Genesis 1:1-2 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. (NLT)

Colossians 1:16 – for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. (NLT)

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· Science deals only with the observable present. We cannot scientifically test something that happened in the past.

· Isaac Newton’s studies of gravity and mechanics became the foundation for how we understand the physical processes of the universe.

· The Big Bang theory says the universe came into existence 13.8 billion years ago with a massive explosion.

· The most powerful natural phenomena we observe today leave behind destruction and disorder, but our universe shows exquisite order and precision that point to divine creation.

· Secular and creation scientists agree about the laws of physics and mathematics.

· The stability of natural processes described by the laws of physics is reinforced by the Bible. It teaches that God upholds the universe in a consistent and orderly way for our benefit.

· Secular scientists have never explained the first source of energy that created the universe or supposedly caused the Big Bang.

· Genesis describes how, on Day One of creation, God created space, time, matter, and energy—all integral components of our world that can be described by natural laws.

· The Law of Entropy shows us that the universe can’t be eternally old—all the energy in it would have transferred to a useless state by now. It had to have a beginning.

· The first cause of all things is the God of the universe—all-knowing and all-powerful.

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Job 38:4-11 – “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much.
5 Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?
6 What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone
7 as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
8 “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,
9 and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness?
10 For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.
11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’

Job 38:19-24 – “Where does light come from, and where does darkness go?
20 Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there?
21 But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced!
22 “Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail?
23 (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.)
24 Where is the path to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind? (NLT)

Job 38:31-33 – “Can you direct the movement of the stars—binding the cluster of the Pleiades or loosening the cords of Orion?
32 Can you direct the constellations through the seasons or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
33 Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth? (NLT)

Isaiah 48:13 – It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.” (NLT)

Job 38:34-38 – “Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
35 Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct?
36 Who gives intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind?
37 Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
38 when the parched ground is dry and the soil has hardened into clods? (NLT)

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· Evolution sees nature as the “creator” that was helped over millions of years by improbable circumstances to create complex life and natural processes that formed today’s world. Death is just an end, and life has no meaning.

· Christians look at nature’s complexity and see a world God designed with order and purpose. Death exists not because nature or God is cruel but because it entered the perfect world when Adam and Eve sinned. God offers grace to handle life’s difficulties and a way out—salvation.

· When dinosaurs lived is a key question of the Bible’s accuracy. If dinosaurs lived and died before humans existed, death could not be a consequence of sin because it would have come before sin (Romans 5:12). What Genesis records would be false, and redemption through Jesus Christ our Savior would be just a myth.

· Historical evidence for the Tower of Babel confirms Acts 17:26: “He has made from one blood every nation…and has determined…the boundaries of their dwellings.”

· No one can explain how even a hypothetical Big Bang could have occurred without a supernatural force. No known laws in the universe can make something out of nothing. God the Creator is the only explanation. Genesis 1:16 confirms this: “Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.”

· Nothing we can observe about Earth contradicts the psalmist who said, “The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.” The Bible is clear that humans were made in God’s image to be caretakers of the earth.

· Some think God didn’t measure creation days in 24 literal hours. But in Genesis and elsewhere, when God refers to creation He defines a day with a 24-hour timeframe, which ultimately indicates the earth is about 6,000 years old. As Jesus said in John 3:12, “If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?”

· In Romans 1:20, Paul noted that God’s “invisible attributes…even His eternal power and Godhead” are “clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.” The evidence for God as Creator is readily available. Anyone can witness God’s glory by looking up at the stars. Yet, Peter warned us that scoffers “willfully forget” the evidence in front of them (2 Peter 3:5).

· Evolution and the Big Bang come from a naturalistic worldview that has become dominant in the last 200 years. This worldview exalts nature and man and attempts to explain the existence of everything without God, affecting both morality and society.

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1. We are meant to be fruitful on the earth.

Genesis 1:28 – Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” (NLT)

2. We were created to worship Him.

Psalm 95:6 – Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, (NLT)

Revelation 4:11 – You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased. (NLT)

3. We are called to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 28:18-19 – Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (NLT)