However, while teaching against another theory which assumed that God created everything instantaneously rather than over the course of six days, Luther said “…we assert that Moses spoke in the literal sense, not allegorically or figuratively, i.e. The word “day” cannot, in that case, mean a literal day. This is sometimes called “theistic evolution.” To hold to such a position, the words of Genesis have to be interpreted figuratively. One way some have tried to reconcile the prominent theories of evolution with God’s Word is to assert that God creates through an evolutionary process. ” How do the words “In the beginning” teach us that God created everything out of nothing? How do the various theories that teach that the world is a result of primordial mass changing over time contradict God’s clear and simple words, “In the beginning God created…”? Why would accepting such speculative theories be detrimental to a Christian’s faith? What do such theories say of God and His Word?Ģ. This general knowledge is clearly drawn from the text. Luther said, “…He has left with us this general knowledge that the world had a beginning and that it was created by God out of nothing. Chapter 1 teaches that God created the world out of nothing in six days.
The Bible is dripping with verses which teach that the Triune God – the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – created all things and that this same God has redeemed us from sin, death, and hell through the blood of the incarnate Son.ġ.
This is no insignificant teaching of Holy Scripture. In both the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds we confess that we believe in God, the Creator of heaven and earth. Each week, as we gather before our Lord’s altar to receive His Word and Sacraments, we confess our Christian faith in the words of one of the historic creeds.
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