Jesus versus evolution – Part 1 –
Published 2:30 pm Thursday, June 5, 2014
The debate on Biblical creation versus evolution is ever before us. It seems more and more people are believing the lie of evolution. I wonder if they realize that when they accept this lie that they are calling the Bible a lie; God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit liars. Let’s see what God’s word has to say about the creation.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1). The Bible tells us that in the beginning God created, and the whole account of the creation of heaven, earth, and man is found in the first two chapters of Genesis. Yes, almost all of what we know about the creation is found in those 56 verses. If we read no further, we would never see Jesus Christ in these verses. But John 1:1-3 says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” See also Ps. 33:6-9.
We can now see the God in Genesis 1 was the same as the Word (Jesus Christ) in John 1:1. W. E. Vine says “I. WORD (logos) denotes (1) the expression of thought – not the mere name of an object – (a) as embodying a conception or idea…(II) the personal Word, a title of the Son of God; this identification is substantiated by the statement of doctrine in John 1:1-18, declaring in verse 1 and 2 (1) His distinct and super finite Personality, (2) His relation in the Godhead (pros, with, not mere company, but the most intimate communion), (3) His Deity; in v. 3 His creative power; in v. 14 His Incarnation (“became flesh,” expressing His voluntary act;), the reality and totality of His human nature, and His glory “as of the only begotten from the Father…His was the Shekinah glory in open manifestation.”
So we can see the Word (Logos) in John 1:1 is the personal manifestation, not of a part of the Divine nature, but of the whole Deity. That Word is Christ.
John 1:14 says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” One can see that the Word is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, which is none other than The God, in the beginning. 1St John 5:7 says, “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” Again, the Word is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 9:13 says, speaking of the second coming of the lord Jesus Christ, that…His name is called The Word (Logos) of God.
We have seen what John wrote about The Word (Jesus Christ) being in the beginning. What did Jesus Himself say about His beginning? We are reminded of the gravelly voice of Dr. M. R. DeHann as he said: “You have never found the full interpretation of any passage of the Scripture until you have found in it somewhere a reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you continue to search you will find Him standing somewhere in the background, sometimes clear and unmistakable, sometime faintly and dimly, but He is always there.”
John 5:39 says, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” It is clear that Jesus was not an evolutionist.
Hugh G. Sherrill
Pastor Philippi Baptist Church
1444 SE County Rd 18
ems-hugh43@comcast.net
