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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” —Genesis 1:1 Mankind…are we the product of natural selection, the survival of the fittest? Or are we the handy work of a personal God who created us individually? It is the Bible, not Darwin, that tells us not only about the origin of the species, but the destiny of the species. Origins are important because the fact is, how we got here and why we are here greatly affects where we are going. Evolution is the attempt to explain the origin of life without a Creator. I reject it for the following three reasons: Number one, I reject it on the basis of logic. Evolution theorizes that nothing times nobody equals everything. Many intelligent and well-trained scientists are moving away from this theory. Not because they are Bible believers, but because they realize that there is a lack of evidence to support the theory. I also reject this theory on the basis of morality. If there is no God, then there is no need for morality. When you begin teaching people that they came from animals, it won’t be long before they start acting like animals. Finally, I reject evolution for theological reasons. The Word of God simply doesn’t teach it. Be careful about trying to accommodate the Scripture to this theory. I don’t believe you can have it both ways and remain consistent. You are not here by accident today. This isn’t by chance. I don’t believe that anything has ever happened by chance, but by the governing, guiding hand of God. God created you to know Him. He set eternity in your heart.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

All Things Made New

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

2 Corinthians 5:15–17

Evangelist Harry Rimmer told the story of a man who was saved on a Sunday night in one of his meetings. On Tuesday, the man came to the church and asked for his help. Rimmer said, “He had some trouble starting, but finally informed me that he had deserted his wife and baby daughter six months before. The poor fellow wept like a child as he unfolded his tale. He offered no excuses, asked for no favor, just begged for forgiveness. I somehow phrased his pitiful pleas, and we mailed it together. Two weeks later he came in accompanied by his wife and wee daughter. I never saw a happier man in all my life. When his wife got his letter she wasted no time writing; she answered it in person!”

Those of us who have been saved for a number of years must be careful not to forget the transformation that the new birth brought to our lives. We must continue to walk according to the new nature we have been given. “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). God’s plan is not for our conversion to be an event that takes place in the past and left behind. We are to be living in the new nature in the present as well.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

The impact of salvation should be clearly visible in our lives every day.