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Atheists and agnostics
have always attacked
God and the Bible.
But in the past few years
they have increased
in their numbers and in their
intensity of criticism.
Their foundational philosophy
is based on evolution.
Does the theory of
evolution explain
the complexity of the vast
creation on earth
and in the universe?
Does evolution explain
the origin of life?
Does evolution explain the
intricate processes
in the molecular realm
of DNA and RNA?
My friends, there are
dozens, and even hundreds,
of questions evolution
cannot answer.
But you can answer these
questions,
if you have proven God exists.
Do you know how?
Stay tuned!
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Greetings to all our
friends around the world!
According to the CIA World
Factbook, 2007,
it is estimated that one-third
of the world's population
professes Christianity;
11.77 percent
call themselves "non-religious"
and just 2.32 percent call
themselves atheists.
The CIA World Factbook
also estimates that 3 to 4%
of those in China
profess Christianity
while in Hong Kong 10% call
themselves Christian.
While atheists have always
been around,
they have become more active and
vocal in recent years.
They have increased their
attack on God,
religion and the Bible.
In the past several years,
atheists and philosophers
have emphasized a theme:
"Belief in God is irrational."
One atheist went so far
as to allege
that such a belief is
The Apostle Paul gives a
warning to such teachers
in Romans 2:21:
Further, the God who
gave humans the gift
of intellect gives another
warning in 1 Corinthians 3:18,
Modern theories of
evolution are one major
example of those
vain thoughts.
"Theistic evolutionists"
deny the Biblical account.
They say God started a
process of evolution
that we are only now beginning
to understand through science.
Materialist evolutionists
go even further.
They attempt to explain
a creation without
any Creator at all!
Let's understand.
True science
differentiates between
macro-evolution and
micro-evolution.
What is called micro-evolution can be demonstrated
in mutations
and variations in species.
But macro-evolution, the
transformation over time
of one kind into another
kind, has never been proved,
only theorized.
Two major arguments
against the theory
of evolution are:
Yes, true science can help
us see the Creator
behind the creation.
But science has
its limitations.
Sir John Eccles, Nobel
prizewinner, was,
at the time, perhaps the world's
foremost authority
on the mind and brain.
He commented on the
inability of Science
to answer the fundamental
questions of life.
Because it rejects divine
revelation, evolutionary
theory cannot answer
these and other important questions.
The reason evolutionists
cannot answer major life
orienting questions is,
that they deny the reality
of the spirit dimension.
The Bible plainly states:
By rejecting God's word,
they are limited
to material knowledge.
And they often err even
in material knowledge.
There are hundreds and
thousands of questions
that evolution
cannot answer.
Today, we will look at
five of the most
important questions.
QUESTION #1 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the meaning of life?
Oh yes, materialists can
give you the standard answers
such as self-preservation,
self-propagation, and
self-determination.
But is survival the only
meaning and purpose for life?
Several human philosophies
have attempted
to answer that question.
From the dawn of antiquity,
thinkers have pondered
the fundamental questions
of why we're alive,
and how best to live life.
The ancient Greeks
came up with a wide range of answers:
The 4th century B.C.
saw the rise of three
principal schools of thought in Greece:
Epicureanism, Stoicism and Skepticism.
The Apostle Paul was
quite familiar
with these ancient schools
of thought.
Paul visited
Athens about A.D. 50.
Turn in your
Bible to Acts 17.
Acts 17:18,
Paul then proclaimed to
them the Creator God,
who made the world and
everything in it.
And he made this
fundamental,
yet astounding observation
in verse 28:
In Him we live and move
and have our being!
Our entire existence,
Paul was emphasizing,
is intimately tied to
the Creator God!
Paul was saying that human
life can have no real
meaning or purpose
apart from God!
Yes, man was created
to have a special
relationship
with his Creator.
It's the very foundation
of a meaningful life!
The Messiah, Jesus Christ,
also affirmed this highest
purpose in life.
He was asked by a lawyer,
"Which is the great
commandment in the law?"
Turn in your Bible
to Matthew 22:37.
That relationship leads
to a change from selfish
human nature, to a
loving spiritual nature.
God wants us to be a part
of his immortal family.
