Knowing the Unknown God by Andrew McCaskill

by Andrew McCaskill

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Knowing the Unknown God
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Dedication

I dedicate this book to the students at International Community
School in Bangkok and to the many other students in high schools
and universities throughout Thailand in which I have had the
privilege of presenting these topics in person. I also dedicate this
book to the many Thais who have helped me in translation efforts.
Mostly, I dedicate this book to my wife and family who have
shared with me the adventure of Knowing the Unknown God.

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Table of Contents

Introduction……………………………………..7
Chapter 1 - The God of the Bible……………………12
Chapter 2 -The God of Logic………………………26
Chapter 3-The God of Creation……………………..52
Chapter 4 -The God of Man………………………89
Chapter 5 -The God of the Nations………………….103
Chapter 6 -The God of Salvation……………………128
Chapter 7 -Knowing the Unknown God……………...150

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Introduction

“TO AN UNKNOWN GOD” read the altar. Around two-thousand
years ago a man named Paul stared at an unusual idol in the city of
Athens. This idol was amidst other idols and was not terribly
different except for its strange inscription. Why was there an altar
to an unknown god? Athens was a very religious city in Paul‟s day.
The people of that city were held captive to the many gods they
feared. In fact, they were afraid that they had forgotten to worship
a certain god. Knowing that any god who was left out of their
worship would likely be jealous, mad, bitter, and vengeful, they
decided to make one altar “TO AN UNKNOWN GOD” in order to
appease any forgotten god.

You might, like the people of Athens, be unsure whether God (or
many gods) exists, and so, just like the Athenians, you attempt to
appease whatever god might exist.

Or, you might be very religious like the Athenians and worship
your god to the exclusion of all other gods.

Even so, some of you might insist that no god exists and therefore
you feel free to live like you are your own god.

To those who are confident that god (or multiple gods) does exist,
this book will challenge your concept of God and in the end you
will have a greater understanding of who God is and how you can
know Him to a greater degree.
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To those who are not sure if God exists or are convinced that there
is no God, this book will challenge your belief at its very core.
After reading this book, I believe that you will no longer be able to
claim the non-existence of God. I also believe that you will
conclude that any alternate view of reality (i.e. the Theory of
Evolution) is inadequate to account for the existence of the
universe and life.

It is the purpose of this book to present a compelling case for the
existence of God. I KNOW beyond any doubt that God exists and
I am confident that I know WHO God is. Just as Paul did in Athens
so many years ago, I will attempt to introduce you to the
“Unknown God” (and therefore make the “Unknown God” the
“Known God”).

I invite you to read the entirety of this book and consider every
point that is made. If you are a thinking person - one who seeks
wisdom - then this book is a must read. If you are curious and
scientifically minded, you will not be able to ignore the claims
made in this book. The Athenians questioned every new theory and
I invite you to also question my findings as well.

I have divided this book into seven chapters. These chapters are
briefly outlined below.

Chapter 1 will identify the “Unknown God”, “for surely there is
no sense in talking about the existence of God, without knowing
what kind of God it is who may or may not exist.”1

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Chapter 2 will present the God of Logic. Only with a concept of
God can anyone think logically. Those who claim that there is no
God are thinking illogically.

Chapter 3 will present the God of Creation. Only God as the
Grand Cause can explain the presence of our universe. A universe
without God is impossible.

Chapter 4 will present the God of Man. Humans are reflections of
God and we can know a lot about God from our own character.
Unfortunately, humans are also separated from God because of our
sin.

Chapter 5 will present the God of the Nations. God is the God of
every nation, people, and language.

Chapter 6 will present the God of Salvation. God‟s purpose has
always been to restore a lost relationship with humans. God has
provided a way to restore a relationship with Him and have
salvation.

Chapter 7 will present the “Unknown God” as the “Known God”.
God is not far from us and is evident to us in the most obvious
ways.

I encourage you to read this book in the order of the chapters. If
you begin at a later chapter, or if you skip from chapter to chapter,
you will miss key points that were made in earlier chapters.

Let‟s begin our journey to discover the “Unknown God”!
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Reference:

1
Van Til, Cornelius. Christian Apologetics. Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing
Company, 2003.

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”
says the Lord God, “who is, and
who was, and who is to come, the
Almighty.” Revelation 1:8

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Chapter 1

The God of the Bible

The Bible might be called “God's Book” because it makes some
incredible statements about who God is, what He is like, and how
we can relate to Him. The Bible also makes some incredible
statements about who we are as well. Anyone searching for truth
about their own existence, or about the purpose of life, should not
dare ignore the words contained within the pages of the Bible.
These words reveal to us the identity of God, who is beyond our
own comprehension (Isaiah 40:28).

Upon reading the Bible one quickly realizes that the words are
both biographical and autobiographical at the same time. That is,
the words of the Bible reveal God's own description of Himself,
channeled through people who were compelled to write about His
majesty, power, and love. Many people believe that the Bible is a
book of rules and regulations only, “but in fact the Bible is first of
all a book about God. It tells us all we need to know, and all we
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shall ever need to know, about God: who He is, what He is like,
what He does and, of course, how we can know Him.”1 We can
correctly summarize that the Bible is a unique presentation of
God's own story played out in the hearts and minds of humanity.

The Bible, however, is much more than a collection of wonderful
stories. Every story throughout the sixty-six individual books of
the Bible tells a larger story. The whole Bible paints a picture of a
loving Creator who is determined to win back the people He
created from the tragic error of their own rebellious decision. In
order to win them back He chooses to enter His own creation
(Jesus) and do for them what they could not do for themselves.
The Bible is above all a love story and we are the objects of God's
affection. So, in this sense, our biographies are written into the
Biblical story also.

The Bible is no fairy-tell with a fictitious plot, rather, the Bible
presents itself as absolute truth. In Psalm 119 alone, 171 of the 176
verses speak of the Bible and its power, might, and accuracy. Of
key interest in this discussion is verse 160 that says, All your words
are true; all your righteous laws are eternal. Several verses earlier
it states in similar fashion, Your righteousness is everlasting and
your law is true (142). Verse 151 of the same chapter repeats the
claim, Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
We see three references here (words, law, commands) but each
signifies the same thing; the Bible (or Word of God) is true. Psalm
119 is a critical chapter because it validates itself as a source of
Truth. Some may call this circular reasoning but God must reveal
Himself to us or we would know nothing of His character. God,
therefore, chose to reveal His words as truth (autobiographical)
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through the written word of human authors (biographical). There is
no one higher or more powerful who can speak on God's behalf, so
He must reveal His own character to us. Couple the verses above
with Proverbs 30:5, which states, Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his
words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. In this verse we
are commanded to never alter the Bible. This must mean, of
course, that God's words are true and sacred, never to be changed
from their original meaning by either adding or subtracting from
them. They are flawless. When God speaks, His words are true
and without any error. Therefore, the internal evidence of the
Bible itself proves that the Bible is absolutely true in every way.
If, hypothetically, any words in the Bible were false, then,
according to this verse, God would be forced to rebuke Himself as
a liar. But this is impossible, which leaves us with only one
conclusion; God is Truth and His words are Truth.

If this were not enough, we also have the words of Jesus Himself.
In the book of John we are presented with a remarkable passage, In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God (1:1). Here, Jesus is the very expression of God in
human form, the Word of God. Further in the book of John (14:6)
we read, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me. Jesus is here claiming that He is
absolute Truth and the only way to God. So, these two verses
confirm yet again that God's Word is accurate and one-hundred
percent true. The Bible is connecting the Truth (Jesus), the Word
(the Bible, expressed through Jesus), and God as one entity. The
Bible is therefore, God's Truthful Words expressed by and through
Jesus Christ. There are other internal evidences also. The Bible's
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unity2, fulfilled prophesies, and power to change individual lives
points to its Truth and accuracy.

As seen above, the internal evidence of the Bible is sufficient
enough to prove that the Bible is absolutely true, but there is also
external evidence that suggests the same. The Bible is historically
and archaeologically accurate. The Bible is also confirmed in its
human authors, who were even martyred for their conviction of its
truthfulness. The Bible speaks of changed lives, which can be just
as strong evidence as scores of other evidences. Lastly, the Bible's
endurance and indestructibility is also evidence for its truthfulness.
Many have tried to destroy the Bible and to free the world of its
teaching, but it has withstood every attack placed upon it, and in
the end, those who have tried to destroy it have only proven that it
is what they were hoping it was not; absolute Truth. Concerning
the Bible's indestructibility, Jesus states the matter this way,
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass
away (Mark 13:31).

The Bible leaves no doubt that its author is God Himself. As we
have already read in Proverbs 30, Every word of God is flawless
(5-6). We also read in the book of 2 Timothy, All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness... (3:16). God is certainly the author of
the Bible even though it was written by human hands2.

Since the Bible presents itself as absolute Truth and the author of
those words is God Himself, then simple logic tells us that God
must be absolute Truth as well. This stems from the fact that if the
Bible communicates Truth, then the author of the Bible could be no
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less than its product. The scientific principle of causality (cause-
and-effect) proves this to be the case (see chapter 2, The God of
Logic). Any effect (the Bible in this case) is never greater than its
cause (God). God must be Truth if the Bible is Truth, since the
Bible is the product of God Himself. Therefore, the words of the
Bible are God's true words, both revealing who God is and who we
are. God doesn't lie, so His words can be trusted. In the book of
Samuel this simple logic is confirmed, He who is the Glory of
Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being,
that he should change his mind (1 Samuel 15:29).

In the end, how can we know who God is? The Bible reveals Him
to us and we can trust that the Bible accurately speaks of His
character. Since the Bible is God's words about Himself, He would
never misrepresent Himself. We can know for certain who God is
and what He is like by reading the Bible. If you have ever
wondered if there is a God and what God is like, the answer is
found in the Bible alone, because He chose the Bible to be His
story.

The Characteristics below describe God's character.

1. God is the Creator of all material, biological, and spiritual things. In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis
1:1). There was nothing prior to God. God created matter,
space, and time ex nihilo (out of nothing). God, however, is
separate from His creation and is not contained within the
dimensions of His own creation nor limited by them. (See
chapter 3 for more explanation of God as the Creator.)
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2. God is Eternal. Before the mountains were born or you
brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting
you are God (Psalm 90:2). This means that God had no
beginning, nor will he have an end. God has always been in
existence and will forever be. No one created God. He is an
eternal being, separate from time itself, which He created. God
will never cease to exist, nor be annihilated, nor is He
contained within a cycle of events.

3. God is Unchanging. God is not human, that he should lie, not
a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak
and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (Numbers
23:19) God is not like man. He does not lie, nor does He
change his mind. God does not become other forms3 or
change in nature. Man cannot become God. Of Jesus it is said,
He is the same today, yesterday, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

4. God is Incomparable. How great you are, Sovereign LORD!
There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we
have heard with our own ears (2 Samuel 7:22); Among the
gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with
yours (Psalm 86:8). There is but one God. No other god
(man-made or imagined) is equal to the God of the Bible. The
God of the Bible is the only true God.

5. God is Indescribable. Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of
the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his
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understanding no one can fathom (Isaiah 40:28). We will
never be able to fully understand God. He is beyond our own
comprehension. This does not mean that He is unknowable.
We can know God's character by reading the Bible.

6. God is Fair. As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD‟s
word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him (Psalm
18:30). God is a just ruler. He treats everyone fairly.
Unfortunately, we are all sinners and have rejected God
(Romans 3:23) and so our rejection of Him justifies our
condemnation. Amazingly, God provides us grace through
Jesus Christ, which we do not deserve. (See God is Gracious
below.)

7. God is All-Powerful (Omnipotent). Ah, Sovereign LORD, you
have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and
outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you (Jeremiah
32:17). There is absolutely nothing that God cannot do. No
other spiritual force can alter God's plan. All material,
biological, and spiritual entities are under His control. God's
power is always used in a way that is consistent with His
character.

8. God is everywhere (Omnipresent). Where can I go from your
Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the
heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are
there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far
side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right
hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide
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me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness
will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for
darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother‟s womb (Psalm 139: 7-13).
You cannot hide from God. He is everywhere at once. God is
not limited by time, physical location, or material body. You
cannot keep God in a box, in a house, or in a temple. God is
Spirit and is free to come and go as He chooses. However,
this does not mean that God is in everything or occupies
everything. Nor does it mean that everything is God. The
God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of
heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human
hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed
anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath
and everything else. From one man he made all the nations,
that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out
their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their
lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps
reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any
one of us (Acts 17:24-27).

9. God is All-Knowing (Omniscient). You have searched me,
LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I
rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my
going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my
ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it
completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay
your hand upon me (Psalm 139: 1-5). Only God knows
everything. He knows the past, the present, and the future.
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Because God is All-Knowing, He is completely fair (as we
have already discussed).

10. God is Righteous. But now apart from the law the
righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law
and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through
faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference
between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God
presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the
shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to
demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he
had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it
to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to
be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus
(Romans 3:21-26). Righteousness in simple terms means that
God always does what is right and true according to His own
nature. For example, it was right to punish humanity for
sinning against Himself since our sin is a rejection of God's
righteousness. If God ignored sin and didn't punish those who
sin, He would no longer be righteous.

11. God is Sovereign. The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength;
indeed, the world is established, firm and secure (Psalm 93:1).
God has complete reign and rule. No power (of man or of
spiritual beings) is higher than God's power. His decisions
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and actions cannot be altered nor changed by man. Yours,
LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the
majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is
yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head
over all (1 Chronicles 29:11).

12. God is Spirit. God is spirit, and his worshipers must
worship in the Spirit and in truth (John 4:24). God is
invisible. He cannot completely be understood or perceived by
man. This is why God must reveal Himself through the Bible
(Truth). Otherwise, we would never be able to know God at
all. The Spirit is one member of the Trinity.3

13. God is Truth. He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or
change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should
change his mind (1 Samuel 15:29). As has previously been
determined, God is Truth. He cannot lie, ever! His Son, Jesus
Christ, is the only way to know God and receive Salvation.
This is because Jesus ...is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
(John 14:6).

14. God is Holy. Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the
whole earth is full of his glory (Isaiah 6:3); Your eyes are too
pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing....
(Habakkuk 1:13). God is separated from humanity. He is
different. God cannot tolerate sin and evil because it is
contrary to His holiness and righteousness. God's holiness and
our sinfulness have created a chasm between God and man,
but God's graciousness through Jesus has united God and man
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once again.

15. God is Gracious. And he passed in front of Moses,
proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and
gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and
faithfulness (Exodus 34:6). God gives us grace, which is
undeserved favor. We deserve death because of our sinfulness,
but God gives us life through Jesus Christ alone.

16. God is Love .God is love... (1 John 4:16); neither height nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our
Lord (Romans 8:39); But because of his great love for us,
God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have
been saved (Ephesians 2:4-5). God loves each one of us. His
greatest love act was to send His Son, Christ Jesus, to save us
from our sinful rebellion. God's love through Jesus is a gift
that is given to all, but each individual must receive it through
personal acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as Lord of their
lives. God is love and He is grace, but He is also fair, which
means that those who reject God's love and grace will be
eternally separated from Him (Hell) after they die.

Although, we will never completely understand God (remember
He is indescribable) we gain a greater understanding of who He is
by reading the Bible. God will continually reveal Himself to
anyone who seeks to know Him with a pure heart. We are
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promised this in the book of Jeremiah; You will seek me and find
me when you seek me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13). “As
we read through Scripture and see God's character, we begin to
understand His absolute authority and the authority of His Word...
He is the starting point of biblical authority because He is the only
limitless One and the only One who has always been, with full
control of past, present, and future.”4

References and Notes:

1 Edwards, Brian H. Nothing But The Truth. Webster: Evangelical Press, 2007.

2 “One of the first internal evidences that the Bible is truly God‟s Word is seen in its
unity. Even though it is really sixty-six individual books, written on three
continents, in three different languages, over a period of approximately 1500 years,
by more than 40 authors who came from many walks of life, the Bible remains one
unified book from beginning to end without contradiction. This unity is unique from
all other books and is evidence of the divine origin of the words which God moved
men to record.”

(Got Answers Ministries. “Attributes of God.” February, 6th 2011:
http://www.gotquestions.org/attributes-God.html)

3 “The most difficult thing about the Christian concept of the Trinity is that there is
no way to perfectly and completely understand it. The Trinity is a concept that is
impossible for any human being to fully understand, let alone explain. God is
infinitely greater than we are; therefore, we should not expect to be able to fully
understand Him. The Bible teaches that the Father is God, that Jesus is God, and
that the Holy Spirit is God. The Bible also teaches that there is only one God.
Though we can understand some facts about the relationship of the different
Persons of the Trinity to one another, ultimately, it is incomprehensible to the
human mind. However, this does not mean the Trinity is not true or that it is not
based on the teachings of the Bible.....The Trinity is one God existing in three
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Persons. Understand that this is not in any way suggesting three Gods.” (Got
Answers Ministries. “What does the Bible teach about the Trinity.” February, 20th
2011:http://www.gotquestions.org/Trinity-Bible.html)

4 Ham, Steve. “It All Starts With God's Character.” Answers Magazine Jan.-Mar.
2011 pg. 81.

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It is undeniable that there is neither truth, meaning, nor
purpose without an intelligent Creator who, for His own
reasons, made the universe and each of us in His Image. Yet
the world of academia largely rejects this inescapable fact.
Professors and students claim to be on a quest for truth while
denying that it exists or that anyone could identify it if it did.
Such is the nihilistic atmosphere in major universities around
the world. It is considered to be too dogmatic for anyone to
claim that truth can be known. Then what is the point of
research and study, if all we can achieve is a listing of differing
opinions, none of which can be declared to be either right or
wrong.”
Dave Hunt, Seeking & Finding God, pp.47-48. .

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Chapter 2

The God of Logic

Is Logic Absolute?

Do you believe in logic? You might think this is a strange question
to ask in a book about the identity of God, but I believe that this is
an important place to begin our attempt to know who God is and
what He is like. We have already identified many attributes of
God's character in the first chapter. There is, however, another
characteristic of God identified in the Bible that has not been
mentioned yet. God is the God of logic. In simple terms, this
means that God is the mind behind all things and that He created
these things to function in predictable ways that can be understood
by man.

If logic is from God it must reflect the character and mind of God.
God is infinite and omniscient, so therefore, we would expect logic
to be absolute; the same for any human, anywhere, and at any time.
Otherwise, logic would change as the wind blows or as the tides
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fluctuate, and we would never have the ability to trust our own
knowledge. If this were the case, what was true one moment might
not be true the next moment. But since God's character is
consistent and unchanging, so are the fixed laws that are
expressions of His mind. His laws are absolute and therefore, logic
is possible. This is why we can understand the world around us.
Later in this chapter we will discuss some of these absolute laws
(Law of Non-Contradiction and the Law of Causality) that are
expressions of God's character.

Do you believe that this world operates by fixed laws? Scientific
investigations and mathematical processes require fixed laws that
are predictable and can be applied anywhere in the world, with
identical results. In fact, every day we use simple logic to answer
basic questions such as, “Why did this happen?” or “What caused
this?” The truth is, we all believe in, and know intuitively, that
logic exists, whether we want to admit it or not. The use of logic is
the most fundamental and basic level of human knowledge.

Notice again that the opening question is phrased do you believe in
logic?, not, do you think logic exists? There is a critical difference
between believing and thinking. Thinking is a mechanical process
(electrical impulses bouncing around the neurons of the brain)
which requires logical deductions to determine its own validity.
There would be little true thought (arguably none) without the laws
of logic firmly in place. Therefore, thought is dependent upon
logic. Anyone trying to prove that logic exists quickly realizes that
logic is automatically proven the moment the attempt is made to
prove its validity. So, in the end, we believe in logic because
thought is impossible without it. This may seem to be circular
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reasoning (which in itself is only understood in the light of logic)
but logic turns out to be its own best witness.

