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			<title>Is The Doctrine of Origins Important?</title>
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			<content-encoded><![CDATA[I have spent many hours in study and contemplating the subject of the origins.&nbsp; That is how did the universe get here?&nbsp; How did life come about?&nbsp; Is everything we see and know&nbsp;a result of random chance?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there a purpose behind all of this?&nbsp; These and many more questions come to mind.&nbsp;

At some point you consider what others say about the subject.&nbsp; It is interesting but it really does not matter in the broad scheme of things.&nbsp;&nbsp;We should only be concerned about knowing&nbsp;Jesus Christ and him&nbsp;crucified (I Corinthians 2:2), everything else should be left alone.&nbsp;&nbsp;The doctrine of origins (creation) is too&nbsp;divisive and should not be discussed because we are not about division. It seems to be a subject that should be put on the backburner and for some not to be discussed because&nbsp;it is a hot subject that&nbsp;serves only to divide the body of&nbsp;Christ.

&nbsp;All of these questions and comments seem to bear a heavy weight on you when you&nbsp;find yourself seemingly alone in many respects concerning this issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;Being a science teacher and a Christian minister puts you in a uncommon category.&nbsp; If you are not careful the subject can become very egghead very quickly.&nbsp; On the other hand as a Christian&nbsp;minister&nbsp;many paint a&nbsp;picture of a one who simply&nbsp;wants to infringe on the rights of others to live the lifestyle they have chosen.&nbsp;&nbsp;That is to&nbsp;suggest that the Bible should be considered history and God's Word to&nbsp;be the final authority is very offensive to some.&nbsp; After all to suggest that God's word is to be considered over man's word is a ridiculous&nbsp;proposition in today's world.

&nbsp;Through all of these questions and thoughts you must go back to the main question. Is the the doctrine of origins important?&nbsp; And my conclusion is absolutely positively, yes.&nbsp; In fact if you are to, "... be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you ..." (1 Peter 3:15) then where do you start?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You must start&nbsp;at the beginning with the first Adam so that you can explain the need for the&nbsp;last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45).&nbsp;&nbsp;Man's real need for God is that we need a redeemer.&nbsp;&nbsp;If Adam is not a historical character and&nbsp;the story of original sin in the&nbsp;garden is just some sort of story then why do we need God?

The need to know and understand&nbsp;the doctrine of origins from our creator as&nbsp;He has shared it through&nbsp;His Word is to know the mind of God for man.&nbsp;&nbsp;God's thought&nbsp;for man&nbsp;was and is&nbsp;good in fact original creation was very good&nbsp;(Gen. 1:31).&nbsp; Sin's destructive force has left its mark on man and the very world we live in but God continues to extent His love and grace.&nbsp; When we disseminate a message that origins was full of millions of years of death, pain and disease&nbsp;rather than a very good world until impacted by sin we compromise the&nbsp;good news of the gospel message.&nbsp; This world is in need of the&nbsp;last&nbsp;Adam, "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." (1 Cor. 15:22).]]></content-encoded>
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