Being objective is tough. When it comes to creation vs billions of years, a person must begin with one of two assumptions.

¹⁴ “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. ¹⁵ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:14-15

Let’s do a little rephrasing:

“Now BELIEVE the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the TIME gods your secular scientists worship in the laboratories and universities, and serve the Lord. But if BELIEVING the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the TIME gods your secular scientists serve in the laboratories and universities or the time gods in your textbooks, in whose classes you are taking. But as for me and my household, we will BELIEVE the Lord.”

We all start with an assumption of either God creating the heavens and the earth or that time created the heavens and the earth. The mantra of an evolutionist is, “Given enough time, anything is possible.” But, is this true? Can information be added to DNA? Is macro-evolution plausible? provable? observable? repeatable?

People thought that places like the Grand Canyon took millions of years to create–until Mt. St. Helens erupted and created a mini-Grand Canyon in 9 hours! All of a sudden, the time it was supposed to take to create the Grand Canyon dropped to days. Science is always changing and adapting. For instance, we no longer practice blood-letting, which actually weakens the patient rather than curing the patient.

The Bible, on the other hand, remains fixed. Written over a period of 3500 years, by 40 authors in 3 languages, with one woven story from beginning to end, the Bible stands as the greatest literary and religious book in history. It has survived time and weather, burnings, copy errors, mistranslations, and erroneous interpretations. We can trust God’s Word for truth.

Tomorrow, we will look at 10 evidences from science that confirm a young earth. We will also look at Genesis 1 and its wonders and mysteries.

Abba, You are the Great Revealer of truth. Jesus is our revelation of who You are. You tell us that You never change (Malachi 3:6) and that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). We can trust what You say about how the earth began, about salvation, and about how You will consummate the ages (the end of time). Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.