YOU SEE, REALLY, IF YOU WERE TO
REDUCE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS IN
THE WORLD DOWN TO ONE QUESTION,
IT WOULD SIMPLY BE THIS, UH,
DID, UH, GOD MAKE MAN, OR DID
MAN MAKE GOD? IS, IS, UH, IS MAN
THE SPECIAL CREATION OF ALMIGHTY
GOD, OR IS GOD IN THE FIGMENT
AND THE IMAGINATION OF MAN?
KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO
SIMPLIFY PROFOUND TRUTH SO THAT
IT CAN APPLIED TO EVERYDAY LIFE,
ADRIAN ROGERS WAS ONE OF THE
MOST EFFECTIVE PREACHERS,
RESPECTED BIBLE TEACHERS AND
CHRISTIAN LEADERS OF OUR TIME.
WE HOPE YOU'LL HAVE YOUR BIBLES
OPEN AS HE TAKES US THROUGH
TODAY'S STUDY. AND IF YOU ARE
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LWF.ORG. NOW, LET'S JOIN ADRIAN
ROGERS.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO FIND, UH,
FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER SIX AND
VERSE 20. WHEN YOU'VE FOUND IT,
WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK UP HERE?
FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER SIX AND
VERSE 20. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT;
EVOLUTION: FACT OR FICTION. YOU
SEE, REALLY, IF YOU WERE TO
REDUCE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS IN
THE WORLD DOWN TO ONE QUESTION,
IT WOULD SIMPLY BE THIS, UH,
DID, UH, GOD MAKE MAN, OR DID
MAN MAKE GOD? IS, IS, UH, IS MAN
THE SPECIAL CREATION OF ALMIGHTY
GOD, OR IS GOD IN THE FIGMENT
AND THE IMAGINATION OF MAN? NOW
LOOK AT OUR VERSE. UH, SECOND
TIM, FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER SIX
VERSE 20, O TIMOTHY, KEEP THAT
WHICH IS COMMITTED UNTO THY
TRUST, AVOIDING PROFANE AND VAIN
BABBLINGS, AND OPPOSITIONS OF
SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED, WHICH
SOME PROFESSING HAVE ERRED
CONCERNING THE FAITH. GRACE BE
WITH THEE. AMEN. NOW, WHAT ARE
WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT DARWINIAN EVOLUTION? OH,
WHAT IS THIS? WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT IS EXTANT, WHAT IS OUT
THERE IN THE AIR TODAY, WHAT OUR
STUDENTS ARE SUBJECTED TO, UH,
DAY BY DAY, AND WHAT IS FOUND IN
ALMOST ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES.
TIME MAGAZINE, UH, HAS THIS
ADVERTISEMENT. ACTUALLY, THE
SERIES IS CALLED, THE EMERGENCE
OF MAN, AND THIS SERIES IS FOUND
IN ALMOST ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES,
IN ALMOST ALL HIGH SCHOOL AND
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS
AMERICA. LET ME READ FROM THAT
AD. LET ME JUST SHOW YOU WHAT
CHILDREN, UH, ARE, ARE BEING
TAUGHT, AND, AND WHAT THIS IS
ONLY TYPICAL. THIS IS NOT
UNIVERSAL, BUT I WOULD SAY IT IS
VERY TYPICAL. I'M READING NOW
FROM THE TIME-LIFE BOOK SERIES,
THE EMERGENCE OF MAN. QUOTE;
TODAY THAT CREATURE WHO FIRST
BEGAN TO RAISE HIMSELF ABOVE
OTHER ANIMALS NO LONGER EXISTS.
HE IS BECOME YOU. UNIQUE, SET
APART FROM THE TWO MILLION OTHER
SPECIES LIVING ON THE PLANET BY
A THUMB THAT MAKES YOUR HAND THE
PRECISION TOOL, BY A KNEE THAT
LOCKS YOU INTO A COMFORTABLE
UPRIGHT POSITION, AND BY YOUR
CAPACITY FOR ABSTRACT THOUGHT
AND SPEECH. NOW THAT'S WHAT
MAKES YOU DIFFERENT, BOYS AND
GIRLS: YOUR THUMB, YOUR KNEE,
AND THE ABILITY TO THINK
ABSTRACTLY. THAT'S WHAT MAKES
YOU, UH, A SIGNIFICANT OTHER
FROM AN ANIMAL. ALL THIS AND
MORE HAS ENABLED YOUR SPECIES TO
DOMINATE THE EARTH, AND YET YOU
SHARE WITH EVERY OTHER CREATURE
THAT EVER LIVED THE SAME ORIGIN,
THE SAME ACCIDENT, THAT LED TO
THE SPONTANEOUS GENERATION OF
THE FIRST-CELLED SLIMY ALGAE
THREE AND ONE-HALF BILLION YEARS
AGO. NOW NOTICE; NO STUTTER, NO
STAMMER, HA, HA, NO, NO
EQUIVOCATION. THIS IS IT, KIDS.
UH, THANK GOD FOR YOUR THUMB.
THANK GOD FOR YOUR KNEE. THANK
GOD THAT YOU CAN THINK
ABSTRACTLY, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL
THAT SEPARATES YOU FROM
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CAME FROM
SLIME, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY
WHEN IT HAPPENED. UH, THEY, THEY
CAN GIVE YOU THE DATE. IT
HAPPENED, UH, THREE AND ONE-HALF
BILLION YEARS AGO. NOW IF THAT
IS TRUE, JUST RIGHT AWAY, IF
THAT IS TRUE, THINK WHAT THAT
SAYS, NUMBER ONE, ABOUT THE
VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. YOU'RE NOT
MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. UH,
YOU ARE SIMPLY A CREATURE OF
ACCIDENT. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT MORALITY? IF THERE IS
NO, UH, CREATOR, THERE'S NO
FIXED STANDARD OF RIGHT OR
WRONG. AND, THEREFORE, IF YOU
ARE AN ACCIDENT, SIMPLY AKIN TO
OTHER LIVING, UH, CREATURES, AND
IF THERE'S NO FIXED STANDARD OF
RIGHT OR WRONG, WHAT DOES THAT
SAY ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE
AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? WELL,
LET'S GO BACK TO THIS ARTICLE
AGAIN. THEY ASK, HOW DID IT ALL
HAPPEN? WHAT WAS THE
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS THAT LED
MAN TO HIS CONQUEST OF A HARSH
AND HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT? UH,
THEY, THEY DIDN'T SAY, COULD IT
HAVE BEEN BY EVOLUTION? THEY
SAY, WHAT WAS THE EVOLUTIONARY
PROCESS? AND THEN THEY GO ON TO
SAY, YOU FIND THE AMAZING STORY
IN TIME-LIFE'S BOOKS NEW SERIES,
THE EMERGENCE OF MAN. YOUR
INTRODUCTORY VOLUME, THE MISSING
LINK, SHOWS
STRANGER-THAN-SCIENCE FICTION,
THE STRANGER THAN SCIENCE
FICTION WORLD OF
AUSTRALOPITHECUS, THE APE MAN.
