IF IT’S NOT ETERNAL, MAYBE IT
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IS SELF-CREATED- THAT IT CREATED ITSELF OUT OF
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NOTHING.
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WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC LAW, SOMETIMES
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EXPRESSED IN THIS WAY, “EX NIHILO, NIHIL FIT,” WHICH
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MEANS, “OUT OF NOTHING, NOTHING COMES.”
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NOTHING PRODUCES NOTHING, AND THE UNIVERSE CANNOT
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HAVE PRODUCED ITSELF OUT OF NOTHING.
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IN FACT, THAT FLIES INTO THE FACE OF THE FIRST LAW
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OF THERMODYNAMICS WHICH SAYS PRECISELY THAT-
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THAT NOTHING PRODUCES NOTHING.
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A THIRD POSSIBILITY IS THAT IT WAS CREATED BY
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SOMEONE WHO IS HIMSELF ETERNAL, AND THAT IS THE
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FIRST STATEMENT OF THE BIBLE THAT “IN THE
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BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.”
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THAT IS THE MOST SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT THAT
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HAS EVER BEEN MADE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE
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UNIVERSE.
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SO IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE MODERN DISCOVERIES ABOUT
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THE UNIVERSE, IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
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CLEAR THAT THE UNIVERSE ITSELF IS A GREAT ARGUMENT
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FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
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EVEN DR. ROBERT JASTROW, ONE OF THE LEADING SPACE
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SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD, THE HEAD OF THE US
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INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES, THE FOUNDER AND
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HEAD OF THE GODDARD SPACE INSTITUTE FOR NASA, I HAVE
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HAD DINNER WITH DR. JASTROW AND WE HAVE
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DISCUSSED THESE THINGS, AND HE HAS SAID IN HIS
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WRITINGS, THAT MODERN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
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MAKE IT EASIER AND EASIER FOR THE SCIENTIST TO
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BELIEVE THAT HERE IS A GOD- IN FACT, MAKE IT
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HARDER AND HARDER FOR ANYONE TO BELIEVE THAT
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THERE IS NOT.
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SECONDLY, AND BEYOND THE UNIVERSE, THERE IS THE
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PRESENCE OF LIFE ITSELF.
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STILL, FROM A COSMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, AS THE CAUSE
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OF LIFE, WHERE DID THIS LIFE COME FROM?
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THE WORLD TEEMS WITH LIFE.
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THIS SANCTUARY IS PACKED WITH LIVING CREATURES.
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WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
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WELL, IT USED TO BE HELD THAT LIFE AROSE BY
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SPONTANEOUS GENERATION- FLIES, MAGGOTS COMING INTO
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EXISTENCE ON PUTRID MEAT, AND FROGS COMING OUT OF
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THE SLIME OF BOGS.
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WELL, THAT WAS PROVED TO BE FALSE BY PASTEUR AND
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REDDI.
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AND SO THAT WAS ABANDONED- THAT LIFE WAS NOT COMING
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INTO EXISTENCE FROM NON-LIFE TODAY AND SO THEY
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RETREATED TO THE DIM PAST.
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AND THEY SAID THAT THOUGH LIFE IS NOT SPONTANEOUSLY
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COMING INTO EXISTENCE TODAY, IT DID DO SO
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MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO- IN FACT, 2 BILLION YEARS AGO,
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THEY LIKE TO SAY.
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VERY INTERESTINGLY, THE DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE
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TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO HAVE SHOWN
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THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING.
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FOR EXAMPLE, PROTEIN WHICH NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO WAS
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THE MOST COMPLEX SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO MAN, PROTEIN
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MOLECULES BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GO TO MAKE UP
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A CELL.
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AND THEY THEMSELVES ARE SO COMPLEX- SO DIFFERENT FROM
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THE WORLD OF CHARLES DARWIN, 150 YEARS 25 OR 30
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YEARS AGO, WHO FREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT A SIMPLE
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SINGLE CELL.
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WE KNOW NOW THAT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROTEIN
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MOLECULE ITSELF IS SUCH THAT LECOMPTE DUNOUY, A
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FRENCH NOBEL PRIZE WINNING MATHEMATICIAN AND ONE OF
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THE WORLD’S GREAT EXPERTS IN PROBABILITY STUDIES,
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SAID THAT THE PROBABILITIES OF EVEN ONE
