THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION

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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION
I. THE DAYS OF CREATION
II. WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE BIBLE TEACH US
ABOUT THE DAYS OF CREATION IN GENESIS 1?
A. Day in the context of Genesis 1, 15, 8
24 B. The thorns and thistles of Genesis
317-18 C. Day and year in Genesis 51-3 D. The
week of Exodus 209-11 and 3114-17 E. Psalms
336-9 F. The beginning in Matthew 194-6 and
Mark 106 G. Hebrew 43, 1 Pet. 411 2 Jno. 9-11
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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
A. Regarding dating methods B. Can we harmonize
the Bible and evolution?
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The Genesis Account of Creation and Evolution
1. The Bible teaches that the earth was created
before the sun and stars (Gen. 11,16). The
theory of evolution (in its full scientific
context) teaches that the sun and stars existed
in some cases for billions of years before the
earth. 2. The Bible teaches that birds were
created before insects (120,24). The theory of
evolution demands that the insects precede the
birds. 3. The Bible teaches that the land plants
preceded marine life (111,20). The theory
of evolution demands that marine life precede
plants.
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The Genesis Account of Creation and Evolution 4.
The Bible teaches that whales were created before
reptiles (or any other land animals, 121,24).
But the theory of evolution not only teaches that
reptiles came before whales, but that whales are
in fact land animals that have returned to the
water. 5. The Bible teaches that the birds were
created before the reptiles (120,24). But
evolution demands that birds be the direct
descendants of the reptiles. 6. The Bible teaches
that man was created before rain fell on the
earth (25-7). The theory of evolution demands
that rain fell on the earth for millions of years
before man.
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The Genesis Account of Creation and Evolution 7.
The Bible teaches that everything was created
"after their kind" (111-12,24-25). The theory
of evolution teaches that everything came from a
common ancestor. 8. The Bible teaches that death
and suffering are the result of sin, and that sin
entered the world with Adam and Eve (217). But
the theory of evolution demands that the process
of life and death struggle had been going on for
millions of years before man, and that man's most
immediate ancestors were part of that
struggle. 9. The Bible teaches that man was made
first, and then the woman was made from his side
(218-22). Evolution demands that the sexes
evolved together. (Most information on this chart
from Dan King)
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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
A. Regarding dating methods B. Can we harmonize
the Bible and evolution? C. With some known
facts
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Life forms men mammals reptiles
flower- ing plants amphibians, ferns
conifers first land plants fish invertebrate
s
Missing strata in the Grand Canyon
? ? ? ? ? Permian Pennsylvanian Mississippian ? ?
? Cambrian Precambrian
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Life forms men mammals reptiles
flower- ing plants amphibians, ferns
conifers first land plants fish invertebrate
s
Reversed Strata, Lewis Mt. Range, Montana
Precambrian Cretaceous
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Life forms men mammals reptiles
flower- ing plants amphibians, ferns
conifers first land plants fish invertebrate
s
Human Occupation of the Geol. Strata alleged
appearance of man human skull, engraved
letters human bones dinosaur carvings spoon/tools
human footprints trilobite/human footprints
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The Fossil Record The fossil record was
revisited in the 1970's in works by Stephen Jay
Gould, Niles Eldredge, and Steven Stanley.
Gould and Eldredge proposed a new theory called
punctuated equilibrium...to deal with an
embarrassing fact The fossil record today on
the whole looks very much as it did in 1859,
despite the fact that an enormous amount of
fossil hunting has gone on in the intervening
years. In the words of Gould
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The Fossil Record The history of most fossil
species includes two features particularly
inconsistent with gradualism 1. Stasis. Most
species exhibit no directional change during
their tenure on earth. They appear in the
fossil record looking pretty much the same as
when they disappear morphological change is
limited and directionless. 2. Sudden
appearance. In any local area, a species does
not arise gradually by the steady transformation
of its ancestors it appears all at once and
fully formed.'
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The Fossil Record In short, if evolution means
the gradual change of one kind of organism into
another kind, the outstanding characteristic of
the fossil record is the absence of evidence for
evolution. Darwinists can always explain away
the sudden appearance of new species by saying
that the transitional intermediates were for some
reason not fossilized. But stasis -- the
consistent absence of fundamental directional
change -- is positively documented. It is also
the norm and not the exception." (Philip E.
Johnson, Darwin on Trial, pp. 50-51)
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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
II. CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 1
A. Other miracles must be explained away
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• Other miracles must be explained away
• The world-wide flood, Gen. 6-7
• The parting of the Red Sea, Ex. 14
• The three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace,
  Dan. 3
• Jonah and the great fish, Jon. 1
• The virgin birth, Matt. 1 Lk. 1
• The resurrection of Jesus, Lk. 24 Jno. 20