YOU WILL FEEL A SENSE OF
IMMEDIACY IN VISUAL ADVENTURE,
IN INCREDIBLE, LIFELIKE,
PICTORIAL, TECHNICAL PHOTO
PAINTING. AND THEN THEY HAVE ALL
THESE PICTURES. THIS, THIS
LIFELIKE, UH, PICTORIAL,
TECHNICAL PHOTO PAINTING. HA, I
WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S
JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING, THE
FIGMENT OF SOMEONE'S
IMAGINATION. [AUDIENCE: THAT'S
[RIGHT] AND THERE ARE THE
PICTURES. AND THE KIDS LOOK,
WOW! IT MUST BE REAL! THEY'VE
GOT, THEY'VE EVEN GOT PICTURES!
WELL, WHAT IS EVOLUTION ANYWAY?
UH, UH, IT'S A THEORY MADE
POPULAR BY DARWIN AND, UM, FIRST
ESPOUSED IN HIS FAMOUS VOLUME,
UH, OR ESPOUSED THERE IN HIS
FAMOUS VOLUME, THE ORIGIN OF THE
SPECIES. NOW LET ME, LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT DARWIN HIMSELF SAID,
AND I'M QUOTING ON PAGE 23,
ANALOGY WOULD LEAD ME TO THE
BELIEF THAT ALL ANIMALS AND
PLANTS ARE DESCENDED FROM SOME
ONE PROTOTYPE. ALL ANIMALS AND
PLANTS ARE DESCENDED FROM SOME
ONE PROTOTYPE. ALL ORGANISMS
START FROM A COMMON ORIGIN, AND
FROM SOME LOW AND INTERMEDIATE
FORMS, BOTH ANIMALS AND PLANTS
MAY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. ALL
ORGANIC THINGS WHICH HAVE EVER
LIVED ON THE EARTH MAY BE
DESCENDED BY SOME ONE PRIMORDIAL
FORM. SO WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, WE ALL
STARTED OUT SOMEHOW AS A SPECK
OF PROTOPLASM AND GREEN ALGAE,
AND, IPSO FACTO, EVERYTHING
DEVELOPED OUT OF THAT. NOW THE
PRIME TOOL IS MUTATION PLUS
NATURAL SELECTION. MUTATION
MEANS THAT THINGS JUST CHANGE AS
THEY ADAPT, AND, AND NATURALLY
SELECT, UH, UH, THEMSELVES OUT
OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT. SO THEY
BELIEVE THAT, FIRST OF ALL,
THERE WAS PRIMITIVE PROTOZOA.
THAT JUST SIMPLY MEANS ORIGINAL
LIFE. AND SOMEHOW THAT PRIMITIVE
PROTOZOA BECAME A, AN
UNSEGMENTED WORM. AND THEN THAT
UNSEGMENTED WORM EVOLVED INTO A
FISH. AND THEN THAT FISH TURNED
INTO AN AMPHIBIAN. AND THAT
AMPHIBIAN TURNED INTO A REPTILE.
AND THEN THE REPTILES BECAME
BIRDS. AND THEN THE BIRDS BECAME
MAMMALS. AND THEN FINALLY THE
MAMMALS BECAME MEN. NOW THAT'S,
THAT'S WHAT, UH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BELIEVE; THAT NOTHING PLUS
TIME PLUS CHANCE EQUALS
EVERYTHING. THAT TIME PLUS
CHANCE TURNS AMOEBAS INTO
ASTRONAUTS AND MOLECULES INTO
MONKEYS AND MEN. NOW WHAT IT IS,
FOLKS, IT'S A FAIRY TALE FOR
ADULTS. [AUDIENCE: THAT'S RIGHT]
I MEAN, IN, IN, IN THE NURSERY
SCHOOL, WE, WE TALK ABOUT FAIRY
TALES WHERE FROGS TURN INTO
PRINCES, BUT, UH, WE CALL THAT A
FAIRY TALE. BUT WHEN WE CARRY IT
INTO THE CLASSROOM, IT'S THE
SAME FAIRY TALE, ONLY NOW IT IS
FOR ADULTS. I LIKE DR.
CRISWELL'S LITTLE SAYING THAT HE
USES SOMETIMES, ONCE I WAS A
TADPOLE BEGINNING TO BEGIN. AND
THEN I WAS A FROG WITH MY TAIL
TUCKED IN. THEN I WAS A MONKEY
IN A BANYAN TREE. AND NOW I AM A
PROFESSOR WITH A PH.D. [AUDIENCE
[LAUGHTER] AND YOU JUST SIMPLY,
UH, GO FROM STEP TO STEP. I WANT
TO TELL YOU WHY I REJECT
EVOLUTION. I WANT TO GIVE YOU
THREE REASONS WHY I REJECT
EVOLUTION, AND I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THESE REASONS. I
DON'T WANNA ARGUE WITH YOU, BUT
I DO WANT TO STATE THEM CLEARLY,
HOPEFULLY THAT YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY MANY INTELLIGENT
AND WELL-TRAINED PEOPLE REJECT
EVOLUTION. NOW I DO REJECT
EVOLUTION, FIRST OF ALL, FOR
LOGICAL REASONS. IT IS NOT
LOGICAL, AND MANY INTELLIGENT
AND WELL-TRAINED SCIENTISTS, NOW
LISTEN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
BAPTIST PREACHERS NOW, I'M
TALKING ABOUT INTELLIGENT AND
WELL-TRAINED SCIENTISTS, ARE
MOVING AWAY FROM EVOLUTION
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS. DR. NEWTON TAHMISIAN,
A PHYSIOLOGIST FOR THE ATOMIC
ENERGY COMMISSION, HAS STATED
THIS, AND I QUOTE, SCIENTISTS
WHO GO ABOUT TEACHING THAT
EVOLUTION IS A FACT OF LIFE ARE
GREAT CON MEN, AND THE STORY
THEY ARE TELLING MAY BE THE
GREATEST HOAX EVER. IN
EXPLAINING EVOLUTION, WE DO NOT
HAVE ONE IOTA OF FACT. NOW
THAT'S, THAT'S AN ATOMIC ENERGY
COMMISSION SCIENTIST. THAT'S NOT
ADRIAN THERE. AND THEN, UH, A
DR. ETHERIDGE OF THE BRITISH
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, SAID THIS,
LISTEN TO IT, NINE-TENTHS OF THE
TALK OF EVOLUTION IS SHEER
NONSENSE, NOT FOUNDED ON
OBSERVATION AND WHOLLY
UNSUPPORTED BY FACT. THIS MUSEUM
IS FULL OF PROOFS OF THE UTTER
FALSITY OF THEIR VIEW. AGAIN
THAT'S NOT, UH, SOME RAVING
RELIGIOUS LUNATIC WHO SAID THAT.