Logic Needs a Belief System

In order to be logical at all, one must have a framework of belief.
Logic is a matter of belief not just methodological thought
processes. Let us return to the questions posed in the third
paragraph, “Why did this happen?” and “What caused this?” It is
impossible to answer these questions without belief in established
laws. For example, when I ask the question, Why did this
happen?, I automatically use laws of causality to trace the effect
back to an original cause. I believe that all effects are a result of a
cause and that I can come to a true understanding of what that
cause might be. Most causes can neither be seen nor observed,
and therefore, cannot be scientifically verified, but we believe in
them anyway, and thus, we believe in the very laws of logic
themselves.

Worldviews and Presuppositions

In the day to day affairs of life we use logic to determine whether
something is true or false, valid or invalid, right or wrong, and we
can do this effectively because of our personal beliefs which make
logic possible. In order to help us interpret events, all of us have
accepted a framework of belief, and this is what allows our logic to
make sense of unknowable events. Because our knowledge is
limited we must have a starting point (framework of belief) that all
information is interpreted upon.
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Figure 2:1 Each of us knows a very small portion of the total available
knowledge that could be known. Only God is All-Knowing. Therefore, in our
attempt to make sense of unknown information we must begin with a bias or
presupposition. (See Figure 2:1 in the notes and references section.)

This framework of belief is often called a worldview. A worldview
can be described as a belief that governs the way we interpret
evidence and which also allows us to make sense of the world
around us. Worldviews are composed of individual presuppositions
or personal biases. These presuppositions are established early in
our lives and are often difficult to change. Our presuppositions
determine the way we interpret evidence, not the reverse.
Evidence never speaks for itself, it is neutral, and we must interpret
it according to a framework of belief.1

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Figure 2:2 Notice that both an evolutionist and a Creationist have the same
evidence and use the same laws of logic, the difference is their starting points
(presuppositions) and their ending points (interpretations). Our biases, along
with the laws of logic, allow us to interpret data and make sense of it.
Although the laws of logic are the same for everyone, personal biases are not.
This is why two people can look at the same evidence and come to two entirely
different interpretations of the evidence. None of us are neutral and we use
our biases as a framework of interpretation for all unknown information. So,
not only must we believe that logic exists; we must also believe that our own
biases are true. However, if personal biases are incorrect then the resulting
interpretations will be incorrect. Therefore, it is important to have a correct
bias in order to have a correct interpretation.

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Figure 2:3 For any one piece of evidence many different interpretations exist,
therefore, we filter other people's interpretations before we accept them. Notice
that if the interpretation agrees with our worldview, it is accepted, however, if the
interpretation disagrees with our worldview it is rejected. This is the manner in
which each of us filters interpretations before we accept or deny them.

What Mean Ye These Stones (Fossils)?

Let's consider some evidence to show how presuppositions govern
the way evidence is interpreted. At many locations around the
world we find “fossil graveyards”. These are areas with hundreds
or even thousands of individual organisms that have all been
fossilized together in one location. Often these fossils represent
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organisms that did not live together in the same ecological
location. Because an evolutionist's presupposition denies the
existence of God and the truthfulness of the Bible, he must account
for these unusual fossil formations by natural processes alone.
Therefore, the typical story of fossil formation according to an
evolutionist begins with an organism's death. The organism is then
covered by water-laden sediment and through a slow process and
the right amount of pressure; the cells of the organism are replaced
by sediment and become rock. This rock is a cast of the original
organism with the same physical features as the once living
organism. Evolutionists would consider fossilization a unique
event, which is rarely observed, if ever, in the present. “Fossil
graveyards” then, pose a significant challenge to the evolutionary
explanation as evolutionists are hard-pressed to account for a
method that would fossilize thousands of organisms in the same
physical location under normal conditions. There are no known
“natural” conditions today that are fossilizing thousands of
organisms at once, especially organisms from different ecological
zones. Since these conditions are not observed today, evolutionists
are forced to explain “fossil graveyards” as a long duration
(millions of years) event. The problem with a “millions of years”
explanation is that the bones of many of these fossilized organisms
are interlocked together. Bones cannot become interlocked
together if the organisms from which they came died millions of
years apart. Secondly, as has been stated above, many of these
fossils are from organisms that do not normally live together in the
same ecological zone. This suggests that these organisms did not
die in the same location but died in other ecological zones and
were transported (most likely by moving water) to the location
where they were buried and fossilized.
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When it comes to “fossil graveyards”, evolutionists face an
explanatory problem because their own theory of slow fossil
formation over millions of years isn't adequate to explain the
thousands of fossils buried together. There must be a better
explanation. There is!

The Bible speaks of a global flood (Genesis 8-10) that covered the
entire earth with water. This global flood killed most organisms on
the planet at that time. The organisms that died in the flood would
have been carried great distances by the water and covered rapidly
by the advancing waters and swirling oceans. This global flood
explains perfectly how organisms from different ecological zones
were carried to the same location and buried together. The flood
also explains how the quantities (thousands) of organisms were
buried together. Lastly, the flood provides the most ideal water-
laden sediment and pressure that were required for the organisms
to be fossilized. The Biblical flood sufficiently answers all of the
questions regarding the formation of fossil graveyards but an
evolutionary worldview is insufficient to do the same.

So, why doesn't an evolutionist accept the Biblical explanation? It
certainly seems far superior to their own explanation.
Evolutionists reject this explanation, not because it is invalid, less
superior, or less scientific to their own, but because it comes from
the Bible. Therefore, they do not reject the explanation, but the
Bible. Evolutionists might even agree that the Biblical explanation
is a better explanation, but they will not accept it simply because it
is from the Bible. Evolutionists are letting their own
presuppositions (that there is no God and the Bible is not true)
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force them to accept an explanation that is less than sufficient. It is
most tragic that an evolutionist, who supposedly prides himself on
being scientific, will reject the most scientific explanation simply
because it supports an alternate viewpoint than his own. The often
quoted evolutionary scientist Richard Lewontin exemplifies this
tragic viewpoint when he said, “We take the side of science in spite
of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its
failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life,
in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for
unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior
commitment, a commitment to materialism. It is not that the
methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a
material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary,
that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to
create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that
produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no
matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that
materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in
the door.” 2

Logic and Contradiction

The law of non-contradiction states that contradictory statements
cannot both be true at the same time. For example, if it is said that
A is greater than B and that A is not greater than B, then one
statement is false because both statements cannot possibly be true
at the same time. The law of non-contradiction is a law that is
impossible to deny. The very moment one declares that the law of
non-contradiction is untrue, it is proven. Denying the law sets up
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two contradictory statements from which one is expected to be
true, and so, its denial verifies its validity. An identical situation
exists when some religions claim that two contradictory statements
can both be true at the same time, thus attempting to deny the law
of non-contradiction to avoid apparent contradictions in their own
religion. In communicating this, however, they must set their
statement (that contradictory statements can both be true) against
the law of non-contradiction itself, which forces a contradiction
between the two. In the end, instead of disproving the law of non-
contradiction, they verify it. The denial of an absolute reality and
the denial of an absolute truth are also common claims among
certain religions, but, once again the absolute belief that no
absolute reality or absolute truth exists places the two beliefs in
contradiction with the former (that they do exist), and thus, the law
of non-contradiction is proven yet again.3This is why the Law of
Contradiction is truly a universal law? Two contradictory
statements cannot both be true because God never contradicts
Himself. God is absolute Truth and He never lies. God created the
universe to reflect His character so that we may know Him and
develop knowledge through understanding His creation. Science is
possible because God is Truth and His creation reflects His
character. If there was no God, we would have no possible way to
understand the physical world around us.

In the example of “fossil graveyards” described above, the law of
non-contradiction proves that one of these interpretations is
incorrect. Either fossil graveyards were produced by slow
evolutionary processes or by quick catastrophic methods (Biblical
Flood Model). There is no such thing as a slow catastrophic
process. Since these views are competing and contradictory they
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cannot possibly be both true at the same time. Because
interpretations of past events often contradict each other, a choice
is made to believe an interpretation that is in support of the
individual's personal worldview (review figure 2:3). Someone
who rejects theories based on their own worldview, rather than
scientific experimentation, is engaging in religion, not science.
There are many extremely religious evolutionary scientists who do
not follow the science, but only accept explanations that support
their own philosophical worldview. To be fair, Biblical creationists
have their own philosophical worldview to uphold, but this is the
main point of the argument; both evolutionists and Biblical
creationists are religiously motivated, and thus, defend a religious
viewpoint. “Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in
the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.” 4

Science and Causality

The Law of Cause-and-Effect (Causality) is the most established
law in science. One cannot even conduct science without
acknowledgement of this law5. The Law itself states that there is a
relationship between two events; the second (the effect) is
dependent upon the first (the cause). A further extension of this law
states that the cause must always exceed (be larger in extent) than
its effect.
Figure 2:4 Notice that each effect is dependent upon the preceding cause and that
each effect is quantitatively and qualitatively smaller than the preceding cause.

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Again, using the “fossil graveyard” scenario as an example, we can
determine that there must have been an extremely great cause (very
large in extent) that brought about the effect of thousands of fossils
being buried together. Therefore, this law seems to rule out a
slow-and-steady, one-fossil-at-a-time event, as evolution suggests,
because the effect is far too great for such an individually small
cause. The Biblical explanation of a global flood, however, would
have been a sufficiently large cause to produce the effect of a
“fossil graveyard”.

We can also extend the Law of Causality to life itself and all other
realms of science. In fact, the causal relationship is the backbone
of all scientific pursuits. Since living organisms are composed of
complex components with inter-related parts, the cause must have
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been more complex (intelligent) than the effect. This might be
called the teleological argument. Other cause-and-effect arguments
are outlined below.

Extension of the Law Argument
of Cause-and-Effect6
...uses order and design in nature to prove the existence
of a Designer. Therefore, if the cell looks designed, then
Teleology... there must be a designer that created the cell.
…focuses on the motion of the cosmos as evidence of a
prime mover. Therefore, if the cosmos has motion, then
Cosmology... there must have been a Creator that set it in motion.

...is the study of existence. Therefore, if the concept of
Ontology... God exists, then God must really exist.

...is the study of beauty. Therefore, if something can be
considered beautiful or expressive in quality, then there
Aesthetics... must be an ultimate expression of beauty.

...is the study of desire and will. Therefore, if individual
humans have a will, then there must be an ultimate will.
Volition...
...is the study of a “right” and a “wrong”. Therefore,
since all people know intuitively that there is “good”
Morality... and “bad”, “right and wrong”, then there must be an
absolute standard of morality.

Although the cause-and-effect deductions above are not absolute
proof of God's existence, they certainly lead to a strong concluding
argument for the existence of a “Grand Cause”. This possibility
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increases further when one considers that evolution runs in direct
opposition to causality. For example, if evolution were true, then
all complex organisms on this planet evolved from an infinite
number of less complex organisms in the past. Evolution must
move in the wrong direction.

Evolutionists are forced to admit that many of the processes that
must have occurred, in order for evolution to be true, are counter to
the basic laws that run the universe. The laws of logic are not
friendly toward evolution either. “The faith of the evolutionist and
humanist is of another order altogether. His is a splendid faith
indeed, a faith not dependent on anything so mundane as evidence
or logic, but rather a faith strong in childlike trust, relying wholly
on omniscient Chance and omnipotent Matter to produce the
complex systems and mighty energies of the universe. The
evolutionist's faith is not dependent on evidence, but is pure faith –
absolute credulity.”7 However, the Law of Cause-and-Effect taken
to the furthest degree argues perfectly for the existence of God,
since a Grand Cause is a necessary conclusion.

Figure 2:5 Notice that complexity is maintained or lost (because of mutational
events) but not gained. This supports the conclusion that all causes are greater
(or at least equal to) their effects. However, in each case, evolution must defy
the law of causality and build complex structures from more simple structures.
This is the reverse of the cause-and-effect relationship and is not scientifically
possible.

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Because evolutionists claim to function only in the realm of our
physical senses, it is often claimed that God does not exist (or at
least is undetectable) since He is not seen, felt, or tasted. This
claim makes two fatal errors. The first error demands that God
must present Himself in visible form before we can accept His
existence. The person who claims this has the audacity to tell God
that He must play by their rules. We have no right to limit God to
his own creative products. The second error assumes that we
cannot see God, but God's effects are “clearly seen” (Romans 1),
and so, we can detect God's existence by our physical senses when
we see His effects. Therefore, to argue against the existence of God
because He is unseen is to argue against all unseen causes.
Intuitively, we know that even if the cause is unseen, it still exists.
It is no different with the existence of God. The effects of God are
enough to conclude His existence.

The Effects of God

Since the world is a collection of individual effects, each effect
must have been produced by a greater cause than itself. Obviously,
these individual effects could not have extended indefinitely in the
past or their present effects would be too small to detect and no
longer even measurable. Likewise, the causes that produced the
effects could neither extend indefinitely in the past or they would
become too large to be measured. The infinite existence of the
cause-and-effect relationship cannot be defended scientifically.
Once again, the most logical conclusion is that there must have
been an initial cause, or First Cause, to the effects that we observe
today.
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Furthermore, we can conclude from the cause-and-effect
relationship that “the First Cause....
….of limitless space must be infinite in extent.
….of endless time must be eternal in duration.
….of perpetual motion must be omnipotent in power.
….of unbounded variety must be omnipresent in phenomena.
….of infinite complexity must be omnipotent in intelligence.
….of consciousness must be personal.
….of feeling must be emotional.
….of will must be volitional.
….of ethical values must be moral.
….of religious values must be spiritual.
….of beauty must be aesthetic.
….of righteousness must be holy.
….of justice must be just.
….of love must be loving.
….of life must be living.”8

If the list of “must be” requirements above sounds familiar; they
are! Added together, these “must be” requirements for the “First
Cause” perfectly describe the God of the Bible as was discussed in
the first chapter. Could evolution produce complex thought and
feelings such as love, joy, pain, and jealousy? “It makes no sense
that unfeeling, unthinking, dead matter could produce feeling,
thinking, living beings, and yet that is what people are expected to
believe”9 from the theory of evolution. Indeed, there is no possible
way that personality could come from an impersonal universe.

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Creation Is the Only Logical Belief System

Since logic is a non-material (or non-physical) thing, it must exist
outside of our own brains. Furthermore, since all humans
recognize and use the same logical rules, it is neither a product of
the individual mind. An evolutionist must account naturally for a
non-material law that governs the way the material (and all of
science for that matter) works. This of course means that laws must
have come before the material and biological world; since they are
both regulated and upheld by these laws. Laws cannot evolve.
Since logic exists outside of the material and because it is
universally applied, it must be an expression of a greater mind than
our own. God is that greater mind! Logic exists because God
exists. Without God, there is no logic and there is no science. God
created the laws that allow us to be logical. Because the laws that
allow us to be logical are not physical things, we must believe in
them. Therefore the laws of logic are presuppositions that we hold
to be true. Every scientist (and all people) believes these laws are
true (holds to this presupposition), otherwise they would not be
able conduct science at all. Whether you believe in God or not,
every day you confirm God's existence by using logical reasoning
skills. Therefore, an evolutionist proves the existence of God
daily, even while trying to deny Him. Jason Lisle, in his book The
Ultimate Proof of Creation, summarizes it this way, “If evolution
were true, science and reasoning would not be possible; there
would be no basis for logic, nor would there be any basis for
uniformity in nature. So if evolutionists were consistent with their
worldview, they would not be able to reason or do science. Yet
evolutionists are able to reason and to do science. Thus it follows
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that evolutionists do not consistently rely upon their own
worldview. They rely upon creationist presuppositions.”10

We are all biased!

Logic is the most basic level of true knowledge that God gave each
of us at birth. We intuitively use logic daily, but as we have
determined already, a belief system is needed in order to use logic
effectively. As a Christian, I believe that God is who He said He
is. I believe the Bible is true and accurate in its history. I believe
the Bible describes the character of God perfectly; without any
error. I also believe that the Bible, although not a science
textbook, is completely accurate when it speaks about scientific
matters. This is my presupposition, and everything written in this
book is written with this presupposition in mind. Therefore, this
book is completely biased and I admit this with all honesty and
without any hesitation. Of course, anyone reading this book also
has personal biases. Your bias might agree with my bias, or it may
not. None of us are neutral on any topic. It is important that we are
honest and open about our biases. It may be that our biases are
incorrect and that a different bias provides a better interpretation
and explanation. I have evaluated my bias many times and in the
end I agree with Cornelius Van Til when he expressed his
sentiment this way, “Now, in fact, I feel that the whole of history
and civilization would be unintelligible to me if it were not for my
belief in God. So true is this, that I propose to argue that unless
God is back of everything, you cannot find meaning in anything.”11

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Ask yourself these questions as they relate to the origin of life and
answer them honestly.

(1) What are your biases about the origin of life?

(2) Are your biases sufficient to explain the space-mass-time
cosmos of this universe?

(3) If your bias is not sufficient to explain the space-mass-time
cosmos, are you willing to accept another bias that is more
sufficient?

These are great questions for anyone to ask themselves. I can
honestly say that I believe that my bias (the God of the Bible is the
Creator) is the only legitimate bias to have. I know that this
statement might challenge and offend those who have a different
bias, but is it not true that someone's bias must be the correct bias.
Therefore, each of us should be asking ourselves how we can know
which bias is the correct bias to have.

The reason that I can be so bold about my bias is not because I feel
superior about myself but because I feel my God is superior. I
believe that all other biases are not capable of logical
interpretation. The biblical presupposition allows me to have
reason to trust my own logical conclusions. This is because my
logic has a true foundational basis in the God who created the laws
that govern logic. My logic is in perfect agreement with God's
laws. An atheistic evolutionist believes neither God nor the Bible
are true, and because of this, has no explanation for the existence
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of logic. Remember, logic cannot evolve. Why would an
evolutionist trust his own evolved brain to come to a logical
conclusion about anything? When an evolutionist says that the
world evolved, why should he even trust his own thoughts? There
is no logical way for an evolutionist to defend his own belief. An
evolutionist must borrow from the biblical framework of belief
(that there are absolutes) in order to use logic affectively. This is
why evolutionists can never truly be logical. We, as humans, can
only be logical because God is the God of logic and He created us
in His image.12 Denying the God of logic makes one completely
illogical. This is why I can be so bold in my statement.

Suppressing the Truth

In the book of Romans we find a perfect portrayal of this entire
chapter. Romans 1 (verses18-20) states, The wrath of God is being
revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness
of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what
may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made
it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God‟s invisible
qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly
seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people
are without excuse.
This passage makes it absolutely clear that everyone knows that
God exists because God is plain to them. You might question what
is so plain to everyone. The next verse explains what is plain to
everyone; God‟s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine
nature—have been clearly seen. How can you see invisible
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qualities? God's invisible qualities are the very laws that govern
the way that all living things work and function. So, you can see
the invisible qualities of God when you see the effects of the laws
that God created. It is God's eternal power and divine nature that
keeps everything functioning as it does. Nothing in this universe,
galaxy, planet, body, cell, molecule, or even atom, would function
without God's laws in place. He upholds everything by His power.
God's eternal power is so forcefully evident that all people are
without excuse. This means that God has given us enough evidence
of His own existence from His creation alone. God created us with
brains that could perceive Him through his laws, that govern both
the created world and thought itself, and He expects us to come to
this logical conclusion; that He exists. Those who state that there is
no God are doing so out of their own presupposition, not because
of lack of evidence. The next verse (21) states this clearly, For
although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor
gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their
foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise,
they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God
for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and
animals and reptiles. Everyone knows God exists, some however,
choose to deny His existence anyway! “Men cannot long be
satisfied with chaos, however. Each person is so conditioned by all
his observations and experiences to think in terms of causation and
purpose that he must, even despite himself, look for some kind of
ultimate order and meaning in the universe. If he has lost faith in
the true God, and His Word, then he must sooner or later find
another god.”13 An atheist, by denying God's existence, has
convinced himself there is no God, but in actuality he has deified
himself as god, and thus has exchanged the glory of the immortal
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God for images made to look like a mortal human being. As the
verse states, their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts
were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became
fools... The Bible explains that those who do not believe in God
are fools because they exchange God's logic for foolish arguments
(evolution), all the while trying to deny the existence of God by
using the very logic that God created them to use to know Him.
This is the pinnacle of foolish thinking.

