BORROWED CAPITAL

Introduction

The Bible is God’s word and therefore, it is without error. If we begin with this premise as the starting point, then any of man’s ideas must be measured by this standard. We as Christians are accused by unbelievers of not being critical thinkers and not able to think for ourselves. A little reflection will show that those accusing of such are really criticizing themselves because they are the ones who are guilty.

As has been pointed out by Cornelius Van Til and R. J. Rushdoony on numerous occasions within their writings, "All facts are God created facts." If this is true, then it follows that not to accept God’s interpretation of those facts, would simply mean to deny reality. No matter, what unredeemed man may say, he still lives in God’s world. This world is controlled by God, not by man. We must therefore, come into line with God’s order or suffer the consequences.

Man is never creative but rather inventive. He can only work with material that has been previously been given to him. This being the case, he borrows everything that has been given to him. To not acknowledge the source of our abilities is the equivalent of theft as Rushdoony stated in By What Standard? Clearly, then all knowledge comes from God who knows all things exhaustively. God is omniscient. If this is so, and it is, then we do not need to keep reinventing the wheel when it comes to understanding things. Ours is not to reason, but to believe God by faith.

Satan always works the same way, through skepticism. He said in Genesis 3:1, "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" When we are asked a question, our mind automatically begins to search for an answer. Satan knows that if he can get doubt to enter into our mind regarding God’s word, he can eventually get us to be total cynics. This is why it is incumbent to memorize and meditate on God’s word, not the devil’s.

An Elaborate Scheme Not Necessary

For some reason we have in our minds that if it is simple and straightforward that it cannot be so. However, all truth is straight and to the point, whereas the schemes of the devil are complex and hard to follow. He tries to deceive us by the use of many words. Proverbs 10:19 is direct and to the point in this regard, "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise." When people start to talk in circles, you know that they do not know what they are talking about.

Genesis 1:11-12 contains an important physical law, "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." Here this law is simply stated that "likes beget likes." This above all else disproves evolution. According to evolution, "likes beget unlikes." No farmer plants his crops according to evolution but rather according to creation that is if he desires to eat. Even evolutionists eat food produced by God’s creation rather than on their basis. Babies are human when born. If evolution was true, we do not know what they might be. It could be a panda bear, or a raccoon etc. We just could not be sure.

Evolutionists are therefore inconsistent. They say things came into existence randomly by chance but they want to be paid for their efforts by order and systematically. They want it both ways. They want to live by their false philosophy and reap the benefits of God’s created order. The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 7:20, "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." Do not listen to what people say, watch what they do. Evolutionists live according to God’s order in certain aspects of the physical realm and then deny there is a God. Simply put they are hypocrites because they live counter to what they espouse.

God is Predictable

One popular mythical statement that you hear is "God works in mysterious ways." What this means is that God is impersonal and we just are never quite sure what He is going to do next. He is the unknown God in this way of thinking. However, God is personal and therefore, you should hear, "God works in predictable ways." The sun rises and sets in the east and sets in the west. This is a daily predictable event. If evolution were true, it might rise today and then again it might not. It could reverse and rise in the west and set in the east. Of course, we know that this never happens because if it did, life would be not able to survive. Evolutionists are hypocrites because they talk of randomness and chance and yet live in an orderly and predictable world.

If they are wrong about evolution, then it follows that they are wrong about almost everything. The only thing they would not be is when they have to conform to God’s law to survive. What I do not understand is why anyone would pay money to be taught by these men who know nothing of reality. They are living in a fantasy world of make believe that they make up as they go. They have very vivid imaginations. Too bad it is not true what they believe. They are more into science fiction than science. Science has to conform to God’s law to be workable. If they do practice science, they are once again being hypocritical.

Conclusion

It is time for the Christians to begin to expose evolutionists for what they truly are, liars. They are of their father the devil. The Lord Jesus pinpointed these hypocrites true source in John 8:44 when He said, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." I have heard Christians say about evolution, "Remember evolution is a theory and has never been proven." This has had absolutely no impact on them at all. It is a theory and it is also a flat out lie.

My wife says, "If evolution is true, then we should be seeing it happen right before our eyes. We should be seeing life forms changing from one form to another." But we don’t. Why not? Because it has never happened and will never happen. This is God’s world, created and maintained by Him. Evolutionists need to be transformed and conformed to the Lord Jesus, not Satan. Satan is the original myth maker. He concocted the fairy tale of evolution. He was wrong in the garden of Eden. Can he be right now?