Did all things come from evolution?
1)
A couple of studies have been undertaken to determine
how many museums exist in the
2)
One study says there are approximately 17,500 museums
in the
3)
Another estimate puts the number at more than 1,600.
4)
We not only have a lot of museums, we have many types
of museum.
5)
There are Jewish museums, fire museums, historical
museums and many others.
a)
In some museums there are items that are said to be
extremely old.
b)
Visitors may see examples of animals that are said to
have lived 10 million years ago.
c)
Or, they may see rocks that have a similar type of
date.
6)
It is sad but true that many of our museums are
cleverly disguised promotional tools for evolutionists.
7)
Museums typically do not base their dates on a
God-created earth.
a)
Evolutionary thought says that things evolved over long
periods of time.
b)
This is what is seen on sign after sign in many museums
throughout the world.
c)
Evolutionists have often claimed that man is here
because of “macro” evolution (giant
changes).
d)
At some time in the distant past there were several non
living chemicals.
e)
These chemicals had the right amount of time and
circumstances and one day produced life.
f)
Non-existence one day just changed into existence –
this sums up what many have claimed.
8) The following is by no means
exact parallel, but it illustrates the principle of the evolutionary argument.
a)
Imagine a bowl of various chemicals sitting around for
500 billion years.
b)
One day, without any outside intervention, a gold fish
just pops into existence inside this bowl.
c) The fish just forms by time
and chance – presto one day it just happens to come from the chemicals.
d)
This is the type of thing that many evolutionists say
happened.
e)
They would not say it was not a goldfish, but something
much simpler.
f)
Whatever the first living thing was, they claim it
became more and more complex with time.
9)
Things grew, expanded, changed, and finally formed all
that we now find on this planet.
10) There
are some big problems with this idea, but we will deal with that in just a bit.
a)
For now let me affirm that Christians do not object
to “micro evolution.”
b)
We admit that there can be small changes in our world.
c)
We readily agree that there can be the cross breeding
of dogs.
d)
We can alter some things with cows to increase milk
production.
e)
Small changes can and do happen and this fact is one
that we eagerly affirm.
f)
Christians, however, do not believe in macro evolution (a mouse finally
changes into a giraffe).
g)
With evolution, people typically believe in huge
changes.
h)
It is claimed that non-life one day turned into “life.”
i)
People wave their hands a bit and say this all started
out with a simple “one-celled organism.”
j)
All the chemicals were present came together, formed a
simple organism, and things continued.
i)
A one-celled organism sounds pretty simple; how
complicated could something like this be?
ii)
We have super computers, but we can’t create something
as simple as a one-celled organism.
iii) People who are well versed
in this area have described a one cell organism as a “high tech factory.
iv)
It
has “artificial languages, decoding systems, and central memory banks that
store and retrieve information.”
v)
There are precise control systems that regulate the
automatic assembly of parts.
vi)
There are proofreading and quality control mechanism to
prevent errors.
vii) The
principles of prefabrication and modular construction exist.
viii)
There is also a replicating system that allows an organism to duplicate
itself at amazing speeds.
ix)
All
of these things are found in just a single cell. We are not talking about a complete human
being.
x) If we said that an RV
factory just popped into being one day (came from nothing), we would be laughed
to scorn.
xi) The
theory that life just one day appeared is just as nutty.
1)
Let’s go back to where we started -- the fossils in
many museums.
a)
We can go to these places and find fossils that are
said to be millions and billions of years old.
b)
If evolution is right, the fossils should reflect the
signs of macro evolution.
c)
We should find examples of things changing – going from
almost nothing to great things.
d)
This is not what we find in the fossil record.
e)
We find in the scores of fossils that we have life well and fully formed.
f)
The fossil record does not support life gradually
coming into existence and evolving.
g)
Evolutionists say fossils to prove their case must be
somewhere; they keep looking.
h)
The fossil evidence that we put in museums testifies
against evolutionary theory.
i)
We see from the records a complete earth just like the
Bible describes.
j)
Gen. 1:19-26 – READ
k)
There were 7 days in the creation week; we regard those
as 7 literal days.
l)
If
the Bible is right, there is no room for macro evolution—everything was created
about the same time.
m)
The Biblical account is consistent with the fossil
records in thousands of world museums.
2)
When I think about evolution I think about the
lottery.
3)
We do not endorse the lottery for a variety of reasons,
including the golden rule.
4)
If we were to buy a ticket, we likely would want to win
and that would meant others must lose.
5)
That is not treating people as we want to be treated,
Mt. 7:12.