The progression of foolishness from Romans 1 is outlined
below.

God is known by all→He is denied because of personal
presuppositions→Ability to make logical sense of the world is
lost→ Becomes a fool→Heart is darkened→God's glory is
exchanged and given to a false god or self→God's wrath is
released on foolish man.

The progression of wisdom is outlined below.

God is known by all→He is accepted as the only God→Has the
ability to make logical sense of the world→Becomes wise→Gives
glory only to God→God's approval and happiness is felt and
known completely.

Which progression above would you place yourself in?

If you acknowledge God as Creator, you are seeking true wisdom;
however, if you deny God as Creator your thinking is based on

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foolishness. If the latter is the case, it is not too late to accept Jesus
and seek God's wisdom.

Conclusion

At the conclusion of this chapter there are three important points to
re-state.

(1) The battle between evolution and creation is really a battle
between religious beliefs and worldviews, not scientific evidences.

(2) “True reason and true science will lead to God, but man
does not want to submit to God and, therefore, denies the evidence
of his own reason.”14

(3) Logic only has a basis in the Biblical Worldview.

It is a peculiar thing that some people, who neither believe in God,
nor creation, still claim that logic could exist. The fact of the
matter is that logic has no basis outside of a Creator God. In the
next chapter we will learn more about the Creator of all things.

Notes and references:
1
Although evidence is neutral, we are never neutral. All of us have presuppositions
that determine the way we interpret evidence. Jesus Himself confirms this when he
said, Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me
scatters. (Luke 11:23) Personal neutrality is an impossible position.

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2
Richard Lewontin, “Billions and billions of Demons,” The New York Review,
January 9, 1997, p. 31.
3
It should also be noted that anyone who believes that absolute truth and absolute
reality do not exist is inconsistent in their belief. For example, anyone who tries to
deny the absolute reality of gravity will meet the absolute truth of death when they
jump from a 20 story building. Everyone must live and behave daily in ways that
assume the existence of both absolute truth and absolute reality, and therefore, those
who deny it are living in direct contradiction to their denial of it.
4
Michael Ruse,”Saving Darwinism from the Darwinians,” National Post, May 13,
2000, B-3.
5
Using the scientific method, scientists set up experiments to determine causality in
the physical world. Imbedded within the scientific method and experiments is a
hypothesis or several hypotheses about causal relationships. The scientific method
is used to test these hypotheses.
6
This chart has been compiled from information appearing in Morris(3), pg. 109.
7
Morris (5), pg. 22.
8
Morris (3), pg. 112.
9
10
Lisle, Jason. The Ultimate Proof of Creation, Green Forest: Master Books, 2009.
11
Van Til, Cornelius. Christian Apologetics, Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing
Company, 2003.
12
Genesis 1:26; The “image of God” is not a physical image, as if we look like
God‟s physical body. Rather, the “image of God” represents a “mental, moral, and
social likeness“. (see Made in the image of God by Russell M. Grigg,
http://creation.com/made-in-the-image-of-god. Creation Ministries International.)
13
14

Figure 2:1 – Illustration recreated from... Chittick, Donald E. Ph.D. The Puzzle of
Ancient Man. Newberg: Creation Compass, 2006.

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Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40:28

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Chapter 3

The God of Creation

The Necessity of a Creator

Logic has proven the necessity of a Creator! The theory of
evolution has no logical basis to defend itself, therefore,
evolutionists are forced to adopt one of two positions; (1) admit
their own worldview cannot possibly make sense of the universe
and adopt the Christian worldview which can make sense of the
universe, or (2) admit their own worldview is illogical and cease
from using logical thought processes to explain their theory.
Evolutionists, of course, will not easily adopt either position for
obvious reasons. Evolutionists have placed themselves then in an
impossible position from which there is no escape; either use God's
laws of logic to deny God's existence (which actually proves His
existence) or deny their own rational minds and abandon logic
altogether (which would prove evolution a baseless opinion in a
sea of nothingness). God makes it plain that those who deny His
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existence are fools; The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
(Psalm 14:1) Denying God makes evolutionists (and evolutionary
based religions)1 hopelessly illogical and completely dependent
upon the Christian worldview to make sense of the world.

The universe demands a Creator and our reasoning is dependent
upon His existence. The cosmos and its space-mass-time tri-unity
was not always in existence, as some evolutionists and most other
religions suspect2, but had to be created by an ultimate Grand
Cause, which, as we discussed in the last chapter, can be none
other than the God of the Bible. Who else has the ability and power
to bring everything into existence but the God of the Bible? In fact,
the space-mass-time continuum is mentioned in the very first verse
of the Bible (Genesis 1:1); In the beginning (time)...God (the
Grand Cause)...created (brought about for the first time)...the
heavens (space)...and the earth (matter or mass). Evolution is
completely dependent upon the pre-existence of the cosmos which
must have been in place before evolution could function. Only the
Bible explains the origin of the cosmos adequately. So, yet once
more, evolution (and other religions) must acknowledge the Truth
of the Bible in order to make sense of their own beliefs. There is
no escaping this simple conclusion. (This would be a good time to
review the characteristics of God discussed in the first chapter.)
Figure 3:1 The Cosmos (Space-Mass-Time) must have been created at the same
time. We observe that energy acts on matter as it occupies space over a given
time. The functioning of the universe is set precisely on the interactions of these
three components. Evolution must assume that the cosmos spontaneously began
or that space, mass, and time evolved independently from each other. Since the
cosmos is non-living, evolutionary mechanisms cannot be used in its formation.
Evolution cannot explain the existence of the Space-Mass-Time continuum.

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Ex Nihilo

It is clear from the text above (Genesis 1:1) that God created the
cosmos. The biblical verb used in this verse (Bara; ‫ )בָּרא‬means to
ָּ
create out of nothing (Latin ex nihilo) or to bring about something
that is completely new in quality. We, of course, have never
created anything new that hasn't already existed previously. We
can only form or manufacture something from pre-existing
materials, but these materials were ultimately created by God. In
the Bible, the verb used “to form” (yatsar; ‫ יָּצַר‬and sometimes asah;
‫ )עשָּה‬is a different verb than is the verb used “to create” (Bara),
ָּ
although they are sometimes used of God interchangeably. The
clear teaching of Genesis 1:1 is that God did not form the cosmos
from materials that were already in existence but He created
everything ex nihilo.3
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Obviously, mere processes have no abilities to create either.
Processes can only shape and reform, but not create. Take for
example the process of natural selection. Natural selection can
only preserve traits (characteristics) that are beneficial to the
organism, but it can never create new traits. As has been noted
many times, natural selection might be able to explain the
“survival of the fittest” but not the “arrival of the fittest”. Actually,
natural selection is a process that supports the biblical conservation
of “Kinds” better than evolution's use of natural selection to
produce new and novel types of organisms. God evidentially
instituted natural selection as a conservation process to maintain
and sustain his created order. (See the section Thermodynamics
and Evolution and Biblical Kinds in this chapter.)

Creation Is No Longer Happening

The first verse of the Bible also proves that the creation was
completed in the past and is not a continuous event. In the
beginning God created... and therefore, is not still creating. This
“creating process” ended at the end of the creation week (See the
section Formative Works of God in this chapter.) when God
pronounced, Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all
their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he
had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it
he rested from all the work of creating that he had done (Genesis
2:1). The combination of completed-finished-rested could signal
no other logical conclusion than, creation is no longer happening.
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This fact rules out any possible merger of the creation event
described in the Bible and the theory of evolution4. Evolution
suggests a continual progression of small incremental creations,
whereas, the Bible presents the creation event as already
completed, therefore, the law of non-contradiction proves the
impossibility that both of these conflicting views are correct.
Although the “creating” came to a conclusion after the sixth day,
God put into place two sustaining laws that would govern His
creation. These sustaining laws are the laws of 1st and 2nd
thermodynamics. (See the section Thermodynamics and Evolution
in this chapter.)

God Created Instantly

Two verses later (Genesis 1:3) we notice another remarkable fact;
God created instantaneously. And God said, “Let there be light,”
and there was light. God simply spoke light into existence. The
power of His Word brought about everything. So, once again,
evolution is denied explicitly in these verses. Because the creation
was completed instantaneously in the past, evolution's slow-and-
steady change could not possibly be a mechanism that God used to
bring about the cosmos. God does not contradict Himself.

God Is Not The Cosmos

It should also be noted that the subject of this first verse is God (In
the beginning God) and that He created the heavens and the earth.
This eliminates the possibility that God was a part of the cosmos
itself. God did not create Himself or bring about an essence of
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Himself. He created something entirely new; something that never
existed before and something that was separate in quality from
Himself. In short, God is not the cosmos and the cosmos is not
God, nor did the cosmos pre-exist God but it was God who pre-
existed the cosmos.

As you see, the first verse of the Bible is the most conclusive and
precise statement that has ever been uttered. In this one verse we
can conclude the following:

 God is the Grand Cause.
 God is not the same as the cosmos (space-mass-time) or
contained within it.
 God pre-existed before the cosmos.
 God is the only one who can “create” anything and He did
so ex nihilo.
 God's creation was completed in the past.
 God created instantaneously by His powerful Word.

Creation Has Documented History

Because God is the Creator and speaks nothing but Truth, we can
trust what He says about His own creation. After all, He was the
only eye-witness to the creation event and so, historically, we have
all the reason to believe in God's own description as first hand
evidence. It must be pointed out that the theory of evolution is not
able to provide such a witness. Its history is not from an eye-
witness account like the biblical explanation, but pieced together
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using hypothetical words such as “what if”, “perhaps”, and
“maybe”. These are hardly scientific words and they leave no
confidence in the end of the matter. The Bible, on the other hand is
definite. There is no hesitation in describing the precise order and
manner in which God created the world. The Bible does not leave
us with cloudy, half-descriptive words like evolution does; on the
contrary, we are presented with a confident self-assertion of God as
the Grand Cause and designer of all things. The first three
chapters of the Bible are a play-by-play of God's actions to create
the material, biological and spiritual dimensions of our world and
although they do not describe every single detail of the creation,
they do present a more than satisfying account for the existence of
the universe. G.K. Chesterton could not have said it better when
he remarked, “The riddles of God proved more satisfying than the
answers proposed without God.”5

The Bible never tries to prove that God is the Creator, rather it is
assumed from the beginning. Since God is the author of the Bible
this makes perfect sense. God does not need to provide an
apologetic of His own existence, rather, the creation itself provides
a more than adequate witness to His own power, order, and
wisdom. Those who do not accept God's silent witness of Himself
(General Revelation) will never accept His verbal witness of
Himself (Special Revelation).

The General Revelation

God's creation might be called a “general revelation” because
everyone has received the same evidence. We all wake to the same
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sun and conclude our day with the same moon. We all observe the
change of seasons, the cycles in nature, the complexities of life,
and perceive the world from our special senses. God makes it
clear that the creation alone is enough evidence to know He exists.
As was discussed in chapter 2, Romans 1:20 declares, For since
the creation of the world God‟s invisible qualities—his eternal
power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that people are without
excuse. Psalm 19 (verses 1-4) portrays this sentiment perfectly as
well, The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the
work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night
after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use
no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out
into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. No one on
this planet can say, “God has not given me enough evidence to
believe that He exists.” Clearly, His universe is shouting to all who
will listen that He is the mind behind the matter.

From the creation alone we can determine a few attributes of God‟s
character. We can determine that God is orderly and uniform and
very creative. The question that all of us face is, from where did
the order and uniformity of the physical universe come from? An
illogical position would be to accept that a random, purposeless,
and unguided process like evolution could account for the order
and design of the universe. To not believe in a Creator is to deny
cause-and-effect relationships and reality itself. Evolutionists
must deny this obvious reality each day as they are forced to
fabricate fantastic stories to account for the order and uniformity of
the universe through natural processes alone. Evolutionists,
however, know in their hearts that God is real and this is
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represented by their incessant deification and personification of
evolution in order to attribute the order and design of the universe
to something greater than themselves. The next time you read an
article written from an evolutionary perspective look for
descriptions like assembled themselves, constructed, built,
manufactured, emerged, arose, burst onto the scene, modified
itself, was lucky, and created. These descriptive terms are used to
explain how sheer molecules can manipulate natural processes to
become more complex in structure and function. Not only is this
contrary to established laws of science (See Thermodynamics and
Evolution in this chapter.), but it is dishonest. These are subtle
attempts to circumvent God by giving evolution abilities that only
God can possess. It is at moments like this that evolutionists reveal
their own inner battle with the evidence. They must either deny the
apparent design of nature or attribute it to evolution in God-like
fashion. It is impossible to deny the apparent design of the
universe; therefore, evolutionists attribute the evidence of design to
evolution (their god) or try in vain to deny the undeniable; as
leading Darwinist Richard Dawkins does in his book Climbing
Mount Improbable when he states that evolution “...has only the
appearance of being intelligently designed.”6 Or in similar scope,
as Francis Crick puts it “Biologists must constantly keep in mind
what they see was not designed, but evolved.”7 Obviously (though
these statements are supposedly in favor of evolutionary theory)
statement such as these provide first-hand evidence of the crisis
that evolutionists face. These sorts of comments reek of montra-
like pronouncements hoping in vain to wish-away the obvious fact
that things exhibit order and uniformity, which are features of
design and henceforth, demand a Designer.

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In the end, an evolutionist's own words prove that he knows and
perceives the God of the Bible through His creation but, as
Romans 1:20 declares, he is …suppressing the Truth. “God has so
made man that he intuitively recognizes God's existence, at least
until his training or religious traditions have educated it out of
him.”8

In summary, there are two obvious qualities of the general
revelation that are understood by all; (1) its apparent order and (2)
uniformity in design. It is from these two that the first steps toward
knowing and understanding God must be met. Evolution cannot
explain the existence of either. “It is no accident that at every level
of the cosmos–sub-atomic, atomic, organic, inorganic, sub-human,
human, earth, moon, sun, stars, galaxies–all things manifest
amazing order and rationality that can be reasonably explained
only as the result of a deliberate, creative act of God.” 9

The Special Revelation

In the Christian worldview, general revelation is enough to
condemn, but not enough to save. In other words, to admit that
there is a Creator does not mean that one has been pardoned from
their sin nor does it mean that they have received God's Salvation.
The Bible declares ...You believe that there is one God. Good!
Even the demons believe that—and shudder (James 2:19).
Obviously, demons have not been pardoned from their sin, nor
received God's Salvation. It takes more than a concept of a Creator
to receive Salvation.

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Since, the general revelation is only enough to prove God's
existence, He provided a greater revelation that speaks of His
character and divine nature. This greater revelation is often called
the “special revelation” and is none other than the Bible. “In the
Bible, the reader meets God's most direct form of special
revelation: the person of Jesus Christ.” 10 God then, wants ...all
people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For
there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the
man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people (1
Timothy 2:4-6).

Unfortunately, evolution has deceived many into believing that
there is no God, and therefore, the special revelation is ignored
because the general revelation is denied. If the general revelation
is denied then the hope of salvation is lost, because it is in the
special revelation that Jesus Christ is revealed. (See Chapter 6, The
God of Salvation).

The Triumph of God's Special Revelation

“It is better theology and philosophy to begin with the God of the
Bible to explain the universe than to begin with the universe to
explain God.”11 This is true because the general revelation can be
misinterpreted. As we discussed in the last chapter, man's
presuppositions may lead him to an interpretation of the evidence
that denies God's existence. This is why an evolutionist can look
at evidence that clearly supports a Creator and yet, deny that He
exists. Secondly, as will be discussed in the next chapter (The God
of Man), the entire creation is subject to decay. This is a result of
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the “Fall of Man” which not only affected man's relationship with
God but also introduced pain, suffering, and decay into the
physical world. Anyone who denies the special revelation will
miss these explanations and thus, will likely misinterpret the
evidence. Only with the Bible as the primary interpretation tool
can we successfully comprehend the world around us. In a sense,
our minds are corrupted and need to be purified. Only the Bible
can purify them. Evolutionists begin with the wrong
presupposition (no God), restrict themselves to the general
revelation only, and use their corrupted minds to interpret
evidence. No wonder their conclusion is incorrect. (You might
want to review the Progression of Foolishness at the end of
Chapter 2.)

Not only can man never arrive at a correct interpretation of the
physical world without the Bible, he can never answer the “big”
questions without it either. The general revelation might help us
answer the “temporal” questions of life; it does little to help us
answer the “eternal” questions of life. For instance, only God's
special revelation can answer the following questions.

 Why are we here?
 Does God Exist?
 Why do men have physical emotions like sadness, happiness,
and joy?
 How can I be saved?
 How can I know God?
 Why do I feel guilty when I do bad things?

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It will do little good in the end of it all if you can recite the steps a
mitochondria takes to convert sugar to energy, however, if you
know the living Savior Jesus Christ, your soul will be saved for
eternity.

The general revelation is to be acknowledged, and even studied,
but if it remains the only source of knowledge for an individual; it
and the person's soul will be lost for eternity. The Bible makes it
clear that the special revelation triumphs the general revelation.
Two verses in the Bible that specifically pinpoints the relationship
between God's general and special revelations are Isaiah 40:8 and
John 1:1-4. The passage in Isaiah reads, The grass withers and the
flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. The grass
(general revelation) is temporal, but the Word of God (special
revelation) is eternal. Only investments in God's economy (Bible)
will pay dividends. This world will pass away but as Jesus says,
my words will never pass away (Matthew 13:31). God's Word is
eternal because the Word (Jesus) is God, and of course, God is
eternal. The passage in John mentioned above explains the
relationship thus, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the
beginning. Through him all things were made; without him
nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that
life was the light of all mankind.

It is necessary that we breakdown this verse.

(1) In the beginning... This represents the origin of the cosmos.
Refer to the discussion of Genesis 1:1 at the beginning of this
chapter.
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(2) was the Word... The Word is Jesus. In Greek, Logos (λόγος)
can mean mind, reason, thought, wisdom, intelligence, idea, law,
order, purpose, and design.12 All of these attributes converge in
Jesus. Maybe the best translation for Logos is the “Mind of God”.
Therefore, Jesus is the Mind of God expressed in a physical body.
Logos is also the root for the English word Logic. So in essence,
when we use logic to reason we are confirming Jesus as the One
and only true expression of God.

(3) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jesus is
eternal and not separate from God; He is God. (See the
explanation for the Trinity at the end of chapter 1.)

(4) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was
made that has been made. Jesus is the Creator and He holds all
things together by His power. It is through Jesus that all things
abide. (See also Colossians 1:15-17.)

(5) In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. True
life can only be found in Jesus Christ alone. He came to this world
to shed light in darkness. Unfortunately, many still live in
darkness because they are deceived by philosophies that lead them
away from Jesus Christ, the “Light of the World” (John 3:19 and
John 8:12).

“The flow of this passage sets forth the parameters of Christian
philosophy: mind before matter; God before man; plan and design
before creation; life from life; and enlightenment from the Light.
The orderly universe was conceived in the orderly and rational
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mind of God before it was created. Without the Logos there would
be no cosmos.” 13

As you see, the special revelation of God is Jesus Christ Himself
who is revealed in the Word of God, and is the Word of God. Why
is the special revelation necessary for Salvation? It is because,
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

The Works of God

Since God Created the world we can now turn to the specific
manner to which the Creation took place. We can divide the
creation process into two separate events; (1) creative (Bara) and
(2) formative (Asah and Yatsar).

