John MacArthur: The Challenge of Science
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- This message will focus on one of the perennial challenges faced by the Church since the Enlightenment, the challenge posed by the claims of science.
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I believe in the bible as the word of God. I thank God for sending these titans of the church.
Wow... what an outstanding talk. The Genesis bit with the 5 knowable categories could be a game changer for those on the fence.
As a science enthusiast and a lover of God, this presentation took me on a jolly roller coaster ride. Well done John!
God bless you brother!
Aman freind I mean after all GOD created science, dna on and on in HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE. YOU KNOW IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT NOTHING HAS EVER OCCURRED TO GOD.
Did it ever occur to you that nothing has ever occurred to GOD?
Your a sceince enthusiast and you reject Evolution and believe the world is 6000 years old. That doesn't make sense.
@@cowboymouth6429 DAYUM !!! You would ALMOST have to "BE" God to even say/think that,,,... WOW!!! hahaha. Impressive indeed
I've listened to this study several times and always receive more information and knowledge every time. Thank you Jesus 😊 💓
Thank You, LORD, for keeping such men of faith that exalt You through Your infallible Word.
"Thy word is true, and it shall not come back to You void."
MacArthur absolutely nails it at 23:25 - 24:18
One of my all time favorite MacArthur messages.
Another amazing sermon from this man.
Beautifully clear and compelling!! Thank you, John MacArthur for always having the courage to teach and preach the Biblical truth!
Amen to that. The very best!!
I listened to this several times now. very good.
Fascinating presentation
Awesome! Brilliant! Breathtaking! Beyond words! Just THANK YOU!!! 🙏
I’ve listened to this over a dozen times and am about to listen again,,,
I find myself coming back to this sermon again and again. I love John's teaching of the Bible.
John MacArthur has ONE JOKE that he ALWAYS TELLS..
"They're like grape nuts; they're not grapes, and they're not nuts"...lol, I LOVE HIM!!
Yes. I think what makes the joke so great is that anyone who has ever tried Grape Nuts has had the same thought but just never said it, so we can easily relate and chuckle.
Biggest joke is him trying to squeeze a spherical, moving earth out of the Scriptures that very clearly, in hundreds of places, describes earth as the stationary plane, set on pillars, under the solid expanse above called the firmament that the lights above are set in.
Phil Tanics what is a firmament? Where is it described a “stationary” or “plane”? Can you list some verses please?
Phil Tanics what sort of drugs are you on sir?
@@philtanics1082 read much?
John MacArthur is more than a preacher. He's a teacher.
Rabbi
This was fascinating. One thing that so many forget when they talk about science is that it must be observable and it must be repeatable. Darwin failed on both counts. He talked about bird beaks as his theory for evolution. The problem is, the birds did not change into another species, they simply adapted a part of their own body. Failure on "observable". And we have never seen a species change into a completely and totally different species. Failure on "repeatable". As well, people forget that "theory" does not mean "fact".
The fun fact is that Darwin finches have no role in Darwins book. And you don´t understand that "theory" means in the scientific world. Darwins theory is based on observation and as all historical sciences it is not repeatable.
But go ahead: Prove that Jesus has risen from the dead by repeating the experiment.
@@norbertjendruschj9121 So you failed science, is what you're telling everyone. It must be observable AND repeatable. The finches NEVER changed into another species.
@@Anna_Stetik The stupidity of theists is limitless indeed. You do not even understand what science is. Have you a academic degree? I am a geophysicist and my science can´t repeat the evolution of the earth but it is still a science.
@@Anna_Stetik "It must be observable AND repeatable."
Have you ever noticed that according to this criterium you will never be able to convict a murderer? No chance to repeat the murder therefore no proof.
@@norbertjendruschj9121 JESUS loves you
I'm so very grateful for the way these facts and truths have been assembled and disseminated here in this video. While the proofs for the verasity and acuracy of God's word are far from exhausted herein, nor could be in only one message, what was included is more than enough for any sensible mind. Thank you Ligonier Ministries for making this freely available to all. May God continue to use this ministry in mighty ways.
