"before Religion" Series

Think about it: 10 more feet is not much, but it would have been enough to make it impossible for this planet to sustain living, breathing, life forms.

4. The beauty of birth

Let’s think a minute about the design of the human body.

If you were to study the human skull, you will find that at birth the human skull is not completely formed in the front and back.

In the skull lie four large crack-like lines that are called fontanelles.

At birth, the skull is able to overlap itself allowing the skull to slightly flatten so that it can pass through the birth canal. Without suture joints natural childbirth would be impossible.

The result? Life would have ended with Adam and Eve.

Application:

There are thousands of examples from science that prove that there is a master designer and a chief architect of all creation. HIS NAME IS Yahweh-- GOD.

The evidence that God has given us should overwhelm the doubting mind and cause all men to believe in a living, creator, master designer, God.

Yet Romans 1:25 tells us that many have, “…changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever more.”

Through all creation, God is calling out to man saying, “Look, I am here, I created you and I am calling you to know me and serve me.”

Transition: How do I know God exists?

II. God’s Word Is More Powerful Than Most Admit

vs.1 – “In the beginning God created…”

Explanation:

In Genesis 1:1 we read, “In the beginning God created” yet, have you ever stopped to consider how He created?

Scripture reveals that God spoke the world into order.

a) In Genesis 1:3 the Bible says, “God said, Let there be light, and there was light.”

b) In Genesis 1:6 the Bible says, “God said, Let there be a firmament…”

c) In Genesis 1:9 the Bible says, “God said, Let the waters under heaven be gathered together…”

d) In Genesis 1:11 the Bible says, “God said, Let the earth bring forth grass…”

e) In Genesis 1:14 the Bible says, “God said, Let there be lights…”

f) In Genesis 1:20 the Bible says, “God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly…”

g) In Genesis 1:24 the Bible says, “God said, Let earth bring forth the living creature…”

h) In Genesis 1:26 the Bible says, “God said, Let us make man in our own image…”

Today, I do not know how powerful you are, but when I read the story of creation, I find that God only use one muscle to create this vast expanse called the universe.

God spoke the world into order. This tells me that:

a) God’s power is beyond my own power.

b) His authority is beyond my ability.

c) His power is beyond is beyond my power.

Illustration: Terry Johnson – “You’re the best preacher/pastor”

God has taught me this lesson many times in my life. A few years ago when I was the pastor of a mission church in Bellaire, Michigan, I would often visit with a man named, “Terry Johnson” who was a leader in our mission church.

I will never forget visiting one Saturday evening with Terry. He was a little discouraged with the progress we were making in our attempt to reach lost people for Christ.