July 31, 2021
Bedrock or Spiritual Vertigo? How do you hear?
Beloved, are you building your spiritual “house” on bedrock? It is a healthy practice to check your foundation regularly. Our entire existence hangs on the fact of God’s benevolence in creating a beautiful world for people to inhabit, followed by His creation of people. We are of a noble origin with high purpose. It is fascinating that after He spoke light, firmament, seas, dry land, plants, heavenly bodies, sea creatures, birds, and land animals into existence, He went on to create people in His image and likeness, gifting them with the ability to procreate. That was on day six. He spent day seven resting with His indeed . . . very good creation. AHHHHHH!
More details are soon given regarding the creation of man:
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7
God’s power to speak into existence the long list above is truly amazing. But in the making of man, He formed him. This suggests a hands-on creation process. Can you imagine the perfection of order in all the details of that body? He made it exactly as He thought best, and then breathed life from Himself into it. The heart began pumping, and the lungs drew each subsequent breath of nutrient-laden air. The man opened his eyes and the first sight he beheld was the face of God. Knowing this, is it even possible to doubt that we were made for fellowship with Him and with each other?
Sadly, this foundational teaching (doctrine) has been heavily under attack since the theory of evolution was put forth in 1844. Our enemy would have us to deny that God has any claim upon our lives as our Creator. But the fact is that everything belongs to Him!
… for all the earth is Mine. Exodus 19:5b
The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. Psalm 24:1
When our attention is diverted away from the LORD, then by default we focus on ourselves. Jesus warned about this problem in the parable of the sower and the seed.
“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down and the birds of the air devoured it.” . . . “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.” Luke 5:8, 11-12
The attack on the foundational doctrine of Creation has caused many to completely reject God. As for the professed believers who are taken in by the theory of evolution, they are forgetting the foundational truth that death came as a result of sin. Death came after sin. But the theory of evolution requires layers of death upon death beforehand. The two teachings are irreconcilable. The hybrid doctrine that claims that evolution is true and God is behind it is a classic example of compromising with godless, worldly philosophies, which leads to ‘spiritual vertigo.’
A wise man has said, “If one tolerates error, he is soon blinded by it.” One error, left uncorrected, leads to more. By accepting and obeying Bible truth that is clear to you, your understanding will grow. Disbelief and disobedience are “birds of a feather that flock together” and will reverse the growth process! Jesus said:
“Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.” Luke 8:18