John
1:3 (NIV) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that
has been made.
NOTE: A popular
retort against evolution is the argument that something cannot come out of
nothing. John, in a slight reversal of wording says that was made that has been
made or in other words, every single thing was created. And to be more clear,
the "him" referred to as the creator, is the Word, which is later
explained (verse 1:14) to be Jesus. All things have been made through Jesus and
there is nothing made (physically) in this world which was not made by Jesus
(referring to things created in the past). It does not say that every thought
or concept or idea was created by God, and so man or possibly Satan has the
distinction of creating sin and rebellion. Because we are made in the image of
God, we too are creators, in our own way. We can shape things that have been
made into many different types of creations. We can write computer programs to
create virtual realities. We are also creators. In fact life is full of
creators and would not work very well without creators. Random chaos did not
create the physical universe nor would it have created the societies we live in
today. Creation, intelligent design, guides our lives pervasively.
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