No 15

(Science and the Bible)

The Bible is not a book of science but it contains scientific ideas, theories and truths. Everything that the Bible says about science is absolutely infallible and for centuries, man has attempted to discredit the Bible regarding its scientific statements but has always failed to do so. As we have seen in our studies on creation, the Lord has always been perfect in all that has been written in the Bible about the origin of man, the origin of the universe and the origin of life itself. I would like to look at a few portions of Scripture that are scientific in nature and have been tested by many agnostics but always been thwarted in their attempts to disprove them. The first one is in 1 Corinthians 15:39 where the Bible says: “ All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.” For centuries, scientists said that this verse was untrue and that there existed only one kind of flesh. With the advent of modern equipment, the scientific community have had to admit that there are different kinds of “flesh”, just as the Bible says. Another verse concerns the millions of stars that we see in the night sky. This verse is in Hebrews 11:12 “Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.” A long time ago, scientists said that the stars are not “innumerable as the sand on the seashore” and that there are a certain number and that’s it! Of course, when the high-powered telescopes arrived on the scene, they re-stated their theory and admitted that there are many more stars than they had originally thought. The Hubbell telescope that is outside the earth’s atmosphere, has proven beyond any doubt that the stars are “innumerable”. The last biblical/scientific topic that we will discuss is in the form of a question. What is the binding force of the atom? Science has progressed exponentially in the last 50 years but still does not have the answer to this simple question. An atom is composed of three particles – protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons are positively charged, neutrons are neutral and electrons are negatively charged. The electrons whirl around the nucleus that is made up of protons and neutrons; what keeps the nucleus from moving out since like elements repel each other and are attracted to negative particles? We now know that even these three very basic elements are themselves composed of particles and are part of a very sophisticated system. What keeps it all together? The answer is found in Colossians 1:17 “And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” Our God is an awesome God.