This month:This month: The subject of GodThe subject of God Why
I believe in God Why the God of the Bible
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Bible Basics July - A Study of God
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World Views no GodAtheism no God God is everythingPantheism God
is everything God is IN everythingPanentheism God is IN everything
God is not involvedDeism God is not involved many godsPolytheism
many gods God is limitedFinite godism God is limited Theismone God
who is involved in the world and caresTheism one God who is
involved in the world and cares
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THEISTIC EVOLUTION Did God Create the World
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Theistic Evolution The view that God created the world and then
let it evolve with very limited involvement. It is an attempt to
reconcile God and evolution. Is this theory compatible with the
Bible?
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Theistic Evolution? NOTHINGNOTHING in the Bible indicates that
God created the world through the evolutionary process Genesis 1
& 2, Ex. 31:17, Ex. 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6,
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Theistic Evolution? Adam was the first man 1 Corinthians 15:45,
And so it is written, The first man Adam became a living being. The
last Adam became a life-giving spirit. Genesis 2:7, Rom.
5:12-14
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Theistic Evolution? Adam was the first man TE has problems with
the creation of man! Did man exist prior to the fall? When did man
fall? Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22) Explain the
soul (Gen. 1:26-27)
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Theistic Evolution? Cannot explain Eve Evolution demands that
man and woman be created side by side Genesis 2:21-23 ? How do we
deal with passages like 1 Tim. 2:13 ?
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Theistic Evolution? Evolution incompatible with Genesis 1
account Day 1 light, day 4 sun Day 3 plants, day 4 sun Day 4 birds,
day 5 beasts and insects IF Genesis 1 figurative, then it is
incoherent (random)
Day-Age Theory An attempt to reconcile Genesis 1 & 2 with
evolution States that the days were actually ages (perhaps billions
of years) Appeals to 2 Pet. 3:8, problems with creation account and
day in Hebrew can mean a period of time.
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Day-Age Theory? Still contradicts the order of Genesis 1 with
creation!
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Day-Age Theory? A day can mean an age Gen. 1:5, day from Hebrew
word, yom ( ) It can mean an era or period of time, BUT that is
clearly borne out in the context (cf. Num. 13:20 season, 1 Sam.
27:7 time, etc.)
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Day-Age Theory? A day can mean an age Whenever yom is used in
connection with a number, it is always reference to a specific day
(or days) cf. Exodus 20:8-11
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Day-Age Theory? A day can mean an age Days of creation always
in terms of literal days Ex. 31:15-17 Morning and evening - (Gen.
1:5, 8, etc.) appeals to 24 hour time
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Day-Age Theory? A day can mean an age Question for advocates of
day- age: IF Moses did want to say 6 literal days, would he have
written it differently?
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Day-Age Theory? What about 2 Peter 3:8 ? But, beloved, do not
forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day.
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Day-Age Theory? What about 2 Peter 3:8 ? Argued that God does
not reckon time as we do. Answer: TRUE. BUT what is the context?
Gods patience.
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Day-Age Theory? What about 2 Peter 3:8 ? Question: IF a day in
Gen. 1 can mean a thousand years, why can we not say that God can
do the work of 1000 years in a day?
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Day-Age Theory? WHY does God need more than 1 day to create?WHY
does God need more than 1 day to create? Psalm 33:6-9 Psalm 33:6-9
Isaiah 45:12, I have made the earth, And created man on it. IMy
handsstretched out the heavens, And all their host I have
commanded. Isaiah 45:12, I have made the earth, And created man on
it. IMy handsstretched out the heavens, And all their host I have
commanded.
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Day-Age Theory? WHY does God need more than 1 day to create? IF
Genesis 1 is not literal, how can we trust the rest of the
Bible?
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Day-Age Theory? WHAT is the motive of those who advance this
doctrine? Is it to make the creation account less offensive to
evolutionists? What is your intent?