by Keith Sharp
Are you as sick of hearing that as I am? As TV commentator Brit Hume inquired, “Which science are you going to follow?” Medical? Economics? Social? Etc. Furthermore, which scientist are you going to believe? If a scientist says it, does that make it true?
No, I’m not opposed to science, but I’m just as opposed to junk science as I am to false teaching about the Bible.
There is no contradiction between real science and real biblical truth. The natural world, which is the realm of science, is the first and general revelation of God to man. “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1). “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead…” (Romans 1:20).
The Scriptures are the second, special, and final revelation of God to man. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
God cannot lie (Titus 1:2; et al). Thus, real science, the study of God’s first revelation, does not contradict Scripture, God’s second and only special revelation.
I’m no more impressed by what the majority of scientists say than I am by what the majority of preachers say. Scientists have agendas just as religious leaders do. Most preachers proclaim what will keep their paycheck, and the majority of scientists contend for what will win them a big government research grant. What the Scriptures plainly teach determines spiritual truth (John 17:17; 1 Peter 4:11) whether anyone believes it or not (Romans 3:3-4), and observation and experimentation, the scientific method, determines natural truth, even if only one Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, or Albert Einstein conducted the experiment. Majority rule is neither science nor Scripture but politics.
I don’t believe the General Theory of Evolution, that all life on earth arose by purely natural processes. I an well aware that the great majority of scientists, but far from all, believe it, but it contradicts both science and Scripture. For Example, the most basic principle of life science is
the law of biogenesis, life only comes from prior life. And, “God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27).
Evolution contradicts both science and Scripture.
The only “global warming” I’m really concerned about is on judgment day.
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?” (2 Peter 3:10-12)
“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day
and night Shall not cease” (Genesis 8:22).
Don’t let junk science on TV or the internet undermine your faith or give you anxiety. Just keep your faith strong. Both science and the Bible are on your side.