Creative Works of God 14
 Creation of the physical elements of the universe-space, mass,
energy, time (Genesis 1:1).
 Creation of conscious life (Hebrew Nephesh), including both
soul and spirit (in the sense of “breath”). Animals possess
components of both the created physical elements and
conscious life (Genesis 1:21).
 Creation of human beings in the image of God. Men and
women are tri-unities of body, soul, and spirit (in the sense of
the divine image). The human body is much more complex
than that of the highest animal, as is the human soul/breath
complex. Only men and women possess, in addition, the
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image of God (Genesis 1:27).
Figure 3:2 The illustration below shows the formative days of Creation.
This illustration is the logo for Creation Education Ministries of
Thailand (CEMT).

Formative Works of God 14
 Day One: Energizing the cosmos, as centered in the light
energy (Genesis 1:2-5)
 Day Two: Formation of the atmosphere (“firmament”) and
hydrosphere, both of which are necessary for life and are
unique to earth among the planets (Genesis 1:6-8).
 Day Three: Formation of the lithosphere (the solid earth) and
biosphere (earth's cover of vegetation), a necessity for animal
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life (Genesis 1:9-13).
 Day Four: Formation of astrosphere in a different
“firmament” (Hebrew raqia, referring to an “expanse” of
stretched-out place), including all the stars, galaxies and
planets (Genesis 1:14-19).
 Day Five: Formation of different kinds of animals for the
atmosphere (birds) and hydrosphere (fishes), each to
reproduce only “after its kind” (Genesis 1:20-23).
 Day Six: Formation of different kinds of land animals for the
lithosphere and biosphere, as well as one male body and one
female body (Adam and Eve) to serve as progenitors of all
later human beings (Genesis 1:24-31).
 Day Seven: Completion and sanctification of “all the work
which God created and made” (Genesis 1:31-2:3).

The order described above accords perfectly with the observable
biological world. There are no contradictions present neither in the
order nor in the descriptions of organisms created. In fact, the order
presented above is far superior to any hypothesized evolutionary
development of the species through millions of years of random
mutations. It must be noted, however, that the order of the creation
events described in the Bible does not agree with modern
evolutionary theory. It is absolute absurdity to suggest that the
process of evolution and the Creation event in the Bible could
somehow be harmonized. We must remember that the law of non-
contradiction strictly forbids the possibility that contradictory
theories could both be true. We must conclude then, that either
Creation or evolution is logically impossible.

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Evolution Creation
Sun before earth Earth before sun
Dry land before sea Sea before dry land
Sea creatures before land Land plants before sea
plants creatures
Stars before earth Earth before stars
Death before man Man before death
Reptiles before birds Birds before reptiles

Figure 3:3 This is a sampling of contradictions in the order of appearance on
earth. There are hundreds of contradictions between these two beliefs.

There is one more very persuasive point to be made in relation to
the days of creation described in the Bible. Most (if not all)
cultures around the world function on a six day work week with
one day rest. Although the day of rest may be different for different
cultures, the scenario remains consistent. Henry Morris speaks of
this fact when he notes, “The most fascinating aspect of
chronology is the history of the “week,” which has no astronomical
basis. The “day” is measured by the regular appearance of the sun
as the earth rotates; the “year” is measured by the annual rotation
of the heavens as the earth orbits the sun; the “month” is measured
approximately by the moon's lunations, or intervals between new
moons, caused by the revolution of the moon around the earth. The
week, however, has no astronomical basis at all, yet people
everywhere have always observed a weekly cycle: six days of
work and a day of rest.”15 There seems to be no other reasonable
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explanation except that in all cultures of the world there remains a
remnant of the true creation week, passed down through the ages
and modified in different cultures, but nevertheless still present in
basic form. In the observation of the week itself there is a silent but
powerful witness that confirms, ...in six days the LORD made the
heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested
on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day
and made it holy (Exodus 20:11).

Thermodynamics and Evolution

Besides the Law of Causality, mentioned extensively in the
previous chapter, there are two other laws that are intriquatly
related to the created world. These laws are the 1st and 2nd Laws of
Thermodynamics, or more commonly the law of conservation of
energy and the law of increased entropy. After God created the
space-mass-time cosmos it is evident that He set in place these
laws to sustain His created world. “In its simplest form, the First
Law of Thermodynamics states that neither matter nor energy can
be created or destroyed. The amount of energy in the universe is
constant – energy can be changed, moved, controlled, stored, or
dissipated. However, this energy cannot be created from nothing or
reduced to nothing. Every natural process transforms energy and
moves energy, but cannot create or eliminate it. This principle
forms a foundation for many of the physical sciences.”16 The
second law likewise states that, “Entropy is defined as a measure
of unusable energy within a closed or isolated system (the universe
for example). As usable energy decreases and unusable energy
increases, "entropy" increases. Entropy is also a gauge of
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randomness or chaos within a closed system. As usable energy is
irretrievably lost, disorganization, randomness and chaos
increase.”17 Both of these laws are extensions of the Law of
Causality. We find that energy can change forms but not be
completely destroyed. At the same time, energy is becoming less
available to biological systems and is therefore contributing to
increased disorder in living organisms. These two laws are easily
observed in nature, especially the Second Law. For example, as
we age our bodies become less able to function at the level it once
did. This natural deterioration of our bodies shows that the Second
Law affects all aspects of the cosmos as disorder increases over
time. Once again, the evolutionary worldview is at a loss to explain
the existence of these laws. But it is worse still for an evolutionist
because these laws are contradictory to the mechanisms of
evolution. So, not only can an evolutionist not explain their
existence, their existence disproves evolution.

To exemplify just how the Second Law is contrary to evolution
consider the origin of life. An evolutionist believes that life began
as a single-celled organism. This single-celled organism must have
been very basic with few anatomical structures, information (in the
form of DNA), or chemical pathways, etc. Therefore, according to
an evolutionist this very basic organism must have continually,
over millions of years, become more and more complex, until it
produced the extremely complex organisms we see today. This
required building process for evolution though, is not in agreement
with the Second Law. The Second Law explains how organisms
are in a state of decline and how they are continually becoming
more disordered and disorganized. Evolution demands an upward
movement from basic to complex while the Second Law demands
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a downward movement from complex to basic. Obviously, both of
these processes cannot be functioning at the same time or they
would negate each other and according to the Law of Non-
Contradiction, one of these explanations must be invalid. The
Second Law is one of the most understood and observed laws in all
of science and its consistency in all known realms of science make
it a trustworthy law. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about
evolution. The Second Law states conclusively that complexity
must have existed from the beginning, not built gradually.
Complexity from the beginning not only supports the biblical
explanation of creation but also is confirmed by science itself, in
the Law of Biogenesis (see the next section).

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Figure 3:4 Compare the two graphs above. Notice that the evolutionary model
and the Creation model are directly opposite of each other. The Second Law of
Thermodynamics clearly supports the Creation model and opposes the
evolutionary model. .

Life Comes From Life (Omne Vivum Ex Vivo)

There is one last law that demands some mention as it relates to the
origin of life. As has been discussed previously, evolutionists
believe that life came from non-living matter. This is a direct
violation of the Law of Biogenesis, which states that life arises
from pre-existing life, not from nonliving material. The Law of
Biogenesis is an extension of the Law of Cause-and-Effect, in this
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case, “like begets like”. Evolutionists have been forced to propose
fairy-tale like stories in order to violate this law. “The evolutionist
faces a great temptation here, a serious stumbling block to his
faith. It seems utterly impossible that dead matter could create life.
At this point, surely, he will have to defer to logic and
acknowledge that life must be produced by a Cause which is itself
alive. After all, scientists long ago showed experimentally that life
comes only from life. Ah, but not so! The evolutionist's faith is
strong enough to surmount even this barrier.” 18

As has been shown, evolution is a theory that is contrary to many
established laws of science; therefore, it should be examined
critically before one believes in its premises. It is not the purpose
of this book to identify all of the weaknesses in evolutionary
theory (for which there are many) nor give a long list of evidences
in favor of biblical creation (for which there are many), but to
show the validity and accuracy of the Bible and the dependency of
science upon it. Evidence itself can be twisted and turned to one's
own worldview and so evidence is a very subjective sort of proof.
Nevertheless, in the next few paragraphs several key evidences
will be examined and in the end you will see that the biblical
creation model far exceeds any evolutionary explanation for the
same phenomenon.

Biblical Kinds

It is a fact of common observation that organisms are very similar
in structure and function. We observe that mammals are all
similar, birds are all similar, frogs are all similar, and so on. Not
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only are organisms of the same genera very similar but at times
even of the same order or family.19 Evolutionists seize every
opportunity to claim that similarities prove divergence of
organisms from a primitive species. “After all”, an evolutionist
might exclaim, “what other explanation could explain why there
are so many similarities between the species?” And so, an
evolutionist walks away with his head held high in prideful
exuberance as if he has just stated, “check mate”. Well, as it turns
out, this child-like victory dance is very short lived when one truly
examines the evidence.

When we pause to evaluate our observations we must conclude
that organisms exhibit both continuity and discontinuity. The
continuity of life is the observed similarities of organisms and the
discontinuity is the observed differences. For example, all
organisms contain DNA as their genetic information. This would
exemplify the continuity of life. However, not all organisms
possess the same morphological structures (wings, horns, beaks,
fins, etc.). These major differences in structure represent life's
discontinuity. Although, evolutionists will often play word games
to suggest that convergence and divergence can explain both the
continuity and discontinuity of life, a major challenge to the theory
exists. It is true that if evolution produced life, then life should
show continuity (similarities), but is it not also true that if God
created life, then life would also show continuity. In other words,
only if you've accepted evolution already will this argument be
convincing. To a creationist, the continuity of life proves only that
God created a basic plan for all living organisms and in His
wisdom He modified the plan to fit the distinct type of organism.
So the continuity of life doesn't provide unique support for
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evolution.

Although the continuity of life could go either way, the
discontinuity of life (differences) proves a greater challenge for an
evolutionist. Why, if evolution is true, are there distinct groups of
organisms that seem to be physically and genetically separated
from the other distinct groups? Frogs, snakes, dogs, turtles, horses,
chickens, eagles, etc., are all distinct groups of organisms which
are different from the other distinct groups, yet within their own
type, they show amazing similarities. There seems to be a stasis in
distinct groups limiting them from genetic interactions with
members of other distinct groups. While variation potential is
abundant in a distinct group there is no observed vertical
evolutionary movements from one group to the next. So obvious is
this that, “...if evolution is the true cosmology, the gaps should not
be there at all. That is, if all organisms have really descended by
slow development from a common ancestor, under the same
conditions in the same world, they ought now to be all inter-
connected by imperceptible gradations from one form into another.
In fact, it would be impossible to develop any kind of classification
system at all, since we could never tell where one kind of organism
stopped and the next began.” 20

Figure 3:5 The evolutionary connections in the illustration below are
unobservable and therefore are only hypothetical connections.

Figure 3:6 The Created Kind Model fits the scientific evidence perfectly.

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Figure 3:5

Figure 3:6

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Indeed, the very reason we have a classification system is not
because of life's similarities but because of life's differences. If
evolution were true there is no clear explanation as to why all these
distinct groups are genetically separated one from the other. There
is however, a better explanation.

In the Bible we are told that God created “kinds” of organisms.
The Bible does not say that God created every species, but “kinds”.
In fact, in the first chapter of Genesis alone, the phrase according
to its kind is used ten times. The question would be, what is a
“Biblical Kind”? Is it the same as a modern day species? The
obvious meaning of “kind” in the Bible is a reproductive unit,
signifying that if two organisms could reproduce they were of the
same “kind”. This might sound like the modern definition of a
species but it must have been a broader group of organisms at the
point of original creation. For example, we know that a donkey
and a horse can interbreed. However, the offspring produced from
the union of these two species is a mule. A mule is a sterile hybrid;
meaning it doesn't have the ability to produce more of its type. A
careful analysis of the horse and donkey suggest that they did not
develop the ability to breed backwards from two specific types to
produce a mule, but rather, they must have belonged to the same
original “kind” and lost the ability to produce fertile offspring.
Therefore, most modern day species belong to a broader “kind” but
may have lost the ability to produce fertile offspring with most
other organisms of that original “kind”. We further observe that
within any one “kind” there is a large range of variation. As we
have already mentioned, horses must have originally all belonged
to an original “kind”, but now (because of mutations) are placed in
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different species because of their reproductive isolation. Consider
the variation potential of the horse and chicken “kinds”.

Figure 3:7
Common
observation leads
us to the
conclusion that
distinct kinds
(Biblical Kinds) of
organisms are
genetically
isolated from each
other. Although,
there is much
variation potential
in each “kind”
there is no
horizontal
movements
between one
“kind” and the
next. Scientific
observations
confirm and
support the
Biblical Kind
Model.

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Horses and chickens are distinct. We have never observed a
chicken become anything but a chicken, nor a horse become
anything other than a horse. There are obvious genetic and
physical limitations between one kind and the next.

In summary, distinct kinds of organisms, rather than supporting
evolutionary theory, challenge its very core. It is the “Biblical
Kind” that triumphs as all of our day-to-day observations confirm
its basic premise. The Bible explains the continuity and
discontinuity of life perfectly. As has been noted elsewhere, there
is enough continuity of life to prove that there is only ONE
Creator, but enough discontinuity to prove that evolution is an
impossible explanation.

Human Beings

There is no doubt that humans are different from other organisms;
physically, mentally, and spiritually. It is, once again, not the
purpose of this book to dispute all of the so-called evolutionary
links that possibly led to the appearance of humans on this planet.
The fact that the Bible positively affirms the uniqueness of
humanity (made in the "image of God"), and never mentions an
evolutionary progression is enough to deny the possibility in my
mind. However, this is not to suggest that the evolutionist has a
clear and concise explanation for the evolution of humans. Even
within the evolutionary world, human evolution is highly disputed.
Instead of arguing over the presence or absence of morphological
structures and behavioral mechanisms, I will point, rather, to
human characteristics for which evolution has no reasonable
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explanation and for which the Bible does have reasonable
explanations. If evolutionists want to bicker over hypothetical
morphologies and mechanisms in an attempt to explain how
humans might have descended from lesser creatures, let them do
so. The ultimate questions for the human race are answered only
by special revelation and no amount of scientific story telling will
help us understand why we are so unique. As for me, the scientific
evidence for human evolution is lacking and the Bible gives a
more adequate explanation for human uniqueness. Let's explore a
few human features that have no equal in the animal world. These
features have a clear explanation in the Bible but will remain a
mystery to an evolutionist.

1. Will Humans have the ability to choose between right and
wrong and then act upon that decision. Our ability to desire
and to will something is directly related to God's character.
God has a will and therefore He also has desires.
Unfortunately our will and God's will often collide as we try
to assert our own will against God's ultimate desire for us. In
the purest sense, when we decide to follow our own will rather
than God's will; it's called sin. Our sin is what separated us
from God. The book of Genesis describes this rebellious act
against God. (This will be covered more thoroughly in the
next chapter.) Desires are not sinful because God has desires
and He is Holy! The problem exists only when our desires
deny or lead us away from God's desire for our lives. God's
ultimate desire is that we would know Him intimately and
reflect his love. If God had not given us the ability to desire or
a will to act upon the desires, we would never be able to desire
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or love Him. It is not necessary to reject human desire,
however, we should channel our desire in the right direction;
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and with all your strength (Mark
12:30). Rejecting God is a conflict between your will and His
will. Loving and accepting God aligns your will with His will.
Animals do not have a will; they act on instinct and basic
survival mechanisms only. These are mechanical responses
not volitional choices. The Human will is unique!

2. Emotion Our emotions mimic God's emotions. For example
we feel pain, pleasure, joy, sadness, jealousy, envy, rage, love,
hate, and can perceive beauty. The Bible explains that God...

… was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 1 Kings 3:10

…will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer
rebuke you... Zephaniah 3:17

…became angry with me also and said, “You shall not enter it,
either. Deuteronomy 1:37

In Ezekiel 16:42 several emotions were set forth in one passage.
Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger
will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.

Although emotions are reflective of God, I am not suggesting
that our emotions are exactly like God's emotions. God is
always in voluntary control of his emotions, we are not. Nor
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should emotions be our primary source of revelation because our
emotions can often deceive us. Our primary source of revelation
is always the Bible. Our range of emotions is unique to human
experience and reflects God's character!

3. Reason To be logical is to be human. Animals do not work
out math problems or ponder the meaning of life, but we do.
Because God's mind is reflected in His creation (laws of
logic), we are able to reason. We are only able to reason
because God exists. (Review chapter 2.) Reason is unique to
humans!

4. Language The ability to speak and communicate through
written language is unique to humans. Although, some
animals produce chirps, groans, howls, barks, and even
dances, they do not come close to the abilities of human
language. Since other animals have some communication
abilities, verbal language provides little to no survival value
and therefore is difficult to explain by some evolutionary
scenario. Human language also tends to be simplified as time
goes on, not becoming more complex as evolution would
suggest it must. God created humans to communicate with
Him from the beginning. The evolutionary suggestion that
human language developed from primitive animal noises is
ridiculous. Not only would the syntax need to be developed
but the vocal morphology (larynx, vocal chords, etc.) also, and
without the brain connections nothing would be possible; and
all of this must have come about at the same time nonetheless.
(We will discuss this more thoroughly in chapter 5, The God of
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the Nations.) Verbal Language is unique to humans!

5. Dominion Humans have an innate knowledge that they are
more valued than animals. We also feel an obligation to
protect and help those animals less valued than ourselves. So
our dominion comes with responsibility. Why do we feel this
way? The Bible explains it thus, God blessed them and said to
them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and
subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky
and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
(Genesis 1:28) The word “subdue” doesn't mean to destroy
the earth, because if it did, there would be nothing to “rule
over”. Nor does “subdue” mean to worship or to make holy.
Only God is holy! “Subdue” means to rule with responsibility.
If evolution was the reigning paradigm we would feel no
obligation to “Save the Panda” or to “Free Willy”. “Survival
of the Fittest” would not lead us to help other animals but to
eliminate them, especially if they were in direct competition
with us. Other animals do not feel dominion over creation nor
a responsibility to rule with responsibility. Do we see frogs
with picket signs saying “crickets have rights too”? A sense of
dominion and responsibility are unique only to humans
because God made us to rule His creation and we innately
know this to be true!