UH, LISTEN TO, UH, DR. AMBROSE
FLEMING. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT
BRITAIN. HERE'S WHAT HE SAID,
THE EVOLUTION THEORY IS PURELY
THE PRODUCT OF THE IMAGINATION.
AGAIN, WHO IS THIS SAYING THIS?
THESE ARE BRILLIANT MEN, LEARNED
MEN, MEN WHO HAVE BEEN HONORED.
DR. CECIL WAKELEY, LEADING
BRITISH SURGEON AND THE LATE
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE
OF SURGEONS, SAID THIS, WHEN I
WAS A MEDICAL STUDENT, I WAS
TAUGHT THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION,
BUT I NEVER BELIEVED IT. NOW
THIS IS NOT A 6 OR 7 DOCTOR;
THIS IS A, A NUMBER 10 DOCTOR!
UH, SWEDISH EMBRYOLOGIST SYREN
LOVTRUP, WROTE THIS, I BELIEVE
THAT ONE DAY THE DARWINIAN MYTH
WILL BE RANKED THE GREATEST
DECEIT IN THE HISTORY OF
SCIENCE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, MANY
PEOPLE WILL POSE THE QUESTION,
ëHOW DID THIS EVER HAPPEN?'
AGAIN WE'RE NOT TALKING NOW
ABOUT A BIBLE-THUMPER. WE'RE
JUST TALKING ABOUT A SCIENTIST
WHO SAYS, HA, THIS DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE. UH, THE GREAT SCIENTISTS
HAVE NOT ALL BEEN EVOLUTIONISTS.
MICHAEL FARADAY, WHICH MANY
ACCLAIM AS ONE OF THE GREATEST
SCIENTISTS TO EVER LIVE, WAS A,
A BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIAN.
LORD KELVIN, JOSEPH LISTER,
LOUIS PASTEUR, ISAAC NEWTON,
KEPLER, SIR WILLIAM RAMSEY, LORD
FRANCES BACON, SAMUEL MORSE,
THESE WERE ALL CREATIONISTS.
WERE THEY FOOLS? NOW WHEN A
SCIENTIST SAYS HE BELIEVES THE
BIBLE, IT DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY
MORE FAITH IN THE BIBLE; IT JUST
GIVES ME MORE FAITH IN THE
SCIENTIST. [AUDIENCE: THAT'S
RIGHT] I MEAN, WE DON'T NEED
SCIENCE TO PROP UP THE WORD OF
GOD. BUT WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU
IS THAT LOGICALLY, UH, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PUT YOUR BRAINS BEHIND
THE DOOR TO BELIEVE IN, IN
CREATION, OR AT LEAST TO
REPUDIATE EVOLUTION. SOME HAVE
SAID THAT SIR ISAAC NEWTON WAS
THE GREATEST SCIENTIST OF ALL
TIME. HE WROTE THIS, THIS MOST
BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM OF SUN,
PLANETS, AND COMETS COULD ONLY
PROCEED FROM THE COUNSEL AND
DOMINION OF AN INTELLIGENT AND
POWERFUL BEING. NOW I SAID I
REJECT IT FOR LOGICAL REASONS.
LET ME GIVE YOU FOUR BRIDGES
THAT NO EVOLUTIONIST CAN CROSS.
FOUR THINGS THAT, UH, THAT, UH,
THE EVOLUTIONIST HAS NO ANSWER
TO, AND THEREFORE HE SHOULD NOT
STAND IN THE SCHOOL AND SAY,
THIS IS FACT. FIRST, UH, THE
FIRST QUESTION THE EVOLUTIONIST
HAS NO ANSWER TO IS, IS SIMPLY,
FOLKS, THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, THE
ORIGIN OF LIFE! FROM WHENCE IS
LIFE? NOW THEY'VE TRIED TO
WRESTLE WITH THIS, AND ONE
PERSON SAID, WELL, PERHAPS THE
ORIGIN OF LIFE IS, SOME GERM
CAME AND HIT THE [SLAP] EARTH.
IT WAS RIDING A METEOR FROM
OUTER SPACE. WELL, THAT JUST
MOVES THE QUESTION BACK TO WHERE
DID IT BEGIN, UH, HOW DID IT
BEGIN IN OUTER SPACE BEFORE IT
CAME TO THIS EARTH? BUT, UH,
MOST, AH, PUSH THAT ASIDE AS
ONLY PUSHING THE QUESTION BACK.
AND SO WHAT THE EVOLUTIONIST HAS
TO BELIEVE IS THAT LIFE AROSE BY
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. THAT IS,
THAT INORGANIC MATTER, PREBIOTIC
SOUP, GREEN GUM, SLIME,
SOMETHING, TURNED INTO LIFE.
IT'S A, IT'S WHAT THEY CALL, A
FORTUITOUS CONCOURSE OF ATOMS.
NOW DOESN'T THAT BLESS YOU?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] A, A
FORTUITOUS CONCOURSE OF ATOMS, A
FLASH OF LIGHTNING THROUGH SOME
KIND OF GREEN SCUM. NOW LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING, FOLKS.
