Introduction

• Acts 24:24-27
• “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

“I’m too young to seek God.”

• Ecclesiastes 11:8-12:1 – Enjoy your youth but use that youthful energy to serve God.
• I Timothy 4:12 – Use your youth to set up some good habits.

“I’m too busy to seek God.”

• Nehemiah 2:1-5 – Of everyone that could have done it, why was Nehemiah the one to go rebuild the walls of Jerusalem?
• Do we carve out time to seek God?
• If we really are too busy to seek God, we need to get less busy!

“I’m too happy to seek God.”

• Revelation 4:11
• I John 4:19
• Deuteronomy 6:10-13
• God is not 9-1-1! We don’t just call Him in emergencies!

“I’m too in love to seek God.”

• Ephesians 5:28-29
• Deuteronomy 24:5
• Galatians 5:20-21
• Matthew 10:37
• If I’m turning away from God because of a human relationship, something is wrong!

“I’m too sick to seek God.”

• Mark 2:1-5 – Jesus forgave the sins of the paralytic man. The man had faith!
• John 8:24
• Luke 7:47

“I’m too late to seek God.”

• Luke 16:23-26

Conclusion

• I need to take the initiative in loving God and seeking Him!

• Hebrews 11:1-12
• Hebrews 11 talks about a faith that obeys in love.
• Hebrews 11:1 – This explains what faith does. Obedience shows faith to God.
• Hebrews 11:3 – See Romans 10:17. This faith comes from testimony. See Romans 1:20; Genesis 1. We did not see the creation happen but we have reliable testimony about it.
• Hebrews 11:4 – Cain could make a good argument for the sacrifice he gave, but it was not what God specified. Abel acted out of obedient faith, but Cain did not.
• Hebrews 11:6 – The world is full of people who believe in God, but do not believe God. They do not believe that they must diligently seek Him to receive His rewards.
• Hebrews 11:7 – See Genesis 6:1, 6. God used Noah to save a remnant. Noah worked for many years in faith before the rains came.
• Hebrews 11:8-10 – See Genesis 12; 26; 28. God made promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the last of which was fulfilled in Christ. Abraham was looking for a city who builder and designer is God.
• Hebrews 11:11-12 – At first, Sarah laughed when learning that she would conceive, but then she had faith.

Where did humans come from?

• Genesis 1:24-31
• Genesis 2:7, 20-22 – God made man and woman.
• Genesis 3:20; I Corinthians 15:45 – Adam is called the first man. Even was called the mother of all living.
• There is no mention of evolution in the creation account.

Fossils that turned out to be frauds/mistakes:

• Piltdown Man
• Nebraska Man

Fossils that turned out to be apes:

• Lucy

Fossils that turned out to be humans:

• Neanderthal
  • Genesis 19:30; 23:19-20 – Cave men!
  • DNA tests show that Neanderthals interbred with humans.
  • Genesis 11:7-8

What have we learned so far?

• There are no transitional fossils between apes and man.
• Genesis 1:12, 25; 6:19-20

Bias is at work

• Artists doing work around evolutionary topics are heavily biased and pushed to hold to the view of evolution. The pictures are designed to fit the story of evolution.
• It has taken a long time to correct errors.

Eidololatria – idolatry

• Colossians 3:5
• Placing anyone or anything before God.
• Ephesians 5:5
• I Timothy 6:10-17
• Greed causes us to fix our hope on things other than God.
• Romans 1:21
• James 4:4

Pharmakeia – sorcery, witchcraft

• This includes magical incantations and drugs.
• Acts 19:18
• Acts 8:9-11

Echthra – hatred, enmities, hostilities

• Romans 8:7
• James 4:4

Eris – strife, variance, contentions

• I Corinthians 1:11; 3:3
• II Corinthians 12:20
• When does a spirited discussion turn to strife?
• I Timothy 6:3-5
• Titus 3:9-11

Introduction

• Genesis 1:11-12, 29-30
• The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

We should praise God for the information He stored for us.

• I Corinthians 15:36-38
• Proverbs 8:22-31
• I Peter 1:22-25 – What happens when you plant a spiritual seed in good soil? You get a Christian!

There’s nothing like the pure, original seed.

• Galatians 1:11, 15-18, 6-8 – Paul got his message directly from Jesus. He didn’t consult the other apostles until years later.
• In the Bible, we have the original, 2,000-year-old seed that will still bear fruit!
• Jude 1:3

We still need good soil.

• Luke 8:4-15
• Is your Bible being used? What’s the point of having this great blessing if we don’t use it?