Something out of Nothing

      The church that we are now attending has its second service at 1:30 which is hard for us to make at times.  we missed it yesterday but went to church at 6:00 pm at a different church, one that is very close to our home.  The main part of the service had to do with the refuting of Atheists that live in our country.   A film, or video, had been prepared that made the contrast between a Christian and an atheist.  The Atheist cannot accept Genesis 1-11.  There was a so called scientist that was quoted as stating that we are made up of star dust, and that the molecules in your right hand could be from a different star than the molecules in your left hand.  One of the arguments of the Christian was based on DNA and how it comes together for every living thing on the earth.   Colossians 1:16 says, "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"
      When you read this passage from the Bible, you discover that the antecedent of "Him" in this verse goes back to the Lord Jesus Christ.  He is the One that did the creating.   Chapter one of the Book of Colossians has much to say about creation, but people that are not believers, or not Christian, but atheists will not accept the fact that God created everything that is in the universe.  Many of the college students that were the subjects of this film, had been in a church before college and then abandoned their faith in college at the teaching of atheistic professors.  The question for us is "how do we regard Genesis 1-11?"    While Colossians doesn't describe the act of creation, it does give us the Who, Why and What of the act itself.  There are a lot of things in the Christian life that we accept by faith.  One, and perhaps one of the most important, is the act of salvation as seen in Ephesians 2:8-10, or the existence of heaven  and hell.  If you are a believer, then you must put your faith in the Word of God and not in the reasoning of man. Romans 1:21-22 remind us, "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"  If you cannot accept God's account of creation as described in Genesis 1-11 you are in severe danger of becoming a fool if you are not one already.  Praise God for His supreme authority in all things.