Evolutionists are unable to explain these unifying human
characteristics adequately. They are forced to conceive strange and
far-fetched scenarios to account for them, and in the end, no
certainty remains. The Bible gives logical, coherent, and easily
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understood reasons why humans possess these characteristics. We
were created in the “image of God”. It is this “image of God” that
we focus on in the next chapter (The God of Man).
Notes and References:
1
All evolutionary religions [Non-Biblical Christianity (liberalism, esoteric cults,
etc.); Non-Orthodox Judaism (Reform Judaism, Nationalistic Zionism); Non-
Orthodox Islam; Ancient Pagan Religions (Babylon, Greece, Rome, Egypt, etc.);
New-Age Mysticism (Witchcraft, Goddess Worship, Satanism, etc.); Hinduism
(incl. Sikhism, Jainism, etc.); Confucianism; Buddhism; Taoism; Shintoism;
Animism; Humanism; Atheism] are in the same dilemma as evolutionists; they have
no foundation for logic and by definition they are illogical. List of religions
compiled from: Morris, H. M. Dr. 2006. The New Defender's Study Bible.
Nashville, TN: World Publishing, Inc., 2064 (Appendix 2).
2
Only the Bible gives an adequate reason for the existence of the cosmos. All other
religions must assume that it evolved or eternally existed, neither is scientifically
plausible.
3
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v2/n1/did-god-create-or-make Did
God create (Bara) or make (Asah) in Genesis 1? Dr. Terry Mortenson
4
From the Bible alone, there is enough evidence to eliminate evolution as a method
that God used to create the world. Even so, the law of non-contradiction denies the
possibility. However, there are still those who attempt to merge the two origin
beliefs together as one, in so doing however, the biblical position is always
compromised. Examples of compromise positions are; the Day-Age Theory,
Theistic Evolution, the Framework Hypothesis, Progressive Creation, and the Gap-
Theory. Each of these compromise positions attempts to do what the Bible and
science say is impossible to do; mix evolution and Creation.
5
G.K. Chesterton (Original source is unknown.)
6
Dawkins, Richard. Climbing Mount Improbable. New York: W.W. Norton &
Company, 1997.
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7
Crick, Francis. What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery. New
York: Basic Books
8
Morris (2), 273.
9
Noebel, David A. The Battle For Truth. Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2001.
pg. 80.
10
Carl F.H. Henry, as quoted in; Noebel, David A. The Battle For Truth. Eugene:
Harvest House Publishers, 2001. pg. 45.
11
pg. 44.
12
The English word “Word” does little to express the Greek word “Logos”. Logos
can be translated into many English words such as reason, thought, logic, and law.
But the best translation is probably “expression”. Therefore, In the beginning was
the expression of God.
13
pg. 81.
14
Morris (6), 2074.
15
Morris (2), 310.
16
http://www.allaboutscience.org/first-law-of-thermodynamics-faq.htm
17
http://www.allaboutscience.org/second-law-of-thermodynamics.htm
18
Morris (5), 23.
19
We must keep in mind that the modern classification system was a man designed
system of organization. God has neither sanctioned nor approved this system as His
own, and so, when confusions occur in respect to classification methods, groupings,
hybridization, species limitations, and the like; it is not God who is the author of
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this confusion but our own lack of knowledge on the matter.
20
Morris (3), 264.

Figure 3:5 and 3:6 are adaptations of PowerPoint slides from Mike Riddle‟s
presentation, Can You Defend What You Believe.

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When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?

You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet…

Psalm 8:3-6

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Chapter 4

The God of Man

Imago Dei

In the last chapter we concluded that humans are incredibly unique
in the living world. We possess features such as a will, emotion,
reason, and language which are limited or not present in other
organisms. These unique features cannot simply be glossed over
but must be explained. My belief is that evolutionists have no
plausible explanation for man's uniqueness. After all, in the
evolutionary scenario man is nothing more than an evolved ape
and should not be significantly different than any other animal on
the planet. This obvious chasm of separation between man and
beast is a clear indicator that man is not related to other organisms
through a chain of slow developments. The Bible states that man
was created in the “image of God” (Imago Dei), and so, we
possess characteristics and abilities similar to God‟s own character.
This similarity to God is not found in other animals. These
characteristics and abilities can only be explained by God's direct
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introduction of them into the human mind and body and not by
some naturalistic method of development. If evolution is true, why
are there not many organisms with the same capacity to reason,
communicate, interact, and contemplate the complexities of life as
humans can? Or, at least the question might be stated, why are
there not organisms that show a steady progression of these
capacities and abilities from simple types to more complex forms
until it produced the pinnacle form; the human being? Human
evolution alone is a concept so riddled with inconsistencies and
holes that it should have long since been discarded in the dust heap
of failed theories. These are questions that continually baffle
evolutionists, and for which they have no reasonable response,
except that, humans hit the evolutionary lottery, but this is only a
faith-driven escape mechanism to avoid the obvious fact that no
legitimate answer exists.

The fact of the matter is that humans are completely unique.
Evolutionists must not only admit that humans are unique but also
that their theories are insufficient to explain this uniqueness. It
seems as though, God has given humans a special ability to know
His mind, relate to His creation, and to interact with Him directly.
Although other animals exhibit the glory of God, they do not have
the ability to fully comprehend their own existence, nor understand
their Creator as humans can. It is clear that the God of Logic has
given humans reasoning capacities that are unparalleled in the
animal world.

This human uniqueness is due to an “image” or stamp of God's
likeness. The Bible speaks specifically of this uniqueness when it
states, Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh,
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animals have another, birds another and fish another (1Cor.
15:39). As we have already discussed, God created all animals
according to their “kinds”, which are very different than other
“kinds”, and this is no different with humans, in fact, it is infinitely
truer with the human “kind”.

If God's image is truly in us, then we should possess God's
attributes (those discussed in the first chapter), at least to some
degree. For example, since God is love we have the capacity to
love; since God is omniscient, we have the capacity to know; since
God is unchangeable, we can trust our abilities to understand the
world, conduct science, and obtain knowledge. Every human on
this planet was created with this “image of God” and so we all
have these “Godly” attributes within us, although some have tried
to reduce them, ignore them, or eliminate them all together. Some
of these “Godly” attributes are off limits to us however. We will
never possess God's sovereignty or be completely omniscient.
Nevertheless, these attributes of God within us are undeniable and
unexplainable apart from God and no evolutionary force could
have produced them.

Man's Tri-Nature

As we have seen from our discussion above, humans not only
possess unique abilities but also have God's image stamped on
their very being. Humans also have a tri-nature that directly
reflects God's tri-nature. The Bible makes it clear that God is one
being made of three parts; Father, Son, and Spirit. The Father is
God, the Son is Jesus, and the Spirit is the invisible activator. This
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tri-unity of God is often called the Trinity. Man also has a tri-
nature; body, soul, and spirit. The body of man is the physical
component (molecules, cells, organs, organ systems, etc.), the soul
of man is the conscious nature (or the self), and the spirit is the
intellect (or the will). The Bible makes it clear that humans do
have three separate natures. Observe these Bible verses below.

The Body and Soul Are Different!

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in
hell (Matthew 10:28). Clearly there is a difference between the
body and soul. These are the very Words of Jesus.

The Body and Spirit Are Different!

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive
my spirit.” (Acts 7:59) Obviously Stephen knew his body was
about to die but his spirit was eternal and he begged Jesus to
receive his spirit, not his body.

The Body is Physical Only!

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to
the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to
dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) The body is only
biochemistry, made from the elements of life. Only the soul and
spirit are eternal.

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I cannot summarize the relationship of God's tri-nature and
human's tri-nature any more succinctly than Henry Morris did
when he said, “In the biblical doctrine of the divine Trinity, the
Father is the unseen essence of the godhead, the Son is the visible
expression of the godhead, and the Spirit is the invisible but
powerful influence of God in His creation. So it is with man: his
soul is the unseen essence of the man, his person; his body is the
visible manifestation of his presence; and his spirit is the unseen,
but energizing, personality of the man.”1

The Fall of Man (and An Apparent Contradiction)

From our previous discussion a question might arise. If we possess
the “image of God” within us why are we not perfect like He is?
This is a great question. There is an apparent contradiction
because while man possesses the character of God he also is sinful,
depraved, rebellious, and selfish. Are we suggesting that God is
also sinful, depraved, rebellious, and selfish? Absolutely Not! Of
course this cannot be true because the Bible tells us that God is
perfect, holy, just, righteous, and loving. So, why is there a
contradiction within man‟s character? Why is man both so similar
to God and so unlike God at the same time?

Because Adam and Eve (the first two humans created directly by
God) possessed God's image within them, and as of yet no sin
existed, they were able to communicate with God in ways that we
are not able to communicate with God today. However, there was
one event that occurred early in our history which separated them,
and consequently us, from God spiritually and which closed the
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door of “perfect communion” with God. We still have God's image
within us but now it is marred by a sinful nature. The event in the
Bible that changed our nature is often called “The Fall of Man” or
more simply, “The Fall”. This “fall” was both a spiritual and a
physical fall, in that, it negatively affected all human relationships
with God while also introducing death, pain, destruction, decay,
cancer, mutations and other mechanisms of disorder into the
physical universe. Some have suggested that this “fall” was the
introduction of the second law of thermodynamics, however, we
cannot be sure that this was the exact point at which the second
law of thermodynamics was introduced but we do see an obvious
connection between the “fall” mentioned in the Bible and the
“principle of disorder” associated with the second law of
thermodynamics. In Romans 8:22 the results of this event is
mentioned directly, We know that the whole creation has been
groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

We might question what happened that produced this “fall”. Let us
outline the events that led to this catastrophe of catastrophes; the
saddest day ever!

God created everything perfect, including man. Genesis 1:31
states, God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

God gave man one command. Genesis 2:15-17 states, The
LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to
work it and take care of it. And the LORD God commanded
the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but
you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and
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evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Man rejected God's command by eating the fruit. Genesis 3:6
states, When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good
for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for
gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some
to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

God cursed man (“The Fall”). Genesis 3:16-19 states, To the
woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very
severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your
desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate
fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, „You must
not eat from it,‟ “Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of
your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you
will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you
will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it
you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
Pain, suffering, death, and decay entered the physical universe.

Man was separated from God spiritually because of his sin
against God. Genesis 3:23 states, So the LORD God banished
him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which
he had been taken. The curse extends up to the present day.

Many well-meaning people have questioned whether God exists
due to the fact that evil, pain, death, and suffering exists in this
world. One of the most common questions is, “if the God of the
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Bible exists why does He allow death and pain, after all, doesn't
He have the power to stop them?” This is a fair question to ask,
for which there is a two-part answer.

The typical error in the first part of the question, why does He
allow death and pain, is to assume that God is the cause of evil.
This is man-centered. When we ask this question, our blame is
focused on God when it should be focused on ourselves. The
Bible explains that God created a perfect world with absolutely no
sin or evil. It was man (and still is man) that ruined God‟s perfect
world by sinning against a Holy God. The reason this world is full
of evil, death, and pain is our fault, not God‟s fault. When we
accuse God of creating an evil world we are blaming God for our
own disobedience, similar to when a child blames his parents for
the punishment given for his own disobedience.

We've answered the first part of this common question but what
about the second part. Does God have the power to stop the evil in
this world? The quick answer is, yes! Let‟s remember from the
first chapter that God is sovereign. This means that nothing (or
anyone) has more power than God and nothing can force Him to
change his mind. So, we must conclude that God can stop all evil
but He chooses not to. Love demands a choice and if God removed
the penalty of our disobedience, it would also remove our ability to
choose Him and to love Him. Love has the ability to choose. And
so, God allowed humanity to choose Him, but it came at the cost of
man first rejecting Him. If God removed the penalty of sin (pain,
death, etc.) it would make humans nothing more than robots,
without a choice, following God because He programmed them to
do so, but not from a pure motive of love. Adam and Eve rejected
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God and we have been suffering the penalty ever since. But, we
should rejoice in the fact that God has provided a way to know
Him and to love Him. When we shake our fists at God and claim
that he is being unfair for allowing death and suffering to exist, do
we also praise Him for providing us with an opportunity to love
Him and to be loved? Yes, pain and death is bad news, but God‟s
everlasting love is the greatest news of all. Just as loving parents
punish their children so does God punish His children. The loving
purpose of God is to bring his children (humans) back into a loving
relationship with Himself.

But, death shall not reign forever. At this point in our discussion, I
will assure you that God has a plan to destroy all the evil, pain, and
suffering forever, but He has chosen not to destroy them just yet.
He, instead, allows them to be a persistent punishment against
sinful man in order to humble man and to produce a response of
dependence toward Him. In the future, Jesus Christ will destroy
all death, evil, and pain (we will discuss this aspect in the chapter
God of Salvation).

When man made a decision to reject God's command he denied
God's sovereignty and tried to replace it with his own sovereignty
(or self-will). God is Truth and man tried to make his own truth by
denying God's Word to man. If we look at this event at a deeper
level we can note something very critical to our previous
discussion about the law of non-contradiction. I have outlined the
event below.

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 God said, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but
you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis
2:16-17)

 Satan said, “You will not certainly die,”… (Genesis 3:4).

Or, in terms of the law of non-contradiction.......

 God said, “ If A then B!”
 Satan said, “If A then non B!”

It is absolutely clear that Satan's statement was in direct
contradiction to God's command. This denial of God's Truth
statement began a steady line of denial ever since. In fact, all sin is
in some way a denial of God's commands (laws). Satan challenged
God's direct command and Adam and Eve not only listened but
accepted Satan's lie as a fact, and therefore, became co-
conspirators with Satan in his denial and contradiction of God's
sovereignty and Truth. Even today, the battle is drawn along the
same lines; believe what God has said in His Word (Bible) or deny
what He has said and make your own truth for yourself (which is
sin against a Holy God).

Man's tri-nature was affected negatively because of his rejection of
God's Word and each component was affected thus; his physical
body began to decay, his soul turned inward and became self-
centered, and the spirit turned away from God‟s will to serve
himself and his own will and desires. Because we still possess the
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“image of God” within us, a war is being waged on our very souls
(mind, emotion, and will). God continually draws us to Himself
while our sinful nature attempts to reject Him.

This “war of the wills”, as we might call it, will continue for our
entire life and we have no force to conquer our own will unless
God, with his ultimate power, slays our own will and replaces it
with His. He has done so in the power of Christ Jesus but only
those who believe in Him shall be victorious in this “war of the
wills”. A simple question should be asked at this point, where are
you in this “war of the wills”? Is your own will dominating your
life or have you allowed God‟s will to take over your life by the
dominion of Jesus Christ‟s life within you?

The Spiritual Reality

That humans are spiritual beings is no surprise. Humans have been
grasping after God (or a false god) ever since their original
rejection of God in the Garden of Eden. We, in essence, have
within us an innate desire to worship (to praise, glorify, and
communicate with God). We will in fact worship something, if not
the true God (of the Bible), then a false god or even the self, but
we will, by nature, worship something.

This desire to worship is a direct result of losing our communion
with God (spiritual connection). When Adam and Eve sinned
against God, they lost direct spiritual communication with Him,
and we have been yearning for it ever since. This does not mean
that God has stopped communicating to us however, more so, that
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we have stopped listening to Him. Instead of direct
communication, God now speaks to us in a still small voice
(conscience), through the created world (natural revelation) and
most directly and effectively by his Word (special revelation; the
Bible). Are you listening to Him? If you are expecting to hear
from God then you must read the Bible, otherwise you are ignoring
God‟s primary method of communication to you. Major W. Ian
Thomas sums up our situation remarkably well when he states,
“This, in point of fact, is what has been happening all through
human history since Adam repudiated the basic principles of his
own humanity and decided to go it alone – without God! Man may
hide from God – as Adam did – but still the voice of God pursues
him, echoing within the spiritual vacuum of his homesick, godless
soul with all the relentless persistency of a love that never fails,
crying, „Son of Adam, where art thou? Where art thou? Where art
thou?‟” 2

True Worship

True worship is listening to God internally (our conscience, His
Spirit, His Word), obeying God externally (our actions), and
glorifying God in your attitude and life. In short, our full
dependency on His power to work within us radiates His glory out
of us. When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment
He said “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). This is true
worship and it is complete dependence of our tri-nature (soul,
spirit, mind) on God. This dependency brings God glory. We have
so often replaced true worship and communication with God with
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some alternate and less effective acts of worship. Feeling that we
must do something, we rush ahead to impress God with our acts of
devotion and merit (work based effort to impress God), only to
realize later that God is asking us to be still and know that He is
God, not to do something for Him. True worship is resting in who
God is and surrendering yourself to His will, not doing something
for Him. God‟s salvation is never achieved through our own
effort. These less effective acts of worship, some true, but more
often false forms of worship, have led us farther from God, rather
than closer to Him. The outward signs of this effort is seen in
“...the universality of prayer, sacrifice, a standard of righteousness
[morality], and belief in immortality”3 All humans, no matter what
outward religion, show elements of these four practices. In the
next chapter we will explore these practices individually to see
how they confirm our connection to the God of the Bible.

References:
1
Morris, (4), pg. 383.
2
Thomas, Major W Ian. The Saving Life of Christ and The Mystery of Godliness.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988
3
Morris, (2), pg. 291.

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“Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other.”
Isaiah 45:22

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Chapter 5

The God of the Nations

In the last chapter we established two truths; we are unique from
other organisms because we have the “image of God” within us
and we are also separated from God because of a sin nature (due to
Adam and Eve‟s contradiction and rejection of God‟s ultimate
standard).
Because Adam and Eve were the two representative humans, and
since we are all their descendants, we are also plagued with the
curse of a sin nature. It is most evident in our daily lives that this
is exactly the case. The Bible confirms our sinful condition in the
following verses below.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and
death through sin, and in this way death came to all people,
because all sinned… (Romans 5:12)

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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were
made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the
many will be made righteous (Romans 5:19).

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,..
(Ephesians 2:1).

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother
conceived me (Psalm 51:5).

God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any
who understand, any who seek God. Everyone has turned away, all
have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one
(Psalm 53:2-3).

…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,.. (Romans
3:23).

We have already discussed the “Fall of Man” previously, but let‟s
return to make one more application before proceeding. Satan not
only directly contradicted God‟s truth statement but he also
appealed to the human weakness of self-government. The Bible
explains the interaction between Satan and Eve this way, “You will
not certainly die,” the serpent [Satan] said to the woman [Eve].
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eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and
evil.” (Genesis 2: 4-5)*

In short, Satan tempted Adam and Eve to become their own “gods”
or to worship their own “gods” instead of allowing the real God to
rule their lives. Or, another way to state the same is, Satan
challenged Adam and Eve to become their own morality and to
create their own truth, separate from God‟s dictated morality and
ultimate Truth. This deception of self-government- to seek and
serve any god other than the true God- has been the human
tendency since that fateful day when the first sin against God
occurred in the garden. As we discuss how the nations of the world
came to be, you will clearly see this tendency manifested through
the false religions of man.

A Brief History of Humanity

From Adam and Eve‟s departure of God‟s standards, sin abounded
in the human race. Things went from bad to worse quickly. In
fact, after about 1,600 years of human history things were so bad
that the Bible records that, The LORD saw how great the
wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that
every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil
all the time. (Genesis 6:5)

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The Flood

The flood was God‟s remedy for humanity‟s wickedness, as it was
worldwide and washed away everyone except Noah‟s direct line,
from which it was said, Noah was a righteous man, blameless
among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God
(Genesis 6:9). Noah was chosen by God to build an ark (huge
boat) which would preserve him and his wife, his three sons and
their wives, and two of every animal on the earth.1 Every other
living organism (nepesh chayyah 2) died in the flood waters.
Unfortunately the flood waters only washed away the physical
bodies of sin, the heart was still desperately wicked (Jeremiah
17:9). It didn‟t take long for Noah‟s descendants to incline their
hearts to evil once again.

The Tower of Babel

God gave a very specific command as Noah‟s family departed
from the ark; Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth (Genesis
9:1). God commanded that humans should increase in number
(reproduce) and fill the earth (spread out across the face of the
earth). Unfortunately, this command from God was either ignored,
or purposely denied by the descendants of Noah as they left the ark
because several chapters later it is recorded, Then they said,
“Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to
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the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise
we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis
11:4) Obviously from this verse we observe a conspiracy against
God‟s command. The descendants of Noah revealed their
deceptive hearts in a direct denial of God‟s command to fill the
earth. We still today deny God and build our own cities of
disobedience toward His commands, and thus, reveal our deceptive
hearts as well. In the case of Noah‟s descendants, God took things
into His own hands and forced humanity to fulfill his will for their
lives. Instead of allowing these disobedient men to fulfill their
own wills for their lives, it is said that, …the LORD scattered them
from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
That is why it was called Babel—because there the LORD
confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD
scattered them over the face of the whole earth (Genesis 11: 8-9).
Have you ever wondered why so many languages are spoken
around the world? Here is the reason! God confused the language
of the whole world. What God does, He does well. What was the
effect of this language confusion? Groups of self-identifying
languages began to form and isolate themselves from other non-
identifiable language groups, and thus, spread far and wide,
claiming their own lands and regions around the world. God‟s
command to sinful humanity was finally fulfilled to the furthest
degree. This is why we also find differences in human physical
appearances. This separation caused genetic bottle-necks in the
human genome3, which resulted in physical differences (height,
skin tone, etc.). It is not the purpose of this book to account for
every human group around the world, but it is enough to say that
the Bible does give a more than adequate explanation for the
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language groups and physical differences of humans from this one
event. The theory of evolution is still struggling to account for
these differences. The Bible has a clear and persuasive answer!

