THEISTIC EVOLUTION Did God Create the World. Theistic Evolution The view that God created the world and then let it evolve with very limited involvement.

THEISTIC EVOLUTIONDid God Create the

World

Theistic Evolution• The view that God created the

world and then let it evolve with very limited involvement.

• It is an attempt to reconcile God and evolution.

• Is this theory compatible with the Bible?

Theistic Evolution?• NOTHING in the Bible

indicates that God created the world through the evolutionary process•Genesis 1 & 2, Ex. 31:17, 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6, etc.

Theistic Evolution?• Adam was the first man

•1 Corinthians 15:45, “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” Genesis 2:7, Rom. 15:12-14

Theistic Evolution?• Adam was the first man • TE has problems with the

creation of man!Did man exist prior to the fall?When did man fall?Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22)Explain the soul (Gen. 1:26-27)

Theistic Evolution?• Adam was the first man • TE has problems with the

creation of man!? Did man exist prior to the fall?? When did man fall?? Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22)? Explain the soul (Gen. 1:26-27)

Theistic Evolution?• Cannot explain Eve• Evolution demands that man

and woman be created side by side•Genesis 2:21-23? How do we deal with

passages like 1 Tim. 2:13?

Theistic Evolution?• Evolution incompatible with Genesis 1 account– Day 1 – light, day 4 – sun– Day 3 – plants, day 4 – sun– Day 4 – birds, day 5 – beasts and insects

• IF Genesis 1 figurative, then it is incoherent (random)

Theistic Evolution?• Bible teachings imply

immediate creation of man•1 Tim. 2:13 - woman•Matt. 19:4-6 - mdr•Ex. 20:8-11 – Sabbath

Day-Age Theory• An attempt to reconcile Genesis 1 & 2 with evolution

• States that the days were actually ages (perhaps billions of years)

• Appeals to 2 Pet. 3:8, “problems” with creation account and “day” in Hebrew can mean a period of time.

Day-Age Theory?• Still contradicts the order of Genesis 1 with creation!

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age” •Gen. 1:5, “day” from Hebrew

word, “yom” (ֹו�ם (֥י5• It can mean an era or period of

time, BUT that is clearly borne out in the context (cf. Num. 13:20 – season, 1 Sam. 27:7 – time, etc.)

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age”

• Whenever “yom” is used in connection with a number, it is always reference to a specific day (or days)cf. Exodus 20:8-11

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age” • Days of creation always in

terms of literal days Ex. 31:15-17

• “Morning and evening” - (Gen. 1:5, 8, etc.) appeals to 24 hour time

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age”

• Question for advocates of day-age: IF Moses did want to say 6 literal days, would he have written it differently?

Day-Age Theory?• What about 2 Peter 3:8?

“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

Day-Age Theory?• What about 2 Peter 3:8?•Argued that God does not

reckon time as we do. •Answer: TRUE. BUT what is the

context? God’s patience.

Day-Age Theory?• What about 2 Peter 3:8?•Question: IF a day in Gen. 1 can

mean a thousand years, why can we not say that God can do the work of 1000 years in a day?

Day-Age Theory?• WHY does God need more than

1 day to create? •Psalm 33:6-9•Isaiah 45:12, “I have made

the earth, And created man on it. I—My hands—stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.”

Day-Age Theory?• WHY does God need more

than 1 day to create? •IF Genesis 1 is not literal,

how can we trust the rest of the Bible?

Day-Age Theory?• WHAT is the motive of those

who advance this doctrine?•Is it to make the creation

account less offensive to evolutionists?

• What is your intent?

Why limit the power of God?