Around the 35:00 mark the reference to the "lightning for the rain" comes with a certain subtlety: As analysis shows us, Earth's atmosphere is made mostly of an inert gas - nitrogen. Nitrogen is also a primary element in plant fertilizer in the soil.
The action of static electricity in clouds imbues the condensing water with atmospheric nitrogen - and this happens regardless of the weather system producing a thunderstorm or not. Ever notice that fresh rainwater from the sky is better than synthetic irrigation from tap water? Yes both hydrate the soil, but fresh rainwater from the sky has a little more nitrogen suspended in it, and plants JUST LOVE THAT STUFF. Ain't our Lord a GENIUS?
Amen. Glory to Almighty God. Blessings Bretrens.
EVERY WORD IS TRUE AND THANK YOU ABBA FOR THE WORD OF GOD LIVES IN ME BY YOUR GRACE, I'M ONE OF YOUR CREATIONS FROM YOUR HANDS ALONE .
Man oh man, I love this sermon! As usual, Pastor MacArthur is masterful.
Well MacArthur aims his sermons for Trump's poorly educated... and looks like he found you
@@stevewilson4321 thank you! What a wonderful compliment.
@@craigallbee3284 If a man has to fool you just to get you to donate or back his pack of lies whats so wonderful about that ? Help the world Craig, apparently everything that built modern society is just wrong... Just how so Craig ?
@@stevewilson4321 you are free to not help, that’s fine with me.
@@craigallbee3284 That in no way answers the question I asked you,,, What kind of righteous man has to use deception to get what he wants? Or is that something you cant answer and not make J MacArthur look bad ?
Very good sermon.
.thank u paul macarther
Awesome message!
Pastor mcarthur is brilliant !the only real minister i have listened to as well as a few others ❤ god blessed thos man!i pray he lives to teach 50 years or more !❤
Thank you so much pastor Mac
Arthur you have presented the truth of the Biblical Christian Creationist Worldview. It is only with this foundation that real science can begin and proceed . In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth and In the beginning was the Word.... and Who is the Word or Logos ? Jesus. ....Creator Redeemer Saviour Almighty God Prince of Peace .Amen and May God continue to richly bless you and your family.
If real science requires creationism, then why do virtually most scientists reject creationism?
@@andrewwilson9183because IF they told everyone the truth they'd all lose their high paying jobs
@@terry-fn9dj
Why would they loose their jobs?
Most of which aren’t highly paid
Such an incredible explanations of creation beyond all that science can explain and totally fail …
God bless pastor mc Arthur …
I love this sermon how can anyone person that has any recognition of life can deny the diety of God Christ Jesus
I see science as a way to discover the greatness of God. Amazing presentation! Love be with you! =)
Outstanding!
Masterclass in Apologetics
would never allow it, if they did they'd invite Osteen or something
When will schools begin to teach our children the truth ?
When their parents learn it and get rid of their bibles
@@GodlessGubment When parents set their children down, at home, WITH the Bible, and teach their children themselves.
Absolutely Amazing
So basically that GOD is something serious! 🙏🏾🔥
Excellent sermon. Thank you.
Wonderful…..every word of God is tested and proved in HIM !!
If the Bible says “the sun stood still”, then the sun stood still!
Joshua 10:12-14
Why?
It's called perspectives. You don't call the sunrise "What a lovely earth rotation!"😁
A clear and comprehensive conclusion. Thankyou
Such a wonderful lesson!
Thank you!
Awesome!
JOHNY MAC PREACHES THE GODPEL , GOD BLESS HE AND HIS MINISTRY. A.REFRESHING CHANGE FROM THE JUNK WE HEAR FROM CHARISMATIC NONSENSE
WOW 🙏✝️‼️
At the moment of this comment there are about 1.4k upvotes and 63 downvotes. I wish they made the downvote folks, anonymously if necessary, explainwhat POSSIBLE reason they could have to vote such a way.
