Credo
In these pages I have explored the view that the natural world is the work of an almighty designer and creator. I have not even scratched the surface, but for me the evidence is conclusive. But it is not enough. Science can only give us a glimpse of God.
We need to know more, much more.
The Creator has revealed Himself to us in two ways.
One is through the evidence of His created works, the theme I have explored here. This self-revelation continues today at an accelerating pace with every advance of science:
"Man finds God behind each door that science opens." Einstein
But second, He has revealed Himself through His Word the Bible and in the person of His son Jesus Christ. Here too I believe the evidence is persuasive. It requires a leap of FAITH, but, like all genuine faith, faith that is securely founded on evidence: faith in God’s existence and His creative power, in His hand at work in human history, the demonstration of His character in the life of His son Jesus, and the guarantee of final redemption provided by His restoration of Jesus from the dead.
This is a new genesis, the first act of a new creation, a new chapter in the human story in which we can play our part.
Most of my life as a believer has been spent in the Christadelphian fellowship, a small and little-known group that makes an important claim. This claim is not for a new revelation of any sort, but a return to the old.
What did the apostles themselves believe about Jesus?
What did Jesus teach them in those forty days between his resurrection and his ascension? Those three thousand (mainly Jews) baptised after the first day's preaching on Pentecost (Acts ch. 2), what did they think about Jesus? – what did they look forward to? What did Philip teach the Ethiopian eunuch before he baptised him? Why are the New Testament letters to the new churches so full of warnings about the potential corruption of the Gospel message, corruption that in some cases was already happening?
How did the pristine simplicity of the Apostle's Creed mutate into the labyrinthine obscurities of the fourth century Creeds which still form the foundation of mainstream Christianity? The principle is simple: a river is purest at its source. The Reformation did not go far enough!
The would-be believer today faces a double challenge...
First, the rejection of the all-consuming materialism, atheism and scientism of today's world.
Second, the recovery of the clarity and simplicity of primitive Christianity, the original gospel hope, before centuries of distortion left their mark.
I encourage you to take up the challenge.
"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." John 27.3
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
James 1: 27
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"For this is what the Lord says – He who created the heavens, He is God: He who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited…" The prophet Isaiah 45:18
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!”
The book of Job 38:4-5
"‘The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech:
night after night they reveal knowledge…
Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.’" King David Psalm 19:1-4
“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.” The writer to the Hebrews 1:10-11
“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh… Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” Jesus Christ Mark 10:6-9
"…what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them… For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." The apostle Paul Romans 1:19-20
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
Your eyes saw my unformed body;..." King David Psalm 139:14-16
‘ “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool…
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. "These are the ones I look on with favour: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word." '
The prophet Isaiah 66:1-8
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the Holy Bible, New International Version Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.
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CONCLUSION: THE GREAT DESIGN
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