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Older
than Dirt!
One
day a group of scientists got together and decided
that man had advanced in his knowledge to the place
where he no longer needed God. So they picked one
scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with
Him.
The
scientist approached God and said, "God, we've
decided that we no longer need you.
We have evolved to the point that we can now
clone people and do many miraculous things on our own.
So, thanks for everything, but we’ll take it
from here!”
God
listened very patiently and kindly to the man and
after the scientist had finished, God said, "Very
well, how about this, let us have a man making
contest." To which the scientist replied,
"OK, great!" But God added, "Now,
we're going to do this just like I did back in the old
days with Adam."
The
scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and
bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt. God
just looked at him and said, "No, no, no. . .
Go get your OWN dirt!" *
So,
where DID dirt originate?
How did the universe come into being?
It
is an established law of science (first law of
thermodynamics) that matter and energy can be neither
created nor destroyed.
Something cannot come from nothing;
something can only come from something.
That “Something” which created
the universe is GOD!
“In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth” (Genesis 1:1).
God said through the prophet Isaiah: “You
forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the
heavens and laid the foundations of the earth”
(Isaiah 51:13). “By
faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the
word of God, so that the things which are seen were
not made of things which are visible” (Hebrews
11:3). God
created “dirt” -- as well as ALL matter and
ALL life!
When
we accept by faith the fact that God created the
universe, then we can also understand the purpose of
life. Only
the Creator of life understands the purpose of life,
and the Creator has communicated life’s purpose
through His Word.
God
the Creator has revealed through His Word that He
desires that each of us be “re-created” in Christ.
Our sin prevents us from fulfilling His will
for our lives (Isaiah 59:1-2).
But “God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
Through Jesus, our sins can be forgiven
(Ephesians 1:7).
WHEN
WE: believe
in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from our sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) into Christ (Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:27), THEN
WE: become “new creatures” in Him
(2 Corinthians 5:17).
NOW WE have forgiveness, joy, hope, and
purpose!
Our
purpose is to live for the One who created us
and gave His Son to die for us, that we might live
with Him forever!
Have
YOU realized the
Creator’s purpose for your life?
Won’t you submit to Him in trusting
obedience?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
* Author Unknown
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