1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard www.GraceDoctrine.org Thursday, November 29, 2012

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. The Book of Proverbs Chapter 3 Prov 3:19-20 Creation vs. Evolution, Part 2

4. Darwin’s original notebook sketch, 1837, that lead to his theory of evolution published in the book, “On the Origin of Species”, 1859.

5. Notice Darwin’s original notebook sketch, 1837, that lead to his theory of evolution published in the book, “On the Origin of Species”, 1859.

9. Evolutionary Scale by Geological Ages

11. III. The Blending of Evolution and Creation.

12. 1. Theistic Evolution: a. It contradicts the Bible record of creation.

13. Seven times in Gen 1, God said He created plants and animals to reproduce “after their (or its) kind.”

14. Christ quotes Genesis as historically accurate and authoritative. Mat 19:4-6, quoting Gen 2:24

15. b. It is inconsistent with God’s methods. The standard concept of evolution involves the development of innumerable misfits and extinctions, useless and even harmful organisms.

16. c. The evolutionary philosophy is the intellectual basis of all anti-theistic systems.

17. Joseph Stalin told a friend: “I’ll lend you a book to read; it will show you that... all this talk about God is sheer nonsense.” “What book” his friend inquired. “Darwin. You must read it.”

18. Jesus said: “A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit”, Mat 7:18. The evil fruit of the evolutionary philosophy is evidence enough of its evil roots.

19. Any form of evolution is Biblically unsound, theologically contradictory and sociologically harmful.

20. 2. Progressive Creation Similar to Theistic with the addition that God injected occasional acts of creation at critical points in the geological ages.

21. 3. The Day-Age Theory The “days” of creation are interpreted figuratively as the “ages” of geology.

22. There are more than 20 serious contradictions between the Biblical order and events of the creative days and the standard geologic history of the earth and its development.

23. Three essential areas into which evolution cannot move and cannot solve:

24. Three essential areas into which evolution cannot move and cannot solve: 1. It cannot bridge the gap from nothing to something.

25. 2. It cannot bridge the gap from something to life.

26. 2. It cannot bridge the gap from something to life. 3. It cannot bridge the gap between life and humanity- that is self-conscious human life with a volition.

27. IV. Contradictions between evolution and the Bible doctrine of creation:

28. 1. Evolution is a major doctrine of unbelievers. Creation is a fundamental proof of God.

29. Acts 17:24, “God made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth.”

30. Heb 1:10, “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.”

31. Jer 10:12, “It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom; and by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.”

32. Rom 1:20, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and Divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”

33. The Bible uses creation as evidence of God’s existence, wisdom, power, etc. To deny creation is to deny one of the fundamental reasons why we should believe in God. Cf. Psa 19:1

34. Psa 19:1, “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.”

35. 2. Biblical creation teaches that God was directly, personally involved in each step of creation.

36. God did not personally make just one or a few simple kinds and then just allow natural processes to take over. He personally spoke into existence all the different kinds.

37. Psa 33:6, 9, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host… 9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.”

38. John 1:1-3, “ 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”

39. 2 Peter 3:5, “For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice, (they willfully forget), that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water.”

40. Naturalistic evolution removes God completely from the origin of earth and living things, Theistic Evolution and Progressive Creation seriously distance Him from that process.

41. All such ideas conflict with even the most basic Bible teachings about God’s involvement in creation.

42. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, November 29, 2012 Tape # 12-137 Proverbs Chapter 3 Creation vs. Evolution, Part 2 Types of Theistic Evolution. Pro3:19-20; Psa 19:1; Rom 1:20; Mat 19:4-6; Acts 17:24; Heb 1:10 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012 v James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012