Prof Zebulon No E23

A) Creation (The impossibility of the Big Bang theory)

Everyone has heard about the Big Bang theory of creation. You know, that's where a blob of energy (some call it: "the cosmic egg") exploded somewhere in space and from there, hydrogen gas was supposedly created and expanded itself across the universe. Then, for some unknown reason and after an undetermined period of time it started to re-gather itself by gravity to form the millions of stars and planets that we observe at night. No one knows why and how it happened, it just happened. So how do Christians defend themselves against such a preposterous story?

Some can argue that the Bible teaches a completely different story of creation, but, as we have said before, most evolutionists don't consider the Bible as authoritative. There has to be another way; this is where Scientific Creationism comes into play.

In the Big Bang theory, stars are said to have created themselves because hydrogen molecules started moving toward each other by gravity and got closer and closer. The closer they got, the hotter the cloud of gas became and eventually got so hot, that a star was formed. This all sounds very complicated, right? But, actually, there is a very simple scientific explanation why this could never, never happen.

When gas molecules contract or get smaller they become hotter; when they get hotter, pressure from the hot gas pushes out or expands. So there is gravity pulling in and pressure pushing out or expanding. Science has ways of measuring these two forces and, as it turns out, the gas pressure pushing out is 100 times stronger than the gravity pulling in. A star could never create itself; it had to be created.

The Lord used only five small words to describe the creation of the stars and they are found in Genesis 1:16 : "He made the stars also".

There is a wonderful verse in 1 Peter3 : 15 - "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear”. Let's use this verse as our focus in defending the Bible whenever the Lord gives us opportunity.

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C) The Body of Christ (Harmony)

In our studies on the Church, we have seen how unity and diversity are characteristics of the Body of Christ. Unity in that all believers are one with Christ and diversity in that the members have varying gifts. Harmony is when these gifts and gifted people work together to build up and edify the Church for the glory of God. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 12: 21, 22 : "And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.; nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary". In other words, a pretty face in nice but an ugly liver is essential. The concept of harmony in the Body of Christ cannot happen without humility and respect of other members. The Body of Christ has unity, diversity and harmony; not in any specific denomination or organization but in the Body as a whole with Christ as the Head.

In future studies we will see, in detail the gifts of the body, the gifted members of the body, the witness of the body and many others.

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