Perhaps you have seen the advertisements for the new Cosmos program on Fox. This well-done science fiction presentation is filled with beautiful pictures and cartoons that marvel at the greatness of the universe, but goes on to explain that a Creator had nothing to do with it. Our beautiful and intricate universe, we are assured, all started with a compact bit of matter the size of an atom that suddenly exploded, expanding into the universe that we now inhabit.
British theologian Colin Gunton (1941-2003) wrote:
“There are, probably, ultimately only two possible answers to the question of origins: [either] that the universe is the result of creation by a free personal agency, or that in some way it creates itself.”
The two views of the origin of the universe are faith statements. You either believe by faith that “the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible” (Hebrews 11:3), or by faith, you believe the worlds were framed from nothing over time by chance.
As we see the complexity, diversity, and beauty of the universe, the faith of the evolutionist seems astounding. The Psalmist writes, “The heavens declare the glory of God,” but the evolutionist believes the universe came from nothing, plus billions of years for the nothing to become something of beauty. This faith in evolution not only stretches credulity, it has no basis in fact. It is the wishful thinking of those who do not want a Creator because they do not want to be accountable to a holy and righteous Judge. The Creator speaks of them pretty bluntly, “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”
Christians in faith simply accept the Bible’s explanation of origins: a God of infinite wisdom and power designed and “created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1), out of nothing. Unlike the evolutionist, we believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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