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Monday, February 13, 2012
The Creation Papers
Articles Exposing the Present Evolutionary Explanation
for All of Life
by Letting the Light of God's Intelligent Design Shine Forth
by Letting the Light of God's Intelligent Design Shine Forth
The Premise:
① The enormous amount of intelligent design
found in the natural world and the
universe demands the absolute need of an all-powerful,
omniscient, eternal Creator. Intelligent
design reflects an intelligent designer.
② Evolution cannot explain the intelligent
design of all of life on earth from the standpoint of nonintelligent, nondirectional
"natural selection." This nonintelligent, nondirectional
explanation for life's existence cannot in any way explain the intelligent design
found all through the biological world and the universe.
Creation Articles
Hebrews 11:6
". . . for he
that cometh to God must believe that He is . . ."
In the Beginning
Neither Side Can Claim Science
In the beginning of this series, I want you to see the crux of the
human part of this battle. Evolutionists fight intensely to convince judges
(who are not trained in the field of biology), lawyers (who are not trained in
the field of biology), parents (many of whom are not trained in the field of
biology), politicians (who are not trained in the field of biology), and many
of those in the fields of science and education (who are not trained in the
field of biology) to believe that evolution represents "science" and
creationism represents faith. Yet, because we do not have recurring,
reproducible phenomena and because no one observed how life came to this planet
when it was first formed, neither side can claim that it is scientific.
Evolutionists claim that they will be able to someday show in test
tubes, etc. evidence that life's beginning was an accident. In the meantime,
their view is not science and does not have supporting evidence. The very
nature of all of this kind of experimentation is prejudiced against them
because the use of test tube apparatuses proves that it took intelligence. They
are looking at the effect giving "guesses" and
"suggestions" about the cause. THIS IS NOT SCIENCE. IT IS FAITH! The
evolutionist's search for truth is a subjective study and not an objective
study.
Dr. R. L. Wysong has a DVM (Doctor of veterinary medicine) from
Michigan State University. In his excellent book, The Creation Evolution Controversy
(I highly recommend it), page 231, he has a cartoon of a scientist with a
very large test tube apparatus and a blackboard with equations on it. The
caption reads, "If I can just synthesize life here . . . then I'll have
proven that NO intelligence was necessary to form it in the beginning!" I
hope you see the inherent obvious problem.
One of the big problems of evolutionists claiming "science"
is that they have to show how intelligent design exists in our universe without
a creator. They say it is an accident. The DNA molecule contains 3 billion
nucleotides, made up of 3 billion phosphate molecules, 3 billion sugar
molecules, and 3 billion bases in perfect sequence with all the codes for the
cell's synthesis of all the proteins which are composed of all left-handed
amino acids in a perfect sequence all folded perfectly. The DNA also has all
the coded information for every organ in the embryological development of the
baby. Evolutionists have to show the world how this can be attributed to the
colossal gigantic accident, evolution.
My purpose in these articles is to give our young people and parents a
glimpse of how big the accident is. The philosophy of evolution is hiding this
fact from the public. Remember, when all is said and done, evolutionists have
to explain intelligent design from the standpoint of nondirectional, nonintelligent
natural forces! The great organization of life demands positive directed
intelligent construction. Nature's forces do not have this ability. A tornado
going through a scrap yard could not form an M1 tank, although that would be
much simpler than the formation of the first cell.
Creationists believe that all the evidence in the natural world points
to an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent creator. You have to choose because
it's one or the other. No one could show, by any means, all the colossal
magnitude of God's design in the universe. There is not enough paper in Indiana
to show forth God's marvelous design.
I Will Repeat Myself In These Articles
Please
understand that many concepts will be
repeated throughout these articles. This is consistent with my philosophy of
education simply called: Review, Repeat, Review, Repeat, Reinforce, Review
until It's Clear.
Look At The Evidence In A Courtroom Trial
Since neither creation nor evolution is science, our
children need to view this as a courtroom trial that presents evidence. In my
articles, there will be evidence to support creation. The jury has to decide!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Creation Material Available on This Website
I have posted the chapters from my book, Ammunition for Piercing the Armor of the Philosophy of Evolution. I am doing this to help students to be able to see some of the answers from the creation side of the evolution/creation controversy. This material is not found in the textbooks. It does not, by any means, contain all of the arguments that support creation.
You are welcome to read and/or download any of the materials. Please remember that this book is copyrighted. Any comments are welcome. Just go to "Contact Us" and send me an e-mail.
I will be adding other articles to this website that support creation and clarify misinformation found in most of our schools' biology textbooks.
Be sure to visit the Bookstore by clicking the Bookstore icon at the top of this website.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Cardinal Bellarmine
Cardinal
Bellarmine
Had
the Answer in
the
17th
Century
Many believe Robert Cardinal
Bellarmine (1542-1621) was the best of all the Jesuit theologians. He was
declared a Doctor of the Roman Catholic faith in 1931. In this article, I do
not want to misrepresent him for he was a dedicated Roman Catholic to the day
he died. Bellarmine made some strong statements about the
doctrines of Intention and Good Works.