EVOLUTION IS A PHILOSOPHY. IT IS
A BIAS. IT IS THE NEXT BEST
GUESS OF THE MIND THAT CANNOT
ACCEPT GOD. D.N.S. WATSON, A
SCIENTIST, DISPLAYED HIS
PREJUDICE WHEN HE WROTE,
EVOLUTION IS A THEORY,
UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED NOT BECAUSE
IT CAN BE PROVED BY LOGICAL,
COHERENT EVIDENCE TO BE TRUE,
BUT BECAUSE THE ONLY
ALTERNATIVE, SPECIAL CREATION,
IS CLEARLY INCREDIBLE. HE SAID,
HA, HA, I, HA, I BELIEVE IN
EVOLUTION NOT BECAUSE I CAN
PROVE IT, NO. [SLAP] I JUST
CANNOT BELIEVE THERE'S A GOD WHO
DID IT ALL. FOLKS, YOU SEE, IT'S
A PHILOSOPHY. IT'S A PHILOSOPHY.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION; THAT WAS
BELIEVED BY IGNORANT PEOPLE TWO
THOUSAND YEARS AGO. THEY WOULD
SEE SOME REFUSE, SOME, SOME
DUNG, SOME CARRION, AND, AND
AFTER A WHILE THEY WOULD SEE
MAGGOTS COME OUT, AND THEY WOULD
SAY, WOULD YOU SEE THAT? LIFE
HAS ARISEN SPONTANEOUSLY. THEY
WOULD SEE SOME, SOME, UH, UH, R,
RAGS THAT HAD BEEN WRAPPING
CHEESE, AND AFTER A WHILE, THERE
WOULD BE MICE THERE, AND THEY
WOULD SAY, YOU SEE THAT? HUH,
THAT'S WHERE LIFE COMES FROM.
BUT THEN PASTEUR AND OTHERS
SAID, NO, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. AND
EVERY SCIENTIST KNOWS THAT
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION IS
IMPOSSIBLE. AND THERE'S NO
ANSWER, THERE IS NO ANSWER AS
FOR THE CREATION OF LIFE APART
FROM THE ACT OF GOD. NOW HERE'S
A, HERE'S ANOTHER, HERE'S
ANOTHER, UH, PROBLEM, A LOGICAL
PROBLEM NEVER, EVERY
EVOLUTIONIST HAS, AND THAT IS
THE FIXITY OF THE SPECIES, THE
FIXITY OF THE SPECIES; THE IDEA
THAT, UH, ONE SPECIES CAN BECOME
ANOTHER. NOW WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
HAVE TO SAY? GENESIS CHAPTER ONE
VERSES 11 AND 12, GOD SAYS, SAYS
THIS, AND GOD SAID, ëLET THE
EARTH BRING FORTH GRASS, AND THE.
HERB YIELDING SEED, AND THE
FRUIT TREE YIELDING FRUIT, ' NOW
LISTEN TO THIS PHRASE, AFTER HIS
KIND [TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP]
WHOSE SEED IS IN ITSELF, UPON
THE EARTH: AND IT WAS SO. AND
THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH GRASS,
THE HERB YIELDING SEED AFTER HIS
KIND, AND THE TREE YIELDING
FRUIT, WHOSE SEED WAS IN ITSELF,
AFTER HIS KIND.' AND GOD SAW
THAT IT WAS GOOD. WHAT IS THE
KEY WORD THERE? AFTER ITS KIND,
AFTER ITS KIND, AFTER ITS KIND.
AND AS YOU READ GENESIS, THIS
LITTLE PHRASE, UH, UH, OCCURS
TEN TIMES. NOW, BE VERY CAREFUL
HERE. WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT
THERE CAN BE VARIETIES WITHIN
SPECIES. YOU CAN HAVE ALL KINDS
OF ROSES. UH, YOU CAN HAVE ALL
KINDS OF FELINES. YOU CAN HAVE
ALL KINDS OF CANINES. YOU CAN
BREED AND CROSS-BREED, BUT YOU
CANNOT TURN A CANTALOUPE INTO A
KITTEN. YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
UH, YOU CANNOT GO FROM ONE
SPECIE, UH, TO ANOTHER. I HEARD
ABOUT A MARINE BIOLOGIST WHO
THOUGHT HE WOULD TAKE THAT
BEAUTIFUL SHELL ANIMAL THERE ON
THE WEST COAST, EH, AN ABALONE,
AND SOMEHOW MIX THAT WITH A
CROCODILE. HE OL, HE EVEN HAD A
NAME FOR IT. IT WAS GONNA BE AN
ABODILE. BUT HE TURNED UP WITH A
CROCKABALONE. [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] YOU CANNOT, YOU CANNOT
MIX THESE SPECIES. NOW, IF, IF
THERE, IF THERE WAS, A, THESE
TRANSITIONAL FORMS, IF, IF, IF,
IF, UH, THESE, THESE, UM, UH,
PRIMITIVE PROTOZOA BECAME
UNSEGMENTED WORMS, AND THESE
UNSEGMENTED WORMS BECAME FISH,
AND REPTILES, AND ON AND ON AND
ON, YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND THE
FOSSIL REMAINS. NOW, FOLKS, IT'S
NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOSSILS.
WE'VE GOT BILLIONS OF FOSSILS!
BILLIONS OF FOSSILS. IN NOT ONE
WILL YOU FIND A LEGITIMATE
TRANSITIONAL FORM. NOT ONE.
