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← I. The Origin of Man and the Universe
• A. Various views as to the origin of man
o 1. Naturalistic (atheistic) evolution
everything can be accounted for by natural processes
o 2. Theistic evolution
God starts everything. Then, it develops on its own. God intervenes
at a few points- creation of the beginning, basic life forms, or man
o 3. Progressive creationism
popularized by Bernard Ram- the Christian view of Science
and the scriptures
old earth, but Adam and Eve were created more recently
God steps in at different points and creates things along the way
Days were pictoral and revelatory
That is what God revealed to Moses on each day
o 4. Recent Eden theory
Professor Klup of Columbia University
“Adam and Eve are an island of creation in a sea of evolution”
o 5. Fiat creation
God created everything from nothing
Heb. 11:3- by faith we understand that what is seen was made
from invisible
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Order
• Genesis 1
• V. 1-topic sentence
• GAP
• Fall
• V. 2 creation of man
c. Defense
this explanation fits with the interpretation of Isa. 45:18
and Jer. 4:23-26
this view accounts for the fall of Satan and the angels
this view accounts for the geological ages
this view accounts for the fossils
d. Objections
this view must posit a pre-Adamic creation which is not
taught elsewhere in the Scripture
The Hebrew of Gen. 1:2 should not be translated as
“became,” it simply means it “was” like that
The words “formless” (waste) and “void” do not necessarily
imply a state resulting from a judgment of a destruction
• Simply means- not in final form, and no one is living
there.
Gen. 1:31 does not allow for anything evil in the creation of
the earth to that point.- “VERY GOOD”
• However, God said “his creation” was very good- not
evil, he did not create evil
Hebrew Grammar does not support a gap between Gen 1:1
and 1:2
o 2. The Re-creation Theory
a. Exponents
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• earth fashioning
• ?
• D. The interpretation of the "days" of Genesis 1 and 2
o 1. The various interpretations
The Concordistic theory – day-age theory
The days of Genesis are simply a literary form
Day 1 --- Day 4
Day 2 --- Day 5
Day 3 --- Day 6
The six days of creation are a Babylonian myth
The six days of creation are six days of revelation from God to
Moses
Ramm – “pictorially revelatory days.”
The six days of creation in Genesis 1 are six literal 24-hour days
o 2. The literal 24-hour day view
A literal hermeneutical view
Usage of the Hebrew word “yom”
In Genesis 1 and 2
• 1:5 = 12, 1:5 = 24, 2:4 = 6 days
In the rest of the Old Testament
• 1480 times – time, life, today, age, forever,
continually, and perpetually
Most reputable Hebrew lexicons do not recognize or allow
the interpretation of “yom” as a long period of time as the
primary meaning of the word.
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Criticisms
• Mutations are usually harmful
• From where do new genes come?
• Natural selection does not really guarantee
improvement
• Scientists have never observed beneficial mutations,
the production of new genes, or natural selection
b. Fossils
95% of fossils have been found in sedimentary rock…which
comes from rock formed under the force of water
Criticisms
• Fossil dating is based on a circular argument
o Date fossils based rock strata, then date rock
strata based on fossils they find
• The methods of dating are really not as reliable as
scientists claim
o Measurement of dust on the moon is
supposedly constant. When they landed on
the moon it was proved false
• Fossil evidence has never produced intermediate
forms
• The evidence for fossil men does seem a bit scanty
for the conclusions that have been drawn
c. Faith
“The evidence of those who would explain life’s origin on the
basis of the accidental combination of suitable chemical
elements is no more tangible than that of those people who
place their faith in Divine Creation as the combination of the
development of life. Obviously , the latter have as much
justification for their beliefs as do the former.”
d. Other factors
Embryonic recapitulation
• Embryo goes through the process of evolution within
the womb
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Explanation
Latin – “to draw from”
Arguments
It is scriptural – Gen. 1, 2, Heb. 7:7-10
Adam had sons after his own image
Argument from physiology
Arguments from theology
• The imputation of Adam’s sin to posterity as a
culpable act
• The transmission of the sinful nature
• The universality of sin
• God is either directly or indirectly the author of sin
• D. The composition of man
o 1. The dichotomous nature of man
An explanation
Material and non-material
The arguments
• The universe around us
o Physical and spiritual
• From philosophy
• From Scripture – Gen. 2:7
• Verses using soul and spirit synonymously
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Anti-intellectual tendency
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← HAMARTIOLOGY
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← I. The Fall of Man -- Genesis 3
• A. Views on this passage
o The liberal or legend view
No truth, no historic facts
o The orthodox view
Truth and historic facts
o The neo-orthodox view
Truth but no historic facts
• B. The place of the perfection
o God created a perfect place, Eden
• C. The prohibition or the tests involved – Gen. 2:16-17
o Adam was to do the will of God
It was mostly positive
Take care of the garden!
There was one negative factor
Don’t eat of the tree!
• D. The nature of Adam
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Her desire will be that she will rule over her husband – Gen. 3:16
The headship of the husband is affirmed
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← II. Personal Sin
• A. Origin of sin
o 1. Historic origin of sin
The Gnostic origin of sin
Sin crept into creation down the line from creation
Origen’s view of sin
Preexistent souls were sinful
The Greek Church and Eastern Orthodoxy – Pelagius
The Western Church view
Augustine, John Calvin
o 2. In relation to God
God is never said in Scripture to be the responsible author of sin
God’s eternal decree rendered certain the entrance of sin
o 3. In relation to the angels
Lucifer – Isa. 14 – “I will”
o 4. In relation to human beings
Sin originated with Adam
Who sinned first?
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• A. Introduction
o God’s standard is perfection – 1 Pet. 1:15-16
o Perfection in the sense of the absence of evil is unattainable in this life
• B. Enemies of the Christian
o 1. The world – 1 Cor. 7:31
o 2. The Devil – 1 Pet. 5:8
o 3. The flesh
Through a break from it – Rom. 6
Through walking in the Spirit – Gal. 5
• C. The preventives of sin in the Christian life
o 1. The Word -- Psalm 119
o 2. The present ministry of Christ -- John 17
Advocacy – curative – 1 John 2:1
Intercession proper - preventative
o 3. The indwelling Holy Spirit
The work of teaching – John 16:12-13
In relation to our prayer life – Rom. 8:26-27
Leading us into service – John 7:37-39
• D. The penalties connected with the Christian's sin
o 1. On God
We grieve the Holy Spirit
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