Today’s reading is Revelation 3:1-4:11.

The very last sentence of today’s reading caught my attention.

The 24 elders around the throne cast down their golden crowns and worship God saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created” (Revelation 4:11).

Why is God worthy of glory, honor, and power? Because He created all things. He did not evolve all things. He did not set the plan in motion and the world naturally produced all things. He created all things. 

I am becoming increasingly convinced that a new battle is waging between the world and Christ’s people. It is an old battle, but it seems in the past few years to have reached a new intensity. Sadly, some want to characterize it as a battle between science and faith. That just isn’t true. It is a battle between two systems of faith. One is a faith that the universe is governed by random chances. The other is a faith that the universe is governed by an all-powerfully intelligent being. 

Regrettably, some who believe in the all-powerfully intelligent being are wanting to please both sides. They want to be seen as people who believe in God, but also people who believe in evolution. Richard Dawkins and I agree on one thing. You can’t have it both ways. If God guided what is here, then it didn’t get here by natural selection. If natural selection is the mechanism by which all of life is here, then it wasn’t God. You just can’t have both.

Revelation 4:11 demonstrates the importance for the Christian believing in God’s creative power. It is that belief that promotes worship. It is that belief that promotes submission. To the degree that we lose faith in God’s creative power and work and increase faith in the randomness of the universe, we’ll diminish our worship of God. 

After all, if God didn’t create all of this by His own power, of what worship is He worthy?

God is the creator. Everything is here because of God. Be amazed at His handiwork and how it is perfectly suited for you and me to exist and continue existing. Don’t give honor to the random chance of the universe. Honor God, casting down your crown. Worship Him.

***Question: How do you honor God on a daily basis?

Keep the faith and keep reading,

ELC

Fact or Faith?

I know evolutionists love to pick on verses like Hebrews 11:3. 

“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible” (ESV).

“Oh, look at those stupid Christians. They base their ideas about how we got here on faith.”

Um…wait a minute. What exactly do evolutionists base their opinion on? Were any of them there when the world was started? Did any of them watch while species came into existence? So then, their opinion is faith as well isn’t it? They believe in what they did not see? 

They, of course, will claim the evidence is on their side. That is up for debate. However, the point is when they present all their evidence and creationists present all our evidence, it still comes down to faith. Neither of us saw what happened. The evidences may make a strong case one way or the other. I would just like everyone to admit they are working on faith.

By the way, for all of you who think evolutionists have everything down as facts, just do some searching about how many differing theories there are about how it all began and how the species developed. What you find out is there aren’t nearly as many facts as evolutionists would like us to believe. Rather, there is just a lot of speculation. Of course, it is okay to speculate as long as you debt let God in the picture. They don’t mind argument and debate as long as the spiritual is not included. 

Please, just be honest. Evolutionists work from faith as much as Christians do. So, Christians, quit being intimidated. Feel free to believe what the Bible says about how the universe was created. Don’t feel like you are unintelligent just because your opinion is based on faith. So is everyone else’s.

Keep the faith and keep reading,

ELC

PS: If you would like to look a little deeper at the faith of the evolutionist, check out the sermon I preached at the Franklin Church of Christ entitled The Origins of Man: Fact vs. Story.