2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 speaks of how the wicked are deceived.

They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie, 12 so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.

Scripture Cannot be Harmonized with Materialistic Evolution

Genesis 1:1 CSB – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth….”

“according to their kinds”—Genesis 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25

Genesis 1:25 CSB – So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26 CSB – Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.

Matthew 19:4 CSB – “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female,

John 1:1,3, begins, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.

All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

Genesis 2:17 CSB – … but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

The world before sin was perfect.

But, sin brought death.

Romans 8:22-23 CSB – For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

Genesis 1:1, In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning.. [Time]

God [Force]

created [Action]

the heavens [Space]

and the earth [Matter]

Several Biblical Views Harmonize with the Science

  • Historic Creationism
  • Young Earth Creationism
  • The Gap Theory

Genesis 1:1-2 CSB – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

  • Day-Age Theory
  • Apparent Age Theory
  • Theistic Evolution

It is Logical to Deduce that God Created

Stonehenge

Romans 1:19-20 CSB – since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

The Anthropic Principle

Romans 1:19-20 CSB – since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

Psalm 19:1-2 CSB – The heavens declare the glory of God

Day after day they pour out speech;
night after night they communicate knowledge

Psalm 14:1 CSB – The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

Reasonable questions for anyone who believes in Darwinian evolution

  • How does evolution logically explain how something comes from nothing?
  • How does evolution explain personality?
  • How does evolution explain morality?
  • Why is there no evidence of transitional forms?

Matthew 19:4 CSB – “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

  • How does evolution explain the development of highly complex systems? 

Romans 1:21-22 CSB – For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools 

Creation by a Creator Best Explains Reality

Micah 6:8 ESV – He has told you, O man, what is good;

and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?

Psalm 23:1-3 ESV – “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”

He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

Genesis 1:26 CSB – Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”

Acts 20:24 CSB – But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

Philippians 4:13 CSB – I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.  

I see no reason for attributing to man a significance different in kind form that which belongs to a baboon or a grain of sand. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Genesis 1:27 CSB – So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.