Jumping From The Earth To The Moon
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Psalm 139:14-I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
One of the reasons that I chose to pursue ministry studies at West Virginia School of Preaching (WVSOP) was because of its’ strong emphasis on the field of Christian Apologetics. Other schools of preaching that I researched had fine curriculum and instructors, but I felt called to a school that would especially prepare me for reaching unbelievers. We were blessed with three entire quarters at WVSOP that were devoted to studying proofs of the Existence Of God, the Inspiration Of The Bible, and the Deity (Godhood) of Jesus Christ.
Our mentor in these fields was Charles Pugh III, who also happened to be the minister where I attended church when I was young. When he would discuss the evidences of God’s existence, brother Charles used to say that no person could get away from himself. What he meant was that the evidence for God’s existence could be found in any person, and no one could deny that evidence without denying his own being. Whether we are talking about the fact that each person’s contingent personhood points to something eternal that brought the finite universe into existence and maintains it (the Cosmological Argument), or the amazing design of the human body that looks toward the great Designer (the Teleological Argument), or the moral law and sense of “oughtness” that is the bedrock of every human being (the Moral Argument), it all leads to the same inevitable conclusion: God exists.
In the last couple of days, while preparing the curriculum for our upcoming church Vacation Bible School, I was reminded again of the amazing design found in the DNA code of life. In my studies, I came across a remarkable book I had purchased years ago that discussed (among other things) the incredible design in the universe and how it shows us that there is a God. Look at the staggering probability of the odds of a single strand of DNA evolving by chance over eons of time without the Mind of God.
“DNA — containing the code for this first living cell — is very complex and does not naturally occur. In fact, the chance of you being able to jump high enough to reach the moon is greater than the chance that DNA would form by chance…. Take 1070 combinations: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 minus 100,000,000, 000,000,000 seconds that a single DNA molecule could be formed by mere chance, and the remaining “odds” are 1 in 9,999,999,999,999,999,999,999, 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,900,000,000,000,000,000. This means that the odds of a single functional DNA molecule coming together at random are about the same odds that you could fill a billion universes with golf balls and put a small red dot on the bottom of one ball and somehow a blindfolded baby could find that ball while rummaging through the hundred billion galaxies on the very first try.” (Joe White with Nicholas Comninellis, Darwin’s Demise: Why Evolution Can’t Take The Heat, 35, 38-39 (Kindle Edition); Green Forest, AR; Master Books)
Astonishing!
Let’s give thanks and praise to God for His wisdom, and for His loving kindness in taking the time to form each of us and in leading us through the challenges and darkness of this world. Let’s also do our best to share this kind of amazing knowledge about God with others.
Father, we are humbled by Your greatness. The more we learn of Your universe, the more we praise You. Thank You for revealing Yourself to us. Thank You for loving each of us and for taking the time to form each of us in the womb, and for guiding us along our pilgrimage here. Please continue with us today, and lead us to so live and speak that we glorify You and tell others of Your great love. In Christ Jesus Name, Amen.