In the argument of evolutionists that God does not exist, a discussion could be held on how something could develop from nothing if, as they say, that creation by God never happened. If God did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is in it [Genesis 1, 2], then logic should tell us that nothing existed. How then, if nothing existed, could man have come into being. Something cannot come from nothing. Genesis 1-1 makes the statement that “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Articles have been published speaking of The Gap. There is no biblical or historical record as to how much time elapsed before God began His development of the elements and creation of man and animal inhabitants as related, beginning in Genesis 1:3ff. Does it matter? “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day….” Exodus 20:11, cf. Exodus 31:17. “For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.” Psalm 33:9. The fact is that evolutionists try to justify their cause by the dating process used by scientists.
When scientists and science teachers downplay creation, in a sense of logic can they explain how something came from nothing? Science has proven that matter has not always existed, and because it does now exist, it is manifest that something has always existed, otherwise the things that now exist had to be produced out of nothing, and by nothing or without any cause.
Therefore, that something has always existed is one of the most certain and evident truths that can confront the human mind. We can know there is a God — “LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” Psalm 90:1,2. His word is right, II Timothy 3:16.
Interesting and informative articles on the age of the earth are The Age of the Earth, by Wayne Jackson, The Christian Courier, www.christiancourier.com/archives, and How Old Is The Earth, by Jon Gary Williams, Arise to Truth Quarterly, published by Stoney Creek church of Christ, Elizabethton, Tennessee. (www.stoneycreekcoc.com)