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PROTEIN MOLECULE, ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF BUILDING
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BLOCKS OF THE CELL COMING INTO EXISTENCE, IT WOULD
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TAKE 10 TO THE 234 BILLION YEARS TO PRODUCE ONE
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PROTEIN MOLECULE.
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SOME OF YOU, I AM SURE, DON’T APPRECIATE WHAT THAT
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MEANS.
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PROBABILITY EXPERTS HAVE SAID THAT IF THE
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PROBABILITIES OF ANYTHING COMING INTO EXISTENCE ARE
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GREATER THAN 10 TO THE 50TH POWER, IT WILL NEVER
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HAPPEN ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE, REGARDLESS OF
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HOW MUCH TIME IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE
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UNIVERSE, 10 TO THE 50TH.
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TO SIMPLY GET ONE PROTEIN MOLECULE, 10 TO THE 234TH
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POWER- NOT 234 BILLION, BUT 234 ZEROS BILLIONS
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OF YEARS.
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WELL, THEN THEY DISCOVERED SOMETHING EVEN MORE
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COMPLEX- DNA.
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DRS. WATSON AND CRICK DISCOVERED THE KEY, THE
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CENTRAL BRAIN OF LIFE IN THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL, THE
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DNA MOLECULE.
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EVERY NUCLEUS OF EVERY CELL HAS THIS COMPLEX
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DOUBLE HELIX, DOUBLE CIRCULAR STAIR TYPE OF
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MOLECULE WHICH IS FILLED WITH THE MOST COMPLEX
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THINGS.
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IT IS SO COMPLEX THAT IF YOU TOOK EACH ONE OF
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THOSE DNA MOLECULES OUT OF YOUR CELL AND STRETCHED
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THEM OUT AND LINKED THEM TOGETHER, YOUR BODY HAS
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ENOUGH DNA TO REACH FROM HERE TO THE SUN AND BACK
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400 TIMES.
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THAT IS SO COMPLEX THAT FRANCIS CRICK, WHO
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DISCOVERED IT AND WHO IS AN ATHEIST, SAID THERE IS
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NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT EVEN THE DNA MOLECULE COULD
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EVER HAVE ARISEN IN THIS WORLD BY CHANCE IN EVEN
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5 BILLION YEARS.
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SO, HE SAID, IT MUST HAVE COME FROM SOME ADVANCED
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BEINGS LIVING IN SOME OTHER PART OF THE GALAXY.
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WHERE THOSE BEINGS CAME FROM, HE DIDN’T SAY.
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THAT’S SIMPLY EXTENDING THE SHADOW, AN INFINITE
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REGRESS IN LOGIC WHICH WILL NOT WORK.
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MEANWHILE, SIR FRED HOYLE, ONE OF THE WORLD’S TWO
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GREATEST MATHEMATICIANS AND ASTRONOMERS FROM
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CAMBRIDGE, MADE A STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A CELL
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COMING INTO EXISTENCE ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE
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UNIVERSE IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE,
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AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THE CHANCES WERE ZILCH.
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10 TO THE 40,000TH POWER YEARS TO PRODUCE A CELL.
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TEN WITH 40,000 ZEROES AFTER IT- IT WOULD TAKE
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THAT MANY YEARS TO PRODUCE ONE CELL.
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CONCLUSION: SAID ATHEIST SIR FRED HOYLE, “THE ONLY
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WAY THAT LIFE CAN POSSIBLY EXIST IS THAT IT WAS
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CREATED BY AN INFINITE INTELLIGENCE WHOM YOU MAY
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WISH TO CALL GOD.”
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SO ATHEIST FRED HOYLE WAS FORCED TO BECOME A
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BELIEVER IN GOD BY THE CONTINUING ADVANCE OF
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MODERN SCIENCE.
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THIRDLY, LET ME MENTION WHAT IS CALLED
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TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT.
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TELOS IN GREEK MEANS “THE END.”
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THIS IS THE ARGUMENT FROM ENDS OR PURPOSES OR
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DESIGN- THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, WHICH SAYS THAT
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ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE WE SEE EVIDENCE
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OF DESIGN.
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YOU LOOK AT A COMPLEX MACHINE AND YOU CONCLUDE
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THAT IT HAS A DESIGNER.
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THAT IS THE OLD WATCHMAKER ARGUMENT BROUGHT UP TO DATE.
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EVEN IN THE DAYS OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER KEPLER,
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WHO HAD AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WAS AN ATHEIST WITH
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WHOM HE HAD ARGUED MANY A TIME, AND KEPLER DECIDED
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TO HAVE BUILT FOR HIMSELF A COMPLEX WORKING MODEL OF
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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WHICH HAD THE SUN, ALL OF THE PLANETS ROTATING ABOUT