FOLKS, THEY ARE TELLING YOU THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE MISSING
LINK. I AM TELLING YOU THE CHAIN
IS MISSING. [AUDIENCE: THAT'S
RIGHT] [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] THE
ENTIRE CHAIN! WHEN LIFE [SLAP]
FIRST [SLAP] APPEARS, IT
APPEARS. WELL, THEN, WHAT WAS
BENEATH THAT? WHAT YOU HAVE IS A
TREE WITHOUT A TRUNK AND NO
LIMBS! THE EVOLUTIONIST CANNOT
CROSS THIS. HE'S COMING UP NOW
WITH WEIRD THEORIES, BECAUSE HE
HAD, UH, UH, SOME IDEA THAT,
THAT SOMEHOW HE WOULD BE ABLE,
UH, TO FIND THESE TRANSITIONAL
FORMS. BUT YOU SAY, PASTOR,
DON'T WE SEE THESE IN TIME-LIFE
MAGAZINE? I MEAN, DON'T WE SEE
THESE HALF-MEN, HALF-APES? I
MEAN, HAVEN'T WE SEEN THE
PICTURES? HAVEN'T WE GONE TO THE
MUSEUMS? HAVEN'T WE SEEN THE
PLASTER OF PARIS MOLDS? YES, YOU
HAVE SEEN THEM. BUT YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN REALITY. YOU'VE SEEN
IMAGINATION. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
THE FIRST SCOPES TRIAL THAT TOOK
PLACE HERE IN TENNESSEE, WAS
CALLED THE MONKEY TRIAL, IN
DAYTON, TENNESSEE, WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN WAS VERSING, UH,
VERSUS CLARENCE DARROW. CLARENCE
DARROW WAS A BRILLIANT MAN, A,
SORT OF A, I GUESS, A SKEPTICAL
LAWYER. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
WAS A GOLDEN-TONGUED ORATOR AND
A BIBLE BELIEVER. AND DARROW,
TRYING TO PROVE EVOLUTION AS A
FACT, BROUGHT UP IN THAT, UH, IN
THAT, UH, COURT TRIAL THE,
NEBRASKA MAN. AND HE ASKED, UH,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, HOW DO
YOU EXPLAIN NEBRASKA MAN?
NEBRASKA MAN WAS DISCOVERED BY A
MAN NAMED, UH, HAROLD COOK.
NEBRASKA MAN WAS SAID TO BE ONE
MILLION YEARS OLD. AND THERE WAS
CLARENCE DARROW SAYING TO
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, THERE IS
NEBRASKA MAN. THERE IS YOUR APE
MAN. WELL, WHAT HAD MR. COOK
DISCOVERED? ARE YOU READY FOR
THIS? A TOOTH. I SAID A TOOTH!
AND OUT OF A TOOTH AN ARTIST
DEVISED A RACE, BOTH MALE AND
FEMALE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, A
CREATIONIST VISITED THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, UH,
WHERE, WHERE THEY, THEY HAVE,
UH, NEBRASKA MAN ON DISPLAY. HE
WENT INTO THEIR MUSEUM, AND HE
SAID, OH! HE SAID, THIS IS
WONDERFUL. COURSE, HE, IT WAS
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK. UH, THERE THEY
HAD THE SKULL AND THE SKELETON
OF NEBRASKA MAN. AND THIS MAN
MISCHIEVOUSLY ASKED, IS, IS THIS
THE REAL NEBRASKA MAN OR ONLY A
REPLICA? OH, HE SAID, THIS IS
ONLY A REPLICA. HE SAID, WELL,
WOULD YOU TELL ME, WHERE ARE THE
ACTUAL BONES OF NEBRASKA MAN, SO
I MAY GO SEE THE ACTUAL BONES OF
NEBRASKA MAN? HE SAYS, WELL, WE
DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE BONES.
THESE ARE, ARE PLASTER OF PARIS
REPLICAS. HE SAID, YES, I
UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHAT ARE
THEY REPLICAS OF? WHERE CAN I, I
GO? YOU MUST HAVE HAD THE BONES
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS REPLICA,
TO MAKE THIS CAST. AND THE
CURATOR HAD TO DROP HIS HEAD AND
SAY, WELL, ALL WE HAD WAS A
TOOTH. ONE TOOTH! AND WITH A
TOOTH, THEY MADE THE HEAD, THE
BODY, THEY GLUED ON SOME HAIR,
AND THEN THEY MADE A WHOLE
CIVILIZATION OUT OF ONE TOOTH!
WHAT ABOUT THE JAVA APE MAN? DR.
EUGENE DUBOIS FOUND IN JAVA THE
TOP OF A SKULL, THE FRAGMENT OF
A LEFT THIGH BONE, AND THREE
TEETH. HE AMOUNT, HE ANNOUNCED
HE HAD FOUND THE MISSING LINK
SEVEN THOUSAND, UH, SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS
OLD. THESE BONES WEREN'T EVEN
FOUND TOGETHER. THEY WERE FOUND
OVER A SPACE OF A YEAR, AND
EMINENT SCIENTISTS, TWENTY-FOUR
OF THEM, WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER
TO LOOK. TEN SAID THAT THEY WERE
THE BONES OF AN APE. SEVEN SAID
THEY WERE THE BONES OF A MAN,
AND SEVEN SAID THEY WERE A
MISSING LINK; THAT IS, HALF MAN
AND HALF APE. BUT YOU GO TO THE
MUSEUM, HE'S, UH,
PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS, THE APE
MAN WHO STANDS UP. HE'S JUST AN
APE. YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING HOW
MAN WANTS TO MAKE A MONKEY OF
HIMSELF, ISN'T IT? [AUDIENCE
[LAUGHTER] AMAZING. AND THE
PILTDOWN MAN. WHEN I WAS IN
COLLEGE, WE STUDIED THE PILTDOWN
MAN AS A FACT, BECAUSE CHARLES
DAWSON IN PILTDOWN, ENGLAND,
FOUND IN A GRAVEL PIT A PIECE OF
A JAW, TWO MOLAR TEETH, AND A
PIECE OF A SKULL. FOR FIFTY
YEARS HE WAS KNOWN AS THE
PILTDOWN MAN, BUT LATER ON IT
WAS SHOWN TO BE A HOAX, AND EVEN
THE READER'S DIGEST SAID IN
1956, THE GREAT PILTDOWN HOAX
WAS AN APE ONLY FIFTY YEARS OLD.
