1. THE CASE FOR CREATION! (Genesis Series) Genesis 1

2. GENESIS 1 “In the beginning God created the havens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.” (vs. 1-5)

3. GENESIS 1 “Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.” Then God said, Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. (vs. 6-10)

4. GENESIS 1 “Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.” (vs.11-13)

5. GENESIS 1 “Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. (14-19)

6. GENESIS 1 “Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.” (20-23)

7. GENESIS 1

9. “IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH!”

10. THE PROBLEM FOR MAN

11. DEFINITION OF EVOLUTION: “All life on earth is connected to each other and evolved from each other through a process of natural selection and modifications.” THE PROBLEM: Contrary to God; omits God (and miracles), violates the laws of physics, defies logic, and is void of evidence!

12. DOES IT MATTER? CREATION vs. EVOLUTION: THE BATTLE IN THE COURTS 1925 Evolution MAY be taught in the schools 1968 Evolution CANNOT BE PROHIBITED 1975 Equal time for creation not necessary 1981 Evolution DOES NOT violate religious freedom 1987 Evolution my be taught EXCLUSIVELY 1990 Creation teaching may be PROHIBITED 1994 Evolution is REQUIRED TEACHING 1997 Evolution needs no disclaimer 2000 Evolution CANNOT be challenged 2005 Intelligent Design is not science

13. HOW CAN CREATION BE REPLACED BY EVOLUTION?

14. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures….For THEY EXCHANGED THE TRUTH of God for a lie, and worshiped, and SERVED THE CREATURE rather than the Creator…” Romans 1:19-25

16. WHY I BELIEVE IN A LITERAL VIEW OF CREATION 1.GOD HAS NO LIMITATIONS AND HE CAN BE TRUSTED TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID 2.THE BIBLE DOES NOT NEED TO BE RECONCILED WITH SCIENCE BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY FOR LIFE (science needs to be reconciled with the Bible)

20. THE TAKE-AWAY TRUTH FOR TODAY! #1. THE UNIVERSE AND THE EARTH AND LIFE ITSELF CANNOT ACCURATELY OR ADEQUATELY BE EXPLAINED WITHOUT GOD! IT ALL POINTS TO HIM!

21. THE TAKE-AWAY TRUTH FOR TODAY

24. PSALM 148