Recap of Session Two

Question:

Is there a Supreme Being? Why?

Answers:

1. Every Effect Has a Cause

2. Every Creation Has a Creator

3. Every Law Has a Lawgiver

Recap of Session Three

Question:

Is the Bible authentic? Why?

Answers:

1. Fulfilled Prophecy

2. Historical Accuracy

3. Scientific Accuracy

4. Indestructibility

5. Unique Structure

6. Universal Influence

7. Life –Changing Effect

Recap of Session Four

Question:

Is the Bible accurate? Why?

Answers:1. Transmission of OT & NT

2. Manuscript Evidence

3. Accurate Reading of the Bible

SESSION FIVE

Where did we come from?

Creation or Evolution?

Thousands or Millions of Years?

Bible Reading

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Genesis 1:1-31

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Psalms 117:160

These verses illustrate that the Bible is very clear on the issue of creation and exactly what happened. Also that scripture is from God and contains no errors. If this be so, then Creation vs. Evolution and Millions of Years should not be an issue.

Creation• The Bible clearly states that God created the

heavens and the Earth and that He created plants, animals, and humans all in 6 days.

• Dinosaurs would have been created with all the other animals.

• God made everything with the appearance of age!– Adam and Eve were never babies.– The mountains were never hills.– There was no egg before the chicken.

• Any other view would need to stretch the biblical evidence to make it fit.

Evolution• The Theory of Evolution requires an old Earth.• Their dating methods are flawed.• There is no fossil evidence to support evolution.• Charles Darwin believed that there would be

fossils found that showed a half ape half human, there are no such fossils.

• The fossil evidence that is available has been distorted to fit their views.

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Genealogic Record

Old Testament• Genesis 5 - Adam to Noah• Genesis 11 - Shem (Noah’s son) to Abraham

New Testament• Matthew 1:1-17 – Abraham to Jesus (Mary’s line)• Luke 3:23-38 – Jesus to Adam (Joseph’s line)

Lessons From the Genealogic Record

Genesis 5 – Adam to Noah• Adam died at 930 which would have been 931AC. • Noah’s father was born in 875AC, which was 56

years before Adam died.• Noah was born when his father was 182 which

would have been in 1057AC.• Noah lived 950 years which means he died in

2007AC.• There were 1057 years between Adam and Noah.

Lessons From the Genealogic Record

Genesis 11 – Shem to Abraham• Terah was born in 1879AC and was 70 when

Abraham was born.• Abraham was born in 1949AC which was 58 years

before Noah died in 2007AC. • Abraham lived 175 years and would have died in

2124AC. • Noah was 500 when Shem was born and there were

392 years between Shem and Abraham.• That is a total of 892 years between Noah and

Abraham.

Lessons From the Genealogic Record

Matthew and Luke’s Genealogies• Jesus was born in 4BC. This would have been

around 4112AC.• Jesus was crucified when he was 33 ½ which

would have been in 30AD. This would have been 4145 years after creation.

• This year is 2011. That would be 6126 years after the creation of the world.

Science vs. ChristianityScience The Bible

1. Age of the Earth is 4.54 billion years old2. The earth was created by a Big Bang3. Dinosaurs died before humans came along.4. Life was a product of evolution5. Everything that happens can be explained

by nature and scientific experimentation thus the supernatural does not exist.

1. Age of the Earth is less than 10,000 yrs old2. God created the heavens and the Earth3. God created the dinosaurs when he

created the other animals.4. God created plants and animals and then

humans in His image.5. There is a supernatural and miracles and

supernatural beings such as angels do exist. God’s ways are not our ways!

YOU HAVE A CHOICE

Where does your faith, and the evidence lead you?