A LIFE SENTENCE

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. Genesis 1:27 (HCSB)

The worldview you hold is essentially your starting point for all you believe. Moreover, it will color the way you understand life, even how you view facts. Since each of us has been “Sentenced to Life”, that is, we get to live life, it is extremely important to live well. Each of us has asked at some point “Why am I here?” How did I get here?

Dr. Calvin Wittman dispels “the most prevalent modern myth concerning the origin of man, the theory, and let me stress that word theory, of evolution.

In 1859, Charles Darwin published his widely acclaimed book entitled, The Origin of Species, in which he set forth his own theory as to how humanity came to be. Interestingly enough, Darwin offered no real explanation about the origin of anything. Instead he merely offered a theory as to the evolution of species. In other words, he could not explain how matter first came into being; instead he hypothesized how one form of matter mutated into another form of matter. And even that has been impossible to prove.

Dinesh D’Souza, in his book, What’s So Great About Christianity, says that despite a long history of experimentation, breeders have never been able to breed across species lines and produce new species. He goes on to ask, “So how can random mutations achieve what carefully orchestrated cross-breeding has failed to do?” D’Souza says. While the fossil record shows evidence of microevolution, that is one type of finch evolving into another type of finch, there is no evidence for macro-evolution which shows one species evolving into a different species. In other words, there is no proof that evolution is valid as a theory.”

Wittman further states “The Christian worldview works off of the presupposition that there is a God who created all things and who intervenes in time and space, many times in miraculous ways, as He relates to mankind, His supreme creation. The Darwinist worldview is agnostic or atheistic. Agnostics say they cannot know whether or not there is a God, while atheists assert that there is no God.”

In answering the question how did we get here, we have two choices offered: The theory of evolution or intelligent design. The Bible gives us a simply and concise answer In Genesis 1:27 we read, “So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.”  Evolution give us a theory that is continually proving to be based on science fiction and the Bible give us intelligent design. This intelligent designed is the object of our worship, God. Moreover, every designer has a purpose for his designs. Likewise God has design you and me with a purpose.

Today’s Prayer

Dear Lord,

Thank You for creating me and giving me life. Help me to live with purpose, the purpose with which you created me. In Jesus Name, Amen.