When a priest administers a
sacrament, that priest must have the right intention or the person has not
received the sacrament. (He can’t be daydreaming or worried about some sporting
event.) The priest has to be 100% focused with pure motives. (Council of Trent, Sess. VII, Can. 11)
Bellarmine said this: “No one can
be certain, with the certainty of Faith, that he has received a true
sacrament, since no sacrament is performed without the intention of the
ministers, and no one can see the intention of another.” (Bellarmine’s Works,
Vol. 1, p. 488)
No One
Knows for Sure
This teaching implies
that no person could know for sure if they have been truly baptized, received
penance, etc. Furthermore, and after a series of arguments on being saved by
works, he makes this remarkable statement. “Nevertheless, although the way of
acceptance with God is by our own works there is a danger that men may so trust
in their own works as to grow proud, which would quite spoil their works; and,
therefore, upon the whole, it is safest for them
to rely upon the blood and merits of Jesus Christ alone.” (Quoted from a
March 29, 1874 sermon by Charles H. Spurgeon.) Over 100 years earlier in 1765,
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, quoted Bellarmine in a sermon.
Wesley stated that, when Bellarmine was dying, he was asked which saint he
would trust in. The cardinal replied, “It is safest to trust in the merits
of Christ.”
On July the 4th in 1969, I was
employed as a religion teacher at a catholic high school in Michigan. On that
day, I transferred my faith from religious teaching and works, that I could
never be assured would get me to heaven, and placed my faith exclusively and
completely in Jesus Christ alone as my Savior and only hope of Heaven. I
trusted in the blood and merits of Jesus Christ alone.
The Bible teaches that salvation is
of God. God decreed from the foundation of the world that Christ would die for
our sins, and in time, He orchestrated His plan. (1 Peter 1:18-20; Revelation
13:8)
Our Sin Deserves
Eternal
Punishment
Our sin is extremely
grave and deserves an eternal punishment.
uI have a friend who
was an officer in the army. He was washing up in a restroom at his base when
five private first class soldiers began to make fun of him because of his small
stature. My friend picked up his coat from a nearby chair and put it on. When
they saw that they were insulting an officer, they each stood at attention,
saluted my friend, and apologized.
Many people think that sin is no big
thing. Some think it's a joke. If you believe the above, you don't know who you
have sinned against. Jesus Christ's office and divinity is worthy of your
highest respect. He is the Supreme Commander of the entire Universe. Everyone
will bow their knee in recognition of this fact at the judgment.
Romans 14:11 says, "For
it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every
tongue shall confess to God.”
No one will have
religions’ trump cards to veto their sin and save them on the Day of Judgment.
All our sin carries an eternal punishment.
Matthew 25:41 describes the sinner’s
fate as “into everlasting punishment." That's forever!
Revelation 14:11 declares, "And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever."
(See also Matthew 3:12; 13:41-42;
Mark 9:48; Luke 16:23-24) Good works on our part will not eliminate the fact of
eternal punishment.
Scripture says, “For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift
of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.”
(Ephesians 2:8-9)
(See also Titus 3:5a)
Christ
Paid Our Sin Debt
Jesus, the eternal
Son of God, paid for our sins on the cross. Isaiah 53:6 says, “…and
the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” 1 Peter 2:24 says "who
Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree."
On
the cross He said, “It is finished,” and died. (John 19:30) Scripture declares
this sacrifice complete and never to be repeated again.
One
Offering for Sin Forever
The Bible says in Hebrews 10:11, “And
every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins.” And then speaking of Christ in verse
12, “But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for
ever, sat down on the right hand of God.” The effects of Christ’s one sacrifice is
forever. There is no need to repeat it. (See also Hebrews 7:27; 9:26, 28;
10:10, 14; I Peter 3:18)
The
Battle was Christ’s
The battle to get us to heaven was Christ’s.
It’s not ours and it’s not religion’s battle either! You and I and the church
throughout history cannot add anything to or take anything from the victory of
Jesus’ death on the cross.
Our faith in Christ and His great
victory on the cross allows us entrance into heaven.
He became our sin and paid our sin
debt in full—the eternal debt of punish-ment we all owe a righteous eternal God
for our sins.
Is It
Any Wonder?
Is it any wonder that Cardinal Bellarmine,
aware of the fact that the best of men can have their works marred by sin, said in the 17th Century,
“Rely upon the blood and merits of Jesus Christ alone?”
Trust in the death of
Christ on the cross for your sins. You have no hope in human religious
inventions presented by fallible men of whose teachings and intentions you could
never be certain! But you can be certain of Christ’s infallible work on the
cross that was recorded in the Bible. First Peter 2:24 says, “who
himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree.” That was all the sins
you committed in the past, present, and future. He paid it all.
Take
Christ as Your Savior
This very second, ask God’s forgiveness and
receive Jesus Christ alone as your only hope of heaven. John 1:12 says, “But as
many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his name.”
