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What Saith the Scriptures?
by Diane Dew
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..."
Psalms 14:1 |
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Centuries
before Galileo (1564-1642) theorized the earth was
round, Scripture declared that the Almighty "sits
upon the circle of the earth..." Isaiah
40:22. "He hangeth the earth upon nothing." Job 26:7
The theory of evolution is not
compatible with Scripture. Scripture states that each
varying classification, at creation, was made
"after its own kind," or "according to its own
kind." Genesis 1:25;
etc. In not a single instance has one class
of creature evolved into another.
And yes, everything was
"created" -- that, is, made out of nothing.
Genesis 1:1, "In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Before anything else was, there was God. |
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The following chart
clearly contrasts the teachings of Scripture and the
claims of evolution. |
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The
6 Days of Creation |
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Genesis
1:11, 12,
21, 24, 25;
1 Corinthians
15:38, 39
Everything
multiplies
"after its own
kind" |
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Life forms are in a continual state
of transition. |
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Genesis
1:3-19
Light was created before the sun. |
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No light existed before the sun. |
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Genesis
1:2
Oceans were created before land.
Genesis
1:7
Atmosphere between two hydrospheres |
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Land existed before oceans.
Atmosphere & hydrosphere contiguous. |
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Genesis
1:11
First life was land plants
Genesis 1:11, 20, 21
Fruit trees were created before fishes.
Genesis 1:11-19
Plant life was created before the sun. |
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First life began in the waters.
Fishes existed before fruit trees.
Plants
evolved after the sun. |
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Genesis
1:14-19
The sun & stars were created
after the earth.
Genesis
1:16 Stars
were all created at once. |
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Sun & stars existed before the
earth.
Stars evolved at different times. |
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Day 5 |
Creeping beings
Birds
Fishes
Whales |
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Genesis
1:20, 21
Marine life was created all at once.
Genesis
1:20, 21
Birds & fishes were created on the same day.
Genesis
1:20-31
Birds & whales
were created before reptiles. |
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Marine life developed gradually,
from an organic blob.
Fishes evolved hundreds of millions of years
before birds.
Reptiles evolved before birds & whales. |
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Genesis
2:7
Man was made from the dust of the earth.
Genesis
2:5
Man
was created before rain.
Genesis
2:21, 22
Man was created, then woman. |
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Man evolved from monkeys.
Rain existed before man.
Woman preceded man. |
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Other basic conflicts
between the theory of evolution & creationism: |
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Genesis
2:3
Creation was completed. |
Evolution is a continuing process. |
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Genesis
1:29
Man originally was a vegetarian. |
Man originally was a meat-eater. |
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Romans
5:12
Death resulted from man's sin. |
Death existed long before man. |
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Creation:
A Study in the Scriptures |
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"For thus saith the Lord that created the
heavens;
God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath
established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be
inhabited..."
Isaiah 45:18
by Diane Dew |
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I.
Everything was
"created" –
that, is, made
out of nothing.
Before anything else was, there was God.
Genesis 1:1,
"In
the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth."
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Centuries before Galileo
(1564-1642 A.D.) theorized the earth was
round, Scripture declared it so.
Isaiah 40:22,
The Almighty "sits upon the circle
of the earth..."
Job 26:7,
"He
hangeth the earth upon nothing."
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The theory of evolution
is not compatible with Scripture.
Scripture states that each varying classification,
at creation, was made "after
its own kind," or "according
to its own kind." In not a
single instance has one class of creature
evolved into another. Genesis
1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25 & 1 Corinthians
15:38, 39
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Evolution claims life forms are in a continual
state of transition. Scripture teaches
creation as a completed event.
Genesis 2:3
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Evolution claims man originally was a
meat-eater. Scripture says man originally was
a vegetarian.
Genesis 1:29
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Evolution teaches death existed long before
man was even created. Scripture teaches death
resulted from man’s sin.
Romans 5:12
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II.
All of creation
was designed with a purpose ("not in
vain").
Nothing exists by chance. Isaiah
45:18,
"For
thus saith the Lord that created the heavens;
God himself that formed the earth and made it;
he hath established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be
inhabited...."
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The purpose of creation
(and thus, our purpose in being) was
"for his pleasure."
Revelation 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."
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We were created for the
glory of God. Isaiah
43:7,
"Even
every one that is called by my name: for
I have created him for my glory, I have
formed him; yea, I have made him."
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Creation is evidence of
the reality of God. Romans
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."
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By God's Word (a deliberate
act of God's will, not by happenstance or
by accident), everything we see was spoken
into existence. Psalm
148:5,
"Let
them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded,
and they were created."
Genesis 1:20-21, 24 "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. 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....
And God said... and it was so."
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III.
The Father was
not alone in the creative process.
Genesis 1:26,
"Let
us make man in our image...."
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Jesus was present at creation. Ephesians
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." Colossians
1:15-16, "Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature: 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."
- Adam was assigned the responsibility of
naming the animals. Genesis 2:19, "And out of
the ground the Lord God formed every beast of
the field, and every fowl of the air; and
brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof."
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IV.
God's creation is very
orderly
and the specifics of the creation process provide
a significant point of reference to his plan.
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Woman was made for man. As such, her role is
one of submission in God's order.
1 Corinthians 11:9,
"Neither was the
man created for the woman; but the woman for the
man."
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God
created a distinction between the sexes.
Genesis 1:27,
"So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female
created he them."
Genesis 5:1-2, "This is the book of
the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Male and female created he them; and blessed
them, and called their name Adam, in the day
when they were created."
Mark 10:6,
"But from the
beginning of the creation God made them male and
female."
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Everything
reproduces "after its own kind" –
i.e., ducks do not mate with dogs, etc.
Genesis 1:11-12, 21, &
24-25 & 1 Corinthians 15:38, 39
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V.
The status of creation today.
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Originally, everything
God made was "very good."
Genesis 1:31
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Sin destroyed the perfect plan
of God.
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- God grew disappointed and angry with his
creation and said he regretted having made
it. Genesis 6:7, "And the Lord said, I will
destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth; both man, and beast, and
the creeping thing, and the fowls of the
air; for it repenteth me that I have made
them."
- Since sin entered the world, creation
has been "in bondage." Romans 8:19-22, "For
the earnest expectation of the creature
waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of
God. For the creature was made subject to
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him
who hath subjected the same in hope, Because
the creature itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the children of God. For
we know that the whole creation groaneth and
travaileth in pain together until now."
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God knows all about his
creation and watches over it.
Isaiah 40:26,
"Lift up your eyes on high, and
behold who hath created these things, that
bringeth out their host by number: he calleth
them all by names by the greatness of his
might, for that he is strong in power; not
one faileth." Luke
12:6,
"Are
not five sparrows sold for two farthings,
and not one of them is forgotten before
God?"
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Creation will be remade.
Isaiah 65:17-18,
"For, behold,
I create new heavens and a new earth: and
the former shall not be remembered, nor come
into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice
for ever in that which I create: for, behold,
I create
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and
her people a joy."
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VI.
Some worship creation,
rather than the Creator; this is wrong.
Romans 1:25,
"Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped
and served the creature more than the Creator,
who is blessed for ever. Amen."
©
Copyright 1998 Diane S. Dew
All Rights Reserved |
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