Our scripture reading is Genesis 1:1-31.

Genesis 1:1-31 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day, and God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping ting, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every ting that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and was so. And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
 

As you know this is the record of creation - how the creation which we see about us got started.

We have different teachings of how this creation about us came into existence.

We have the man made theory of evolution - which tries to tell us that life started somewhere - but not according to the Bible version. One of these theories I have read about and I guess taught in school is that a bolt of lightning hit a grain of sand and put energy into it which somehow changed it to flesh which was the beginning of life.

And from that one gran of sand came all life evolving first into a crude form of life which over a period of millions of years changed and changed again and again each time a much more higher form of life appeared - until man came on the scene.

But you know - it would take a lot more faith - much more - for me to believe such foolishness than it would for me to believe there has got to be a much higher form of life out there which we can't see but is highly intelligent and with much greater abilities than we are accustomed to. In other words -- a God.

In the first place - for there to be a grain of sand there must have been creation already in existent - even if not life. But when we talk about creation we include the creation of the globe itself - rock, sand, earth and all else that goes with the globe.

Another thing - if it was a grain of sand that was energized by a bolt of lightning purely by accident to form life - then why can't man duplicate that under controlled conditions even with all his modern day tools - including plenty of electricity? There is enough electricity at their disposal to turn a grain of sand into powder let alone energize it. But they don't mention this for if they did it would lay bare how foolish their theory is.

Then there is the theory of animals cross breeding to get the diversity of animals we have today. Anybody with any knowledge of reproduction knows that does not work. Cross breeding is impossible except in close family relative forms of life. And even then the resulting offspring cannot reproduce. A good example is the union between a horse and a donkey - a mule is the result. Mules do not reproduce themselves.

Or the theory that animals or other wild life that are born freaks - or malformed - could go out and have offsprings malformed the way they are - which would start another line of life. We know that this is not so. I know a couple - both of them - were born blind, married and had children - and they were perfectly healthy, with normal sight. Just because the appearance of a person isn't the best or even if they lack some part of the body does not mean their genes that cause growth has been altered.

And yet our renowned scientists try to tell us it is some or all these quirks of nature that produce the different sources of life over the millions of years they say our creation has existed. And of course the vast majority of the world population will grasp unto these false theories because they don't want to acknowledge there is a God which would mean they would have to acknowledge there is a being out there that they will be held accountable to one day for their actions.

Just think of the planets being held on an invisible string keeping them all in their orbit - in their path that keeps it in such order where ever that path directs them. Man must use a visible, physical string to duplicate that. God uses the invisible string of gravity to do it. Gravity that exactly balances the weight and speed of the planet to keep it exactly in it's proper path.. Coincidence or divine order? Let's be fair and honest with your answer.

I don't think it takes any more faith to believe that there is an all powerful God that did the creating.

It is true we can't see this God - but we can certainly see the evidence around us that there is some sort of very intelligent supreme being that created - and is in control of this creation about us. Its very existence, the order of the planets, the order that humans want to call coincidence that without that order creation could not be upheld very long - that without the power of a supreme being just could not bring that order about just by coincidence.

I have to believe there is a supreme being. I may not understand Him fully because like everyone else it is hard to see beyond what I can feel, hear, or see. But I believe there is a God out there.

I also believe He has a record of events left for us to read of the history of this creation - touching even on events that happened while creation itself was only in its planning stage.

Some in trying to keep science and the Bible remotely compatible with each other try to claim the days of creation were not 24 hour days but eras of time - each "day" being an era - which could have covered many millions of years in some cases. But If we take a close look at those scriptures I don't think we could agree with that. Let's read a couple of those verses dealing with days.

Let's look again at ---Genesis 1:3-8- And God said, let there be light: and there was light, And God saw the light, that is was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And THE EVENING and the MORNING were the FIRST DAY. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the EVENING and the MORNING were the SECOND DAY.

I think the language here is very clear - the evening and the mornings were 12 hour days which together made a 24 hour day.

Another way science (so called) tries to get around the short history of creation with the millions of years that science teaches it took the world to evolve the way we know it today is that science teaches that there is millions or even billions of years between verse 1 and verse 2 of Genesis one. Let's read that.
 

Geneses 1:1-2 - In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

At first glance, or just a casual glance that appears quite feasible - but a closer look at the overall teachings of the Bible I don't think that would stand up under Bible teaching.

The Bible makes it clear - even in the scripture reading we read - that all that we see about us is for the benefits of us humans. The vegetation in general from flowers to trees to grass and of course edible vegetation such as vegetables and fruit, the animals, lakes and oceans which contain the fish are all for man and his comfort and food. Even the stars, the moon, the sun is for our benefit.

We don't know how many other creations God has. We know there is the spirit world in which He Himself lives along with His serving angels, but that is all we know - and our own physical world which God created for us human beings - for us physical beings.

So taking all into consideration I have to conclude this world was made for man. It was made in six days - just in the 5, 24 hour days before man himself was put on it. There was a purpose - God's purpose behind the creation of the world - not the accidental happenings that the renowned scientists would have us believe.

How do we allow for things that seems to contradict things we do know. For instance - what about the light from the stars? It is said that the stars are so far away that it would take thousands of light years to get here from them. If they were only created 6000 years ago according to the Bible how come we see them this soon?

I think the answer to that is easy. The trouble with man is that he can't seem to think beyond the fact God would have created this world "young" and had to "grow" to maturity. In other words in their mind all they can think of was that God created this world just a barren world of rock which everything we see today had to evolve from. But we have to look at it in another possible angle. That is that God created all things at full maturity. In other words - all set and "ready to run." He did not create it "young" then let it evolve into maturity by itself.

A good example is Adam and Eve. They were created at full maturity - humans of full age - child producing age. They were not created in infancy and had to be nurtured and grow to maturity like we do. They were created in full maturity and "ready to go!!" God told them to go out and multiply and start filling the earth with people immediately on being created. The same is true of all the rest of living forms.

So why couldn't he do this with the planet itself? Everything about it as we know it and see it was created like that by God - including the stars and the light from the stars reaching us instantly when He created it all? You see there are answers if you look outside the realm of human thinking - evil minded humans that want to find proof there is no God - not that there is. You can't expect an honest evaluation of things from them.

We must always remember - when there is a conflict with what the Bible teaches and what man teaches the Bible is always right - even if we can't supply all the answers right off. Our belief is a belief of faith - a belief without proof. This is God's creation - He made it so He must know how He made it. He knows all about what He made, animal or man. He knows our needs, He knows how we think and He knows our evil nature. So as Christians let us acknowledge this and if we differ in our beliefs with what the Bible teaches we should change our belief to what the Bible teaches and not try to change what the Bible teaches to our way of thinking.

read this declaration of the power of God:

JOB: 26:7-14 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the water in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it. He hath compasssed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His reproof. He divideth the sea with his power, and by His understanding he smiteth through the proud. By His spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Lo, these are parts of His ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? But the thunder of His power who can understand?
 

Romans 3:3-4 - For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou are judged.

Let's ever keep that in mind - we don't have to go around telling people - especially those in authority over us - that they are liars. But we should know in own mind that they are and the Bible in the end will prove to be true.