Anyway, great teaching once again, Dr. MacArthur.
Jesus is majesty and grace
What a teacher. Wow
Relentless, pig-ignorant liar for Jesus. A disgusting human being
Nobody x nothing=Everything--A succinct definition of Evolution by Dr McArthur. Wow!
Who said nothing.
You know that there are people who accept evolution and believe in God, even who are Christian
@@andrewwilson9183 Many people who profess to be Christian are not. The discovery of DNA killed evolution theories since all Darwin could do is look at animals and make assumptions. We have adaptations of kinds of species that came from different groups.
We are a spirit-force-person that has power, that's strong enough to move the material
A circle is not a sphere..... a few comments have to be rethought
AMEN
The world is a CLOSED SYSTEM!!
The Lord God's Word is either 100% TRUE on all levels or it is not trustworthy at all... All in or all out.... I'm in
Why do you think anyone on earth ever had heard god´s word?
Finally! God has been proven. It was found that he is an invisible extraterrestrial who can conjure up things with the power of his mind. Thank you Joanne K. Rowling. Harry Potter became a reality.
The sun and moon are above us and below the firmament which separates the waters from the waters. The stars move above us with the firmament. Except the north star above the north pole that does not move as the earth does not move. There are wondering stars that some call planets.
Are you being serious?
Great message!
Amen.
Who was the Tulane professor Dr. MacArthur is referring to?
The Gospel: Christ died for our sins and rose again. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
If man do not believe that God created everything we see, know, read, and given knowledge from the Holy spirit we are dome to fail and will not exist.
44:20 references Job 38:14. Anyone know where MacArthur gets the reference of ancient peoples signing clay by rolling a cylinder? This is a fascinating interpretation but after studying the scripture, the interpretation seems a bit of a stretch.
darwin was a devout christian, it's one of the reasons he took so long to publish his theory .
Gad created the scientific system and order. Therefore whatever “science” conflicts with His Word must be restudied until the absolute truth is understood.
I agree. That’s why I became a flat earther.
Or you reinterpret the Bible
Earth is a stationary , non rotating , level plane. The sun and moon are local , the " planets" are wandering stars , the stars , sun and moon rotate around the stationary earth , because contrary to " science " we are special and were not evolved from a " primordial soup " or stardust..THANK YOU GOD 😊😊
Goat
Who was the former Tulane professor that John references?
The huge difference between these creationists and e.g. Richard Dawkins, is that Dawkins is totally honest.
Creation functions like a person because it came from a person
Where does it talk about galaxies infinite and solar systems in the Bible?
u purposely avoiding scripture concerning the earth being “unmovable“ and the four corners
The question arises to capstone his argument... if you found a Rolex on a remote island uninhabited by human beings would you ascertain that perhaps some catastrophic event like a tidal wave smashed a hardware store and watch repair store and all of a sudden this Rolex appeared 🤔
Thats not how evolution works
@@andrewwilson9183 organic soup begets SpongeBob... I know it's so complicated but obviously it's a false argument
Also some mutations are more pronounced than others. Most the mutations that we acquire are not as profound as eye color
The LUNAR SOCIETY was a group of intellectuals in Britain.They wanted to challenge the Anglican church,They knew not to challenge the virgin birth so they attacked the creation.The Lunar Society was led by Erastmus DARWIN,his grandson Charles continued the attack.
Yes, indeed very clever persons. Charles Darwin was a genius.
Finally! God has been proven. It was found that he is an invisible extraterrestrial who can conjure up things with the power of his mind. Thank you Joanne K. Rowling. Harry Potter became a reality.
Acts 11:26 Kings James Version of The Holy Bible Only
Oh the ''Von Neumann'' machines were the ones in 'The Matrix'.
Fantasy movie.
Wait... is he saying the sun didn't stand still in that Bible passage?