ITS TEETH HAD BEEN FILED DOWN
AND ARTIFICIALLY COLORED. NOW
I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS WHAT
THE SCIENTISTS LOOKED AT. THIS
IS WHAT THEY STUDIED! IT WAS A
HOAX PLAYED BY A STUDENT ON HIS
PROFESSOR! A HOAX! WELL, YOU
SAY, ANYBODY CAN BE MISLED. YES,
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU
IS HOW EASILY THESE GREAT
SCIENTISTS CAN BE MISLED. WHAT
I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU IS HOW
WILLINGLY THEY ARE MISLED. A
LEADING WELL-KNOWN BIOLOGIST OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE SAID
THIS, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHICH
WOULD SHOW MAN DEVELOPING
STEP-BY-STEP FROM LOWER FORMS OF
LIFE. THERE IS NOTHING TO SHOW
THAT MAN WAS IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH MONKEYS. HE
APPEARED SUDDENLY AND
SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME FORM
AS HE IS TODAY. THERE ARE NO
SUCH THINGS AS MISSING LINKS. SO
FAR AS CONCERN THE MAJOR GROUPS
OF ANIMALS, THE CREATIONISTS
APPEAR TO HAVE THE BEST
ARGUMENT. THERE IS NOT THE
SLIGHTEST EVIDENCE THAT ANY ONE
OF THE MAJOR GROUPS AROSE FROM
ANY OTHER. HEY, FOLKS, IT'S AN
ARGUMENT WITHOUT EVIDENCE.
THERE'S, IT'S THE, IT'S, IT'S
THE FIXITY OF THE SPECIES. NOW
HERE'S A THIRD BRIDGE IN WHICH
THEY, THEY CAN'T CROSS! THE
FIRST ONE IS, IS THE BEGINNING
OF LIFE. THE SECOND IS THE
FIXITY OF THE SPECIES. THE THIRD
ONE IS THE SECOND LAW OF
THERMODYNAMICS. NOW WHAT IS THE
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS? S,
THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
IS THIS; THAT ENERGY CAN NEVER
BE DESTROYED, BUT IT CONTINUALLY
BECOMES LESS AVAILABLE FOR
FURTHER WORK AS IT UNRAVELS. IN
PLAIN ENGLISH, EVERYTHING TENDS
TO WEAR OUT AND TO RUN DOWN.
HAVE YOU FOUND THAT OUT?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] SURE. I
MEAN, EVERYTHING TENDS TO WEAR
OUT AND RUN DOWN. A GARDEN?
LEAVE A GARDEN BY ITSELF. IS IT
GONNA GET TO BE A BETTER GARDEN?
OF COURSE NOT. YOUR CAR; YOU
DRIVE YOUR CAR OUT INTO THE
WOODS AND LEAVE IT OUT THERE AND
JUST PARK IT. AND I'll TELL YOU.
WHAT'LL HAPPEN. THE SECOND LAW
OF THERMODYNAMICS'LL BEGIN TO
WORK ON THAT CAR, AND THE MOSSY
FINGERS OF TIME AND RUST, AH,
WILL BEGIN TO WORK ON THAT
THING, AND IT WILL DISINTEGRATE.
OR JUST GO TAKE A LOOK IN YOUR
BOY'S BEDROOM, IF YOU DON'T
BELIEVE THIS. [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] WHAT I'M TELLING YOU
IS THAT EVERYTHING IS MARKED BY
DEATH AND DECAY AND
DISINTEGRATION. WHY WOULD A GOD
WHO CREATED EVERYTHING MAKE IT
THAT WAY? BECAUSE OF SIN. THE
BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS EIGHT VERSE
22, WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE
CREATION GROANETH AND TRAVAILETH
IN PAIN TOGETHER UNTIL NOW.
THERE'S A CURSE UPON CREATION,
AND IT TENDS TO WIND DOWN. THE
EVOLUTIONIST, HOWEVER, HAS TO
SAY THAT THINGS GET MORE
COMPLEX. THINGS MOVE TOWARD
PRECISION. GIVEN ENOUGH TIME,
DISORGANIZED THINGS BECOME
ORGANIZED. FRANKLY, THAT DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE
A 747, AND LOAD IN THE, IN THE,
UH, CARGO BAY THE PARTS OF A
CADILLAC AUTOMOBILE AND CLIMB TO
5,000 FEET AND SHOVE THEM OUT,
WOULD YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD
ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES INTO A CAR
BY THE TIME THEY HIT THE GROUND?
WELL, THE EVOLUTIONIST SAYS, OF
COURSE NOT. YOU NEED MORE TIME.
YOU NEED MORE TIME! YOU NEED
MORE TIME! OKAY, LET'S TAKE THE
AIRPLANE UP TO 20,000 FEET AND
THEN SHOVE THEM OUT. THEN ARE
THEY GONNA BE MORE ASSEMBLED?
THEY'RE GONNA BE LESS ASSEMBLED
THAN EVER. YOU SEE, THE LONGER
IT GOES, THE MORE DISINTEGRATION
YOU HAVE. I WISH I HAD MORE TIME
TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT LET ME
TELL YOU THE FOURTH BRIDGE THAT
THEY CANNOT CROSS. THEY CANNOT
EXPLAIN HOW CERTAIN PROPERTIES
EXIST THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE SURVIVAL OF THE
FITTEST. WHERE DID MUSIC COME
FROM? WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO
WITH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST?
WHERE DID LOVE COME FROM? WHERE
DID HONOR AND DIGNITY COME FROM?
WHERE, MY DEAR FRIEND, DID WE
GET THE CONCEPT OF ALMIGHTY GOD?
WHERE DID THESE THINGS COME
FROM? YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THOSE BY
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. NOW
I WANNA SAY I, I REJECT IT FOR
LOGICAL REASONS. LET ME TELL YOU
ANOTHER REASON I REJECT IT. I
REJECT IT NOT ONLY FOR LOGICAL
REASONS, BUT I REJECT IT FOR
MORAL REASONS. IT'S IMMORAL.
FOLKS, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING. WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU
TELL YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE
AN ACCIDENT, THAT THEY SIMPLY
HAPPEN, WHAT DOES THAT DO? IT
TAKES AWAY DIGNITY, IT TAKES
AWAY PURPOSE, IT TAKES AWAY
MORALITY. NIETZSCHE AND DARWIN
BOTH HATED THEIR FATHERS.
NIETZSCHE WAS A SEXUAL PERVERT.
HE DIED OF SYPHILIS. HE WAS THE
ONE WHO WROTE MAN AND SUPERMAN.
HITLER READ DARWIN. HITLER READ
NIETZSCHE. HITLER WROTE MEIN
KAMPF. HITLER WAS THE ONE WHO
FIRED UP THE GAS OVENS. TOGETHER
HITLER AND STALIN, WHO BELIEVED
THAT MAN IS MERELY AN ANIMAL,
PUT TO DEATH 57 MILLION PEOPLE.
