Creationism/Evolution
Series
Session 2: Creation Evangelism
Spring 2007
SCOTT PASKIEWICZ
OUTLINE
• SESSION ONE:
• APRIL 29 FROM 9:45-10:30
• TITLE: “INTRODUCTION TO CREATION
AND EVOLUTION: FOUNDATIONS”
• SESSION 2:
• APRIL 29 FROM 11:30- 12:15
• TITLE: “CREATION EVANGELISM”
OUTLINE
• SESSION 3
• APRIL 29 FROM 7:00 PM TO 8:00 PM
• TITLE: “THE FOSSIL RECORD: FACT OR
FICTION?”
• SESSION 4
• MAY 6 FROM 9:45-10:30
• TITLE: “ DATING METHODS: CARBON
AND RADIOISOTOPE”
OUTLINE
• SESSION 5:
• MAY 6 FROM 11:30-12:15
• TITLE: “12 REASONS THAT THE BIBLE AND
EVOLUTION CANNOT COEXIST.”
• SESSION 6:
• MAY 6 FROM 1:00-2:00
• TITLE: “GENESIS FLOOD: YES, NOAH COULD
FIT ALL THE ANIMALS ON THE ARK.”
OUTLINE:
• SESSION 7:
• MAY 6 FROM 7:00-8:00PM
• TITLE: “APEMEN: FACT OR FICTION”
Confusion
• There is confusion about the origins of life.
• Even at Eastport Bible Church…
Survey
• On a piece of paper, answer the following
questions:
• 1. Have you accepted Jesus as your
personal Lord and savior?
• 2. Do you believe that God created the
heavens and the earth?
• 3. Do you believe that the Bible is the word
of God and is true?
Survey continued
• 4. Do you believe that God created the
world in 6 literal 24 hour days?
• 5. Do you believe in evolution?
• 6. Do you believe that death entered the
world because of Adam’s sin?
Survey continued
• 7. Do you believe that Jesus Christ
needed to come due to the curse put upon
this world due to Adam’s sin?
• 8. Do you believe the earth to be very old?
(In the billions of years)
• 9. Do you believe the earth to be young? (
in the thousands to maybe 10,000 years
old)
Sermon Outline
1. My journey from confusion to clarity
2. Creation evangelism- understanding how
the creation account is crucial to the
gospel message
My journey from confusion to clarity
Creation evangelismunderstanding the truth
The Gospel Message
• I Corinthians 15: 1-4, Roman 10:9-11, Acts
4:12
The reason Christ came
• Romans 5:12
• I Corinthians 15:21-22
• I Cor 15: 54-57
Our future in Christ
• 2 Peter 3:13
• Revelation 21:4, 22:3
Conclusion:
• FOUNDATIONS
• POWER
• HOPE
Foundations
• A gospel without the message of the Creator,
and the origin of sin and death, is a gospel
without the foundational knowledge that is
necessary to understand the rest of the gospel.
Without this information—who then is Jesus
Christ? Why did He need to die? Where did sin
come from? Why can we say that all have
sinned? Why do we die?
Power
•
A gospel without the message of Christ
crucified and raised from the dead is a gospel
without power. As Paul said: ‘And if Christ be
not raised, your faith is FUTILE; you are still in
your sins’ (1 Corinthians 15:17). The only
reason our personal sins can be forgiven and
our relationship with our Creator be restored, is
because of what Christ did on the cross. The
death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is
central to the gospel.
Hope
•
A gospel without the message of the new
heavens and earth, is a gospel without hope.
What point is there to a gospel with no future
sinless state? Because of sin and the
judgment of the Curse, the creation is
‘groaning’ (Romans 8:22). There is death,
sickness and suffering all around us. However,
we need to understand that death is an
intrusion. In 1 Corinthians 15:26, Paul states it
this way: ‘The last enemy that shall be
destroyed is death.’