Indestructible Foundations: Choosing God Josh. 24:15.

Indestructible Foundations: Choosing God

Josh. 24:15

Reality

The Universe is beyond man’s control.

He did not make it.He cannot duplicate its

origin.It is here. For every effect,

there is a cause.

Historically, man hasdemonstrated an

innate need to worship a god greater than

himself.

Rom. 1:20-23

• Nature teaches us that a supreme designer exists. It is reasonable. (vs. 23)

• Many, however, abandoned the true God and made their own. (vs.22-23)

Idolatry

EgyptianGreekRomanGerman

JEWS

Islam

Hinduism

Buddhism

Secular Humanism

• The god of Knowledge• Man-centered

Evolutionary Theory Objections

• Random mutations generally cause harm to organisms and do not build complexity.

• Random and undirected processes do not seem capable of producing cellular complexity.

• The fossil record lacks “missing links.”• Chemical origin of life remains an unsolved

mystery.

The Faith of the Humanist

• Life does not come from non-life. – Cannot be observed, tested, measured or

duplicated, yet is believed. = FAITH• Every effect must have a cause. – Cannot observe, test, measure, or duplicate

anything resembling a “Big Bang” = FAITH• Matter cannot be created or destroyed only

changed in form.– Cannot create anything like a super density unit

= FAITH

The False “Evidence”

• The Miller-Urey Experiment to explain the origin of life.

• Ernst Haeckel’s 19th century embryo drawings• Peppered Moths studies to “prove” natural

selection. • “Darwin’s finches”

The Mystery Builder

• Earth is round. Prov. 8:27; Isa. 40:22• Earth is not supported. Job 26:7• Stars are innumerable. Jer. 33:22; Heb. 11:12• Ocean currents. Psm. 8:8• Life is in the blood. Lev. 17:11

God

Abraham