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A Series of Lessons made for the Edification for the Northside Church of Christ. July 6/2014

A Series of Lessons made for the Edification for the Northside Church of Christ. July 6/2014 Eric C. Our Theme For this month: DOES GOD EXIST. This month: The subject of God Why I believe in God Why the God of the Bible. Theistic Evolution. Bible Basics July - A Study of God.

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A Series of Lessons made for the Edification for the Northside Church of Christ. July 6/2014

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  1. A Series of Lessons made for the Edification for the Northside Church of Christ. July 6/2014 Eric C

  2. Our Theme For this month: DOES GOD EXIST

  3. This month: The subject of God Why I believe in God Why the God of the Bible

  4. Theistic Evolution Bible BasicsJuly - A Study of God

  5. World Views • Atheism– no God • Pantheism– God is everything • Panentheism– God is IN everything • Deism– God is not involved • Polytheism– many gods • Finite godism – God is limited • Theism– one God who is involved in the world and cares

  6. THEISTIC EVOLUTION Did God Create the World

  7. 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?

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

  9. 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. 5:12-14

  10. 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)

  11. 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?

  12. 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)

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

  14. 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.

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

  16. 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.)

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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?

  20. 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.”

  21. 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.

  22. 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?

  23. 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.”

  24. 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?

  25. 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?

  26. Why limit the power of God?

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