Living In The Stone Age

LIVING IN THE STONE AGE

Dan. 2:31-35

INTRODUCTION

A. HUMOR: GETTING WHAT SHE DESERVED

1. Have you ever gotten in an express line at a grocery store – to check out – and had someone got ahead of you who had a lot more than 10 items? That happened to Bonnie Jones.

2. Ignoring the sign, a woman ahead of her slipped into the express checkout line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Bonnie fumed at the gall, the cheek, the nerve of the woman to do that.

3. Imagine Bonnie’s delight when the cashier looked into the cart and asked sweetly, "So which 10 items would you like to buy?" When the woman said “All of them,” the cashier directed the woman to move to a normal check-out line!

B. ORDEAL OF A HURRICANE

1. We just went through a week of no power – no lights, no electricity, no refrigerators, many stores closed due to no internet or working checkout registers, etc. It was like going back to the stone age. Many closer to the coast, like my sister Sharon, were still without power last night. They feel in desperation and are losing hope. Remember them in your prayers!

2. I’m glad I live in the days of modern conveniences. In my mind these are the best of times, with advanced medical care, cars & planes (swift & easy travel), AIR CONDITIONING, phones, ELECTRICITY, computers & internet, etc. Thank God for these inventions!

3. So we’re going to look tonight at the false and true IDEAS of what a Stone Age is, correct BEHAVIOR for a Stone Age, and WHO gets to enter the Stone Age.

4. The title of this message is “Living in the Stone Age.”

I. FALSE IDEA OF THE “STONE AGE”

A. LENGTHY OR SHORT PERIOD?

1. Now people talk about the “stone age” as if it’s something undesirable. THE “STONE AGE” is defined, in human origins, as, “The prehistoric period during which stone and stone tools were widely used. This period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, or 99.3% of human history.” In this view, humans have only been metalworking for 4-6,000 years. [WIKIPEDIA]

2. The Bible gives a completely different picture of the development of metallurgy. First, the Bible doesn’t believe in the evolution of man. Adam & Eve were fully developed homo sapiens, a modern man & woman. The Bible tells us that within 8 generations of Adam & Eve, metallurgy became a standard part of human civilization. Gen. 4:17-22, “Cain...Enoch...Irad...Mehujael...Methushael, Lamech... “Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron.” [from Seth to Methuselah (7 generations) was 744 years. Undoubtedly the time from Cain to Tubal-cain was something similar. So the “stone age” didn’t last 3.4 million years, but around 744 years!]

B. EVOLUTION & CONTROL TERMINOLOGY

1. But modern man is dumb enough to believe that he evolved from monkeys and lived for 3.4 million years in some half-human state.

2. Hence, the IDIOM, “stuck in the Stone Age,” is a common expression used to describe someone or something that is outdated, old-fashioned, or resistant to change. It implies that the person is living in a time period that’s long since passed and has failed to keep up with modern advancements.

3. CONTROL TERMINOLOGY. This phrase is used as a put-down to anyone who holds with earlier thinking or the way of life of their parents. It’s intended to push young people to leave all the wisdom about ‘how to live’ that has accumulated for thousands of years and to let a few immoral, destructive people – today – be the ones who tell them how to live.

4. These modern guides don’t care that your life will be destroyed by following them. All they want is to pull you away from your PARENTS CONTROL and get you in THEIR CONTROL! Let me ask you: who loves you more, your parents or the social media “influencers?” The influencers don’t know you and don’t care what happens to you – they just want to make money off of you from advertisers.

5. Your parents, on the other hand, have given their lives for you to live and want you to be happy and successful. They have a vested interest in you because you carry their genetic pattern; you’re related to them by the closest of bonds. Your parents don’t want you to suffer the same hurtful mistakes they made. In short, there’s no one more important for you to listen to, than your parents!

6. So I don't believe in a Stone Age -- in the past -- as anything important. But there is a Stone Age in the future that you most certainly want to be a part of. Daniel described in his book, chapter 2:31-35. Read with me.