WHY? HE'S AN ANIMAL! HE'S
DISPOSABLE! HERE'S A QUOTE BY
DARWIN THAT YOU'LL VERY SELDOM
HEAR; AT SOME FUTURE PERIOD, NOT
VERY DISTANT AS MEASURED BY
CENTURIES, THE CIVILIZED RACES
OF MAN WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY
EXTERMINATE AND REPLACE THE
SAVAGE RACES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
ATHROPROMORP, ANTHROPOMORPHOUS
APES WILL NO DOUBT BE
EXTERMINATED. THE BREAK BETWEEN
MAN AND IT, WHEN HE SAYS,
ANTHROPOMORPHOUS APES, HE MEANS
THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU
MEET ON THE STREETS. I MEAN, HE,
HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE
CONSIDERS TO BE INFERIOR RACES.
WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE, NOT
WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE. HE SAYS,
THE ANTHROPOMORPHOUS APES WILL
NO DOUBT BE EXTERMINATED. THE
BREAK BETWEEN MAN AND HIS
NEAREST ALLIES WILL THEN BE
WIDER, FOR IT WILL INTERVENE
BETWEEN MAN IN A MORE CIVILIZED
STATE AS WE MAY HOPE. EVEN THE
CAUCASIAN AND SOME APE AS LOW AS
A BABOON, INSTEAD OF NOW BETWEEN
THE NEGRO OR AUSTRALIAN AND THE
GORILLA. NOW I WONDER WHAT OUR
PRECIOUS BLACK FRIENDS WOULD SAY
ABOUT MR. DARWIN NOW. WHY, WHY,
HE, WELL, HE, HE WAS THE
ORIGINAL RACIST! HE IS SAYING
THAT THERE IS A SUPERIOR RACE OF
MEN, AND SOME OTHERS ARE ON
THEIR WAY UP, BUT THEY HAVEN'T
ARRIVED WHERE WE ARE TODAY. YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HITLER SAID,
[CLAP] I HAVE THE RIGHT TO
EXTERMINATE AN INFERIOR RACE
THAT BREEDS LIKE VERMIN. HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE JEWS. YOU SEE,
IF THERE IS NO GOD, IF MAN IS AN
INCIDENT, AN ACCIDENT, THERE CAN
BE NO TEN COMMANDMENTS, THERE IS
NO FIXED STANDARD OF RIGHT AND
WRONG. THEREFORE, CHILDREN ARE
SENT TO SCHOOL TO STUDY VALUES
CLARIFICATION, TO MAKE UP THEIR
OWN MINDS WHAT KIND OF VALUES
THEY, THE LITTLE ANIMALS, HAVE.
NO WONDER WE HAVE EUTHANASIA
TODAY. NO WONDER WE'RE KILLING
LITTLE BABIES IN THE WOMB AND
EVEN PARTIALLY BORN TODAY. NO
WONDER SEXUAL PERVERSION IS
ACCEPTED AS AN ALTERNATE
LIFESTYLE. WHY? BECAUSE WE'VE
TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY'VE
COME FROM ANIMALS, AND NOW
THEY'VE FINALLY BEGUN TO LIVE
LIKE AND ACT LIKE ANIMALS. I
REJECT IT FOR MORAL REASONS.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] FOLKS, I WANNA
TELL YOU, I REJECT IT FOR
THEOLOGICAL REASONS. [AUDIENCE:
[AMEN] H.G. WELLS, WHO WROTE THE
OUTLINES OF HISTORY, SAID THIS,
AND HE WAS AN EVOLUTIONIST, I
BELIEVE. HE SAID, IF ALL ANIMALS
AND MAN EVOLVED, THEN THERE WERE
NO FIRST PARENTS, NO PARADISE,
NO FALL, AND IF THERE HAD BEEN
NO FALL, THEN THE ENTIRE
HISTORIC FABRIC OF CHRISTIANITY,
THE STORY OF THE FIRST SIN AND
THE REASON FOR THE ATONEMENT,
COLLAPSES LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS.
YOU SEE, LISTEN, IF EVOLUTION IS
TRUE, THERE WAS NO GARDEN OF
EDEN, THERE WAS NO ORIGINAL SIN,
THERE IS NO DEPRAVITY, MAN IS
ALWAYS ONWARD, UPWARD, GOING UP,
THEN HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE BORN
AGAIN. HE DOESN'T NEED A BIRTH
FROM ABOVE; HE JUST NEEDS A
BOOST FROM BELOW. HE JUST NEEDS
TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND
BETTER, AND IF, IF, IF GENESIS
THREE IS A MYTH, JOHN THREE IS A
FARCE THAT SAYS, YOU MUST BE
BORN AGAIN. I REJECT IT FOR
THEOLOGICAL REASONS. I WISH I
HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THIS, BUT MAY I TELL YOU THAT
THERE'S SOMETHING BEHIND THIS
WHOLE IDEA OF EVOLUTION. WHY,
WHY HAS IT, IS IT SUCH AN
EMOTIONAL ISSUE? WHY CAN WE S,
WHY CAN WE NOT JUST SIMPLY SAY,
YES, YOU CANNOT HAVE CREATION
WITHOUT A CREATOR. OUT OF
NOTHING NOTHING COMES? WHY CAN
WE NOT SAY THAT? LISTEN TO
ALDOUS HUXLEY, LEADING HUMANIST.
LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID IN HIS
BOOK, ENDS AND MEANS, AND
THIS'LL CLEAR IT UP, I HAD
MOTIVES FOR NOT WANTING THE
WORLD TO HAVE A MEANING. FOR
MYSELF, AS NO DOUBT FOR MOST OF
MY CONTEMPORARIES, THE
PHILOSOPHY OF MEANINGLESSNESS
WAS ESSENTIALLY AN INSTRUMENT OF
LIBERATION. THE LIBERATION WE
DESIRED WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY
LIBERATION FROM A CERTAIN SYSTEM
OF MORALITY. WE OBJECTED TO THE
MORALITY, BECAUSE IT INTERFERED
WITH OUR SEXUAL FREEDOM. WE
OBJECTED TO THE POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT WAS
UNJUST. THE SUPPORTERS OF THESE
SYSTEMS CLAIM THAT IN SOME WAY
THEY EMBODIED THE MEANING, A
CHRISTIAN MEANING, THEY
INSISTED, OF THE WORLD. THERE
WAS ONE ADMIRABLY SIMPLE METHOD
OF CONFUTING THESE PEOPLE AND
THE SAME TIME JUSTIFY OURSELVES
IN OUR POLITICAL AND EROTIC
REVOLT. WE COULD DENY THAT THE
WORLD HAD ANY MEANING
WHATSOEVER. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID, HA, HA, WE, WE DIDN'T
WANT GOVERNMENT, AND WE DID NOT
WANT MORALITY, SO WE CHOSE
EVOLUTION TO SHUT THE MOUTHS OF
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN SPECIAL
CREATION. TIME IS GONE. LISTEN
TO ME. YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU LISTEN
TO YOUR PASTOR TODAY. I'M GONNA
TELL YOU, YOU ARE NOT AN
ACCIDENT. YOU'RE MADE IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT YOU
ARE PRECIOUS TO HIM. SO PRECIOUS
TO HIM THAT HE SENT HIS SON, THE
LORD JESUS, TO SUFFER, BLEED,
AND DIE FOR YOU. HE WAS BURIED,
HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY, AND
HE INVITES YOU TO COME TO HIM.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, IF ANY MAN
BE IN CHRIST JESUS, HE IS A NEW
CREATION. OH, HE MADE THE FIRST
WORLD. HE MADE IT ALL, BUT, OH,
WHEN YOU'RE SAVED, HOW
WONDERFUL. HE MADE THE FIRST
WORLD WITH A WORD, BUT WHEN HE
SAVES YOU, HE DOES IT WITH HIS
PRECIOUS BLOOD. YOU'RE PRECIOUS
TO HIM. YOU HAVE DIGNITY. YOU
HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOVES
YOU AND CARES FOR YOU. AND I
STAND HERE TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW
THAT IF YOU DO NOT TRUST HIM AS
YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, HE IS
STILL YOUR CREATOR, AND YOU'LL
RISE IN THE JUDGMENT TO MEET HIM
AND TO ANSWER. AND SIR HUXLEY
AND OTHERS CANNOT DUDGE, DODGE
THE FACT THAT THERE IS A GOD
THAT MADE US. WE'LL EITHER RE,
BE REDEEMED BY HIM OR WE'LL FACE
HIM IN JUDGMENT. BUT WE'LL MEET
OUR CREATOR SOMEDAY. LET'S BOW
IN PRAYER. HEADS ARE BOWED, EYES
ARE CLOSED. NOW TODAY, IF YOU'VE
NOT RECEIVED CHRIST AS YOUR
PERSONAL SAVIOR AND LORD, I WANT
YOU TO DO SO RIGHT NOW. AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU SOME WONDERFUL
NEWS, THAT WHERE YOU ARE THIS
MOMENT, YOU CAN BE SAVED. I
MEAN, RIGHT NOW YOU CAN BE SAVED
IF YOU'LL ASK CHRIST TO COME
INTO YOUR HEART. WOULD YOU PRAY
LIKE THIS? THANK YOU, LORD, THAT
I AM SPECIAL. THANK YOU THAT YOU
MADE ME. AND THANK YOU, LORD,
THAT YOU DIED FOR ME. LORD, I'M
A SINNER. I NEED TO BE SAVED. MY
SINS DESERVE JUDGMENT, BUT
JESUS, YOU DIED TO SAVE ME. YOU
PAID MY SIN DEBT WITH YOUR BLOOD
ON THE CROSS. THANK YOU FOR
TAKING MY PLACE. THANK YOU FOR
BEING MY SUBSTITUTE. I NOW
RECEIVE YOU AS MY LORD AND
SAVIOR. COME INTO MY HEART.
FORGIVE MY SIN. SAVE ME, LORD
JESUS. WOULD YOU PRAY THAT
PRAYER? COME INTO MY HEART.
FORGIVE MY SIN. SAVE ME, LORD
JESUS. DID YOU ASK HIM? THEN I
WANT YOU TO PRAY THIS PRAYER,
LORD JESUS, I THANK YOU FOR
SAVING ME. BEGIN NOW TO MAKE ME
THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE.
AND LORD, GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO
MAKE THIS PUBLIC AND NOT TO BE
ASHAMED OF YOU. ASK HIM THAT.
LORD, GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO
MAKE IT PUBLIC. NOT TO BE
ASHAMED OF YOU. IN YOU NAME I
PRAY, AMEN.
A WONDERFUL PROMISE IN GOD'S
WORD IS GIVEN BY THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, WHO SAID, BEHOLD, I
STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK, IF
ANY MAN WILL HEAR MY VOICE AND
OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME INTO
HIM AND WILL SUP WITH HIM AND HE
WITH ME. THAT MEANS THAT JESUS
CHRIST IS KNOCKING AT THE
HEART'S DOOR. WE HAVE TO OPEN
THE DOOR; HE'LL NOT BREAK IT
DOWN. BUT IF WE WILL OPEN THE
DOOR, JESUS CHRIST WILL COME IN
AND FELLOWSHIP WITH US. WE CALL
THAT BEING SAVED. THAT MEANS
THAT EVERY SIN IS FORGIVEN. IT
MEANS THAT JESUS CHRIST LIVES IN
OUR HEART AS A BRIGHT, SHINING,
BURNING REALITY; AND IT MEANS
THAT ONE DAY WHEN JESUS COMES
AGAIN OR WHEN WE DIE, HE'LL TAKE
US HOME TO HEAVEN TO BE WITH
HIM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE
HIM? PRAY THIS PRAYER, LORD
JESUS, I'M A SINNER AND I'M
LOST, I NEED TO BE SAVED. YOU
SHED YOUR BLOOD ON THAT CROSS TO
SAVE ME, YOU PROMISED TO SAVE ME
IF I WOULD TRUST YOU AND I DO
TRUST YOU. TELL HIM THAT, I DO
TRUST YOU, NOW, TODAY, FOREVER.
TAKE CONTROL OF MY LIFE; I GIVE
IT OVER TO YOU. PRAY IT AND MEAN
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