There is one other point that should be noted relating to this
Biblical passage; all forms of evolutionism originated at Babel.
Today, most religions adopt an evolutionary explanation for life‟s
existence. It is only the Biblical account that leads one to a correct
understanding of life, humanity, and our role to the Creator God.
The human conspiracy at Babel was a conspiracy against the God
of Creation, and therefore, those nations who rejected the God of
Creation were forced to invent an evolutionary explanation to
account for life. Religions began to form from these God-rejecting
groups and evolutionary explanations became dominant themes in
their beliefs, but they couldn‟t completely forget the God of
Creation because God has …set eternity in the human heart
(Ecclesiastes 3:11). Remember that all humans possess the “image
of God” within them, and so, must worship something. Sadly, this
rejection of God at Babel propelled many of the resulting nations
into a false-worship of self or of a lesser imposter god(s). And so,
Satan‟s original deception of self-government- that humans can
produce their own morality and be their own god- became the
dominant belief among these newly divided nations, and
consequently of most nations today.

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Abraham and the Chosen People

Even though man had been dispersed from Babel by the hand of
God, rebellion against God and the heart of man was still only evil
constantly. God chose one person to be the “father” of God‟s
people. God chose Abraham not for his righteousness or lack of
sin but because it was His pure pleasure to do so. However, God
had to mold Abraham (and his descendants) to become the people
(and nation) that he designed them to be. The purpose of these
“chosen people” was to represent God to the other nations
throughout the world. God chose the Jewish people to be his
representative people (missionaries) so that other nations would be
turned back to the One and only God. Unfortunately Israel did not
represent Him very well and continually turned their backs on His
commands to them. However, God, as an ever loving father
continued to deal with their rejection and continued to bless them.
In fact, God promised the Jewish nation that a Savior would come
through them that would be …desired by all nations… (Haggai
2:7). It is of this Savior that it is written “Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other…”
(Isaiah 45:22). Jesus is this Savior.

Moses and the Law

God‟s law has always been written on our hearts and we know this
by the human conscience, however, God directly wrote his law (or
Ten Commandments) in stone, as a guideline for the Jewish
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people. As you will see from our discussion below, the law is only
a confirmation of our sinful nature, not a method of salvation from
our sinful nature. In other words, it is impossible for sinful
humanity to fulfill the law perfectly, and so, its purpose (to
indicate our sinfulness) is fulfilled in its declaration.

As we mentioned in the last chapter, all humans throughout history
have exhibited morality, prayed in some form, believed in
immortality, and made sacrifices for their sins. Let‟s explore these
individually.

Morality

Let me begin by asking you a simple question; are you a good
person? Your answer, like most other people, is probably yes!
Then I would ask; by what standard are you good? Are you better
than your wife, your husband, your friend, or your neighbor? Why
are you better than them? Do you perform some sort of religious
act that makes you good? Are you good because you gave money
to the poor or sacrificed your time to help someone?

If you are honest, your answers to these questions reveal your own
selfishness and pride. We like to think we are good people (at least
better than most). We hold ourselves in high esteem and easily
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we prove that we are moral creatures. Within each of us is an
ability to judge between right and wrong, good and bad.

There are two questions that we must ask ourselves related to our
own morality: (1) why am I moral? and (2) am I basing my
morality on a right or wrong standard? Let‟s explore each of these
questions further.

Why are we moral creatures? As we have discussed previously,
morality stems from the fact that we are created in the “image of
God”. Since God has stamped his nature in us, and because He is
holy, righteous, and true, we sense internally a contradiction when
our actions are not consistent with God‟s character. Furthermore,
it is God‟s law of non-contradiction at work within us as we, in our
own self-will, contradict His perfect will. When we feel this
contradiction we often call it our conscience. Our conscience
allows us to know whether what we are doing (or have done) is
right according to God‟s set standard. The Bible explains it thus,
…the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their
consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes
accusing them and at other times even defending them (Romans
2:15). Although God‟s standard is an extension of His being (or
attributes of God, discussed in Chapter 1) it can often be
summarized in what we call the “Ten-Commandments” or “The
Law”. The Ten-Commandments were given to Moses directly by
God, in fact the Bible says they were written by the hand of God.
These are laws that the Jewish people (or Israel) were to live by.
However, they were also extensions of the very character of God
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and thus, guidelines for every human to live by because they are
written on our hearts.

For example, a few of the ten-commandments are...

“You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3)

Is it any surprise that this is the first commandment? The very first
temptation of man by Satan was to make their own gods. God
attacks the most common human sin with this first commandment.
Have you ever worshiped anything other than the God of the
Bible? Have you made yourself your own god? Have you prayed
to anyone or anything other than God? If so, you have broken
God‟s law.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything
in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters
below….” (Exodus 20:4)

Do you have any objects that you worship? Do you worship an
image of god or idol? Has your material possessions (car, home,
electronics, material comforts) become more important to you than
God? Have you ever put your trust in a certain chant or act of
devotion for your salvation? If so, you have broken God‟s law.

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“You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13)

You probably have never murdered anyone! But wait, when Jesus
spoke of this commandment He said, “You have heard that it was
said to the people long ago, „You shall not murder, and anyone
who murders will be subject to judgment.‟ But I tell you that
anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to
judgment (Matthew 5:21-23). Have you ever been angry with a
brother or sister or a friend? If so, you have broken God‟s law.

“You shall not commit adultery.” (Exodus 20:14)

You might claim that you have never cheated on your wife or
husband. Or maybe you have never been married, so you feel
confident that you have fulfilled this commandment. But wait,
once again Jesus had more to say about this commandment when
He stated, “You have heard that it was said, „You shall not commit
adultery.‟ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully
has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Young man,
have you thought about a girl improperly? Young lady, have you
thought about a boy improperly? If so, you have broken God‟s law.

“You shall not steal.” (Exodus 20:15)

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Have you ever stolen anything? Have you ever cheated on a test?
Have you ever downloaded anything from the internet without
permission? If so, you have broken God‟s law.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”
(Exodus 20:16)

Have you ever lied? Have you ever misrepresented the truth?
Have you ever spoken falsely of anyone or anything? If so, you
have broken God‟s law.

“You shall not covet your neighbor‟s house. You shall not covet
your neighbor‟s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or
donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus
20:17)

Have you ever desired something that someone else had? Have
you ever been unable to think of anything else until you had what
you desired? If so, you have broken God‟s law.

So, have you broken any of God‟s laws? Of course you have! This
is precisely the point. We all have broken God‟s laws and therefore
we are all guilty of sinning against God! Our consciences confirm
our guilt. The bad news is that this sin against God separates us
from God. Unless we obey God‟s commandments perfectly
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(which is impossible) we will die and spend eternity in Hell. This
is what the Bible declares. We all deserve Hell. We can escape
God‟s wrath against our sinfulness only one way, through Jesus
Christ. Unless we give our life completely to Jesus we will spend
an eternity separated from God in Hell, otherwise we will be guilty
as charged. (We will discuss this more in Chapter 6.)

Let‟s revisit the initial question. Are you a good person? In the
light of God‟s commandments the answer is definitely, NO! None
of us are good. The Bible makes this emphatically clear, As it is
written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;…”( Romans
3:10). So, why do most people think they are good people? Most
people think they are good because they use the wrong standard.
They use themselves!

Our standard of morality is focused internally. In other words,
because we can think of someone who is worse than us we feel
good about ourselves. Rarely will a person think badly of
themselves because they can always think of someone worse than
they are. Even if someone would claim to be a bad person they are
doing so out of direct comparison of themselves to others, in this
case, thinking others as better than themselves. The problem then
is our standard of goodness. Unless there is an ultimate standard of
goodness morality means nothing and is irrelevant.

God is our ultimate standard of goodness!

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What is the point of this discussion? The main point is that we all
have a sense of morality because God has placed within us the
“image of God” that is represented by our conscience, which daily
convicts us of our guilt before a Holy God.

Prayer

Since man‟s initial separation from God (“The Fall”), we have
been trying to reestablish direct communion (communication) with
God. Our efforts often take improper forms (chants, dances, etc.)
but the universal human tendency to communicate to a power
greater than our own confirms that man once had direct
communication with God that has since been lost. Once again, the
Bible makes it clear that direct communication with God can be
reestablished, but only through Jesus Christ as the mediator. For
there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the
man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people (1
Timothy 2:5-6).

Immortality

Religions around the world believe in some form of existence after
the material life. Whether speaking of a spiritual existence in a
fixed location such as Heaven or Hell or a fluctuating spiritual
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existence like reincarnation, humans have an innate knowledge of
our own immortality. Even an attempt to become non-existent is a
desire to be immortal, in this case, forever non-existent. This
confirms once again that we are created in the “image of God”.
God is eternal and we were created to for eternity as well. The
Bible makes it clear that humans are spiritual beings that will exist
forever; in either Heaven (with God) or in Hell (separated from
God).

Sacrifice

With this incredible guilt of our sin ever before us, humans have
continually tried to appease God by providing sacrifices (animal,
human, or otherwise). Many cultures and religious beliefs even
today demand a sacrifice to appease the god (or gods) they
worship. There is no other reason for this except that all religions
deviated from an original connection to the true God (of the Bible),
where the practice began. Like prayer, sacrifice is not innately a
bad thing. In fact, it was God himself who sacrificed the first
animal to cover Adam and Eve‟s sin. The LORD God made
garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them (Genesis
3:21). God also approved of Abel‟s sacrifice over Cain‟s sacrifice
early in the Biblical story. And Abel also brought an offering—fat
portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked
with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering
he did not look with favor (Genesis 4:4). As soon as Noah‟s family
left the ark after the flood, a sacrifice was given. Then Noah built
an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and
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clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled
the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse
the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of
the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I
destroy all living creatures, as I have done (Genesis 8: 20-21).
Remembering from our previous discussion that after the flood
God scattered the nations abroad because of their rebellion at
Babel, it makes sense that the resulting nations all had knowledge
of animal sacrifice.
However, just like with prayer, sacrifice can take many improper
forms and if the object of the sacrifice is not God, the sacrifice
becomes empty or even satanic, and probably both. Throughout
the Old Testament of the Bible, a sacrifice was required for sins
committed against God‟s laws. All of this was to lead the nation of
Israel to a knowledge that if sin was committed only a perfect
sacrifice could be offered. If an animal has a defect, is lame or
blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the
LORD your God ( Deuteronomy 15:21). This perfect sacrifice was
also innocent of the crime (sin) committed. Not only was a perfect
sacrifice offered but it had to be a blood offering. In fact, the law
requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and
without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness (Hebrews
9:22). “God required animal sacrifices to provide a temporary
covering of sins and to foreshadow the perfect and complete
sacrifice of Jesus Christ.”4 Jesus Christ was a perfect sacrifice and
His blood was spilt for all of us. The Bible confirms the
connection between Jesus and His sacrifice for us in the verses
below.

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The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look,
the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
A perfect lamb was often sacrificed by the Jewish people.

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices
day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the
people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered
himself. (Hebrews 7:27)

“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because
you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You
have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and
they will reign on the earth…….. Worthy is the Lamb, who was
slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and
honor and glory and praise!” (Revelation 5:9-12)

We no longer need to provide an animal sacrifice to God because
Jesus Christ‟s sacrifice for us was complete and final. The only
sacrifice that we are now to make is to offer our lives as a
testimony to Jesus Christ. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and
sisters, in view of God‟s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper
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worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able
to test and approve what God‟s will is—his good, pleasing and
perfect will (Romans 12:1-2).

Summary

As you clearly see, God has made Himself known to us in many
ways. Besides the physical creation, He has placed in our hearts
the conscience which convicts us of sin and anything within us that
is contrary to the holiness of God. God is also clearly seen in our
practices and beliefs (morality, prayer, immortality, and sacrifice).
Evolution has no answer for these clear witnesses of God. In fact,
“there has always been a witness, sometimes dim, of the true God
and his eternal gospel. It has always been opposed where given,
because Satan and his hosts are subtle and powerful. Evolutionism
has dominated the world in one form or another ever since Babel,
as we have already seen, but there has always been a creationist
movement that testified against this dominant system…. If men
and women have a heart that is toward God and will respond to
such light as they have, then God will see that they receive
whatever additional light may be needed for salvation.”5 This
“additional light” is none other than Jesus Christ, for whom it is
written, In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not
overcome it... The true light that gives light to everyone was
coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world
was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came
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to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to
all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave
the right to become children of God… (John 1:4-13).
In the next chapter we will shed more light on the true light that
gives light to everyone, Jesus Christ.

1
Every human on the planet is related to Noah and his wife because of the genetic
bottle-neck that was created as a result of the flood.
2
Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all
the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land
that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. Every living thing on the face of the
earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the
ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with
him in the ark (Genesis 7:21-23). It is evident from these passages that plants are
not living (nephesh chayyah) in the same sense as animals are living. Plants are
mechanical not “soulish” and the Bible never refers to plants as nephesh (containing
the breath of life). Therefore it can be assumed that many plants survived the flood.
Although they were buried by the flood waters, their roots feasibly could have
survived and quickly regenerated the shoots of the plant after the flood waters
receded. For more information see…
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n2/do-leaves-die

3
Although there are physical differences between people groups, all humans are of
one race and not multiple races. The physical differences between groups are minor
variations in the genetics of each group.

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4
(Got Answers Ministries. “Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old
Testament?” September, 7th 2011: http://www.gotquestions.org/animal-
sacrifices.html)

5
Morris (2) pg. 296.

*Brackets have been inserted and are not part of the original passage.

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A Man There Is, a Real Man (Joseph Hart)

1 A Man there is, a real Man, 4 That human heart He still
retains,
With wounds still gaping wide,
Though throned in highest bliss;
From which rich streams of blood
once ran, And feels each tempted member's
pains;
In hands, and feet, and side.
For our affliction's His.

2 'Tis no wild fancy of our brains,
5 Come, then, repenting sinner,
No metaphor we speak;
come;
The same dear Man in heaven
Approach with humble faith;
now reigns,
Owe what thou wilt, the total sum
That suffered for our sake.
Is canceled by His death!

3 This wondrous Man of whom we
tell, 6 His blood can cleanse the
blackest soul,
Is true Almighty God;
And wash our guilt away;
He bought our souls from death
and hell; He will present us sound and
whole
The price, His own heart's blood.
In that tremendous day.

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Chapter 6

The God of Salvation

The Story of Two Adams

We have up to this point spoken much about Adam; the first
human created by God. The Bible calls Adam the “First Adam”,
signifying that there is another Adam that is also of importance.
We will spend much time in this chapter speaking about this
“Second Adam”. But first, let‟s outline below what we have
learned about the “First Adam” before proceeding to the “Second
Adam”.

1. Adam was created from the “dust of the earth”, signifying
his body or natural form. Physically Adam was similar
(cells, organs, organs systems, etc.) to other organisms that
God created.

2. Adam was created with a soul (mind, emotion, and will)
which was immaterial or invisible. Obviously, the soul acted
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upon the body (brain particularly) to function but it was also
separate from the body.

3. Adam was created with a spirit. The spirit is unique to
humans. Animals do not have a spiritual component. It is this
spiritual component that makes us God-like. Adam was
created with two spiritual components.

A. Adam contained his own spirit when he was created.
This is what makes man eternal, not just material
like other animals.

B. Adam also contained God‟s spirit within him when
he was created. The Bible explains that Adam had
communion with God. This means that God and
Adam had an intimate relationship at the spiritual
level.

We have established the material and spiritual nature of Adam
after he was created; now let‟s review what happened next. You
should remember from our previous discussion that Adam was
given a command not to eat of the forbidden fruit and
unfortunately he disobeyed. God said the penalty for Adam‟s
disobedience would be death. This resulted in physical and
spiritual death. Of course, the physical death did not occur
immediately but the process of death and decay certainly did.
However, the spiritual death of Adam occurred immediately after
he rejected God. As a result God withdrew His spirit from Adam
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and left Adam with only his own spiritual nature. In other words,
Adam no longer had God‟s direct spiritual activity within him.
God‟s spirit at this point would no longer automatically be a part of
the nature of man. All humans that were born to Adam and Eve
(we all are genetically related) would be absent of God‟s spirit
within them. This relates to us in three ways. 1
1. In Adam We Are Alienated from the Life of God
(Ephesians 4:18)

Adam forfeited his spiritual connection to God and we, as his
offspring, likewise have forfeited our connection. All humans
are born separated spiritually from God. As children of Adam
we “…have been born physically alive, soulishly active, but
spiritually dead.”2 The Bible confirms our separation when it
says, As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and
sins, …by nature deserving of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3).

2. In Adam We Walk after the Flesh. (Romans 8:1;Ephesians
2:2-3)

Because we have been separated spiritually from God we are
now “dead in our sins”. This means that we are not neutral
beings, but sinful by nature. In other words, we do not
become a sinner the moment we commit our first sin, we are
already sinners the moment we are born and are simply
fulfilling our natural tendency when we sin. The Bible
confirms our sinful state when it says that …you were
alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because
of your evil behavior (Colossians 1:21). Our flesh (physical
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desires) and Satan‟s deceptions try to convince us to continue
to live in spiritual separation from God, which is the human
default condition.

3. In Adam We Will Die in Our Sins (John 8:24)

Because we are sinful by nature our destiny is Hell (complete
and eternal separation from God with everlasting torment).
We have absolutely no hope of changing this destiny unless
our sinful condition is reversed and the Spirit of God re-enters
our soul and resides there. This means that if you do nothing
from the moment you are born to the moment you die you will
remain separated from God forever. God, however, wants to
re-establish His Spirit in you and restore the lost relationship.
You have the choice to allow God to change your sinful nature
or to stay the way you are, with full consequences. This is
where the Second Adam comes in.

The Second Adam

As man we are completely depraved. This means that our sin is
impossible to overcome and in this condition we are completely
separated from God. You are held captive (as I was) by your own
sin and there is no hope at all to overcome it; try as you may. No
amount of hoping, chanting, praying, or other so called religious
activities will cure you from your sinfulness. Just as darkness
cannot produce light so sin cannot produce holiness. We deserve
Hell, every last one of us!
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God is Holy and will not live in sinful man and because man is
sinful and cannot achieve holiness on his own effort, a vast chasm
of separation exists between God and man. Not only is God
completely holy but our sin demands punishment. How are we to
escape God‟s wrath against sin and re-establish a relationship with
Him in holiness? We cannot! But God can, and He did through
Jesus Christ – The Second Adam.

…If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is
written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last
Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the
natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust
of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man,
so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so
also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the
image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the
heavenly man (1 Corinthians 15: 44-49).

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and
death through sin, and in this way death came to all people,
because all sinned— …For if the many died by the trespass of the
one man, how much more did God‟s grace and the gift that came
by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man‟s
sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but
the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if,
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by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one
man, how much more will those who receive God‟s abundant
provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life
through the one man, Jesus Christ! Consequently, just as one
trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one
righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For
just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were
made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the
many will be made righteous (Romans 5:12-19).

Jesus Christ was a man (physical body) but was also God at the
same time. Therefore, Jesus could relate to man on a human level
but relate to God on a spiritual level (because He was God). There
are many verses in the Bible that confirm these two facts. Here are
just a few!

