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LET NO ONE IN ANY WAY DECEIVE YOU.
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In Acts 17:22-34, Paul stood with the Greek philosophers on Mars Hill in Athens and proceeded to enlighten them as to whom their “unknown God” was. Paul wanted them to know that although they were religious they were being deceived by their idolatry.
In Colossians 2:8 Paul again admonishes Christians to: “see to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the traditions of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”
We have just had the honour of a series of lectures refuting evolution given by Brad Harrub and they have been given in the same way Paul used to refute the thinkers of his day. These lectures have indeed fortified my faith and I am sure they have done the same for every Christian who listened to intently and took in the material given. It is a comfort to know that the church still has “giants of the faith” whom can put forth the truth on topics often beyond the ken of many.
When you think about it Paul is right when he says we are to “see to it.” This implies we are to put forth a sustained and genuine effort to come to grips with the prevailing mood of culture and philosophy that is prominent in our time. We are to avoid being “taken captive,” by them since they are “empty deception according to the traditions of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”
We live in a time when the so-called learned people of the world are taking our children captive. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that many of us Christian parents do not know how to answer those who are teaching our children and grandchildren.
Evolution is indeed an empty deception, a tradition of men, and it is according to the elementary principles of the world (of origins), and it is against the teachings of Christ. Evil men have got worse and worse and more strident in their teaching of this godless theory as a “fact.”
If we think for just a moment we see that Christ endorses the creation account and the miracles that are recorded in scripture.
(Matthew 19:4), “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning, MADE THEM male and female?”
(Luke 17:32), “Remember Lot’s wife.” What is there to remember about Lot’s wife? Only that she “looked back and became a pillar of salt.” Now on the face of it we can say “so what,” but think about this. If Christ lied about this then He could not be the Son of God. Why not? Because you just cannot have a lying Son of God. The same can be said if He were ignorant of the facts concerning creation or the miracles. You simply cannot have an ignorant Son of God.
As Brad pointed out, the argument that C.S. Lewis employed in his “Mere Christianity,” Christ was liar, lunatic or lord. That is a strong disjunction for He surely was not all three of them.
We have the truth (John 17:17) that truth sets us free. (John 8:32). Further we can know if that word or teaching is from God by being willing to study it and to do God’s will. (John 7:17). The problem with the evolutionary theory is that it denies in one fell swoop the Divinity of Christ, the truth of His word, the existence of God, the creation account and the inspiration of the Bible.
Evolution is firmly in the category of “empty deceit and the philosophy of men.” It has nothing going for it at all. The question asked is if this is true then why has it got so much traction? One answer is plain money (filthy lucre) a rather apt term for it too. We know that in (I Timothy 6:10) that the love of money not money itself is the root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the truth and pierced themselves with many a pang.
Make no mistake about it evolution is a vested interest. Its poisonous fruit pays many careers as university professors’ lecturers and such like. Again we need to think, if evolution is true then why does the classroom next door in the university teach “human rights?” Doesn’t that seem like an oxymoron to you? As for the “pangs” many will not know them until judgement, but we know them as our children leave the faith having been tainted by the poison. That should alert us to whom the father of this lie really is Satan is his name.
We must never be cowed by these “men of letters” Paul certainly wasn’t neither was Christ that is why we are to see to it that this satanic speculative philosophy does not take our children or us captive.
THE HYPOTHETICAL SYLLOGISM OF EVOLUTIONISTS.
Major premise. If evolution is true then God does not exist.
Minor premise. Evolution is true
Conclusion. Therefore God does not exist.
This argument is in fact valid but it is not sound. Why? Because none of the premises have been proven to be true. (This is why evolution is theoretical). Despite evolutionists that cry to the contrary they cannot prove their premises.
We do not have to prove that evolution is false as our only defence. We must hold evolutionists to proving that God does not exist since the onus is on them to prove that premise true. The difficulty they have with it is this they must prove a universal negative proposition viz “No God exists”, or “No God has ever existed.”
The problem is here that in order to prove beyond all doubt that no God has ever existed, one needs to be omniscient, one must know beyond all doubt that no God has ever existed in all of earth’s history. Given their prevaricating language as far as evolution is concerned their task has just become impossible to say the least.
Let us then stay strong in our convictions and study ourselves so we can give an apology against these godless men and women who are being used by Satan to upset the faith of many. Also let us thank God for men like Brad Harrub who have taken the time to look into these false teachings and give them our support and most importantly to learn from them how to combat the gainsayers.
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