THEISTIC EVOLUTION Did God Create the World Theistic

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. • 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” ( )יום • 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?