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           Everyone must choose whether to believe the truth of God’s creation story, or the lie of the evolution theory.  The creation account in Genesis is 100% accurate, but the theory of evolution is totally in error.  Biblical facts are completely opposed to evolution beliefs.  Every design has a designer, and random chance has no chance.  “Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God” Psalm 90:2.

           The belief that God created the heavens and the earth by divine power Genesis 1:1 is the basis of our faith—Hebrews 11:6 “where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.”

            Many people and scientists have their opinion on the origin of life, but only the Bible gives the truth.  Psalm 19:1 ”The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.”  Believing that God created the universe inspires us to have faith in Him. 

            God says "Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save” Psalm 146:3, but 5-6 “Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.”

            The apostle explained to the Athenians that Acts 17:24, 28 "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.  For in him we live and move and have our being."  An angel verifies that truth Revelation 14:7 "Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water"—that is the last opportunity to repent.

            God called Job’s attention to the stars and planets to convince him that if divine power could create those things, it could certainly do anything else for those who trust Him in faith.  Job’s eyes were opened, so he said 42:1-3, “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.  Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. 5 ”I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”

            If we believe that God has the power to create anything, then we should also believe He can do anything or heal any oppression.  When we actually know God as our Creator, Provider, Defender, and Healer, our only response is humility, repentance, and faith.  When Job realized that he was nothing and God was everything—he took his lowly place and gave God His exalted place.

            Satan wants to discredit God by refuting creation and endorsing evolution.  A multitude of mistakes, myths, and misinformation have been discovered in the evolution theory, but this lie remains in public school textbooks. 

Jesus said to some Pharisees Matthew 19:4, "Have you not read that He [the Creator] who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’”—but the world rejects this truth and has changed God’s plan for marriage to destroy souls in Hell.

            If Satan can have us question whether God created the world, he can have us doubt all of Scripture.  If someone rejects the truth of creation by an all-powerful Creator, they would also reject divine healing by an all-powerful God.  Recent DNA discoveries reveal that the chromosomes of the Neanderthal do not match those of humans—there is no missing link.  Evolution is a lie of the devil to destroy faith in God.

            The designer of something is the most competent to repair it.  A factory authorized service center is best qualified to repair the vehicles they make.  God created every part of us—spirit, soul, and body, so it is only reasonable to believe that He can heal them.  “The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” Genesis 2:7.

            If we are physically oppressed, we are to trust God in faith to heal our body without drugs Acts 3:16.  If we need wisdom, we are to pray and ask God in faith to enlighten us James 1:5.  If a financial need is met, we are to place that request before God in prayer and in faith Philippians 4:19 ”And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”  God has promised to forgive our sins, to heal our body, convert our heart, and provide every need—if we will believe Him and trust Him in faith.

            God is love 1 John 4:8 so He gave us a choice to love Him in return.  Heaven is the best of all environments, and He wants to share that with us.  He is waiting for everyone—by their own choice—to return to Him, to repent of their sins 2 Peter 3:9, and to trust Him in faith for everything—healing, protection, provisions, justice, guidance, and everything else—leading us to His kingdom.

            On the first day God created light, the second, sky and water; the third, land and seas; the fourth, sun, moon, and stars; and on the fifth day, birds and fish.  After creating living creatures on the sixth “according to their kinds Genesis 1:26, “God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over [everything].”  Genesis 2:1 ”Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.”  Everything was perfect in the beginning.

            At first, Adam had no rebellion in his heart, so it was natural to love God, to trust Him, and to depend on Him for everything.  Knowing what perfect conditions existed then, enables us to understand what conditions God wants for us now—to have peace, good health, one-day supplies, divine protection, and no problems.  Jesus said Mark 11:24 “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

            To receive what God wants to give, we must be willing to believe, and then be willing to act in faith on what He has promised.  Abraham “did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God” Romans 4:20, so he acted in faith on what he believed in his heart.

Satan wants us to limit God, but the Lord Ephesians 3:20, “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, [infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts], according to his power that is at work within us.”  God wants to do far more than we could imagine—it is Ephesians 1:19 ”His incomparably great power for us who believe,” so we should ask Him in faith—“believe and not doubt” James 1:6.

Adam’s love for God enabled him to trust God in faith—so he enjoyed protection, health, and all necessities.  Millions are seeking things of this world first—instead of seeking the will of God first.  The paradise environment of Eden was lost by accepting the lie of the devil.  After God had given some instructions to follow, the serpent says to Eve, "Did God really say?” Genesis 3:1.

            God knew that Adam would make the wrong choice and lose paradise through disobedience and rebellion, so He had a plan to restore it through obedience and submission.  Romans 5:17 “The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive God’s wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.”  Believing faith in the atonement work of Christ gives access to James 1:17 ”Every good gift and every perfect gift” God wants to give us.

            Just by repenting, accepting, and believing what the atonement work of Jesus accomplished, we can be free from the old life of sin, and take up a new life of faith.  2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation!”  Romans 8:12 “We have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature.”  A willingness to believe God enables us to receive atonement benefits. 

            The initial attitude of Adam is the attitude we are to have when we are born again.  It is an attitude that loves God with all our heart, soul, and mind.  We are dead to the old life of self and sin, and are alive to a new life of faith and trust on God.  Galatians 2:20 “The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

            The Bible does not mention evolution, but it tells the truth of creation.  “In the beginning God created” everything.  The presence of Christ in our heart is to mean as much to us now as the presence of God meant to Adam and Eve then.  We are to trust Him like a child because Matthew 18:3 “Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

            Our Creator did His part and visited earth in the person of His Son.  Now it is our choice to turn back to him or keep going away from Him; to forsake our sins or stay in sin; to repent in humility or remain in rebellion; and trust the One who loves us or to trust in something else.  We worship God because He is God, and we trust in His Son because He is Colossians 1:15 “the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.”

            The truth of creation comes directly from the Bible where God tells of His divine plan for protection, provisions, health, healing, and conversion of the rebellious sin nature so we can have His obedient divine nature.  The Holy Spirit John 14:17 “the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him.  You know Him, because He remains by your side and is in you.”