"Naturally, strawberry plants didn't set out with a conscious intent of attracting birds when, and only when, their seeds were ready to be dispersed. Neither did thrushes set out with the intent of domesticating strawberries. Instead, strawberry plants evolved through natural selection. The greener and more sour the young strawberry, the fewer the birds that destroyed the seeds by eating berries before the seeds were ready; the sweeter and redder the final strawberry, the more numerous the birds that dispersed its ripe seeds."
What an amazing concept! Why didn't God think about that? How come this had to happen through the evolution of natural selection? Amazing!
The theory of evolution through natural selection which promotes the development of the simple to the complex, and the eons journey from the primeval soup to intelligent and conscious humanity is one of those dumb, but tragic popular beliefs today. Evolution is unreasonable, unprovable, unintelligent and impossible. In short it is absurd and dumb. Only God can bring something out of nothing. Time and chance cannot produce something out of nothing. Nothing apart from God produces nothing. Nothing + time + chance = Nothing. No chemistry or biology can produce something from nothing. But God has. I know God created strawberries to turn red when ripe so that birds who were programmed by God to be attracted by the red berries could then eat them and spread their seeds far and wide.
The lie of evolution is tragic because its end is an eternity devoid of all that truly satisfies. Evolution proclaims development toward the perfection of humanity but the truth is that evolution robs mankind of its true humanity. The fullness of our humanity can only be realized in Jesus Christ for we were created in the image of God and a relationship with God in Christ restores that humanity.
The lie of evolution is embraced by the ignorant who have not truly investigated its claims and by the rebellious who refuse to submit to God and bow to the Lord of the universe, Jesus Christ.
The lie of evolution is also at the base of some of the most cruel destruction of human life such as Hitler's extermination of the Jews and the acceptance of abortion as the removal of tissue without personhood.
A second dumb but tragic belief is that "if I am a good person I will go to heaven". Most people place themselves in that good person category and as heaven bound. This false belief is the most universal of all Satan's lies and leads to a multitude of religious works to earn a place in heaven.
The good person assessment is generally made in comparison with surrounding social behaviors and the demands of our accepted religious system. If we find ourselves even in minimal compliance to societies norms and our religious requirements we claim good person status and a heavenly destiny.
The good person's view of God is distorted. For the good person God's holiness only applies to murderers and child molesters. God is love, forgives all my sins, understands my need for love even if it means immorality, and in His fatherly understanding and compassion will receive me with open arms into heaven.
The lie of the good person is tragic because it leads to an eternal separation from all that is truly good. The Bible clearly states that we all fall short of God's standard, which is the only standard God uses to assess if we are good people. The Bible also makes it clear that God is not only full of Love but Holy, Holy, Holy. This means that you and I can never make it to heaven by being good enough. We can never be good enough to make it to heaven. God sent His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross so that we might be both forgiven of sins but also given a new nature in Jesus Christ, a nature that God assesses as righteous and worthy of heaven. Heaven is not earned but received as a grace gift from the hand of God because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
I praise God today that my eyes have been opened to the lies of evolution and of being good enough to get to heaven. I praise God that I know the way and the truth and the life in Jesus Christ my Savior. May God enrich you with the same understanding.
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