Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Confidence”
Our Bible verse for today: “For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created through Him and for Him.” Colossians 1:16 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “You can confidently believe in the Biblical account of creation.”
Most Christians are certain that they do believe the Biblical account of creation, but they are less confident in defending it or publically proclaiming it. Liberal intellectuals promoting the theory of evolution often ridicule belief in the Biblical account of creation, and many Christians wilt in the face of such criticism.
It’s interesting to me that those who promote the belief in life through random chance, and who denigrate the Biblical account of creation, usually appeal to scientific discovery to support their argument. But I’m convinced that scientific discovery actually proves the case for a Creator, not the other way around.
In his book “Rumors of another World”, Christian author Philip Yancey makes the case that earth and all the rest of creation is merely a shadow of heaven. Everything we see and experience in the physical realm gives us a glimpse of eternal realities. And also, the more science is able to delve into and reveal the mysteries of world, the more we see God’s intricate and amazing design.
Take the universe for instance. The more advanced the science of astronomy becomes the more amazed astronomers are about the vastness of the universe and the incredible precision with which it operates. They now know that there are more than seventy billion galaxies out there and if even one of them was one percent different from what they are, it would impact all the rest of the universe.
Through molecular science biologists have discovered that each DNA molecule contains a three-billon letter software code that oversees and regulates all the anatomy of the human body. Who wrote that code? Who designed the universe and put all the pieces in place which such an astonishing degree of precision? These are just two examples of science making the case for a Creator – there are hundreds more.
We have the privilege of living in an age of human history when it’s no longer just the Bible itself that tells the story of creation. Today science makes the case for a Creator too. As Christians we can have complete confidence that God created all there is, exactly the way the Bible describes it. We can believe it simply because the Bible says so, but modern science has also gone a long way in providing physical evidence to support the Biblical truth as well.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 