The Final Questions for the Theistic Evolutionist

Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand

Job 38:3-4

A majority of theistic evolutionists (TE) are Christians, and it is now specifically to that group of TEs that I direct this next question. Are you counting on the truth of Christ’s words for your eternal salvation? If that is true then you must believe that all of the revealed truth of God is true or you may have been deceived by those that you think are not. How do we decide what is true and what is not, based upon our limited knowledge of the Infinite One?

Jesus made many statements attesting to the truth of creation by the cooperative acts of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Some of those are passed on to us by His followers such as we read in the following passages of Scripture:  

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:3) For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossian 1:16-17) In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. (Hebrews 1:1-2)

Jesus Himself asks this question of the TEs as He once quoted from Genesis chapter two. Haven't you read, he replied, that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. (Mathew 19:4-6)

From His own words it is patently obvious that Jesus did not discount the veracity of the first 11 chapters of the Bible as so many TE’s do. He also quite clearly confirmed the reality of the worldwide flood in the time of Noah as chronicled in Genesis chapters 6-8 when He said. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.(Matthew 24:38-39)

Some Questions for the Theistic Evolutionist #4

…but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

Hebrews 1:2

When a Jew in biblical times wanted to make a point very clear, he would repeat it twice.  One will recall that Jesus often preceded a profound teaching with the words “Truly, truly I say unto you.” In Exodus chapter 31 we find the Lord using that same emphasis to drive home a point regarding creation. Once again He has linked the six literal days of creation to the 24 hour Sabbath and 24 hour work days.

Then the LORD said to Moses, Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.’ Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people. For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.'  (Exodus 31:12-17)

Note also that twice in these verses God said that His act of creation in the span of six days would be a sign for generations to come, once again signifying the significance of the word “sign.” Signs can be warnings, notices or Indications. In other words we had better take notice of what He is saying. If God is not powerful enough, wise enough or holy enough to create a perfectly orchestrated universe in the span of 144 hours then He is not capable of raising Christ and us from the dead or making you and I holy, new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) through the redemptive work of His Son and the regenerative and sanctifying work of His Holy Spirit: Therefore we are still dead in our sins. Belief in creation, by an omnipotent, omniscient, holy God who has the power to create by virtue of His spoken word (that is by fiat) has tremendous eternal significance. Now I ask this question, “As a Theistic Evolutionist do you get that, and if not, on the authority of what book do you place your eternal destiny?”