Whopping great faith

When people used to come to us bemoaning their lack of faith, Eric always used to point out that when they got born again, they operated in a great amount of faith. I mean, believing that a virgin gave birth to a baby who was actually the Son of God...that takes faith. And to believe that this Son of God, Jesus, rose from the dead and that that affects my life today. That takes faith! So all of us who have believed in Jesus as the Son of God whose life, crucifixion, death and resurrection were all to give us new life have used faith more than we may think.

When I look at what evolutionists believe, though, their faith is really mind-boggling. They believe that out of absolutely nothing, a whole lot of gases mysteriously appeared. Not just any gases, but the right combination of gases to make a humongous explosion. Oh, and all the conditions for this explosion were somehow magically just right. Now we all know that explosions don't create anything, but only destroy. Not this explosion. This "Big Bang" created a whole universe of galaxies with trillions of stars and who knows how many planets. Preposterous!

On our particular planet, as billions of years passed, stuff began to develop. Somehow. And eventually life developed all on its own. First there was just the "simple" cell. Now I do remember from my anatomy and physiology course many years ago, that the "simple" cell is not at all simple. Google tells me "there are 13 main parts of an animal cell: cell membrane, nucleus, nucleolus, nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, ribosomes, mitochondria, centrioles, cytoskelton, vacuoles, and vesicles." If I went on to describe the function and makeup of all of the 13 main parts of the main cell, you would be sound asleep before I got anywhere close to finished. (You may already be nodding off. I can't tell.)

In the anatomy classes, I was particularly fascinated with the "differentiation" of cells, from the single-cell zygote at conception to the variety of cells that make up a body. There are nerve cells, blood cells, skin cells, cells that become heart muscle, eyes, hair, tonsils, etc., etc., etc. Absolutely miraculous! And somehow we are supposed to believe that these cells that first somehow developed on their own also learned to do this! From a single so-called simple cell to multi-celled plants and animals. You have to admit that's a stretch.

All I'm really saying here is that when people who believe in evolution want to mock us for believing in a Creator God and a virgin birth and a Saviour who took our sins and all the punishment for all our sins on Himself at His crucifixion, we can instead shake our heads at them for swallowing such a heap of baloney! I'm going to stick with my faith in a God who has proved Himself faithful in my life so often that there is no way to keep track.