We can be born into His
kingdom, His family.
The Bible reveals that
this ultimate transformation
takes place
at the resurrection
from the dead.
The Messiah, Jesus Christ,
is the firstborn
from the dead (Revelation 1:5)!
He is the firstborn of
many brethren
as it tells us Romans 8:29.
1 Corinthians 15 gives an
inspiring description
of God's children being
transformed at the resurrection:
Yes, you have an
opportunity to belong
to an immortal family, to be
a part of God's kingdom
and royal family.
In his epistle to the
Romans, Paul further explains
one the wonderful
benefits of being born
into this royal family.
We saw that atheists
are becoming more and more bold
in proclaiming their
anti-God evolution ideas.
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But evolution cannot
answer one of the most
basic questions that
matters to every one of us:
QUESTION #1 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the meaning of life?
QUESTION #2 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the purpose of
the universe?
Why does the
universe exist?
IS there a meaningful
purpose for the universe?
The universe continues
to expand rapidly.
Some galaxies are moving
outwards in space at a speed
of 200 million miles
per hour; some galaxies
are millions of light
years in diameter.
Why are we able to
discover such awesome cosmic
elements and
movements, and yet be unable
to travel much
beyond the moon?
The space probe Voyager 1
photographed an image
of planet earth in
our Solar system.
This 1990 image of our
solar system was taken
from a distance of
around 4 billion miles.
Planet earth is barely
visible, and it certainly
looks very insignificant.
Carl Sagan, an
American astronomer
and cosmologist, considering
this "pale blue dot"
as he called it, made this
striking comment:
Carl Sagan called planet
Earth a "lonely speck"
in the cosmic dark.
Must we then conclude that
we are so insignificant
as to be meaningless?
Should we conclude
that the universe is meaningless?
No!
The universe is a powerful
evidence of a Creator.
The earth and the universe
were created for mankind!
The Creator of the
universe has an awesome
purpose for the universe.
God has purposed that His
children not only inherit
the earth, as it tells us
in Matthew 5:8,
but that we will inherit
the universe!
But we are in no
condition for that now.
That inheritance
is yet future.
Notice the concluding
comment in Hebrews 2:8,
Human beings must be born
into the Kingdom of God
as immortal, glorified
children of God.
That takes place at the
resurrection described
in 1 Corinthians 15 and
1 Thessalonians 4.
As we prepare for that
future, the universe exists
as the environment
for humans to learn
about the Creator of the
universe, and to prepare
for their awesome destiny.
We look forward to the
time when we will live
in a spiritual dimension, not
limited by space and time!
God reveals this promise
in Revelation 21:7,
As astounding as it may
sound, God created the universe
as our future inheritance!
QUESTION #2 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the purpose of
the universe?
QUESTION #3 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the source of natural law?
Even the great physicist
Albert Einstein recognized
meaning in natural law.
Einstein stated
that the scientist's . . .
Do great intellectuals
disagree
with the brilliant Einstein?
Would they call him
irrational for his observation?
Let's understand: those
natural laws that amazed
Einstein existed from
the very beginning of creation!
Scientists admit they
had to be in effect.
Theoretical physicists
Stephen Hawking
and Roger Penrose wrote,
In his book,
"The Real God: Proofs and Promises",
Dr. Douglas Winnail
describes the importance
of law in the universe.
The existence of natural
law demands a lawgiver.
If you have your Bible,
turn to James 4:12.
God reveals:
What is the source
of that natural law?
Atheists cannot answer the
question, so they proclaim
the question is
meaningless!
The Great Creator and
Lawgiver established
natural law at creation.
That natural law
guaranteed the universe
that resulted.
And there is
additional proof!
Not only is there natural
law, but there is spiritual law
that affects
every human being.
The Apostle Paul stated
in Romans 7:12,14,
The God of your Bible
is the Creator of the Universe.
And He is the Lawgiver
of both natural law
and spiritual law.
QUESTION #3 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the source of natural law?
QUESTION #4 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the origin of life?
Early scientists assumed
that the living cell
was very simple.
However, scientists have
now determined
that even the "simple" cell
is very complex.
Cells contain thousands
of proteins comprised
of amino acids.
Even common proteins may
contain a string of 200
amino acids.