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IT, WITH THE MOONS OR SATELLITES GOING AROUND
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THE DIFFERENT PLANETS.
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IT WAS A WONDER TO BEHOLD.
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ONE DAY HIS ATHEIST FRIEND CAME INTO HIS STUDY, HE
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SAID, “IT’S BEAUTIFUL! WHO MADE THIS?”
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KEPLER SAID, “NO ONE.
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IT JUST MADE ITSELF.
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GATHER TOGETHER THE DUST AND THINGS FROM THIS END
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OF THE STUDY- THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DRAFT COMING
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IN THE DOOR.
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I JUST CAME IN ONE MORNING AND THERE IT WAS.”
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HIS FRIEND SAID “YOU DON’T EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT?”
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HE SAID “NO, I DON’T, BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT THE REAL
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SOLAR SYSTEM WHICH IS VASTLY MORE COMPLEX THAN
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THIS SIMPLE MODEL JUST MADE ITSELF.
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THAT IS EVEN MORE PALPABLY ABSURD.”
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WE SEE ALSO, IN THE SAME MANNER OF DESIGN IN
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SOMETHING LIKE THE CELL, THAT THERE IS NO
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POSSIBILITY THAT THIS JUST HAPPENED.
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WHEN YOU STOP TO THINK THAT NOT ONLY IS A CELL
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INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, BUT IT IS MORE COMPLEX THAN ANY
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MACHINE THAT MAN HAS EVER MADE.
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YOU TAKE THE LARGEST SUPER COMPUTER THAT EXISTS ON
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THIS PLANET TODAY.
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IT IS A VERITABLE TOY COMPARED TO THE ENORMOUS
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COMPLEXITY OF EVERY ONE OF THE HUNDRED TRILLION CELLS
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IN YOUR BODY, AND YET WOULD ANYONE BELIEVE THAT
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THE LARGEST COMPUTER IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED
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TO MAKE ITSELF BY CHANCE?
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IN FACT, ONE SCIENTIST SAID THAT THE CELL IS MORE
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COMPLEX THAN THE MOST COMPLEX COMPUTER EVER MADE
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BY MAN, OR THE MOST COMPLEX MACHINE THAT HAS
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EVER EVEN BEEN DREAMT OF BY MAN.
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THE INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY OF THE EYE GAVE DARWIN,
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HE SAID, A HEADACHE.
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AND WELL IT SHOULD HAVE WITH ITS 7 MILLION CONES
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THAT SEE THE VARIOUS COLORS AND ITS 100 MILLION
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RODS AND ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITIES OF
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THIS WONDERFUL CAMERA, AND YET DARWIN HIMSELF SAID
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THAT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS HAPPENED MERELY BY NATURAL
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SELECTION IS ABSURD IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
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WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THE CARE THAT HAS
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BEEN SHOWN IN THE CREATION OF OUR HABITAT.
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IF THE EARTH WERE 10% CLOSER TO THE SUN,
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WE WOULD BURN UP.
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10% FURTHER, ALL LIFE WOULD FREEZE AND DIE.
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AND THEN THERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF CONVERSION-
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMAN SOUL WHICH IS SO
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MONUMENTAL AS TO DEFY EXPLANATION.
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THOUSANDS OF PAGES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN TRYING TO
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EXPLAIN AWAY THE CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE
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PAUL ALONE.
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WHAT TRANSFORMED THIS MAN FROM THE BITTER AND
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HOSTILE CRITIC AND ADVERSARY OF CHRIST INTO
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HIS MOST LOYAL DEVOTEE?
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WHAT CHANGED THAT VOLATILE AND VACILLATING FISHERMAN
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PETER INTO THE ROCK THAT GAVE GREAT STRENGTH TO THE
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EARLY CHURCH?
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WHAT CHANGED AUGUSTINE, THE GREATEST INTELLECT OF
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THE FIRST 1,000 YEARS OF THIS AGE, FROM A
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PROFLIGATE AND DISSOLUTE PHILOSOPHER INTO THE GREAT
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INTELLECTUAL CHAMPION OF CHRISTIANITY?
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JOHN CALVIN, PERHAPS THE GREATEST MIND OF THE LAST
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THOUSAND YEARS, SAID, “I WAS SUDDENLY CONVERTED
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UNTO GOD.”
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MARTIN LUTHER, WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF EUROPE, CAME
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FACE TO FACE WITH THE GOD WHO CHANGED HIS LIFE.
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JOHN BUNYAN, THAT SINFUL TINKER OF BEDFORD, WHO MET
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THE LIVING GOD AND WAS CHANGED INTO A GREAT
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PASTOR AND AUTHOR OF PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.
