for the Edification for the Northside Church of Christ July 62014 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 ID: 421700
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A Series of Lessons made
for the Edification
for the Northside Church of Christ.
July 6/2014
Eric CSlide3
Our Theme
For this month:
DOES GOD EXISTSlide4
This month:
The
subject
of God
Why I believe in GodWhy the God of the BibleSlide5
Theistic Evolution
Bible Basics
July
- A Study of GodSlide6Slide7Slide8Slide9
World Views
Atheism
–
no GodPantheism – God is everythingPanentheism
– 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 caresSlide10
THEISTIC
EVOLUTION
Did God Create the WorldSlide11
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?Slide12
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
,Slide13
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
.
5:12-14Slide14
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)Slide15
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?Slide16
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 insectsIF Genesis 1 figurative, then it is incoherent (random)Slide17
Theistic Evolution?
Bible teachings imply immediate creation of man
1 Tim. 2:13 -
woman
Matt. 19:4-6 - mdrEx. 20:8-11 – Sabbath Slide18
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.Slide19
Day-Age Theory?
Still contradicts the order of
Genesis 1
with creation!Slide20
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.)Slide21
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 20:8-11Slide22
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 timeSlide23
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?Slide24
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.”Slide25
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.Slide26
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?Slide27
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.”Slide28
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? Slide29
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?Slide30
Why limit the power of God?