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Clearly Seen

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Memory VerseRomans 1:20, 25 - “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. ..Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever."wheatdecorative wheat

About This Lesson

This lesson gives support for the veracity of creation and the fallacy of evolution.

**GOOD LESSON

Scriptures

1 Kings 8:27-30
1 Chronicles 16:23-27
Job 10:8-12
Psalm 8:1-9
Psalm 19:1-6
Psalm 24:1-6
Romans 1:19-25
Romans 1:20, 25

Words to Know

PERVASIVE - to pervade, penetrate, saturate

PROPAGANDA- spreading ideas for the purpose of hurting a cause

THEORY - an idea or a hypothetical set of facts

IDEOLOGY - visionary theorizing

DIABOLICAL - relating to or characteristic of the devil

FORTIFY - to make strong; to strengthen

The Lesson

You are bombarded with evolutionary propaganda from every side. When you go on to college you will find that textbooks, lectures, peers, and faculty will be even more proactive in pushing evolutionary concepts down your throat. So the time to fortify yourself against such diabolical teachings is now!

Evolution propaganda is rampant in our society. Spend some time looking up the statistics for yourself. You’ll find that results vary widely from poll to poll, depending largely upon how the question is asked. For instance, fewer people believe that God spoke the world into existence and people have remained unchanged since creation (biblical creationists). Some believe that God is guiding evolution (theistic evolution), but again, the questions greatly dictate the results. It’s difficult to know exactly what the majority of people truly believe. However, when you hear an instructor telling you that our universe just happened without a plan, purpose, designer, or Creator, take heart. You know that’s not true - and you have the Bible backing you up.

Why isn't everyone falling for the evolutionary propaganda that is so pervasive today? For one reason, “scientists, and professors in general, are often confused about evolution. They may know a lot of details, but they don't understand the basics. The professors typically think that evolution from molecule to man is a single process. . .

"The people suspect that what is being presented to them as 'scientific fact’ consists largely of an ideology that goes far beyond the scientific evidence. . ." (Defeating Darwinism by Philip Johnson). Consists largely of what? Ideology, which means visionary theorizing. In other words 90 percent of the people can see the "scientific fact" that is being presented to them is largely speculation existing only in the scientists' and professors' imagination.

Why would scientists, high school teachers, and college professors in general prefer to accept that our universe came about entirely by chance rather by a Supreme Being creating it? Paul tells us in Romans I, that "Since earliest times men have seen the earth and sky and all God made, and have known of his existence and great eternal power. So they will have no excuse (when they stand before God at Judgment Day)" (v.s 20, TLB). The King JamesVersion says: "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen." "Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies" (v. 25). Now that's strong stuff! This says that evolutionists have no excuse because God's creative powers can clearly be seen and they deliberately chose to believe lies.

Our universe is far more complex than any car, computer, television, CD player or radio. Think about how much more complex our solar system, stars and constellations, eco system, magnetic fields, oceans with tides, climate, etc. are than any of your mechanical or electronic stuff. You can clearly see that each one of them required an intelligent designer. Then how can our universe that's mega-times more complex come about without a purpose and without an intelligent Designer and Creator? The universe is so perfectly balanced that you can live here on planet earth with everything you need to sustain life.

Doesn't it insult your intelligence to be told that "The diversity of life on earth is the outcome of evolution: an unsupervised, impersonal, unpredictable and natural process of temporal descent with genetic modification that is affected by natural selection, chance, historical contingencies and changing environments”?

You learned in your biology class that photosynthesis is a process in plants, which in daylight, turns carbon dioxide into oxygen. Plankton in the ocean also produces oxygen. Certain plants support insects, and insects pollinate plants which enables trees and bushes to produce all kinds of blossoms and fruit. These combinations couldn't exist without each other. This means one could not have waited thousands of years to evolve without the other; they had to be created together to provide a livable balance.