It appears so! But I believe if the Bible says "the sun stood still" that the sun, in fact, DID stand still!😉
@@gwendodarose5889 amen sister! Me too!
Just ask an evolutionary bent scientist how the duality of "two-ness" originated or evolved from nothing.
"One" living thing out of nothing or chance is some kind of great accomplishment.
"2" from nothing is absolutely impossible.
--From cell division ...to man and woman.
--From sun and moon ...to peanut butter & jelly.
"TWO-NESS" IS THE NOTABLE THEME IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE.
-----INTELLIGENT DESIGN.
They claim that atoms have been infinite instead of God
God is greater than our understanding. Math, science cannot help us understand or rationalize him. But we must be glad and recognize when they point us to God.
Science: wants to learn how to stop global warming
God: This world will be destroyed and replaced with a new heavens and earth.
Math. 1+1+1=3, 1000=1000
God: 1+1+1=1, 1000=1=1000
When we rely on our understanding and senses to define God, we create a small understandable God in our minds.. Not the true God who is greater than all we can fathom
People what does the Bible actually say? The morning and night was the first day: the sixth day man was created: on the seventh day the Lord rested.
Why isn't there a video footage of the earth spinning from the so called space station?
Thomas...this was posted 4 yrs ago and is NOT a NASA sponsored event. Its only giving [via Gods Word] the truth as seen around us. Romans 1:20. This isn't about trying to convince ppl that the earth is flat or whatever your issue is. No matter what is presented to ppl, and shown to be scientific facts; ppl still wouldn't believe it anyway, just like those who saw the literal miracles of Jesus when He walked this earth, yet they denied them, by asking for more...smh. Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth - 2 Timothy 3:7
@@DanKoning777 my problem is you're failing to recognize what satan said and the significance of what NASA has created .
Thomas Springer - so what is your problem, to what are you referring re: satan and NASA?
AH yes, the famous "there once was a professor", he's dead now but he totally agreed with me after reading two lines of the bible. The huckster didn't even give you a name and you all didn't ask.
THIS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE EXPRESSION OF TRUTHS WHICH DEBUNK EVOLUTION AND ALL THE LIES WE WERE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. THANKS BE TO GOD FOREVER FOR LETTING MAN HAVE THE MEANS TO SEE AND STUDY FACTS OF SCIENCE WHICH SHOW HIS GLORY ON SO MANY LEVELS!!!! 😁✝️🙏
He can no more debunk evolution that he can raise the dead. He is a hopeless lying degenerate.
The only thing debunked here is your intelligence... I believe in magical oatmeal cookies oh look now its real
6:45 PROBLEM:
John MacArthur said God does not create mistakes in his books, he specifically said in another video that God did not create evil, but yet
Isaiah 45: 5-8 KJV
5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Oh and please understand I'm not here as a heretic of John MacArthur. He is actually of the top 3 pastors we like to watch
That’s a good point.
@2GodThruJesusOnly
Yep if God made mistakes or allowed for mistakes in His book then how would we do as His Word says for we are to test all things to it, and how would we teach others the TRUTH of His Word if there would be LIES in it.
Someone is sure not telling the truth and I bet it isn't God.
I just think Christians need to stop making God out to be so HOLY HOLY HOLY in such a way that therefore He is incapable of having created evil.
Also there is Exodus 5:22
“And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?”
Exodus 5:22 KJV
www.bible.com/1/exo.5.22.kjv
Is Moses implying that God can do evil? This one has been bugging me for a while.
Also same as you, MacArthur is like my #1 favorite
@@CLeHitez106
Hmmm interesting. I would have to read a bit before and after this verse and maybe even look up several commentaries for it. Without knowing who the people are he's referring to its difficult to say, but initially I would consider if this is coming from Moses' perspective on what God did that seemed evil to Moses or was it something done to the people we can definitely say fits the definition of evil
Watch The Top Ten Scientific Facts of the Bible. only the Creator could have written that.
