THEISTIC EVOLUTION

1. THEISTIC EVOLUTION Did God Create the World

2. Theistic Evolution • The view that God created the world and then let it evolve with very limited involvement. • It is an attempt to reconcile God and evolution. • Is this theory compatible with the Bible?

3. Theistic Evolution? • NOTHING in the Bible indicates that God created the world through the evolutionary process • Genesis 1 & 2, Ex. 31:17, 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6, etc.

4. Theistic Evolution? • Adam was the first man • 1 Corinthians 15:45, “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” Genesis 2:7, Rom. 15:12-14

5. Theistic Evolution? • Adam was the first man • TE has problems with the creation of man!Did man exist prior to the fall?When did man fall?Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22)Explain the soul (Gen. 1:26-27)

6. Theistic Evolution? • Adam was the first man • TE has problems with the creation of man!? Did man exist prior to the fall?? When did man fall?? Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22)? Explain the soul (Gen. 1:26-27)

7. Theistic Evolution? • Cannot explain Eve • Evolution demands that man and woman be created side by side • Genesis 2:21-23 ? How do we deal with passages like 1 Tim. 2:13?

8. Theistic Evolution? • Evolution incompatible with Genesis 1 account • Day 1 – light, day 4 – sun • Day 3 – plants, day 4 – sun • Day 4 – birds, day 5 – beasts and insects • IF Genesis 1 figurative, then it is incoherent (random)

9. Theistic Evolution? • Bible teachings imply immediate creation of man • 1 Tim. 2:13 - woman • Matt. 19:4-6 - mdr • Ex. 20:8-11 – Sabbath

10. Day-Age Theory • An attempt to reconcile Genesis 1 & 2 with evolution • States that the days were actually ages (perhaps billions of years) • Appeals to 2 Pet. 3:8, “problems” with creation account and “day” in Hebrew can mean a period of time.

11. Day-Age Theory? • Still contradicts the order of Genesis 1 with creation!

12. Day-Age Theory? • “A day can mean an age” • Gen. 1:5, “day” from Hebrew word, “yom” (י֥וֹם) • It can mean an era or period of time, BUT that is clearly borne out in the context (cf. Num. 13:20– season, 1 Sam. 27:7 – time, etc.)

13. Day-Age Theory? • “A day can mean an age” • Whenever “yom” is used in connection with a number, it is always reference to a specific day (or days)cf. Exodus 20:8-11

14. Day-Age Theory? • “A day can mean an age” • Days of creation always in terms of literal days Ex. 31:15-17 • “Morning and evening” - (Gen. 1:5, 8, etc.) appeals to 24 hour time

15. Day-Age Theory? • “A day can mean an age” • Question for advocates of day-age: IF Moses did want to say 6 literal days, would he have written it differently?

16. Day-Age Theory? • What about 2 Peter 3:8?“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

17. Day-Age Theory? • What about 2 Peter 3:8? • Argued that God does not reckon time as we do. • Answer: TRUE. BUT what is the context? God’s patience.

18. Day-Age Theory? • What about 2 Peter 3:8? • Question: IF a day in Gen. 1 can mean a thousand years, why can we not say that God can do the work of 1000 years in a day?

19. Day-Age Theory? • WHY does God need more than 1 day to create? • Psalm 33:6-9 • Isaiah 45:12, “I have made the earth, And created man on it. I—My hands—stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.”

20. Day-Age Theory? • WHY does God need more than 1 day to create? • IF Genesis 1 is not literal, how can we trust the rest of the Bible?

21. Day-Age Theory? • WHAT is the motive of those who advance this doctrine? • Is it to make the creation account less offensive to evolutionists? • What is your intent?

22. Why limit the power of God?