The Great Leveler - in two parts

Bill Fitzhenry's Thoughts For Today…

The Great Leveler - in two parts

Proverbs 22:2 EVS

2 The rich and the poor meet together;
the LORD is the maker of them all.

Genesis 5:1-5

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

²Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.

³When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

⁴ The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.

⁵Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

Drivers on all roads see what is referred to as “road-kill”. This is an international phenomenon. While some may stop to look at or render assistance to dead animals, most don’t. Dead animals are passed by and forgotten.

Should the dead on the road be human, few if any would pass by without concern. Most would stop and render whatever aid possible. There would be instantaneous concern for the person found in need. What is the difference?

There is a difference between man and animal and the difference is so basic that when illustrated as it is above there is no need for an explanation. The animal is not a person. All people know that and on this there is a level of certain recognition.

The Bible gives the Believer a clear understanding of his origin. God is his creator or maker. This is a confession that creation is a cornerstone of our faith. But what is the Believer’s understanding of creation? It is based upon three certainties.

1. The Scriptures state concretely that God created man, both male and female. Never do the writers of Scripture vary from this truth. It is basic to all Biblical understanding of man and God. There are basically two systems of belief in God. One is that man made God. The other is that God made man. Honesty demands that anyone who does not believe God created man state their unbelief in God and Bible.

2. The Bible believer states that his understanding of creation is a part of his belief system. Hebrews 11:3. Quite the opposite the evolutionist very deceptively, attempts to make his system a result of fact based on proof which has been discovered. This is a lie. Evolution is a belief system based on a theory - no more, no less. This system has invited so much deception that it does not deserve the belief of an honest person. Until it shows itself true in its statements and supposed facts it must be understood for what it is, a deceptive, dishonest evasion of responsibility for humility before the Creator.

3. The believer’s understanding of creation is a part of his belief system, but this belief system has an unshakeable support. That support is the resurrection of Jesus. The fact of the crucifixion and the resurrection are as much facts of history as the signing of the Declaration of Independence. There are witnesses, whose integrity and honesty there is no reason to doubt, who were compions of the risen Savior. These witnesses have not been impeached though there has been a continuing effort for twenty centuries. The Scriptures tell us of Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus tells of God’s blessing our original parents. “Yo credo” I believe.