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There has been some debate over the years whether or not the days of creation in Genesis means an actual 24-hour day or millions of years. Young earth creationists, such as myself, believes the days of creation were an actual 24-hour day whereas old creationist believe the days of creation were millions of years. 

In this video, Ken Ham addresses whether or not the days of creation were 24-hour days or millions of years:

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Berkhof on Creationism

This view is to the effect that each individual soul is to be regarded as an immediate creation of God, owing its origin to a direct creative act, of which the time cannot be precisely determined. The soul is supposed to be created pure, but united with a depraved body. This need not necessarily mean that the soul is created first in separation from the body, and then polluted by being brought in contact with the body, which would seem to assume that sin is something physical. It may simply mean that the soul, though called into being by a creative act of God, yet is pre-formed in the psychical life of the fœtus, that is, in the life of the parents, and thus acquires its life not above and outside of, but under and in, that complex of sin by which humanity as a whole is burdened.

Arguments in favor of Creationism.

The following are the more important considerations in favor of this theory:

(1) It is more consistent with the prevailing representations of Scripture than Traducianism. The original account of creation points to a marked distinction between the creation of the body and that of the soul. The one is taken from the earth, while the other comes directly from God. This distinction is kept up throughout the Bible, where body and soul are not only represented as different substances, but also as having different origins, Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 42:5; Zechariah 12:1; Hebrews 12:9. Cf. Numbers 16:22. Of the passage in Hebrews even Delitzsch, though a Traducianist, says, "There can hardly be a more classical proof text for creationism."

(2) It is clearly far more consistent with the nature of the human soul than Traducianism. The immaterial and spiritual, and therefore indivisible nature of the soul of man, generally admitted by all Christians, is clearly recognized by Creationism. The traducian theory on the other hand, posits a derivation of essence, which, as is generally admitted, necessarily implies separation or division of essence.

(3) It avoids the pitfalls of Traducianism in Christology and does greater justice to the Scriptural representation of the person of Christ. He was very man, possessing a true human nature, a real body and a rational soul, was born of a woman, was made in all points like as we are—and yet, without sin. He did not, like all other men, share in the guilt and pollution of Adam's transgression. This was possible, because he did not share the same numerical essence which sinned in Adam.

Adapted from Louis Berkhof's Systematic Theology

Scriptural Proof for the Doctrine of Creation

The Scriptural proof for the doctrine of creation is not found in a single and limited portion of the Bible, but is found in every part of the Word of God. It does not consist of a few scattered passages of doubtful interpretation, but of a large number of clear and unequivocal statements, which speak of the creation of the world as a historical fact.

We have first of all the extended narrative of creation found in the first two chapters of Genesis, which will be discussed in detail when the creation of the material universe is considered. These chapters certainly appear to the unbiased reader as a historical narrative, and as the record of a historical fact. And the many cross-references scattered throughout the Bible do not regard them in any other light. They all refer to creation as a fact of history. The various passages in which they are found may be classified as follows:

(1) Passages which stress the omnipotence of God in the work of creation, Isaiah 40:26, 28; Amos 4:13.

(2) Passages which point to His exaltation above nature as the great and infinite God, Psalm 90:2; 102:26, 27; Acts 17:24.

(3) Passages which refer to the wisdom of God in the work of creation, Isaiah 40:12-14; Jeremiah 10:12-16; John 1:3.

(4) Passages regarding creation from the point of view of God's sovereignty and purpose in creation, Isaiah 43:7; Romans 1:25.

(5) Passages that speak of creation as a fundamental work of God, 1 Corinthians 11:9; Colossians 1:16. One of the fullest and most beautiful statements is that found in Nehemiah 9:6: "Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee." This passage is typical of several other, less extensive, passages that are found in the Bible, which emphasize the fact that Jehovah is the Creator of the universe, Isaiah 42:5; 45:18; Colossians 1:16; Revelation 4:11; 10:6.

