Creation vs Evolution - Lesson #5
What About the Dinosaurs? - Part 1
-Introduction
-Quick review of the previous lessons
-1 Peter 3:15 - Faith is based on evidence (Heb 11:1).
-Biblical Age of the Earth - Without time, the theory of evolution crumbles.
-Fossils - Support evolution, refute evolution
-Geologic Time Table - myth
-Laws of Science - Biogenesis - no spontaneous generation
1st & 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics - no inflationary model
-Now that we have addressed these topics, there is an important question that remains -
a question that remains - one that some of you have been asking yourselves - a question
that a few of you have asked me during this series of lessons - “What about the dinosaurs?”
-The Prevalence of Evolutionary Teaching
-“The numbers were staggering! Some time ago at a camp for Christian young people, a
short, three-question quiz was given to the teenagers in attendance—most of whom were
from homes with Christian parents (and many of whom already had made the decision to
become a Christian themselves)…The first question asked simply, “How long ago did the
dinosaurs live?,” and provided four possible answers…” (Brad Harrub, Ph.D & Bert
Thompson, Ph.D, “Walking Amidst the Dinosaurs,” Reason and Revelation, February 2003).
-Our kids are bombarded with evolutionary thought regarding dinosaurs:
-Delevan’s shark book - says that the first sharks lived over 350 million years ago -
120 million years before dinosaurs which became extinct about 65 million years ago
-Several times I have found myself telling Delevan - “The numbers in that book aren’t
right. They don’t match what the Bible says and the Bible is the one that’s right.”
-example of Kayla watching Dora
-We can look at the first page of the scriptures to find the truth - Genesis 1:24-27, 31
-Land animals - including dinosaurs - were created on the same day.
-Not only were dinosaurs and mankind not separated by millions of years, they were
not even separated by a single day.
-Let’s notice four things from Genesis 2:19-20:
1. Notice the all-inclusive nature of the words in these verses.
2. Adam saw the glorious results of God’s creation.
3. Adam was intelligent. He named the various animals.
4. Adam was different from/superior to the animals.
-Yet, evolutionists want us to believe that we came from animals - that we are
merely “advanced,” “highly evolved” animals.
-If you tell people for a long enough time that they are animals, sooner or later they’ll
start acting like animals.
-Adam was created on the same day as dinosaurs and he saw dinosaurs.
-And, he wasn’t the only one.
-Job 40 & 41 - The Behemoth and The Leviathan
-Overall context
-Job 40:15-24 - The Behemoth - not a hippo as marginal notes depict
-vs 15 - “Behold the behemoth” - Job was familiar with the Behemoth.
-If Job wasn’t familiar with the Behemoth, how could that help him better
understand God’s power and glory.
-vs 16 - “…his force is in the navel of his belly”
-vs 17 - “moveth his tell like a cedar” (Certainly not a hippo)
-vs 20 - “surely the mountains bring him forth food”
-vs 19 - “He is the chief of the ways of God”
-Job 41 - Leviathan - not an alligator or crocodile as marginal notes depict
-vs 8 - “Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more”
-vs 21 - “a flame goeth out of his mouth”
-vs 25 - “When he raiseth himself up”
-vs 29 - “He laugheth at the shaking of a spear”
-vs 31 - “He maketh the deep to boil…”
-These were real creatures that cohabited the earth with mankind.
-Summary and Invitation
-Evidence from within the scriptures makes it very clear that the teachings from the
theory of evolution regarding dinosaurs is false.
-Yet, evolutionists would readily discard this info since the Bible is its source.
-Yet, you might be surprised with how much evidence exists - outside of the scriptures -
for the truth that dinosaurs and mankind cohabited this earth.
-Lord willing, that’s what we’ll address next week. I have a feeling that you’ll
want to hear and see that evidence.
-Yet, I hope that you can see with this series of lessons that over and over and over again,
the scriptures are right.
-There is a God in heaven who created this world. There is a God in heaven who loves us
and gave Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. There is a God in heaven who wants us to be
with Him.
-In order for that to happen, we must submit to His will by obeying His word. Have you?
-If not, believe (Jn 3:16, 8:24), confess (Mt 10:32, Rm 10:9-10), repent (Lk 13:3,5;
Ac 17:30), be baptized into Christ (Mk 16:16, Ac 2:38).
-If you have obeyed, have you remained faithful? If not, confess your shortcomings,
repent and pray for God’s forgiveness (1 Jn 1:7-9, Ac 8:22-24).