Death of Death
“Why is creation ministry so important?” “We should focus on the Gospel instead of Genesis.” These are but a couple of the questions and comments we receive every once in a while. There are some that have the opinion that Genesis is secondary to other aspects of Scripture. Yet, as you know from the years of ministry spent carrying out our calling here at CTF, we understand the importance that Genesis has to the Gospel and for life. If we don’t understand Genesis correctly, then we may have issues with Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.
The crux of the issue is always sin and death. When we deal with time from a Biblical chronology vs. an evolutionary timeframe, the inevitable is asked, “Why are you so demanding on a young time scale?” Our reply is, “How long has death been here, and why?” Sometimes the response is a puzzled look and silence. Has death been present on earth as the mechanism of advancement, weeding out the less fit and weaker while allowing the more fit to survive and thus progress to higher life forms through evolutionary history? Or was death placed as a curse to sin at the beginning? A person’s worldview on death is pivotal to his salvation. We find often that most of us have never connected those dots, yet they are vital for our salvation in Christ.
Romans 5:12 states that “…just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned…”. And in 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 we find, “For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”
Jesus Christ came and paid our ransom with His blood. His death was mandatory for our salvation, because it is the wage for our sin (Rom. 6:23). If death has no connection to sin, then the cross is utter rubbish. Evolution should have no place in a Christian’s worldview on the basis that it degrades to useless the very work of salvation. Our Creator paid the price for sin (death), ransoming us and by His blood imparting life to those that acknowledge the need for it.
This ministry is entering our 30th year, and we’re ready to drive this point home more than ever in a world that is blinded in sin and drowning in death. Even in the church some continue to hold onto worldviews that are contrary to the Gospel and Genesis. Please continue to lift us up in prayer, that our message is clear and bold on behalf of our Creator and Savior Jesus Christ’s work of salvation. As always, this ministry would not be able to operate without your support in this battle. Thank you for joining us in sharing the Gospel thru Genesis.
