Key facts:
1) In opposition to Atheism – ‘In the beginning God’ (The statement of God)
2) In opposition to Polytheism – ‘In the beginning God’ (The singleness of God)
3) In opposition to Pantheism – ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’
(The separateness of God and matter).
4) On opposition to Materialism – “Let us make man in our image.”
(Man is like God, possessed of a spiritual nature)
5) In opposition to Evolution – “According to its kind” This expression occurs 12 times.
(It locks each kind into its own category)
6) In opposition to Naturalism – ‘In the beginning God created.’
(Matter is not eternal, nor is man a machine)
7) In opposition to Nihilism – ‘And God created … and God blessed.’
(Man is more than a machine, we are body, soul and spirit)
8) In opposition to Existentialism – ‘And God said’ (10 times) ‘and God saw’ (7 times)
‘And it was so’- Genesis 1:30.
‘It was very good’ – Genesis 1:31.
(Faith is imparted but we also have a historical basis for faith)
The best that man can do is – “I thought and so I know!”
It is sadly all in the minds of men!
Paul the Apostle wrote – “For I know the One in whom I have put my trust!”
2 Timothy 1:12.