The Creation Issue - Inescapable Truth
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The first lecture in Dr. Ryan Jouett's lecture series on the Creation Issue, called "Inescapable Truth," deals with why creation, as stated in the book of Genesis, is a necessary topic for the church to confront in today's culture.
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The Creation Issue - Inescapable Truth
- 2. June 7: Truth 14: Authority 21: Tower of Babel 28: Foundations July 5: No Class 12: Flood 19: Fossils 26: God of Wonders Aug. 2: Dinosaurs
- 38. Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’ ” The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. (NASB) “Did God really say…?”
- 39. Barna Research Group, Ltd., "Teenagers Embrace Religion but Are Not Excited About Christianity," January 10, 2000, www.barna.org.
- 50. “Kids can’t reconcile what they learn in school with what they hear in church.”
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- Who I am and What I do I train YL leaders for the Brazos Valley and disciple college kids in our church, I have seen multiple kids falter in their faith because their parents tell them for years to sit in class and listen to their teachers and do what they say and they hear about evolution and quickly figure out that the two cannot work together – it’s the inescapable truth. Something is either true or it isn’t. I READ THE PRIMARY RESEARCH AND CITE EVERYTHING Don’t want to argue I don’t have time to answer a ton of emails
- Start at 9:00 Lecture 9:40-10:30 Prayer 10:30-10:40 This Lecture runs 44 minutes
- If you have questions, click on “Answers”
- There is a list of Topics covering: Age Of the Earth Animals Bible Creation Evolution God Science Worldview If you want to know about the TV show “Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey” type it in, and the first link you come to is ….
- ICR was started by Dr. Henry Morris, a PhD Geologist, in 1970 to conduct research and then to educate the public through graduate and professional training programs, conferences, seminars, books and media Maybe you want to look Up Radiometric Dating
- If you are on twitter….
- 15 questions for evolutionists along with the answers.
- Yes, it is “Resear” Apparently they only allowed for 15 Characters at the time
- Remember, this is for Christians, we can’t just force someone to believe in God
- Make a defense – apologia (apo-low-gEEya) – literally the legal word used for self defense
- Wisely make the most of the moment
- Correct with gentleness Be consistent, prepared to give an answer, do it with respect and love, and do it with the goal, not to be right, but that they might come to Christ.
- Let’s look at the big picture…
- Consummation – One day, at the consummation, the Creator will remake His creation. He will cast out death and the disobedient and dwell eternally with those who trust in Him. The first 4 c’s foreshadow the last 3 When you miss that, you miss the bigger picture of the Bible` So is studying the first 4 C’s even worth it? Is it necessary?
- Is Creation just a side issue that we shouldn’t worry about?
- Pat Robertson, responded that the great reptiles were on the earth "before the time of the Bible." He also said the earth was more than 6,000 years old, citing radiocarbon dating and dinosaur "carcasses.“ But his response didn't address the perfectly sensible issue raised the kids: if the Bible really is God's Word, then it should provide a logical framework for explaining dinosaurs. Hopefully by the time this is done you will have a Biblical framework from which to answer these questions, not just something you made up out of thin air
- 1:18 Our kids are going to watch tv and hear people like Bill Nye the Science Guy say things like this
- :35 It’s crazy; untenable, no evidence! But shouldn’t we want to explore all of science? Richard Dawkins – what do creationists know?
- Have you ever asked yourself if you can believe in evolution and be a Christian? Can you be a believer in God and a Christian? I will tell you that it isn’t a salvation issue, it is an issue of Authority BUT WHAT DOES AN ATHEIST LIKE RICHARD DAWKINS SAY?
- 1:03 “I think the writing is on the wall” What does he mean by that statement? It means if evolution and the big bang are true – there cannot be a God – they are incompatible Richard Dawkins, one of the rock star athiests
- The other question is why are we covering this in church? Cause this guy will teach your kids one day :36
- He and Richard Dawkins recently made a movie called “The Unbelievers” which was blatantly anti-Jehova THIS GUY WILL TEACH YOUR KIDS ONE DAY!!! Athiests have gone on the offensive for our kids
- Atheists are now targeting our kids
- Atheists are now targeting our kids
- How the Darwin dog got his basis for right and wrong is irrelevant, but speaking of ethics, atheists are now not just saying creation isn’t appropriate, but unethical… CLICK
- 1:12 Sad and diminishing deprevaiton Religion is hammered into you Hard to get rid of? Creation warps minds? Denying evolution wicked…. Wait a minute wickedness is evil, there is no evil for an athiest
- Video from “Big Think” a popular YouTube video series I’m not trying to be Glen Beck and scare everybody here If you say something often enough it becomes a part of the culture, whether or not it is true… “change we can believe in” You’ve got Bill Nye saying Creationism isn’t appropriate Dawkins talking about it’s ethics, while laughable to us, scares non-Christians And then you have this…. CLICK
- The method on how we are lead astray hasn’t changed, but the focus has…
- REFERS TO A LITERAL EVE How did the serpent decieve?
