BBD 11.21.05 Intelligent Design
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11.21.05
Intelligent Design
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. he earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be
light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and
God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the
darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let
it divide the waters from the waters." Thus God made the firmament, and
divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were
above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So
the evening and the morning were the second day. Then God said, "Let the
waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the
dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the
gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was
good. .Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of
the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the
image of God He created him; male and female He created them. - Genesis
1:1-10, 26.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His
handiwork. - Psalm 19:1.
"Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes
convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe--a spirit
vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our
modest powers must feel humble." --Albert Einstein.
"I am fascinated by some strange developments going on in astronomy,... The
astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the
world." --Robert Jastrow, director NASA's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies.
This most beautiful system (The Universe) could only proceed from the
dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. - Sir Isaac Newton.
On board ship one night, Napoleon overheard some of his officers discussing
the existence of God. The officers arrived at the conclusion that there must
not be a God. Upon hearing this Napoleon interrupted their discussion and
pointing toward the stars in the sky asked, "Gentlemen, who made all of
this?"
There is a great ongoing debate about whether or not all that we see about
us was the result of an intelligent design. The Christian faith requires
faith. Do we believe what the Bible says or do we not? For myself the
evidence of the existence of God and of His activity in all of creation is
obvious. I only have to look at my thumb with the miraculous way that it
moves to know that there must be a God. When I read of the complexities of
human body, of just a single strand of DNA, I know that this could not have
been brought about by accident. There must be a God with intelligence beyond
any human intelligence, with knowledge beyond any human knowledge. We seek
to understand the creation of the universe and everything in it through
human abilities. However, all that was created was created with supernatural
abilities beyond our ability to comprehend.
This week in the United States we have set aside a National day of
Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful about whether living in the United
States or another country. We can be thankful that there is a God who
created all that there is and that He loved us so much that Jesus came down
from the glories of Heaven to die on the cross for our sins. It is beyond
human comprehension but we believe it and accept it by faith knowing in our
hearts that it is true.
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