Evolutionists would like for us to think “the first organized form of primitive life was a tiny protozoan. . . . From these one-celled organisms evolved all life on earth." They have overlooked that elements in our intricate universe, such as plant and animal life, are interdependent for survival. They are also overlooking something very important - intelligent design. When you break a molecule down to its smallest denominator what do you have? DNA! Then what does DNA have? Information! Information cannot evolve in a puddle of slime. Information requires an intelligent Designer! Like Paul said, this can be Clearly Seen and evolutionists are without excuse.

Student Prayer

Holy Creator,
Thank you for clearly showing me that you are the Creator of this universe. You tell us in the Bible that those who say you're not the great Creator will have no excuse on the Judgment Day because they chose to believe a lie. Grant me the ability to discern right from wrong in all the confusion that is thrown at me about evolution.
I ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen.

Daily Devotions

Sunday - Romans 1:19-25

Monday - Psalm 24:1-6

Tuesday - Job 10:8-12

Wednesday- 1 Kings 8:27-30

Thursday - 1 Chronicles 16:23-27

Friday - Psalm 8:1-9

Saturday - Psalm 19:1-6

Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

1. Be familiar with the terms that Darwinist and evolutionist use.

2. Tell why evolutionists reject God as Creator.

3. Explain that our universe requires a Designer and a Creator.

Topics & Themes

Creation
Evolution
Intelligent Design

Materials Needed

Bible, YEA Students' and Teacher's books, attendance and memory verse charts, songbook, CD or cassette tape, music player, chalkboard or large piece of newsprint, marker

How to Teach This Lesson

After opening the class with prayer, select two team captains and have them alternate turns in choosing their team from the class until all have been selected. Explain that you are going to be asking questions mainly from their lesson. They are to stand in two separate lines facing one another. The first person on the team that the question is addressed to, who knows the answer, is to step forward and give it. If no one on the team knows the answer, the team can call timeout for 90 seconds to brainstorm and come up with an answer. The other team can cross-examine all answers and anyone on his team can assist him. Or the opposite team can add information not given to the answer. This will give them three extra points. The team will be given three points for excellent answers, two points for good answers, and one point for timeout answers. The team that gets the most points will be taken for pizza. The following are the questions to alternately ask the teams:

1. How do we know that life on earth did not evolve from a pool of slime? (Life requires a life giver.)

2. List five things that make your body more complex than a computer. (Mind or intelligence, digestive system, sex and gender, nervous system, cell division, ability to grow, etc.)

3.What was involved in putting your computer together? (Designer and creator)

4. Explain what photosynthesis is.

5. Give illustrations of a plant or animal being interdependent on another for survival.

6. Explain why the earth could not have evolved over billions of years.

7. What do you get when you break a molecule down to the smallest denominator? (DNA.)

8. What does DNA contain? (Information.)

9. What does DNA do? (It insures that kind produces after its kind.)

10. How can evolutionists say that the universe could slowly be collected in lumps of hot solids and gases, and cool into planets? (First, this theory doesn't start with nothing. It begins with hot solids and gases. Even a computer can't create itself. The complexity of the universe requires a Designer and a Creator.)

11. For the universe to collect in lumps of hot solids and gases, and cool into planets, what else had to be in existence? (Laws such as gravity. And laws require a lawgiver.) Give the reason and scripture for people choosing not to believe that God is Creator.

12. Now ask one of the students to read Romans 1:19-25 aloud.

Tally the scores and tell which team is the winner. Say: "We'd like for everyone to enjoy pizza with us. So we'll give the team that didn't win one more chance." Go over the Activity in the Students' book and let that team answer all of the questions to redeem themselves.

Encourage the students to read such books as Refuting Evolution by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D., and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds and Darwin on Trial by Phillip E. Johnson.

Song

"The Greatest Thing" is on page 17 of The Group Songbook.

Closing Prayer

Have the students form a circle. Read the first paragraph under Background to the class. Ask each student to give one proof of God. Then ask for a volunteer to lead in prayer thanking God for such a brilliant and intricate creation and asking Him to help them never to forget who created us and the earth.

Printable Pages

Activity Page — from the original printed program
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