Agreed. And He said this:
Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Mat 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Mat 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
There’s also this:
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Rom 1:20 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:
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
In addition, the last book of the Bible says this:
Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Rev 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Rev 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
The point, of course, is creation is undeniably scattered throughout Scripture and not just in Genesis. This isn’t even all of it. So those who deny it must deny much of God’s Word. I think a lot of Christians are ignorant of non-Genesis Scripture that declares creation.
Genesis 1 itself is unmistakable. Whenever “yom” (day) is used with an ordinal number (first, second) in Hebrew, it ALWAYS means a calendar day. Whenever “yom” is used with “evening and the morning” it ALWAYS means a calendar day. In this case Moses was commanded to use both, to eliminate any question.
There’s a profound difference in operational science and historical science. The former can be reproduced. The latter happened once and is pure speculation and conjecture. The idea of throwing lifeless chemicals together and life springing from it through natural processes is laughable. Even the most “simple” single-celled organism is far too stupendously complex for any such thing to EVER happen. So evolutionists can’t create life. And their theoretical means of going from that “simple” life form they can’t create to more complexity, mutation, only shows itself to make an organism less complex or completely unviable. Thousands of generations of fruit flies have been experimentally irradiated, and even though some of them look freaky, they’re all still fruit flies. Not one of them mutated into anything else but a freaky fruit fly.
What I’m saying is there’s no reason to compromise God’s Word. Science isn’t the new religious caste that has all the answers. Evolution is much like climate change in that they believe their “nonbelievers” must be punished.
Evolutionists reject a priori any hint of the supernatural. But the supernatural is really the only explanation for even that most “simple” single-celled organism. Disagree? Throw lifeless chemicals together and create life and prove creationists wrong. This proves, of course, that evolution is every bit as much faith-based as creation. Not intended for you specifically, but just a general statement.
At a deeper level, evolution is a direct attack on the Bible, God’s Word. God’s right to either eternally reward us or eternally punish us flows from the fact that He created us and therefore owns us and can do with us as He wishes. And God is being robbed of glory He alone deserves as our Creator when we profess belief in “goo to you through the zoo.” See Romans 1:20-22 above.
Great post!
There is not a credible historian alive that would deny Jesus walked this earth. I have no doubts Jesus did. I also believe he was crucified, was dead for three days, and was resurrected. It was the price he paid for our sins.
Old earth / Young earth? I can beat my head against the wall but I don’t know for certain in this life-time. And truth is that I have limited time to really study it.
Throw lifeless chemicals together and create life and prove creationists wrong.