Not a direct reference to the speaker, more a thought coming from some of the comments that show such appalling ignorance of science:
I am wary of anyone who insists on a 6000 year old earth and a seven day creation as a primary Christian belief. It's not required for salvation. It never was. It never will be. Like the belief in a flat earth, it was never a part of classical biblical doctrine. Not that belief in same is a disqualifier for salvation either. It's just that when you talk to someone who is a scientist and you dismiss them on the basis of so called "biblical truth" you make it impossible for them to hear you. You fail to communicate the actual truth, the one that actually matters, the Gospel of Salvation.
Well said. Creationism has more similarities with conspiracy theories than with religion. Facts do not matter.
Finally! God has been proven. It was found that he is an invisible extraterrestrial who can conjure up things with the power of his mind. Thank you Joanne K. Rowling. Harry Potter became a reality.
Finally! God has been proven. It was found that he is an invisible extraterrestrial who can conjure up things with the power of his
mind. Thank you Joanne K. Rowling. Harry Potter became a reality.
You are incompetence vomited on a cellphone screen haha
Now your going against what the Bible says when you say the moon doesn't have its own light. Genesis PLAINLY says "Genesis 1:16“ And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” Now...how are you going to say that the moon isn't its own light....there ya are going by that "science" that your saying is false. If you think the moon doesn't have its own light then explain to me Genesis 1:16, where the Bible CLEARLY says that he made TWO!!! lights, ONE LIGHT for the day and ONE LIGHT for the night.
Shut up idiot, you are devil's agent
The bible also says that the earth id fixed and does not move.
Plates are circular.
Where's it say that the 🌎 does not move???
Bible says first human was made 6000 years ago. So we know the creator didn´t write that! XD
6000 year old?
Very few people deny reality quite so clearly as this guy.
Yous statements are not biblical John. You claim that Gods word is without error how do you get the cosmology of creation wrong?
You should team up with Dr. James Tour. He’s a Christian and an amazing scientist!
and a relentless liar.
Finally! God has been proven. It was found that he is an invisible extraterrestrial who can conjure up things with the power of his mind. Thank you Joanne K. Rowling. Harry Potter became a reality.
Translation you like that he pushes unintelligent design, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with field or training, but since when is that important to J MacArthur lemmings
You people remember what satan said he would do ? He said he would place his throne high above the throne of Yahwehs. Think about what the two world views mean: Geocentric ,made by Yahweh , : Heliocentric, a creation of NASA.
Ok, that's it!! why don't you create a video with all the information you have and let us decide ourselves if we want to keep believing in JM or not? I see you are very interested in letting us know something.
I am a newly reformed Christian, but I cannot bring myself to believe in a 6 day 24 hour period creation. The physical evidence to suggest otherwise is simply insurmountable.
Where do see this?
@@jimkluska253
No, but we have evidence
John MacArthur is the poster boy for irrationalism.
The "science" of which MacArthur quotes here is fatally flawed, but he doesn't know it! Nevertheless, the Biblical account as it is given in Scripture is totally accurate.
Why? Because you say so?
There is a flaw here, but its not the science its in you and your obvious attempts to slander it...
how without believing the your book do u know where a carpenter was born 2000 yaers ago thats not a way to test the truth of either book . the bible is definately wrong on the age of the earth and that isn ot the only mistake it made . blameing them on perception is a cop out
Oh no John...You don't know the Bible and its Shape and Creation Otherwise I like You
I do appreciate the information from scripture John preaches but when he preaches universe it is not what the bible teaches. Think on this: H2O is water now separate the hydrogen from the oxygen into their own properties, it takes oxygen for fire and hydrogen is a volatile gas the heavens are saturated with. Now , where do you think the lake of fire is situated?
While the Bible is the Word of God, it's also something presented to man through people living in a time in history, and those people had worldviews and understandings about the universe that did not align with facts that later were discovered. There's nothing to be feared or denied about that.
