For example, people will try to use the first book of Genesis to prove by science that the Bible isn’t true. One thing you need to keep in mind is that the Bible was written in the context of who was writing and who was reading it. It was written to tell us who God is, not to give us a Scientific history book on what God did and why.
Is the Bible a book of science?
No, it is not and was never intended to be. When Moses sat down to write he was not thinking of you and me, he was considering the people he was talking to every day and how much understanding they needed, to get the points he was trying to make. He also didn’t explain things that everyone already knew. Things that have been forgotten or are no longer true to us today, were well-known facts in Moses’ time. If you started writing about the Internet and computers to someone 20 years old today, how much would you need to explain? Hardly anything because they have grown up with the concepts. The same was true in Moses’ time. He didn’t have to explain things everyone knew.
If Genesis is supposed to be proving science, then who’s science? The science of his time or ours? The science of 100 years ago or the science of 100 years from now? What we know about science changes every 2 to 10 years. New things are being discovered an old things are being wiped away.
Remember: 250 years ago, they thought the cure for everything was leaching. If you are 40 or older some of the stuff they taught you in school is no longer taught, because it has been proven wrong. Science is constantly changing and evolving. I don’t need scientific proof to believe there is a God. I have faith to believe God and that His word is true.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
James 2:14 (KJV) What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What is the purpose of the Word?
The Bible is given to us to know and experience God. The purpose of the Word of God is to help us build a relationship with God
John 5:38-39 (KJV) And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
The Word is not just a book full of pages. The Word of God is about the nature of God. It is the living word. The word became flesh. To know the Word is to know God, who He is, and what our purpose on this earth is. If all you are seeking is knowledge, then you are missing the point.