The Word [Jesus, spiritual] became flesh [physical body] and made
his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one
and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth
(John 1:14). *

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you [Mary],
and the power of the Most High [God] will overshadow you. So the
holy one to be born [physical birth, physical body] will be called
the Son of God [same spiritual nature as God] (Luke 1:35). *

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Who, being in very nature God [spiritual nature identical to God],
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own
advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very
nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being
found in appearance as a man [physical body], he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
(Philippians 2:5-11) *

“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered [speaking in the physical
body], “before Abraham was born, I am! [claimed to be God by
using the name of God, I am]” (John 8:58) *

“…I [Jesus speaking in the physical body] and the Father [God]
are one [the same in nature].” (John 10:30) *

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity [God] lives in bodily form
[physical body], and in Christ you have been brought to fullness
(Colossians 2:9-10). *

Examine the chart below to summarize the two different natures of
Jesus (God and man). 3

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GOD MAN
He is worshiped (Matt. 2:2,11;
He worshiped the Father
14:33).
(John 17).
He was called God (John
He was called man (Mark
20:28; Heb. 1:8)
15:39; John 19:5).
He was called Son of God
He was called Son of Man
(Mark 1:1)
(John 9:35-37)
He is prayed to (Acts 7:59).
He prayed to the Father (John
17).
He is sinless (1 Pet. 2:22;
Heb. 4:15). He was tempted (Matt. 4:1).

He knows all things (John
He grew in wisdom (Luke
21:17).
2:52).
He gives eternal life (John
10:28). He died (Rom. 5:8).

All the fullness of deity
He has a body of flesh and
dwells in Him (Col. 2:9).
bones (Luke 24:39).

Two things are certain; Jesus had no doubt about His own identity
(God in the flesh) and his early disciples and followers never
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disputed the fact that He was God as well. Below are verses that
confirm each of the points that were just made. If you have a Bible
available please read each of the references below.4

Jesus Speaking of His own Deity!
Revelation 22:13, John 17:5, John 5:39, John 8:18, John 15:26,
John 14:6, John 18:6, John 10:30-33, Matthew 18:20, Matthew
28:20

The Bible Confirming His Deity (and confirming that He did only
what God can do!
Mark 1:1, Acts 5:31, 2 Timothy 4:21, Colossians 3:13, John 20:28,
Titus 2:13, Philippians 2:5-8, Hebrews 1:8, John 1:1, Revelation
1:17, Revelation 2:8, 1Peter 2:6-8, Hebrews 13:20, Philippians
2:10-11, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2, Matthew 28:19, John 5:21,
Acts 5:31, Colossians 1:16-17, Matthew 14:33, Acts 7:59, and
many others.

Although, it is impossible for us to truly understand how the God
of Creation became visible in human form, the Bible leaves
absolutely no doubt that this is exactly what happened. We should
remember that God is represented in three persons (God = the
Creator; Jesus = the visible form on earth; The Holy Spirit = the
eternal essence of God). You might want to return to chapter 1
where we discussed this aspect in greater depth.

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Even though the incarnation (God as man) remains a mystery to
our human ability to comprehend, our salvation depends upon it.
We can rest in the fact that God‟s plan to bring us back to Him
included becoming a man in physical form. Let‟s explore God‟s
plan of salvation for man-kind.

(1) Jesus was born of a virgin by the Spirit of God.

Our objection to the statement “born of a virgin” is
sustained only by our limitations to think naturally. Of
course, God created two humans (male and female) to
produce offspring, and so, someone being “born of a virgin”
is simply impossible, or is it? Even Mary, the mother of
Jesus, questioned the angel that revealed this truth to her by
wondering, “How will this be,” …“since I am a virgin?”
(Luke 1:34) Mary knew that the situation that she found
herself in was not of her own doing and that she was now
the recipient of a divine act of God. Although she did not
completely understand what was happening within her she
was faithful to God‟s will, to which she remarked to the
angel that told her of this supernatural conception, “May
your word to me be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:38).

The fact is that Jesus was born of a virgin but the question
still remains, why must Jesus have been born of a virgin?
The answer is contained within the identity of Jesus. Jesus
was the God-man (spiritually God but physically man), and
therefore, Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth
to spirit. (John 3:6). Remembering from our previous
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discussion that all who are born in the First Adam inherit a
sinful nature eliminates this “natural” form of conception
for Jesus. If Jesus would have been born from the normal
union of male and female He would have also inherited the
sinful nature. Jesus, however, was God and therefore, is
Holy; just as God is Holy. Jesus was the only human to
have ever been born sinless and die sinless. Instead of a
normal human conception it was said to Mary by the angel,
“The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you. (Luke 1:35). The Spirit of
God conceived Jesus in Mary‟s body. Therefore, Spirit
produced Spirit. When Jesus was born He was physically
man but spiritually God. In essence, Jesus was everything
that the First Adam was intended to be but forfeited his right
to.

(2) Jesus experienced life as a normal human but He never
sinned against God.

The First Adam began well (a sinless pre-fall state) but
ended poorly (a fallen sinful state). Jesus began well
(sinless) and lived His entire life in this perfect state. The
remarkable thing to consider is that Jesus, although sinless,
had to live in a sinful world. This means that Jesus
experienced the cursed world first hand. We would suspect
that Jesus felt pain, endured hardships, felt the sting of
death, and worked through extreme toil just like every other
fallen human. Jesus took upon Himself our cursed world
even in the small day-to-day sufferings. Yet, through all of
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this, He remained sinless. This fact is confirmed throughout
the Bible. For example, in Hebrews 4:15 it is said, For we
do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with
our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in
every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. And again the
same fact is confirmed in 1 Peter 2:22 when it is said of
Jesus, “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his
mouth.”

(3) Jesus always had perfect communion with God (was
totally dependent upon God for everything).

The First Adam, in his rebellion to God, became
independent from God. God‟s Spirit left him and he was on
his own, apart from God‟s spiritual direction in his life.
Jesus never lost direct communion with God and remained
completely dependent upon God for every decision that He
made. The Bible confirms Jesus‟ dependency on God when
it states, “Very truly I tell you, the Son [Jesus] can do
nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father
[God] doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also
does (John 5:19)*. Because Jesus was tempted in every
way, just as we are, His dependency upon God is what
enabled Him to always live in perfect communion with God
and withstand the temptations of sin. To this fact, God
Himself declares his satisfaction with Jesus when he
proclaimed “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am
well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17). It was God‟s desire that the
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First Adam also lived in total dependence to Him,
unfortunately Adam forfeited this dependence and became
completely unable to resist sin. And even today, we are
sailing the sin-ship unable to steer our lives in the right
direction, unless we make Jesus our captain.

(4) Jesus allowed himself to be unjustly punished, to be
condemned, and to die for our sin, even though He had
never sinned.

The Bible declares that, While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us (Romans 5:8), and also that …Christ also
suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to
bring you to God. (1 Peter 3:18). Continuing, the Bible
declares that God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in him we might become the righteousness of Go. (2
Corinthians 5:21).

What do all these verses confirm? They confirm that Jesus
was the perfect lamb – a sinless sacrifice, just as the
sacrificial system required.

Jesus was human and therefore had a will to choose not to
suffer for our sins, but, as we have discussed already, He
submitted His will to the will of God and became
completely dependent upon Him. And being found in
appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming
obedient to death— even death on a cross! (Philippians 2:8)
Jesus took the pain of crucifixion (the worst form of Roman
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punishment) and died a horrible death for us. He paid the
penalty of our sin.

(5) God poured out His wrath on Jesus instead of us. Justice
was served!

Because God is completely fair (perfectly just) He must
punish sin. Sin is so hideous to God that his wrath … is
being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and
wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their
wickedness (Romans 1:18).
Unless God punished sin He would be unfair. God chose to
pour out His wrath on Jesus in place of us. The Bible states
it this way, Surely he took up our pain and bore our
suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken
by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his
wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53: 4-5). And further it
states, …it was the LORD‟s will to crush him and cause him
to suffer (Isaiah 53: 10).

God crushed Jesus for you and for me. God‟s wrath against
Jesus was so painful (physically and mentally) that Jesus
asked God when He was dying on the cross …“My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) Before
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Jesus was taken to the cross to die for us he knew the
horrible punishment that He was about to face. The Bible
records that …being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly,
and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
( Luke 22:44). We must understand that Jesus was not
forced to die for us, nor was He a victim of circumstances,
or a political pawn; Jesus voluntarily submitted to God and
God poured out His wrath upon His only son. The wrath
that Jesus accepted willingly was the wrath that we deserve.
Jesus took our punishment upon Himself. Not only did
Jesus sweat drops of blood but he also shed his blood for
each of us. The punishment that He endured on the cross
spilt his blood which fulfilled the requirement that without
the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness (Hebrews
9:22). It is also Jesus‟ blood that …purifies us from all sin
(1John 1:7).

At this point it must be noted that only those who put their
full trust (faith) in Jesus‟ substitutionary death and repent
from their sin will escape God‟s wrath. If you have never
surrendered your life to Jesus you are still under God‟s
wrath and if you remain this way unto death (or if Jesus
returns before you accept His grace), you will still face the
wrath of God. Because Jesus took the wrath of God upon
Himself, those who have trusted in Christ are exempt and
hidden from God‟s wrath because Jesus has already bore
God‟s wrath for them. I pause here to make a strong appeal
to you. Please do not be misled and believe that you can
bear God‟s wrath. God‟s wrath against sin is so strong that
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you will melt like a wax candle in an oven before His
righteousness. I beg you to seek Jesus‟ substitutionary
death for your sin; it is your only hope.

(6) Jesus was raised victoriously over death 3 days after He
died.

Jesus did not remain dead. The Bible, with abundant
evidences, proves that Jesus conquered death by rising from
the dead. Because death was the primary penalty of sin
(other punishments eventually led to death) Jesus broke the
chains that death had on sinful humanity. This fact allows
us also (those in Christ only) to conquer the curse of death
and rise from the dead to eternal life with Christ. Those
who deny Christ will still live forever but they will remain
under the curse of death and under God‟s wrath in Hell. In
Christ, the curse of death was defeated forever.

For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has
been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with
immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O
death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The
sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But
thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15: 53-56).

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(7) Jesus restored a relationship with God.

Jesus‟ life, death, resurrection were all means to an end.
The end is to live in a dependent relationship with our
Creator God; the way it was intended from the beginning.
Only Jesus truly lived in this dependent relationship. All
those who are in Christ Jesus, are now restored to God.
They have exchanged their sin and independence for
holiness and dependence. Why did Jesus come? He came
to bring you back into a right relationship with God. Major
W. Ian Thomas summarizes it this way, “Adam was created
knowing the Truth from within, through the Spirit, and he
listened to the lie from without, through the word of Satan;
and he exchanged the Truth of God for a lie. The Truth
went out and the lie came in! He stepped out of dependence
into independence – out of life into death! You were born
blinded by the lie from within through the flesh, and you
listen to the Truth from without through the Word of God.
When you repent, you accept the Truth and obey it, stepping
back out of independence into dependence – out of death
into life!”5 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word
and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not
be judged but has crossed over from death to life (John 5:24
– Jesus is speaking.).

Summary
Let‟s compare and contrast the First Adam with the Second Adam
in chart form.
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First Adam Second Adam (Jesus)
Was Created Sinless Not Created - Is God

Had a body, soul , spirit Had a body, soul, spirit

Lived in Dependence to Lived in Dependence to God
God

Possessed God‟s Spirit Possessed God‟s Spirit

Rejected God (“The Fall” - Never sinned (true holiness)
sin entered)

God‟s Spirit left sinful man God‟s Spirit never left because Jesus
was sinless

Became Independent From Remained Dependent on God for
God everything

Lived for self Lived for God

Cannot fulfill God‟s law Was the absolute and complete
(10 Commandments) fulfillment of God‟s law in every
way

Will die in sin and be Died for human sin but was raised to
separated from God conquer death. Will always be one
eternally in Hell with God (Trinity).

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As we conclude this chapter we clearly see that man has not
fulfilled God‟s will for his life. Man has rejected God and become
self-centered, not God-centered. In this state, man will forever be
separated from His Creator. However, God had a plan to restore
man to his original sinless state and to provide an escape from Hell
(eternal separation from God). This plan was fueled by God‟s love
and resulted in death of His own Son – Jesus; who had never
sinned. Jesus conquered death by rising from the dead which
allowed us to conquer the curse of death that was placed on us
because of our sin. God offers His salvation to all (Grace) who
will place their trust in Jesus‟ substitutionary death for them and
repent (turn away) from their sin. “The time has come,” he said.
“The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good
news!” (Mark 1:15) God will accept all who sincerely make this
decision and the Spirit of God will enter this person to bring about
a change in their life. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new
creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2
Corinthians 5:17) This change is called the new birth and leads to
sanctification, which is the Spirit‟s effort to once again make sinful
man obedient (have complete dependence) to God and to restore
the relationship that was lost when the First Adam rebelled against
God and became independent from God. Let‟s compare the “First
Adam” (chart on the last page) with a Redeemed Man (saved from
sin because of belief in Jesus).

Redeemed Man = Was born into Sin (sinful from birth) → Has a
body, soul, spirit → Lives in Independence from God → Does not
possess God‟s Spirit → Rejects God continually (sin controls his
life) → SALVATION IN JESUS OCCURS THROUGH FAITH
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AND REPENTANCE → God‟s Spirit enters (restores the
relationship with God) → becomes Dependent on God → Lives for
God → Escapes from the penalty of death and will be with God for
eternity (Heaven) after physical death.

Notice that the redeemed man inherited the First Adam‟s sin nature
but after conversion to Jesus a complete reversal occurred. Just as
the First Adam had a choice to make, so too do each of us have a
choice to make. The First Adam rejected God and the redeemed
man rejects the First Adam and accepts God‟s plan for his life.
The question for each of us is, will we live for God or live for
man? It is your choice, but of course, all choices have
consequences. As we have already made clear, the wrath of God
remains on all who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Jesus Christ will judge all men for which it is said, In the past God
overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people
everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the
world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given
proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.” (Acts
17:30-31)

Do you want to have a relationship with God? Do you want to
know the Second Adam (Jesus)? In the next chapter we will
discuss how to know the Unknown God.

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1 These points are taken from; Thomas, Major W Ian. The Saving Life of Christ
and The Mystery of Godliness. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988
2 ibid,
3 The information in this chart is reproduced from; (http://carm.org/jesus-two-
natures)
4 For more verses and information go to; (http://www.gotquestions.org/deity-of-
Christ.html)
5 Thomas, Major W Ian. The Saving Life of Christ and The Mystery of Godliness.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988, pg. 241.

*Brackets have been inserted and are not in the original passage.

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“I am the LORD; that is my name!
I will not yield my glory to another
or my praise to idols…”
Isaiah 42:8

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Chapter 7


In the Introduction of this book I began by painting a picture of the
idol worship in the city of Athens. Paul challenged the Athenians
by presenting to them the “Unknown God”, to whom they made an
altar. Let us read first-hand the entire event as it is recorded in the
Book of Acts.

Acts 17

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly
distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in
the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as
in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be
there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to
debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying
to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign
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gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news
about Jesus and the resurrection. Then they took him and brought
him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May
we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? You
are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to
know what they mean.” (All the Athenians and the foreigners who
lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and
listening to the latest ideas.)

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said:
“People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of
worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN
UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very thing you
worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of
heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human
hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed
anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and
everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they
should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed
times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so
that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find
him, though he is not far from any one of us.

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The Responses

As Paul was challenging the philosophers of Greece he
encountered several responses.

Ignorance is Bliss!

First, he encountered the response of ignorance. The philosophers
dismissed Paul‟s claims simply because they were new to them and
therefore assumed that Paul was speaking nonsense. They
summed up their attitude by questioning; “What is this babbler
trying to say?” These philosophers, who prided themselves on
obtaining knowledge, were not willing to test Paul‟s claims, and
consequently they lost an opportunity to know the true and only
God. I also estimate that some of you might respond this same
way after reading this book. Maybe I have presented new concepts
to you, and because they are new, you are eager to dismiss them.
Or perhaps, you have neither the time nor effort to explore these
concepts further. So, just like the philosophers who wrote off Paul
with sarcasm, you write me off as well. I encourage you not to be
like the philosophers in Paul‟s day. Dismissing the God of the
Bible is not like dismissing a new material novelty or new concept.
Dismissing God is not only unwise; it is spiritually deadly as well.
Paul presented to the philosophers a new way of thinking; a way of
thinking that was completely sufficient to explain the entire range
of human questioning, but they were satisfied with their empty
philosophical theories. So many people today are satisfied as well
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with empty theories (i.e. evolution) that do nothing to satisfy the
mind or the soul. These philosophers could have embraced the God
of all history; instead they remained lost in their own limited ideas.
You also have an opportunity to embrace the God of all past,
present, and future. Will you remain satisfied with your own ideas
of who god might or might not be, or will you accept the God who
already is, was, and will always be? This leads us to the second
response that Paul encountered from the philosophers that day.

But I Worship a Different god!

Other philosophers said, “He seems to be advocating foreign
gods.” Some of you might already worship a different god, not the
God of the Bible, and because of this, you have discounted the
claims of this book and ultimately the Bible itself. I ask one
simply question if this applies to you, have you considered that you
might be wrong? If you have never asked yourself this question
you need to now. These philosophers who dismissed the God of
Paul did so because He was not familiar to them. He was not one
of the gods that they were used to worshiping. You might have
been raised worshiping a different god, but do you know that your
god is the real god? Can your god create the heavens and the earth?
Does your faith in your god spring from a love for your god or
from fear of your god? Does your god help you make sense of the
world around you, or does your god make the world more difficult
to understand? Is your god willing to die for you so that you can
have a relationship with him? To be fair you could ask me the
same questions, for which I have asked myself many times. I have
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discovered that the God of the Bible is so completely satisfying to
me intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally that I have no doubt
whatsoever that He is the One and only God. I have come to
confirm the Bible as the only true revelation of God and His Son,
Christ Jesus, as the only possibility of salvation. The Bible
confirms my acknowledgement. Speaking of Jesus the Bible
proclaims that salvation is found in no one else, for there is no
other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be
saved.” (Acts 4:12) Are you willing to question whether this is
true? Are you willing to ask the God of the Bible whether He is
true and whether Jesus is the only possibility of salvation? Have
you ever done this? If not, why not? Christianity is the only
religion that is willing to be questioned. Other religions often
discourage their followers from asking tough questions. With
Christianity there is nothing to hide and the more one questions it,
the more it proves itself to be what it claims to be; absolute Truth.

I must caution you at this point however. Some people have
suspected that they can just “add” Jesus to their gods and gain the
benefit of his character and salvation while still worshiping other
gods. This is impossible! In fact, anyone who believes this is
deceived. God will not be mocked. If you worship the God of the
Bible you can worship no other god. The God of the Bible will not
share His glory with any other so-called god. If you want to
worship God, you must cease worshiping any other god. In Isaiah
42:8 God Himself confirms this fact when He says “I am the
LORD; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my
praise to idols….”.

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I Don’t Have Enough Knowledge to Make a Decision!

The third and final response that Paul encountered was the
response to education. These philosophers cared less about
knowing the God of the Bible but they did care about knowledge,
albeit worldly knowledge not true Godly knowledge. They
responded to Paul this way, “May we know what this new teaching
is that you are presenting? You are bringing some strange ideas to
our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” This
response might sound genuine but it is not. These philosophers
wanted to gain academic knowledge only. They wanted to brag
about the incredible knowledge they attained. Some of you are
identical to these philosophers. You have read this book and
maybe even a good portion of the Bible but you have not done so
with a sincere desire to “know” God but to only know about Him.
In other words, you are happy to know the details about the God of
the Bible for intellectual reasons but you have no desire to
acknowledge God in your life and to allow Him to change your
heart and mind. If this is true of you, you do not really know God
and are still dead in your sins. Allow me to remind you that Satan
himself knows about God but he rejects Him still (James 2:19).
Therefore, to be blunt but honest, you are no better than the Satan
if you hold to this view. All the academic knowledge in the world
will not save you from your own sin. You might have memorized
many verses of the Bible but unless you allow these verses to live
in you and change your heart and mind, they will do nothing for
you, except be your judge on the Day of Judgment.

