"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?" Job 38:4
What a man does with the Bible depends on what he does with the first sentence in the Bible. The Bible opens with a simple statement, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." If a man believes that, he can believe everything else which follows. If he rejects that statement, he will also deny every other cardinal truth in the Scriptures. Here in Genesis 1:1 infidelity begins, and here in Genesis 1:1 faith comes to rest. There is no better answer ever given for the universe. Compared to this simple assertion, all the theories of men are stupidly foolish.
In a court of law, the judge will accept only the testimony of actual eye witnesses. Hearsay testimony is immediately thrown out. Only those who know firsthand and were there can bear reliable testimony. The same is true of creation. God asks job the question, "Where were you when I made the worlds?" Two men - Joe and Charlie - were arguing about Genesis 1:1. Joe said he believed the record of creation just as it was written. Charlie was an infidel, and went to great length in giving his own theory of how the world began and then developed from a primordial cell through reptiles, monkeys, and up to man. When he was all through, Joe looked at him and said, "Were you there, Charlie?" It was a good question. "Of course, I was not there," said Charlie. Joe had the answer. He said, "Well, God was there. He was the only One there and I'll take the word of the 'eye witness' rather than the guesses of those who go only by 'they say.'" "Were you there, Charlie?" What presumption for the creature to question the word of the Creator.
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