Feb 25 2009
Evolution–What Has It Cost Us?
Scripture says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” And yet in his rebellion man has tried to deny it’s so, simply because–if it is true, it means that we are accountable and subject to judgment.
Darwin was probably an intelligent man with regard to his IQ, but he was also looking for a way to circumvent responsibility to God. In his cockeyed way he invented what many reputable scientists see as a fantastically bizarre and questionable theory.
Now it might not seem like a big deal, this theory, but let’s take another look. First of all, it says we are here as the result of an accident of nature, a fluke, as it were, where things merely came together by chance.
Psalms 19:1 says this however, that the creation tells the glory of God and the firmament declares His handiwork. This means that all men, whether we admit it or not, see evidence of His hand at work and are without excuse before God.
The damage wrought by the evolution theory runs much deeper than mere mental assent. If Darwin’s theory is correct, that means you and I are here by accident, and we are not important. We are disposable, throw-away, and so nothing matters. Can you see how detrimental such beliefs are?
It’s for that reason we can so easily kill babies by abortion. No matter that entire generations of creativity and invention have been snuffed out because of “choice.” If nothing matters, we can kill and cheat and steal and hate others, and it won’t matter at all, because we will never be called to account for anything we’ve done, no matter how evil.
That’s the mindset of those who believe such things. That’s the reason our culture is in such a state of decay today. How can we hold up the rule of law as right if we cannot be held reponsible? In fact, this is nothing new. Scripture says, and I mentioned it a few days ago, that old line, “Take ease, my soul. Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”
But everything changes when we must admit God is the Creator of all things. If God created us with a purpose, we answer to Him. If God is in control, we will be judged for what we do in the flesh. Darwin’s theory has only become popular because men want excuses for their behavior; they demand to do what they want and not be held accountable. Old Darwin wasn’t really all that clever after all. He was just a tool of the Devil whose theory fed into men’s desire for sin.
If God is the Creator, you and I are not here by accident. We are precious individuals, each a one of a kind, with fingerprints and DNA unlike anyone else’s. And that, my friends, should give us hope. We are not dogs who are merely born to procreate and live in lustful squalor; we are human beings of value and immense worth. In fact, we are so precious to God that He sent His precious Son, Jesus to die in our place, to buy us back from the clutches of sin, death and hell.
Can you see what a difference it makes when we live as though we are here by design instead of by accident? If you have a single remaining doubt, I challenge you to read Psalm 139, one of my favorite chapters of Scripture. When I struggle with my value, it reassures me that God knows me in my inward parts, that He is thinking of me day and night, and He cares about every detail of my life. A far cry from thinking like an evolutionist.
It’s time to preach the truth, that there will be a day of accounting. If he could speak today, Darwin would be the first to admit it from his place in hell, where tongues of flame are never extinguished, and terror and endless thirst are the order of the day. He may have denied God’s existence when alive, but he certainly knows otherwise today.
I want to shout it from the rooftops to anyone who will listen–Jesus is coming soon! There will be a day of reckoning, when, as Scripture says, “Our souls will be required of us.”
May God reveal the truth to men’s hearts before it’s too late.
Because of His great love,
Nancy