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Some of you will also claim that you must fully understand God
before you will accept Him. This is utter foolishness. You will
never understand God completely, no one ever has and no one ever
will. God is omniscient and our mind is incapable of knowing His
wondrous ways completely. To this point, I borrow Charles
Spurgeon‟s words of warning, “You have set up in your mind the
idea that you must understand everything before you will believe it
– an idea, let me tell you, which you will never be able to carry
out, for you cannot understand your own existence; and there are
ten thousand other things around you which you never can
comprehend, but which you must believe or remain forever a
gigantic fool.” 1

To those who are using academic intelligence as a reason to
dismiss God I ask you a simply question, when will you have
enough knowledge to accept Him? The fact is, you will never
have enough knowledge because you will always find an excuse to
claim that He is still a mystery to you. If you knew God
completely you would need to have identical knowledge as God,
but that is blasphemy to even consider a thought like that. God is
the only being that is all-knowing and trying to achieve this state is
not only impossible but it aligns you with Satan himself who
desired to be equal with God. The point then is this; you MUST
accept God on faith. You must put your pride behind you and
accept the incomprehensibility of God. It is vain to demand
complete comprehension of God before you accept Him.

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Sometimes knowledge can be our worst enemy. We often over
think the most simple concepts and make them more difficult than
they were ever intended to be. This happens often with the Gospel
of Jesus. Most certainly, the philosophers that Paul was speaking
to held their knowledge above Paul‟s knowledge and felt that
Paul‟s simple presentation about a God who created the world and
wanted a relationship with them was for children, but not for
intelligent thinking people like themselves. How wrong they were.
God comes to each of us with power but also with simplicity. I
warn you, do not over think the Gospel of Jesus. It is simple but it
is powerful to change lives. You do not need a Master‟s Degree or
a Ph.D. to know God. I also warn you not to create your own
acceptable form of salvation; a mixture of elements that suit your
fancy. God has provided a simple form of salvation and He
doesn‟t need anyone‟s help to make it more difficult, more
appealing, broader, or works based. This is why many of the
philosophers who heard Paul did not receive salvation that day; it
didn‟t suit their fancies. They were not ready to accept a simple
faith in a great Savior. What about you? Has your own
intelligence kept you from accepting the greatest gift ever given to
man?

Again, I quote from Charles Spurgeon to bring this point home, “If
you, my hearer, believe a gospel which you have thought out for
yourself, or a philosophical gospel which comes from the brain of
man, it is of the flesh and will wither, and you will die and be lost
through trusting in it. The only word that can bless you and be a
seed in your soul must be the living and incorruptible word of the
eternal Spirit. Now this is the incorruptible word, that “God was
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made flesh and dwelt among us;” that “God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
unto them.” 2

Evolution is such a philosophical gospel which comes from the
brain of man and many a man has believed it to their eternal
destruction. God has given man enough light to know that He
exists but, This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but
people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were
evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into
the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever
lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly
that what they have done has been done in the sight of God (John
3:19-21).

“There is an important principle here. No matter how dim the light,
men who want to see it can see. No matter how bright the light,
men who do not want to see it will never see.” 3 Are you one who
is willing to see the light?

Just as Paul did, so do I

Just as Paul revealed to the Athenians the identity of the
“Unknown God”, so to have I revealed the “Unknown God” to
you. In fact, I have fulfilled the Holy Scriptures and Paul‟s own
testimony and witness to the Colossian readers when he said, …we
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do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the
contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves
to everyone‟s conscience in the sight of God (2 Corinthians 4:2).
Therefore, in the writing of this book I have set forth the truth
plainly and commended myself to your conscience in the sight of
God.

However, I must admit that the title of this book is a bit
misleading, but only because now you know the full implications
of the title. The fact of the matter is that the “Unknown God” has
always been “Known” to you. There has never been a point in your
life when you have not known God. True, like the Athenians, you
might not have recognized God or you might have purposefully
tried to ignore or deny Him, but He has made Himself evident to
you and you have perceived Him. If you review the previous
chapters you must come to the same conclusion. Let us review in
quick succession what we have learned.
In Chapter 2 we discussed how our own use of logic confirms
the existence of God. Therefore, you have known God in your own
capacity to reason and to come to logical conclusions.
In Chapter 3 we confirmed that the only possible explanation
for life is through direct creation by God and not by evolutionary
mechanisms. Therefore, you have known God by His wondrous
created world.
In Chapter 4 we discussed man‟s uniqueness over other
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placed within us. Therefore, you have known Him by your
uniqueness and capacity to be like Him.
In Chapter 5 it was shown that all nations and people
throughout the world belong to Him, and that for the most part
these nations have rebelled and ignored God. Therefore, you have
known Him by your own traditions that are faint glimpses of God‟s
interaction with the nations.
In Chapter 6 we discovered God‟s amazing plan to bring all
nations and people to Him through the death and resurrection of
His Son, Jesus Christ. Therefore, you have known Him through the
eternal Word of God that is expressed through Jesus Christ.

As you see, the God of the Bible has been evident to everyone in
the most glaring ways. No one can deny this fact. The only
question that remains is, do you “Acknowledge” God? It is true
that you know God, but do you really know Him? It is easy
enough to say that I know someone simply because I have spoken
to him or her once or twice. But I have no right to claim that I
truly know that person. To know someone you must spend much
time together in intimacy. The word KNOWING in the title
Knowing the Unknown God suggests then, not a superficial
knowledge of God because we all have a superficial knowledge of
God, but a deeper knowledge. The title is referring to a knowledge
that will save the soul for eternity and make the day to day life
meaningful. What does it take to “truly know” God? This we
shall discuss in the next few pages.

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The Challenge – And the Opportunity!

If this book has been challenging to you, or if you have become
mad at my words or the Words of the Bible, there is hope. You are
being challenged by God to know Him personally. Every
Christian at some point before they surrendered to Jesus became
offended by God‟s Word. The Bible explains that, …the word of
God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it
judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Hebrews 4:12). The
first step of salvation in Christ is realizing that you are a sinner and
desiring to repent from your sin. This desire comes about when
the Word of God cuts through your heart of stone and begins to
convert it to a heart of flesh. This conversion might be painful but
the joy that comes from it is everlasting. Here is the good news;
there is hope in Christ Jesus. To know Jesus is to know God. The
Spirit of God is moving to restore the relationship that was lost
when man first sinned against Him. We are sinful, fallen, broken,
and wrathful creatures but God‟s intention is to bring us back into
a relationship with Him. God loves each of us and we know this
because “…God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While
we were still sinners, Christ died for us. “Your name was in the
condemned list, my fellow-sinner, but if you believe in Jesus, you
shall find that your name is there no longer, for Christ‟s name is
put in your stead, and you shall learn that he suffered for you, the
just for the unjust, that he might bring you to God. Is not this the
greatest wonder of divine love, that it should be set upon us as
sinners?” 4

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If you want to Know God you must Rest!

Jesus himself prescribed the precise manner in which we should
know God. Jesus‟ own words are, “Come to me, all you who are
weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
These words should be comforting to you, if they are not, you do
not yet know God and have not experienced His deep love. When
you accept that God truly loves you, fear of punishment
disappears. We are told in the Bible that [t]here is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with
punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love (1 John
4:18)
Jesus loves you and is inviting you to an intimate relationship with
Him, but you must surrender your effort to earn salvation and
simply “Come”! What do we learn from this verse? Here are the
major points.
(1) You cannot earn salvation! Salvation is a gift of God.
You can receive it, but you cannot earn it. Jesus says, I will
give you rest.
(2) You must desire salvation! If you feel that you have no
need for salvation you will not receive it. Only those who
are weary and burdened will seek it, and thus receive it.
You must feel a need for God‟s salvation.
(3) You must humble yourself to receive salvation! It is those
who are not afraid to admit that they are weary and
burdened and need God‟s help that receive salvation. Self-
righteous people and prideful people will not receive

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salvation. Only those who feel the burden of sin in their
lives will seek Jesus as their sacrifice for sin.
(4) You must believe that Jesus can give rest! Obviously,
those who do not believe that Jesus can save them will never
seek salvation from Him. Only those who truly believe that
He gives rest will seek it, and thus receive it.
(5) You must believe that Jesus is the only source of
salvation! Jesus said, “Come to me,..”! Jesus did not
provide a prescribed set of guidelines to earn salvation, he
provided Himself. If you try to earn salvation by works or
through anyone or anything other than Jesus, you will fail.
Jesus‟ rest (salvation) cannot be bought. Of Jesus it is said,
…there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by
which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
(6) You must decide on your own to follow Jesus! Jesus said,
“Come to me,...”, therefore the next move is yours to make.
He will not force you to accept Him. Because of the grace
of God, Jesus became our rest (salvation) and now you must
move in His direction by accepting His gift. If you claim, “I
do not have to make a decision”, you have just made a
decision; and it is against Jesus. Neutrality is not a
possibility. Remember, we are by nature sinners, and thus,
separated from God from birth.

To those who are willing to humble themselves and come to Jesus,
He provides an amazing gift (salvation). Why is this gift so
special? Here are some of the many ways that God‟s rest is
amazing.

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(1) God’s salvation is a rest from your own effort. No longer
do you need to work or achieve salvation. You can rest in
the effort (life, death, and resurrection) of Jesus. Knowing
that you do not have to perform for salvation eases your
burden.
(2) God’s salvation is rest from other gods. No longer do you
need to fear other gods or try to appease other deities. God
is more powerful than any other (so-called) god and they
must bow to Him. Your fear of bad spirits and Satan will
end. God allows you to rest in Him and not fear what other
gods may or may not do to you. Other gods no longer have
power over you.
(3) God’s salvation is comprehensive! Jesus said, “I will give
you rest.” This is for a fact. God does not lie, so if He said
I will give you rest, He will give you rest (salvation)!
Salvation is secure in Jesus. No one can steal it, take it, or
alter it. This is the comfort that Paul himself had when he
said, …I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that
he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that
day (1 Timothy 1:12). God is the giver of salvation and He
is the keeper of salvation and this is eternal security for
those who trust only in Jesus.

The Upside-Down Gospel of Salvation*

Many have claimed that the Gospel that Jesus preached means
“good news”. There is no doubt that the gospel is good news, but

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it is a very different type of news than what most religions
promote. Every other religion offers salvation according to the
effort (or works) that a person shows throughout their lifetime. If
they produce good works, then salvation can be achieved. If they
produce bad works, then bad things will happen or hell will be the
result. Jesus presented no such religion. In fact, Jesus presented
an upside-down form of salvation. Jesus said, “Whoever wants to
be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily
and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it,
but whoever loses their life for me will save it (Luke 9:23-24).
Most religious views would scoff at Jesus‟ view of salvation
because it is not works based. If I may paraphrase Jesus‟ words
into common speech, the communication is, “If you want to earn
your salvation from God, you will most certainly lose it, and if you
want to gain salvation from God, you must lose your own way of
living, cease from your on effort, and follow my way of self-denial
and love.” This is the true Gospel. If you want God‟s salvation
through Jesus, you must not expect to earn it. God‟s salvation
cannot be bought through good works. Jesus suffered for us in
such horrifying ways, and the salvation that resulted from His
sacrifice is priceless. God, instead of demanding payment, effort,
or good works, offers salvation as a gift (free of charge) to those
who will receive it. What cost Jesus everything, cost us nothing to
receive. All that is required is a willing heart to receive his gift.

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Salvation is Free, but it Might cost you everything!

Even though salvation itself is free and cannot be bought, it will
likely cost you something after you have received it. Accepting
Jesus‟ salvation might cost you your friends, your family, your
occupation, your free time, your hobbies, and your old way of
living. This is because, for anyone who is in Christ, the new
creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2
Corinthians 5:17).
If you give your life to Jesus your priorities will change. If they
haven‟t then you haven‟t really given your life to Jesus. If you
claim to be a Christian but your life is the same as it was before
you became a Christian, then you really aren‟t a Christian and
nothing really happened. Ask yourself one simple question, what
is my greatest desire on earth? If your answer is not immediately
Jesus, then there is reason to doubt whether you are actually a
Christian. When you become a Christian your one desire becomes
Jesus¸ and you live your life to honor Him only. Don‟t
misunderstand me. I do not mean that you will have no other
desires when you are a Christian but that these desires will all
center around knowing and loving Jesus. Christianity is not about
a salvation that we will receive when we die but about a salvation
we receive now in the present moment, and live completely in it.
Christianity is not about saying a prayer at one point in your life, or
about completing rituals, or about celebrating certain Christian
holidays. Christianity is about a life that is so changed by Jesus
that the old life before knowing Jesus is hardly recognizable
anymore. Christianity is about surrendering your filthy sinfulness
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to the only one who can wash you clean; Jesus, and then glorifying
Him in everything you do. Most people are unwilling to give their
lives to Jesus because they are too attached to their own lives.
Most people do not want a new identity. They are happy to be
themselves, no matter how sinful they are or lost they are. Most
people live for themselves and that is why they are happy with
trying to achieve (work for) their own salvation, because if they
receive it, they can point to themselves as the one who achieved it.
Humans want to glorify in their own self-effort. God‟s economy is
radically different. God knows that no one can earn salvation (that
is, no one can fulfill His law perfectly) and so, he provides a way
of salvation for us; not one that we can achieve but one that we can
receive. This is why Jesus says that …broad is the road that leads
to destruction, and many enter through it (Matthew 7:13). The
fact of the matter is, most people feel comfortable walking the
broad road of selfishness and self-achieved salvation and few are
willing to walk a road of selflessness and sacrifice. Our prideful
minds do not want to wrap around a salvation that is free, but this
is exactly what the gospel of Jesus is, and if you continue to try to
achieve your salvation, you will most certainly not receive
anything and most certainly lose everything in the end. This is
what Luke 9 teaches us (read it again). Jesus asks each person to
do only one thing; surrender to Him by faith. This means we must
rest not on what we can achieve but on what Jesus has already
achieved for us. Therefore, the good news begins with bad news
about our own inability to achieve salvation. But it ends with the
best news possible; that Jesus has done everything to achieve our
salvation and He offers it freely to us.

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What Good Is It If……?

There are only two types of people in this world; those who are
trying to save themselves and those who have surrendered to Jesus
as their only possible salvation. Immediately after Jesus challenged
his disciples with the upside-down gospel of salvation (Luke 9:23-
24), He presented them with a question that we must ask ourselves
today. Jesus, starring point blank into the faces of His disciples
said, What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet
forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their
soul? (Matthew 16:26) Allow me for a moment to place this
passage in a modern context. What good will it be if you earn your
Ph.D., yet your soul goes to hell? Or, what good will it be if you
have four houses and six cars, yet your soul goes to hell? Or even,
what good will it be if you become famous and the world adores
your name, yet your soul goes to hell? Indeed, what good would it
be to do anything and end up in hell for eternity? Yet, most are
willing to live a glorious life here on earth in exchange for their
souls. Most are willing to give their time and effort becoming a
singer, a professional athlete, a medical doctor, or an author, in
exchange for an eternity in hell. This, again, is foolishness! Why
do we give so little time to the eternal and give so much time to the
temporal? This is a challenge to you. Are you willing to spend an
eternity in Hell to enjoy a few semi-satisfying decades here on
earth? Eternity is not a cycle but a state of being. Hell is forever
without God‟s love. This will be pure torture. I beg you to
consider your ways and your thoughts. God‟s grace is still offered
and His salvation is still available. Let the wicked forsake their

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ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the
LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he
will freely pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)

A Last Warning and Offer – The Choice is yours!

“And lastly, let me say, I do not put this to you as a matter of
choice as to whether you will or will not submit to the will of God
and seek reconciliation with him; neither do I speak with bated
breathed when, as a herald, I hereby proclaim Jesus to be both
Lord and God; but in the name of him that liveth and was dead and
is alive for evermore, and hath the keys of hell and of death-I say,
in his name, I demand of you that you obey him, and receive him
as the Christ of God. Yield yourselves to him who is Lord of all.
Do you refuse the summons that I give you now as his officer this
day? Then take heed what you do, for as the Lord liveth you shall
answer for this in the great day of his appearing. Behold he cometh
with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also which
crucified him, and you who despise him must be judged by him. If
you reject him you shall nevertheless see the Son of Man sitting at
the right hand of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven to judge
the quick and dead. I say, again, then, I [write] not to you to flatter
and deceive you, I [write] not to plead with you as though my Lord
and Master were on equal terms with you. He summons you to
surrender, he bids you throw down your arms and accept his
mercy. He is not afraid of your opposition; neither does he need
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your friendship. It is his grace which leads him to invite you to
peace. He condescends to treat thus with you whom he might have
sent into hell with one word of his lips years ago. If you refuse
him you shall answer for it. On your heads shall be your own
blood; and in that day when heaven and earth shall pass away like
a scroll, you without a shelter, you without and advocate, you
without an excuse, shall be banished from his presence to endure
the wrath of God. The Lord grant of his mercy that not one of you
may stand out against him; but this night ere another sun rises, may
there be peace established on a sure footing between you and God,
for Christ is our peace. May you take him and trust him, and be
reconciled to God; and to God shall be the glory forever and
forever. Amen and Amen. “ 5

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1
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon. Spurgeon‟s Sermons (Volume 9). Grand Rapids:
Baker Book House, Reprinted 1989; pg. 190
2
3
4
5
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon. Spurgeon‟s Sermons (Volume 9). Grand Rapids: Baker
Book House, Reprinted 1989; pg. 417-418. Words in the [brackets] are inserted to
make this quote relevant to the reader. Charles Spurgeon was speaking these
words to an audience and I am writing them to an audience and therefore have
substituted the word “come” with the word “write”.

* Thanks to Dr. Timothy Keller and his sermon “The Upside Down Kingdom”.
http://sermons2.redeemer.com/sermons/upside-down-kingdom

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“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
words of eternal life. We have come to believe
and to know that you are the Holy One of
God.” John 6:68 -69

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Tribute
Those who are very perceptive will notice my extensive references to the works of
Henry M. Morris. It should be noted that besides the obvious quotes, charts, and
illustrations that have been clearly attributed to him, his ideas run through the
majority of this book. I am in no way attempting to plagiarize his thoughts as my
own but it is impossible to separate his thoughts from my own at this point. This is
how thorough his books have been in my head. I am completely indebted to this
man of God and “Father of Modern Creationism”. It is my hopes, in the end, that
my thoughts, which have been developed largely from his, will now write a new
chapter in the history of Creationist thought in this beautiful land known as
Thailand.

Because of the multiple quotes referencing Henry Morris‟ many books, I have
chosen to site his publications in the manner described below.

Morris - (Number of the book or publication referenced from the list below) - page
number of the reference.

Henry M. Morris Citation List

1. Morris, Henry M. For Time And Forever. Green Forest: Master Books, 2004.
2. Morris, Henry M. The Long War Against God. Green Forest: Master Books,
2000.
3. Morris, Henry M. Many Infallible Proofs. Green Forest: Master Books, 1996.
4. Morris, Henry M. The Biblical Basis for Modern Science. Green Forest:
Master Books, 2002.
5. Morris, Henry M. Some Call It Science. Dallas: Institute for Creation
Research, 2006.
6. Morris, Henry M. The New Defender's Study Bible. Nashville: World
Publishing, 2006.

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Creation Education Ministries of Thailand is a non-profit
education based ministry. As such, we provide resources for as
little cost as possible. All of our resources can be accessed and
downloaded free of charge at www.creationthai.org. We do
accept contributions to cover the cost of educational items. If you
feel inclined to help our efforts please visit our website for more
information about how to donate.

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