Adapted from Louis Berkhof's Systematic Theology

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We Were Put On Earth To Give God Glory

I love watching the blind auctions for "The Voice." The judges don't see what you look like. They only judge based on what they heard. Sometimes one chair will turn around and other times all four will turn around. After a brief introduction of the performer, the judges would start fighting over who this singer, if more than one judge turned around, should choose to be their coach.

This season, Alicia Keys has told a few of the performers that they were here on earth to be make music and sing. That caught my attention because many people want to know their purpose in life. In the late 1990's, church came up with purpose statements on why they existed and a decade later, Rick Warren released The Purpose Driven Life, which does say it is not about us. Warren is right.

Why are we put here in this earth? The Bible says, "Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made" (Isaiah 43:7). We are made to give God glory. God did not have to create us. He was not lonely. He had perfect fellowship in the Godhead.

In his book, The Sovereignty of God, A.W. Pink wrote:

God was under no constraint, no obligation, no necessity to create. That He chose to do so was purely a sovereign act on His part, caused by nothing outside Himself, determined by nothing but His own mere good pleasure; for He “worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” (Eph 1:11). That He did create was simply for His manifestative glory.

We are to give God glory in everything. "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). That does include singing, dancing, working as a teacher, stay-at-home mom, playing in athletics, etc. We are give glory to our Father who created us. That is what we were put on this earth.

Were The Days of Creation A Literal Six Days?

The six of creation in Genesis 1 have always the issue of debate. The issue is were these days a literal six days or not. The word day in Hebrew could mean more than a 24 hour period. Some scholars take the verse "one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8), indicating that each day of creation took 1,000 years to complete.

Mark Driscoll writes two reasons why the six days of creation are a literal 24 hour period:

First, each day is numbered so that there is a succession of days. Further, each day is described as having a morning and evening, which is the common vernacular for a day. These details in Genesis 1 clearly indicate that the days are literal.

Second, in Exodus 20:8-11, God says:

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

God says that he made creation in six days and on the seventh day he rested. Additionally, his work and rest are to be the precedent for us; his example explains why God's people in the Old Testament had a seven-day week with a Sabbath day.

Source: Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe

On What Grounds Did God Make The World?

The world is not necessary for God's being or happiness. He could live without us-does live without us in the ultimate sense, but chooses not to live without us. It is not because God is related to (dependent on) the world that the world is related to him, but because he has related the world to himself, especially in a covenantal relationship, by the act of his own free speech. This means that love is the ground of God's creation of a world that is different from himself yet valuable as the work of his hands.

Michael Horton, Pilgrim Theology

Why Did God Create Us?

Our church is doing Henry Blackaby's classic study Experiencing God. The first time I took the course was when I was a teenager. I thought it would be neat to take again now that I have put on my big boy pants. As the course began, Blackaby teaches that we are created for a relationship with God. I do not remember seeing that in the Bible.

To be frank, there is no where in the Bible that indicates we were created for a relationship with God. Matt Chandler said, "as nice as it sounds that God made us for a relationship, Scripture does not teach that." Isaiah 43:7 says, "everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made". John Piper talks about why God created us in the video from New City Catechism:

Did God Make Us Because He Was Lonely?

I have heard some Pastors and teachers say that God created us for fellowship. I have even heard some say that God made us because He was lonely. Was God lonely? I know I have been lonely and I sure some of you have been. The Bible records the first thing God said was not good, was man to be alone (Genesis 2:18).

No where in the Bible do we get the hint that God made us because He was lonely and wanted people to talk to him. The Bible describes God as the most self-sufficent being there ever was or ever will be. God has no beginning and no end so, when the questions comes of who made God, the answer is no one.

We are not the center of God's universe. J.I. Packer once said, "It is never true that God is at a lost without you and me." God does not need us. He did not need to make man to fellowship with him. God could have gotten fine through all eternity without us. God created us for his glory (Isaiah 43:7). We were made to give him praise. We were not made because he had nothing better to do.

God loved us in spite of our sin, that he provided His Son to rescue us from our sin. Jesus also "suffered once for sins...that he might bring you to God" (1 Peter 3:18). The cross was about God. Every story in the Bible is about God and not us. We are nothing.