6)
Most would say the chance that winning the lottery is
very low.
a)
I am willing to say this morning that the chance of
winning a big jackpot is actually quite good.
b)
In fact, it is not only good, winning the lottery is
very probable.
c)
The chance of winning big in the lottery is terrific if
we compare it to the odds to evolution.
d)
One author expressed the point this way.
e)
Take all the carbon exists in the universe (carbon is
the basis for life on earth).
f)
Put in simpler terms, imagine that we gather all the
possible building blocks for life.
g)
We allow all the appropriate elements to interact on
the earth at the fastest possible rate.
h)
Evolution says life was just a matter of chance, so all
the chemicals are given constant chances.
i)
We let this process of chemicals trying to successfully come together
continue for one billion years.
j)
There is a small chance that we would have, at the end of a billion
years, a single “protein molecule.”
k)
The chance of getting one protein molecule is pretty
small: write down a 10 with 60 zeros.
l)
This is the chance of getting one protein molecule
after a billion years of chances.
m) If the lottery jackpot odds
are a million to one or even 50 million to one, the lottery looks like a slam
dunk.
7) A 10 with 60 zeros has been compared to a blind
man finding a single piece of sand in the
a)
The blind man not only finds the specific piece of sand
one time, he finds it three separate times.
b)
Bear in mind what a billion years would provide us
with: one protein molecule.
c)
Many more would be needed to create life. Let me express the point this way.
d)
Imagine a man who goes to a mechanic and says, “I want
you to build me a car.”
e)
The mechanic says, “I will do the job for you—bring me
the parts.”
f)
We show up with a single tire and say, “Here you
go.” What would the mechanic say?
g)
Where is the rest of the car? We need a body, a motor, transmission, seats,
a steering wheel.
h)
A
billion years in the best possible environment gives an almost zero chance of
creating just one thing needed for life.
8)
Evolution just does not fit the bill when it comes to
reasoning out how life came to this planet.
9) Many who have been educated in
the field of science have abandoned the idea of life occurring by chance.
10) It is not going to be long
before school is back in session.
a) When our young people take
science courses, we need to sit down with them and talk about this subject.
b)
Show them from their textbooks the complexity of a
single celled organism.
c) Help children make the
connection between the complexity of life and the lack of logic with evolution.
d)
Deut. 6:7 says “teach your children diligently.”
e)
Sometimes this means we need to do a little more with
their school work.
f)
We may need to add some things that the teacher did not
say.
g)
We may need to unteach some of the things that were
taught.
11) As children ready themselves
for another school year, it is a good time to remind ourselves of this duty.
12) We
need to remember that a lot of people do not believe in God.
13) Those
who do not believe have sometimes become so hostile they may not be able to
correctly reason.
a)
God is rejected as a Creator, but some “space theories”
are given for the origin of life.
b)
A few have said that life may have been planted here by
aliens.
c)
Another idea is that “life spores” were put here by
someone/something else.
d) Or, a variation of this idea
is that particles of life managed to float to the earth and these started life.
14) If
we can believe in space aliens, how does that idea require more faith than God?
15) Believing
in floating particles that started up life is another creative but very bad
idea.
a)
To each of these points we have a simple refutation.
b)
Where did the aliens come from? Where did the life particles come from?
c)
It does no good to shift the origin of life debate away
from the earth.
d)
We can change the place, but all the other issues
remain the same.
e)
Things had to begin somewhere. Where was it?
f)
Acts 17:24 says God made the world and all things
therein.
g)
“He that built all things is God” (Heb. 3:4).
16) Scientists
have come up with theory after theory on the origin of life and they have all
failed.
17) God’s
word has continued to exist as the theories of men go bankrupt time and time
again.
18) For
many years there has been a conference on the origin of life; these conferences
continue.
19) Well
educated people are trying to figure out how all things started.
20) God
said (1 Cor. 1:19) that He will “Destroy the wisdom of the wise.”
a)
We have some people who have very good minds.
b)
Unfortunately, they are not doing all that well at
using them.
c)
We do not want to be guilty of repeating their error.
21) In
the game of chess there is something called “stalemate.”
a)
This means the game is a draw; no one is going to win.
b)
Science has come to a stalemate regarding origins.
c)
Again and again natural explanations for the origin of
life have been considered and rejected.
d)
If the natural realm does not offer an answer, common
sense says to look for an alternative.
e)
Is there anything outside the natural realm? Yes, there is something called the
supernatural.
f)
This is the next logical place to look for information
about origins.
22) When
we open up a book and see words arranged neatly and properly, we draw a
conclusion.
23) We
believe that intelligent design was involved in that book.
a)
Do we know that DNA is also much like a language?
b)
Inside every cell of every creature there is DNA
(information that is like a book).
c)
DNA is like a four letter chemical alphabet that offers
instructions to the cell.
d)
Why say that a textbook requires a designer, but the
“book version” of DNA does not?
24) What if tomorrow the news
said we received a message from space – a series of numbers or even beeps?
a)
Our world would be ablaze news that there is life
beyond earth.
b)
Everyone would believe in life somewhere besides earth.
c)
This is really what DNA does; we may think of DNA as a
means to identifying people.
d)
It is used in crime scenes.
e)
When
er see information on DNA and realize that it is communicating information,
think of the design.
f)
Some created that information so it can be read just
like a book.
g)
Who was it?
25) The
Bible says it was God.
26) He
exists, He wants us to be His people, and He has one of two eternal places
prepared for us.
27) When
we meet Him, what will be our eternal home?