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[An excerpt: The Universe Confirms the Bible by Jason
Lisle] “Today, the reliability of the Bible is being increasingly attacked. Can
we really trust the Bible in our modern age of technology and science? As we
have seen, science is not an enemy of the Bible. On the contrary, modern science
has been able to confirm much of what the Bible teaches about astronomy. Many of
the biblical teachings which would have been difficult to believe in the past
(such as an expanding universe) are now accepted in science textbooks. This is
an important lesson to learn. Ideas in secular science can change from time to
time, but the Bible has demonstrated itself to be consistently true without the
need for change.
Although much of secular astronomy has come to line up with the Bible, there are
still a number of differences. What are we to do when the current consensus
among scientists is at odds with the teachings of Scripture? Have we learned the
lesson of history? Are we going to reject (or modify our “interpretation” of)
the straightforward teachings of Scripture in light of the latest secular
scientific claims? Or shall we trust that the Bible will prevail again as it
always has in the past?
It may help to remember that our modern age is just another point in history.
Future generations (should the Lord delay His return) will no doubt look back at
our time as we look back to cultures of the past. Will students in some future
classroom look back with amusement at some of the “scientific” beliefs and
misunderstandings of our time, the same way we smile at the scientific mistakes
of ancient cultures? Will they learn about the “Great Folly”—the nearly
universal belief in the big bang and molecules-to-man evolution which reigned
during the 20th and early 21st centuries? Perhaps future Christians will wonder
at the rampant compromise so prevalent in our time: Why did Christians of the
past compromise with the secular ideas of the big bang and billions of years?
In the next chapters, we will explore points of disagreement between the
straightforward teachings of the Bible and the current opinions of the majority
of astronomers. If the Bible really is the Word of God, as it claims to be, then
it cannot fail. Inevitably, the secular opinion will collapse, and the Bible
will again be vindicated in each of these points of disagreement…” full text:
The Universe Confirms the Bible by Jason Lisle.
“The heavens declare creation and science confirms it.” Jason Lisle
Response to comment [from a Jehovah's Witness]: "Arians believed that Jesus himself was "made" or created by God. And moving these words into verse 3 makes the verse say that Jesus could not have been made."
"False Teaching about the Trinity:
Tri-Theism:
Modern Example: Mormonism - Jesus was a created being and the Spirit-brother
of Lucifer, who became a god. Mormonism teaches that there are many gods and
we too can become gods.
Modalism (also Sabellianism, Modalistic
Monarchianism):
Modern Example: United Pentecostal Church - "Jesus only", there is only one
God who manifests himself in three modes. God is essentially playing
different roles and the assumption is that in the Old Testament he revealed
himself as the Father, in the New Testament God reveals himself as Jesus,
and in the church-age as Holy Spirit.
Arianism (Dynamic Monarchianism):
Modern Example: Jehovah's Witnesses - Denying the deity of Jesus and the
Holy Spirit. Jesus was a created being adopted by God, and the Holy Spirit
is simply the power of God or a force..." full text:
http://www.thecityaustin.com/sermon/the-trinity/
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