- The Genesis 3 attack on creation has always been the same – Attack the truth of God. In the Garden it was the fruit In Corinth it was variations of legalism and gnosticism Today the attack is on the literal creation by God
- Barna asked why they…. CLICK
- Barna asked why they were leaving the church, and listed the top six reasons Let me give you a hint – they all were because they didn’t have the “why” answered
- 4: young believers struggle to live up to church’s expectations of chastity, especially when “Christian” parents encourage their kids to wait to get married. They feel judged by their mistakes because they deny that the bible is really an authority in their life 5: Feel churches afraid of the beliefs of other faiths – churches don’t teach apologetics - that is the why 6: They don’t feel they can express doubt - didn’t feel able to ask the most pressing life questions in church Our kids don’t feel like they get an answer for the question “why” because we don’t believe the Bible enough to look there for the answers first.
- A new study by The Barna Group conducted among 16- to 29-year-olds shows that a new generation is more skeptical of and resistant to Christianity than were people of the same age just a decade ago. For instance, just over a decade ago the vast majority of Americans felt favorably toward Christianity. Currently only 16% of non-Christians in their late teens and twenties said they have a "good impression" of Christianity Evangelicals took the biggest hit - The new study shows that only 3% of 16 - to 29-year-old non-Christians express favorable views of evangelicals
- Lifeway asked American adults what characteristics are mandatory to be “good” mothers and fathers
- When asked about actually following their faith, we don’t care. Our pastors aren’t much better…
- Pastors say Adam and Eve were literal people… Why? Because the Bible says so!
- Pastors say God didn’t use evolution! Why? Because the Bible says so!
- But how old is the earth? Well, I’m not really sure, I know what the Bible says, but… WHAT DO YOU NEED DEEP TIME FOR EXCEPT EVOLUTION???? It has become a joke - CLICK
- On whether Mormons are Christian… 26% of Pastors apparently don’t even know the definition of salvation! 9% couldn’t even Google it! We don’t want to believe the Bible when it’s not convenient for us
- If I asked you what would influence Americans more, God, their country, their family or their race, what would you say their answer would be? You hear about God, Family, Country, Reality it’s Family, Country, God We have a duty to help our kids What that means is your kids are looking to YOU first! You’ve told me I just can’t do anything about it – research says otherwise!
- Our kids go to government schools and learn “history” and they go to church and listen to “bible stories” as if it’s not really historical Our response has to be this…. CLICK
- Kids cant handle it because the don’t mesh! Parents aren’t helping that matter either. I want you to have answers – for you and your kids Ultimately if you believe in Jesus – how much of a stretch is Genesis???
- In fact, even Richard Dawkins admits this when talking about what led him down the path towards athiesm :45 Richard Dawkins – Father introduced him to athiesm
- Isn’t that true???
- The inescapable truth is this – if we don’t trust the Bible and teach our kids to trust the Bible, when the world comes at us and at them, we will falter. His is the only truth.
- Disbelieving in a part of God’s word dulls the sword… have you ever tried to use just part of a knife?? Well, I just don’t want to teach something that is controversial...
- If it’s all inspired by God, why is Genesis not profitable?
- If every word of God is flawless – then that must mean in Genesis too. Remember Ephesians 6 – the Armor of God… What is the first thing you have to put on for the armor to work? TRUTH If we don’t believe God’s word, He can’t be a shield to us. We have to learn for ourselves and teach our kids how to use the entire word of God Let’s pray
- I want you to leave here every day knowing something new to hang your hat on – I prefer to give you things published in general scientific literature… because it’s out there and obvious and everyone can confirm it. In 2005, scientists in china found the fossilized skeleton of a small badger like mammal (Repenomamus robustus) which for it’s last meal ate a dinosaur (psittacoaur)
- Ducks, Squirrels, Platypus, and Beaver all buried with with Dinosaurs in water borne muddy sediments hardened into rock!!! But you never would hear that from an evolutionists… because it points to a young earth.