As science writer
Bill Bryson comments:
Is this the kind of
"intellect" atheists embrace,
religiously believing in
the scientifically impossible?
Thankfully, some honest scientists
can admit their mistakes.
Dean Kenyon, co-author
of the 1969 chemistry
textbook Biochemical
Predestination, believed
for years in purely
chemical evolution.
But later, when science
revealed the intricate
processes by which
proteins are formed
through DNA, Kenyon
repudiated
his evolutionary theory.
Science determined that it
takes DNA to organize
the amino acids into proteins.
Kenyon later said:
As author Bill
Bryson stated:
My friends, one must have
a blind faith to believe
that all complex processes
developed simultaneously
and independently of each
other in order to support
each other.
Evolution cannot
explain that!
Evolution has never proved
that life came
from non-life!
What is the
origin of life?
Genesis 1, in your Bible,
describes the creation
of life forms.
Some mainstream professing
Christian denominations
embrace theistic evolution
and DENY the biblical account.
God is the lifegiver.
He created the first
humans as it states
in Genesis 2:7,
God created human beings
with physical life,
and with a spiritual
component!
God intends for each human
being to live an abundant
spiritual life, as Jesus
said in John 10:10.
And, yes, there is
life beyond death.
The Messiah, Jesus Christ,
stated in John 11:25,
QUESTION #4 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What is the origin of life?
In today's program, we've
briefly reviewed the complex
nature of even the
simplest life forms,
which evolution cannot explain.
And we have seen that, as
a philosophy,
evolution falls short.
It cannot answer for the
facts, and it denies
the revelation of the Creator
God to human beings in His word, the Bible.
As Jesus made plain in
John 17:17,
"Your word is truth."
QUESTION #5 EVOLUTION
CANNOT ANSWER IS:
What will happen in the future?
Evolution tries to answer
the question
of where we came from.
But even evolutionists
admit, if they are being honest,
that evolution
is only descriptive,
not prescriptive.
Evolution portrays a
violent and cruel process
of natural selection,
in which the strong dominate the weak,
and only
the fittest survive.
Is that our future?
Instead of harmony, love
and eternal progress,
are we doomed to pain,
suffering and destruction?
The truth is, my friends,
that if human beings are left
to themselves,
warlike human nature
will lead nations to the
ultimate conflict,
to cosmocide, the extinction
of all life on earth.
Scientists, statesmen, and
generals have concluded
from their experience and
their observations,
that unless there is a
fundamental change in human
nature, a World
War III will end life on earth!
The nation of
Japan surrendered
unconditionally,
ending World War II.
In his victory broadcast
from the USS Missouri,
General Douglas MacArthur
summarized the historic
lesson of war.
We should understand the
reality of General MacArthur's warning,
which echoes biblical prophecy.
Ancient prophets such as
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
and Daniel have accurately
predicted the rise
and fall of empires.
The great empires of
Babylon, Persia, Greece,
and Rome made their
mark on history.
All fell as the prophet
Daniel predicted!
My friends, God has
revealed the future to His servants.
I challenge every atheist,
agnostic and evolutionist
to read the book
of Revelation.
The greatest prophet
of all, Jesus Christ,
predicted the coming Great
Tribulation, followed
by the establishment of the
Kingdom of God on earth.
Beyond the Great
Tribulation lies
a thousand years of peace on
earth ruled by the King of kings
and those who have
been immortalized
at the return of Christ.
Beyond the millennium
lies a glorious future.
The saints will inherit
the earth, the universe
and all things, as it
tells us in Revelation 21:7.
God will renew the
heavens and the earth.
The Apostle Peter states
this good news in 2 Peter 3:13,
On today's program we
have examined 5 of the questions
evolution cannot answer:
What is the meaning of life?
What Is the Purpose
of the Universe?
What Is the Source
of natural law?
What Is the
origin of life?
And What will happen
in the future?
Consider that evolution is
equally unable to answer
questions such as
"What Is Truth?"
"What Is the
Spirit Dimension?"
"What Is the Human Mind?"
"What is reality?"
and many more.
What source can answer
those questions?
Only the writings inspired
by the Creator
of the Universe
Himself-the Bible.
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