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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
II. CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 1
A. Other miracles must be explained away B. A
floodgate of wider digression in opened
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Opening the door to wider digression Reality is
that multiple interpretations are available for
almost all Scriptures, including the creation
account.... Genesis 1-2 must have a symbolic or
allegorical meaning (Published exchange with
Marc Gibson, Sent 5/17/00, via Harry Osborne,
Accepting Advocates of the Big Bang Theory?).
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Opening the door to wider digression When
meeting a Baptist we ought to consider such
people Christians and politely neglect the title
Baptist as both irrelevant and inconsequen-
tial. When meeting a Methodist we ought to
consider such people Christians and politely
neglect the title Methodist as both irrelevant
and inconsequential. Therefore all believers and
followers of Christ -- including all those who
are ignorant and in error -- are considered
Christians and Christians only (Berean Spirit
List, Sent 6/4/02, via Osborne).
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Opening the door to wider digression I left
the __________church of Christ voluntarily
because the elders did not approve of my
doctrinal views.The elders specifically objected
to my universalism. The thought that God would
save Muslims and atheists was particularly
distressing to them (Sent out by the man himself
via e-mail, 6/6/03).
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This petition is being circulated throughout the
brotherhood in an attempt to inform brethren of
some things that are going on at ACU. There
are numerous examples of departures from the
founders charter and from the precept and
example of the New Testament ACU has changed to
allow dancing and a recognized dance club. A
Bible professor was shown in the Abilene Reporter
News drinking wine. Instrumen- tal music in
worship has been made a non- fellowship issue by
many faculty members. Students who are members of
denominations have been allowed to organize
religious activities on campus. The use of ACU
facilities for denomi- national activities has
been authorized by the administration. There has
been the encourage-
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ment in chapel that students attend denomina-
tional worship activities. There has been the
advocating and encouragement of women to take on
roles in worship and ministry of the church not
permitted by Scripture. The following examples
describe briefly some particularly disturbing
occurrences 1. The 2004 ACU Lectureship
organizers sought speakers who taught matters
contrary to Scripture. Simultaneously ACU
announced their choice of the Outstanding Alumnus
of the year, choosing Max Lucado for that honor,
a man who has abandoned the use of the name
Church of Christ, and has abandoned the belief
that baptism is necessary and essential for
salvation.
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2. ACU invited Katie Hays, a radical feminist
who is the preacher for the West Islip Church of
Christ in West Islip, NY, and whose church has
female shepherds, to critique the ACU advanced
preaching students sermons, and to deliver a
sermon at the Chapel.
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3. ACU has invited Tony Campolo, a Northern
Baptist (the liberal wing of the Baptist church),
to speak at ACU in Chapel, where he recruited
students to work in his evangelistic ministry.
Several denominations were allowed to use Moody
Coliseum for an inter-denominational joint
revival with Campolo as the evangelist. Letters
were sent out to churches by Habitat for
Humanity encouraging people to attend and how
glorious it was going to be when Christians of
all the denominations raised their voices in
fellowship and worship.
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4. At least some ACU Bible professors have a
functionally different belief regarding baptism.
One professor is in print advocating fellowship
between those who believe that baptism is for
the remission of sins and because of the
remission of sins and thus treating as brothers
and sisters in Christ, those of the various
denominations who have not been scripturally
immersed for the forgiveness of sins. Such
teaching compromises the clear New Testament
teaching that baptism is essential for salvation.
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...6. ACU gives unclear and misleading teach-
ings about the nature of the New Testament
church. 7. These teachings and practices have
led some ACU students to abandon sound doctrine
as well as the churches of Christ, and attend
denomina- tions instead, or return home to foment
rebellion and division in unsuspecting
churches. (ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Vic
Vadney, 1440 Key Lane, Abilene, TX 79602, all
emphasis in original)
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ANIMATE EVOLUTION
BILLIONS OF YEARS
BILLIONS OF YEARS
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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
II. CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 1
A. Other miracles must be explained away B. A
floodgate of wider digression in opened C. Shane
Scott and the FC year book dedication
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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
II. CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 1
III. THE FELLOWSHIP QUESTION
A. Should we fellowship those who undermine the
foundation of Biblical interpretation?
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• Other miracles must be explained away
• The world-wide flood, Gen. 6-7
• The parting of the Red Sea, Ex. 14
• The three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace,
  Dan. 3
• Jonah and the great fish, Jon. 1
• The virgin birth, Matt. 1 Lk. 1
• The resurrection of Jesus, Lk. 24 Jno. 20

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THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION SOME RELATED
MATTERS
I. SEEKING HARMONY
II. CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 1
III. THE FELLOWSHIP QUESTION
A. Should we fellowship those who undermine the
foundation of Biblical interpretation? B. We
should not fellowship those who go beyond the
teaching of Christ or who cause divisions and
offenses contrary to the doctrine we have
learned, 2 Jno. 9-11 Rom. 1617-18 Heb. 113
43 Mk. 106
C. When we fellowship such men we open the
floodgate for a wider digression of non-literal
interpretation which knows no end, 2 Tim. 216-18