And thus, we have statements in Scripture that reflect the understanding of those very people--yes, the "inspired of God" people--as it relates to the natural world that existed before the scientific age began: The sky is laid out like a hard dome, children are in the loins of their fathers, emotions are sourced in the kidneys and intestines, the Earth was set on a foundation with a cornerstone, the "whole world" (Rom 1:8) was limited to the nations around the Mediterranean Sea, etc.
That was their world, and God didn't update their knowledge so as to be "accurate." It was "accurate" enough for the purpose at hand. We don't need to make the Bible be something it wasn't supposed to be--a scientific text.
“The sky is laid out like a hard dome.” Clearly talking about the upper atmosphere. “Children are in the loins of their fathers.” Fathers sperm determines biological sex of children. “Emotions are sourced in the kidneys and intestines.” Have you ever said “I had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach”? Clearly that last one is a figure of speech.
@@SDRBass We make the mistake of attributing these verses to common "expressions" or idioms because we, in the modern world, do the same and we understand those phrases as such. But the ancients didn't see them that way; they were serious. They didn't know anything about the human brain, that our emotions are rooted there. There's not even a biblical Hebrew term for "brain." They thought our emotions came from where they're felt--in our gut. It would be centuries before they'd know otherwise. But the Bible was written long before that came to be known.
Yes, sex is determined by the father, but the complete person--someone unique and identifiable--is derived from both parents. Again, the ancients didn't know the mother contributed anything but her womb. We know better now.
OK, the "upper atmosphere" was seen as "a hard dome" Doesn't matter--we know it's not a hard dome. But they didn't. They believed the stars were attached to a hard surface. That's OK--doesn't make the Bible "wrong" any more than a child saying God created his baby sister when it was "really" his parents. Both ideas are right. The point is we can't fault the Bible for being pre-scientific. It was written when it was written by whom it was written. God made those choices.
Jack Webb if you’re actually claiming that ancient Hebrews didn’t use idioms or analogies to describe complex issues like we do today, that’s just false dude. We’re supposed to rightly divide the word. Some expressions in Scripture are clearly idioms that need to be understood as such and ignoring that will get you some seriously messed up theology.
@@SDRBass Of course they did; I agree.
But the examples in question--emotions, the sky, genetics--weren't among them. The biblical authors had no idea, when Christ said to "go into all the world" with the Gospel, that other land masses existed in far-flung corners of the Earth. Their cosmology was pre-scientific, as was everything else.
So yes, they used idioms. But when God asked Job where he was when He laid the "foundation" of the Earth, or referred to the "pillars" on which it was sunk, He was using language that accorded with what humankind--at that time--believed was true of the world they lived in. They had no idea the Earth was round, or that it was just the third stone from the sun. Civilization wouldn't learn otherwise for many centuries later. Even into the Middle Ages, the church was persecuting those who suggested we weren't the center of the solar system.
The point is, we don't have to defend the Bible's use of "unscientific" language. It doesn't use it because the original writers--inspired though they were--wouldn't have grasped many of the real facts about nature. In fact, if the Bible were being written today, God still couldn't tell us "how He did it" because it's still probably way over our heads. Instead, He gave the writers what they needed to convey the message He wanted conveyed. He wasn't explaining the secrets of biology or cosmology. We can rest in that; it doesn't detract from the Bible's authority at all.
Jack Webb Earlier in the book of Job, he says that God hangs the earth on nothing.
God also mentions that He measured out the universe to exact specifications. The cornerstone and pillars and foundation are analogous to a building a being built.
As far as them believing the earth was flat, did you watch the full sermon? The Bible literally says that the earth is a circle or “compassed.”
This is a bad argument against science. This just shows his lack of understanding of science to directly address mainstream science and make arguments that hold any water
There is no scientific knowledge of creation no one was here. All mankind can do is copy what GOD designed.
Here’s a supportive theory th-cam.com/video/XCNj6Nv9f2E/w-d-xo.html