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Continued from p. 10 mind. Psalm 139:14 says we have spherical and chromatic aber- God told Jeremiah, "Before I
masterpiece trapped in that rejec- been "fearfully and wonderfully ration, could have been formed by formed you in the womb, I knew
ted rock, and he worked diligently made." It is only in recent years, natural selection seems, I freely you; before you were born I
to set it free. with advances in science, that we confess, absurd in the highest sanctified you; I ordained you a
are beginning to understand just degree." prophet to the nations" (Jeremiah
Our God is the Master Artist! how true those words are. Your 1:5, NKJV). God both knew and
Consider the unfathomable body is a mind-blowing feat of The DNA molecules in your body crafted a destiny for Jeremiah the
wonder of creation, which even in engineering an unbelievably com- contain the most densely packed prophet even before his birth.
its fallen condition gives us a plex design. Did you know that and elaborately detailed assem- John the Baptist was filled with
fleeting glimpse into the genius of your body employs the aid of bly of information in the known the Holy Spirit and called to be the
its Creator Who, in His eternal more than two hundred muscles universe. Their code is so forerunner of Jesus even before
mind, saw every detail down to just to take a single step? Con- unbelievably complex that if you he was born (Luke 1:15). Samson
the smallest particle while there sider the human eye, the design of printed out all of your body's DNA was called to be a great deliverer
was still nothing. Just think about which is so elegant and complex chemical "letters" in books, it is before he was conceived in his
this: the Architect of the universe that scientists still don't fully estimated that it would create mother's womb (Judges 13:4-5).
spoke the worlds into existence, understand how it works. It enough books to fill the Grand This is why, even though God
but He crafted Adam with His own moves on average one hundred Canyon fifty times! Of course, I found a trembling, perspiring
hands and breathed into him with thousand separate times in a could go on and on citing the coward in the winepress, He
His own mouth! God has crowned single day; conducts its own wonders of gravity and magne- called Gideon "a mighty man of
His creation with a masterpiece, maintenance work while we tism that science still cannot fully fearless courage."
which is distinguished because it sleep; has automatic aim, focus, explain - the flawless rhythm of
is "handmade" by the great and aperture adjustment; pro- the solar system, the perfect Someone once told me, "I don't
Creator! And God continues to vides colour, stereoscopic 3-D balance of nitrogen and oxygen in believe in God." I said, "That's
fashion mankind with His own images; and can adjust from Earth's atmosphere that makes unfortunate, because God belie-
hands. Psalm 139:13 says, "For almost total darkness to bright life possible, the amazing order in ves in you." Before you were even
You formed my inward parts; You light automatically. It can discern nature that forms a self-suppor- born, before God began to
wove me in my mother's womb" more than sixteen million colour ting system of life, reproduction, fashion and form you, before He
(NAS). Whatever His dream for hues, including seven hundred and waste disposal. began to knit you together in your
your life might be, one thing is for shades of grey. In fact, Charles mother's womb, He had a dream
sure: His will for your life is Darwin himself said, "To suppose But is any of this necessary? for you and a plan for your life. He
beyond what you could ask or that the eye with all its inimitable What more evidence do we need had a holy calling for you to fulfil.
think! contrivances for adjusting the that our world has been created Paul told Timothy that it was God
focus to different distances, for with intelligence and purpose "Who hath saved us, and called
The Bible tells us that God admitting different amounts of than the beauty, order, and design us with an holy calling, not accor-
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designed us with a purpose in light, and for the correction of we see around us and within us? Continued on p. 12