THEISTIC EVOLUTIONDid God Create the

World

Theistic Evolution• The view that God created the

world and then let it evolve with very limited involvement.

• It is an attempt to reconcile God and evolution.

• Is this theory compatible with the Bible?

Theistic Evolution?• NOTHING in the Bible

indicates that God created the world through the evolutionary process•Genesis 1 & 2, Ex. 31:17, 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6, etc.

Theistic Evolution?• Adam was the first man

•1 Corinthians 15:45, “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” Genesis 2:7, Rom. 15:12-14

Theistic Evolution?• Adam was the first man • TE has problems with the

creation of man!Did man exist prior to the fall?When did man fall?Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22)Explain the soul (Gen. 1:26-27)

Theistic Evolution?• Adam was the first man • TE has problems with the

creation of man!? Did man exist prior to the fall?? When did man fall?? Did man die prior to the fall? (1 Cor. 15:22)? Explain the soul (Gen. 1:26-27)

Theistic Evolution?• Cannot explain Eve• Evolution demands that man

and woman be created side by side•Genesis 2:21-23? How do we deal with

passages like 1 Tim. 2:13?

Theistic Evolution?• Evolution incompatible with Genesis 1 account– Day 1 – light, day 4 – sun– Day 3 – plants, day 4 – sun– Day 4 – birds, day 5 – beasts and insects

• IF Genesis 1 figurative, then it is incoherent (random)

Theistic Evolution?• Bible teachings imply

immediate creation of man•1 Tim. 2:13 - woman•Matt. 19:4-6 - mdr•Ex. 20:8-11 – Sabbath

Day-Age Theory• An attempt to reconcile Genesis 1 & 2 with evolution

• States that the days were actually ages (perhaps billions of years)

• Appeals to 2 Pet. 3:8, “problems” with creation account and “day” in Hebrew can mean a period of time.

Day-Age Theory?• Still contradicts the order of Genesis 1 with creation!

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age” •Gen. 1:5, “day” from Hebrew

word, “yom” (ֹו�ם (֥י5• It can mean an era or period of

time, BUT that is clearly borne out in the context (cf. Num. 13:20 – season, 1 Sam. 27:7 – time, etc.)

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age”

• Whenever “yom” is used in connection with a number, it is always reference to a specific day (or days)cf. Exodus 20:8-11

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age” • Days of creation always in

terms of literal days Ex. 31:15-17

• “Morning and evening” - (Gen. 1:5, 8, etc.) appeals to 24 hour time

Day-Age Theory?• “A day can mean an age”

• Question for advocates of day-age: IF Moses did want to say 6 literal days, would he have written it differently?

Day-Age Theory?• What about 2 Peter 3:8?

“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

Day-Age Theory?• What about 2 Peter 3:8?•Argued that God does not

reckon time as we do. •Answer: TRUE. BUT what is the

context? God’s patience.

Day-Age Theory?• What about 2 Peter 3:8?•Question: IF a day in Gen. 1 can

mean a thousand years, why can we not say that God can do the work of 1000 years in a day?

Day-Age Theory?• WHY does God need more than

1 day to create? •Psalm 33:6-9•Isaiah 45:12, “I have made

the earth, And created man on it. I—My hands—stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.”

Day-Age Theory?• WHY does God need more

than 1 day to create? •IF Genesis 1 is not literal,

how can we trust the rest of the Bible?

Day-Age Theory?• WHAT is the motive of those

who advance this doctrine?•Is it to make the creation

account less offensive to evolutionists?

• What is your intent?

Why limit the power of God?