“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” (Psalm 19:1-4 NIV).

J. Allen Blair, in his book, Living faithfully relates the following story. “Sir Isaac Newton had a friend who, like himself, was a great scientist. The friend was an infidel while Newton was a devout believer. They often locked horns over the question of ‘Who made it?’ though their mutual interest in science drew them together frequently. Newton had a skillful mechanic make him a replica of our solar system in miniature. In the center was a large guided ball representing the sun, and revolving around this were smaller balls fixed on the ends of arms of varying lengths, representing Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, in their proper order (Pluto had not yet been discovered). These balls were so geared together by cogs and belts as to move in perfect harmony by turning a crank.

“One day as Newton sat reading in his study, with this mechanism on a large table near him, his infidel friend stepped in. He was a scientist, who could recognize at a glance what was before him. Walking up to it he slowly turned the crank and with undisguised admiration watched the heavenly bodies move in their relative speeds in their orbits. Backing off a few feet to get the full impact of the work he exclaimed, ‘My, what an exquisite thing this is. Who made it?’ Without looking up from his books, Newton answered, ‘Nobody.’ Quickly turning to Newton the infidel said, ‘Evidently you did not understand my question. I asked who made this thing?’ Looking up now, Newton solemnly assured his friend that nobody made it but that the aggregation of matter had just happened to assume the form it was in. The astonished infidel replied with some agitation, ‘You must think I am a fool! Of course somebody made it and he is a genius! I would like to know who he is.’

“Newton, now laid aside his books, rose and laid a hand on his friends shoulder.

“‘This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know,’ he said. ‘I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer and maker. Yet you profess to believe that the great original from which the design is taken has come into being without either designer or maker. Now tell me, by what sort of reasoning do you reach such incongruous conclusions?’ The infidel was at once convinced and became a firm believer.’” [From: Blair, J. Allen, Living Faithfully, (Loizeaux Brothers Publishers, Neptune, NJ, 1961 pp. 200-201)].

The Psalmist is right. One cannot honestly look at the sky and say, “Happened by chance,” unless that person has simply purposed in his or her heart to ignore the facts. One of the saddest ills of our time is the delusion that there is irrefutable evidence for evolution (in any form be in Darwinism or Neo-Darwinism). We have been led to believe a lie because we want to believe the lie. The message in nature however is a convincing argument not for chance but for creation. No one can honestly deny it, though many purposefully deny it.

Romans 1:18-25 puts it in perspective: “18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. (Romans 1:18-25 NIV).

Look at the argument. “What may be known about God is plain . . .because God made it plain.” How? Through Nature (Romans 1:20 and Psalm 19:1-4). What happened? Men clearly see and understand the implications of Creation but they purposefully turn from it. Notice please if you will that this turning involves a worship of creation rather than a worship of the Creator. It doesn’t take a rocket-scientist to realize that this worship of creation is the root of evolutionary teaching.

Those of you reading this thought for the day now are having a reaction. Some of you are saying “amen” while others of you have dismissed this particular thought as irrelevant. An issue that doesn’t really need to be addressed since it doesn’t make that much of a difference. You are mistaken. It does make a huge difference.

Having been in the ministry now for some 29 years, I have seen the devastation to faith that compromise with this unsupportable theory of evolution brings. The evidence is so weak in fact that in Cobb County, Georgia, as I write this thought, is a court battle to remove a sticker in the biology books that simply says, “Evolution is a theory and should be studied critically.” The evolutionists are having a fit. Why? Because they know in their hearts that what they have purposed to believe with their heads cannot stand up to critical evaluation.

Here’s what I know. Since I have been a believer (and that is some 44 years now), the story of evolution has changed numerous times but the story of creation remains unchanged. In my younger years, when I thought the “facts” had to be reconciled, I tried many ways to do it. I was constantly readjusting my beliefs to fit new and changing “facts.” When I realized that the “facts” were in fact wishes and dreams, and took my stand on a literal Creation (that was in 1966) I haven’t had to adjust my beliefs one time. I don’t know about you, but I’ll stick with the solid, unchanging evidence of Creation as recorded in Genesis.