“He that hath the Son hath life; and
he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have
eternal life.” (1
John 5:12-13a)
Receive Christ now. Would you read
and then sincerely pray the following?
“Father
in Heaven, I realize my utter helplessness of getting to heaven on my own goodness
and merit. Forgive me for my sin and, as best as I can, I turn from it and
receive Jesus Christ alone as my Lord, Savior, and only hope of Heaven. Thank
you for dying on the cross for my sins.”
If you have made this decision, please contact me at:
Norm Sharbaugh Ministries
P.O. Box 215
Brownsburg, IN 46112
Or e-mail me at:
evangelistnorm@juno.com
I will send you free Bible studies to help you grow in your Christian faith.
Four Things God Wants You to Know About Going to Heaven
Able To Go To Heaven On Our Own Merit
And What
God Did About It.
The Problem
① We are disqualified
from going to heaven on our own merit because we all have missed the mark.
Romans 3:23 says, "For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God." The words come
short mean to “miss the mark." It doesn't matter how close or far away
from the bulls-eye you hit—a miss is a miss, and Scripture declares that we
have all missed.
A friend and I were "siting in" my
12-guage shot gun. I bragged that I only missed the bulls-eye by a half-inch
and he missed it by five inches. The fact was, we both missed. In the spiritual
realm, coming close doesn't count.
Our Sin Deserves Punishment
② God wants us to
know that our sin is extremely grave and deserves
eternal punishment.
I have a friend
who was an officer in the army. He was washing up in a restroom at his base
when five private first class soldiers began
to make fun of him because of his small stature. My friend picked up his
coat from a nearby chair and put it on. When they saw that they were insulting
an officer, they each stood at attention, saluted my friend, and apologized.
Many people
think that sin is no big thing. Some think it's a joke. If you believe the above, you don't know who
you have sinned against. Jesus Christ's office and divinity is worthy of your
highest respect. He is the Supreme Commander of
the entire Universe. Everyone will bow their knee in recognition of this fact
at the judgment.
Romans 14:11 says, "For it is written,
As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall
confess to God.”
The Punishment For Sin Is Awesome!
Matthew 25:41 describes the sinner’s fate as “into everlasting punishment." That's forever!
Revelation 14:11 declares, "And
the
smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever."
Even what people think are insignificant
slips of the tongue or idle gossip will receive the full force of judgment in
Gehenna.
Note what
Matthew 12:36 says. "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."
No one will have
religions’ trump cards to veto their sin and save them on the Day of Judgment.
All our sin carries an eternal punishment.
Is There Any Hope?
The only hope is
for someone perfect to take care of our eternal debt of punishment that we owe
for our sin. Yet God’s holy character, at the
same time, must not be violated. He cannot
change His moral and spiritual nature.
He is holy.
But, within His holiness, there is good news. He does have a way out for the
whole human race.
Christ Paid Our Sin Debt In Full
③ God wants you to
know that Christ paid your sin debt.
The Bible says in 1 Peter 2:24, speaking of Christ, "who
Himself bore
our sins in His own body on the tree."
The birth, death, and resurrection of Christ are
the three greatest events in human history. Christ
took care of our sin and paid the eternal debt of punishment that we owe
by dying on the cross. We cannot pay it unless we go to Hell forever. The
resurrection is God the Father’s “AMEN”
that He accepted the work of Christ for our sins.
Let's suppose you get a $500 traffic ticket but
don't have a dime to pay the fine. A loving compassionate person finds out and
goes to court with you. The judge, after hearing testimony, says, "That
will be $500, please."
The loving person steps up, pulls out his wallet,
and says, "I'll pay your debt." At this point you have a choice. You
can accept the money offered or you will have to pay it. If you pay your sin
debt, it means punishment forever for every sin. If you receive Christ's
payment, you are forgiven and freed from your debt for all eternity.
How To Be Assured Of Heaven
④ Finally, God wants
you to know how to apply Christ's redemptive work to your life.
In Acts 20:21 it says, "Testifying both to
the Jews; and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ."
Scripture says in John 1:12, "But as many as received him, to them gave he
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."
In my early religious life, I was deceived. I
believed that my church and religion could save me from the debt of punishment
I owe for my sin. A simple reading of
Scripture showed me that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior—not any church or religion. He is your only hope of heaven.
Embodied in my prayer of salvation on July 4,
1969 was the desire to forsake sin and reject the belief that my church and
religion could get me to heaven. I then received Christ alone as my soul's
salvation.
If
you really want your sins to be forgiven by receiving
Christ, first read the following prayer to know what you are praying, then pray
it sincerely.
"Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner and I need a Savior. Forgive me for my
sin. As best as I know how, right now, I turn from my sin and I receive you as
my Lord and Savior. Thank you for dying on the cross in my place."
If you have prayed this prayer and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ to
forgive you for your sin and make you his child, I encourage you to go to my
website at www.visitnormsplace.net and click on the words Bible Studies
found toward the top of the Home Page. These Bible studies are offered to aid
you as you begin to grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Available Bible Studies
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