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JOHN WESLEY, JOHN KNOX, OR MORE RECENTLY, CS LEWIS,
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THE ATHEIST OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, WHO WROTE HIS
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TESTIMONY IN HIS BOOK SURPRISED BY JOY AS HE
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CAME FACE TO FACE IN THE PRESENCE OF THAT ONE WHOSE
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EXISTENCE HE HAD ALWAYS DENIED.
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OR PERHAPS THE GREATEST LITERARY MAN OF THE 20TH
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CENTURY, THE DOSTOYEVSKY OF OUR CENTURY IS NO DOUBT
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THE GREAT ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN, WHO CAME TO
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MEET GOD WHILE HE WAS IN THE RED BELLY OF THE
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DRAGON IN THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO.
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A BILLY GRAHAM, WHO AS A YOUNG FRIVOLOUS TEENAGER,
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MET THE LIVING GOD IN JESUS CHRIST.
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HIS LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED AND TENS OF MILLIONS HAVE
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BEEN CHANGED AS WELL.
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WHO IS GOING TO EXPLAIN THESE AND HUNDREDS AND
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HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CONVERSIONS OF OTHERS WHO
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HAVE LED THEM ACROSS THE WIDEST OCEANS, UP THE
21:53
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS, THROUGH THE DENSEST JUNGLES TO
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PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO CANNIBALS,
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AND HEADHUNTERS, AND TRIBESMEN OF EVERY SORT.
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GOD HAS USED THEM AND THEIR SACRIFICES TO ATTEST
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TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD WHO CHANGES
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HUMAN SOULS AND MAKES THEM NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST.
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BUT ALL OF THIS WILL STILL BE BUT THEORY UNTIL YOU
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COME AT LAST TO THAT GREAT EXPERIMENT, WHERE IN THE
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LABORATORY OF YOUR OWN SOUL, YOU MEET WITH THE
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ULTIMATE PROOF.
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HOW DO I ULTIMATELY KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD?
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BECAUSE, MY FRIENDS, ONE DAY 35 YEARS AGO I MET HIM
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FACE TO FACE, PERSON TO PERSON, IN MY OWN
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APARTMENT, WHEN HE CAME TO A YOUNG MAN WHO SOUGHT HIM
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NOT AND LAID HIS HAND UPON MY SHOULDER AND TURNED ME
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AROUND.
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HE TRANSFORMED MY HEART, GAVE ME TOTALLY DIFFERENT
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REASONS FOR LIVING AND FOR 35 YEARS HE HAS KEPT ME
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GOING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY.
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I KNOW THERE IS A GOD, BECAUSE EVERY DAY I MEET
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HIM AND TALK WITH HIM.
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I KNOW THERE IS A GOD BECAUSE HE HAS CHANGED
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MY LIFE.
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AND HE CAN CHANGE YOURS, TOO.
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WHEN YOU COME TO SEE HIM IN ALL OF HIS GRACE, WHEN
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YOU COME TO SEE HIM IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST
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HANGING UPON A CROSS, WHEN YOU SEE HIS WONDROUS LOVE
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AS HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR US IN CHRIST, WHEN YOU SEE
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HIS MATCHLESS GRACE, WHEN HE IS WILLING TO FORGIVE
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YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SINS AND TO ACCEPT YOU JUST AS
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YOU ARE AND FREELY FORGIVE YOU, AND GRATUITOUSLY
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GRANT UNTO YOU THE GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE, WHEN
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HE’S WILLING TO GIVE YOU THE GIFT OF HEAVEN, PAID
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FOR BY HIM AT INFINITE COST, AT THE SWEAT AND
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BLOOD AND AGONY OF THE CROSS, THE WRATH OF HIS
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FATHER, THE PAYMENT OF HELL.
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WHEN YOU COME TO SEE A LOVE LIKE THAT, THEN MY
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FRIEND, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD- WHEN YOU
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KNOW THAT GOD AS THE LORD AND SAVIOR OF YOUR HEART.
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MAY WE PRAY: FATHER, THERE ARE SOME HERE THAT DO NOT
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KNOW THEE, AND I WOULD ASK THAT RIGHT NOW YOUR SPIRIT
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WILL REACH DOWN AND TOUCH THEIR LIVES.
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OPEN THEIR BLIND EYES THAT THEY MAY SEE IN THE FACE
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OF CHRIST, THE LIVING GOD, AND THEY MAY SURRENDER
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THEIR LIVES TO HIM, REPENTING OF THEIR SINS
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AND INVITING HIM TO TAKE HIS PLACE UPON THE THRONE
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OF THEIR HEARTS, PLACING THEIR HOPES OF ETERNAL
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LIFE IN HIS ATONING DEATH.
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I PRAY IT IN HIS MOST MATCHLESS NAME.
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AMEN.
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Creation versus Evolution

