WHAT IF GENESIS IS TRUE?
Have you noticed that modern morals are at an
all-time low? Behavior which wouldn't have been
mentioned in polite company in the past is now
flaunted. Why? Because modern society has largely
abandoned Biblical standards.
But suppose evolution is wrong, and Genesis is
literally true. Instead of having to defend our
values, we suddenly find that they are built on a
solid foundation. A few examples:
- Marriage is not a cultural development of man's
evolution. It was directly instituted by God.
Adultery, fornication, and polygamy are sinful.
- Homosexuality is a perversion of God's design.
He put a man and a woman together, not two men
or two women.
- Clothing is not a human invention. God devised
it because of man's inability to cope with
nakedness properly. (Parents, remember this when
your teenagers argue about their clothes.)
- Pornography is wrong because it appeals to this
same lustful human weakness.
- Substance abuse (the first drunkenness) and
disrespect for parents are first seen in Genesis
9, along with their consequences.
- Crime and punishment are first seen in the story
of Cain and Abel, and then in Genesis 9:6 where
capital punishment is instituted.
- Abortion is wrong because God commanded the
human race to "be fruitful and multiply", not
kill its offspring. Children are seen as a gift
from God, not as rubbish to be discarded.
- Family structure of husband as leader, provider,
and protector, and wife as helper, is not a cul-
tural development. God established it. (Sorry if
you don't like it, ladies; you'll have to take
it up with God.)
- Race relations should be no problem for be-
lievers. We are all descended from Noah and his
three sons, so physical differences between us
shouldn't matter.
- Man needs a Savior. He is a fallen creature,
not an ever-improving being.
- The judgment of God is revealed in the Flood.
This past judgment assures us of the future
judgment of the world at the return of Christ.
Is it any wonder that the ungodly ridicule
those of us who believe Genesis? They recognize
clearly that if Genesis is accurate, they are ac-
countable to God. So they tell us, "You have no
right to impose your standards on us. That's just
your opinion". And if we can't trust Genesis,
they're right.
But if Genesis is accurate and evolution is
wrong, we're standing on rock-solid ground. We
need not apologize for our beliefs; our standards
of right and wrong are not just our own opinion.
They're God's. We're not on any kind of ego trip.
We're standing fast for God, not for ourselves.
