Did God Really Say…? Part 4

If you've missed my previous posts, you can find them here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Why Belief in Genesis as Literal History is Important

Yesterday I fully recognized that one can believe in evolution and believe in Jesus Christ as his/her Savior and Lord. But did you know that belief in macro/Darwinian evolution rather than a six-day creation is one of the main reasons why many people over the last few decades, especially today’s youths, have walked away from and continue to walk away from the Christian faith? By my own off-the-cuff, devil’s advocate-type questions and reasoning, I’ve shown how easy it could be to argue oneself out of believing the rest of the Bible if one believes Genesis is not true.

Did you catch that? We put our children’s eternal salvation in jeopardy when we accept man’s word on this topic rather than adhere to God’s Word. (Check out Ken Ham’s book, Already Gone, for concerning statistics about how many children raised in Christian homes are leaving the faith because of the evolution argument.)

The more we discredit the Bible, the more we question God in all areas of our lives. The more we question Him, the more confused we get. The more confused we get, the easier it becomes for the world to deceive us. We’re watching it happen in real time, inside and outside the Church, with the global attack on marriage, the marriage bed, the family, gender, abortion, and more.

Yet as I’ve already said, the Bible has stood the test of time, despite man’s attempts to prove it false. When we see how archeology and secular historical accounts align with places and events in the Bible; when we see how the prophecies have come true in the past and we’re currently witnessing the foundations being laid in preparation for the prophecies in Revelation; when we see that God isn’t lying throughout the rest of the Bible, then it’s reasonable to conclude He’s not lying or making up children’s stories in the first few pages of His book.

I guess my intent in sharing all of this is to encourage my fellow Christians that we don’t have to apologize for believing God’s account in Genesis. We have plenty of reasons for clinging to His Word, some of which I’ve hit upon over the last few days. Please, let’s recognize that not only have the school systems and “science” curricula lied to us and mishandled facts for decades, but we must take seriously the eternal ramifications for our children and future generations when we begin to discount parts of the Bible.

In the end, I’m not the one saying God made the world in six days. God Himself said it. I’m simply standing by what He said—standing on the Word of God—and really, there’s no better place to be, for “[t]he grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)

If you want to know more about the trustworthiness of Genesis or the holes in evolution, I encourage you to check out the following resources to get started:

• Answers in Genesis: website, YouTube channel, on-demand video content
• Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
• Chip Ingram’s message series, Why I Believe
• Is Genesis History?

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Matt 24:35)

“Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17)

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim 3:16-17)

“The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.” (Psalms 119:160)

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” (2 Tim 2:15)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” (John 1:1-2)