Test It For Yourself

A few years ago, my father told me that one day cellphones would fit in your pocket, computers would fit in a briefcase and satellite dishes would fit in an attic. Dick Tracy had a watch he talked into and Captain Kirk spoke into a communicator and some thought “yah, that could happen” while in reality many thought it far fetched. You need to understand, when dad told me about these things, computers where monstrous things, cellphones were a briefcase and satellite dishes were ten to twelve feet across. Dick Tracy was a cartoon and Star Trek had furry puppets called tribbles that no one could believe. Some tested the realms of possibility and today we have cellphones that not only fit in your pocket but could also run the original lunar lander on its own. Every house in Sundre has a satellite dish on its wall and I regularly get phone calls on my smart watch. There is nothing wrong with testing the bounds of the known but we also have be open to the fact that when the result is an answer we do not believe or do not want to embrace, it does not mean it is wrong.

Here is an example for you to consider. Scientist claim the big bang theory explains the start of the universe. An intense explosion dispersed great amounts of energy and debris into the nothingness of space and it somehow became thousands if not millions of planets, stars and particles of space debris that became the known universe. I will not argue the theory but will ask for clarification because I wish to test the theory myself. According to Chemteam.info, the following information was provided on their site:

There is a scientific law called the Law of Conservation of Mass, discovered by Antoine Lavoisier in 1785. In its most compact form, it states: matter is neither created nor destroyed.

In 1842, Julius Robert Mayer discovered the Law of Conservation of Energy. In its most compact form, it now called the First Law of Thermodynamics: energy is neither created nor destroyed.

In 1907, Albert Einstein announced his discovery of the equation E = mc² and, as a consequence, the two laws above were merged into the Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy: the total amount of mass and energy in the universe is constant.

My question is this; where did this vast amount of mass-energy come from? Science wants us to believe but I want to test the bounds. Science suggests that the universe expands and contracts over and over but even if this is the case, where did the original mass-energy come from? May I suggest to scientist around the world to consider Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” While there are many who would suggest scientists looked to the big bang theory as a test of Creationism, there are many who are now looking at intelligent design as being the answer to the question “where did it all start?” Don’t believe me, google it.

God is not here to make it tough. Mankind has, however, found new ways to muddy the water so much that people are open to the possibility that we live in a locker in some train station in a land of giants. This Sunday, we will take a break from Ps 119 and delve into what we truly believe. We invite you to join us if you can at 10:30 MST on Sunday or watch live online on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MainAvenueFellowship/ ) or view it afterwards on our website (www.mainavefellowship.blogspot.ca).

Blessings
Pastor Todd