In the beginning, creation

There has been an ongoing secular debate as to whether mankind evolved from an ape or was created by God.

There is a Christian scientific ministry that focuses on  various scientific topics with expert scientists in various fields. Recently, the topic of evolution versus creation  was covered on one of their weekly broadcasts.

Basically, it comes down to this. If there was no Adam who sinned, then there was no need for the Saviour, Jesus.

The Catholic Church understands this very well. They discuss the first Adam who fell, and the Last  Adam, who is Jesus, the Redeemer, the Saviour of the world.

Not every denomination explains this as well.  Some have not thought this through as well.  Some denominations seem to feel that evolution and creation can co-exist.  But they cannot.

Athiests have thought this through.  They recognize that if there is an evolutionary model then there is no need of a Saviour.

The bottom line is this.  You have to have a Second Adam if you have a first Adam.  If there is no first Adam, but only an ape, then you don’t need a Second Adam.

The Lord God immediately prophesied a Last Adam after the Fall.

Genesis 3:15   will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will bruise your head,
and you will bruise his heel.”

 

If you try to bring in an evolutionary model, that model has no indication of temptation of the serpent to Eve and Adam, the fall of mankind, and the necessity for Jesus to redeem mankind from the Fall.

Here is a short video on creation vs evolution.  

Here is another link.

If you are interested in learning more about science in relation to the Bible, consider watching Creation in the 21st Century on TBN every Saturday.  It is a 1/2 hour show.  You can find the current schedule by going to https://tbn.org and looking up their schedule.  It currently is on at 12:30 pm Central time.

 

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