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Beginning of the Literal Week
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True Science and the Bible Agree
In the Word of God many questions are raised that scholars can
never answer. There is much among the common things of everyday
life that human minds with all their boasted wisdom can never fully
understand.
Yet scientists think they can comprehend the wisdom of God.
The idea is widespread that He is restricted by His own laws. People
either deny or ignore His existence or think to explain everything,
even the operation of His Spirit on the human heart; and they no
longer reverence His name.
Many teach that nature operates in harmony with fixed laws with
which God Himself cannot interfere. This is false science. Nature
is the servant of her Creator. God does not set aside His laws but
is continually using them as His instruments. In nature there is the
continual working of the Father and the Son. Christ says, “My Father
has been working until now, and I have been working” (
John 5:17
).
Regarding this world, God’s work of creation is completed. “The
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works were finished from the foundation of the world” (
Hebrews
4:3
). But His energy is still exerted in upholding the objects of His
creation. Every breath, every beat of the heart, is an evidence of
the universal care of Him in whom “we live and move and have our
being” (
Acts 17:28
). The hand of God guides the planets and keeps
them in position. He “brings out their host by number; He calls them
all by name, by the greatness of His might and the strength of His
power, not one is missing” (
Isaiah 40:26
). Through His power plants
and greenery flourish, leaves appear, and the flowers bloom. He
“makes grass to grow on the mountains” (
Psalm 147:8
), and by Him
the valleys are made fruitful. “All the beasts of the forest ... seek
their food from God” (
Psalm 104:20, 21
), and every living creature,
from the smallest insect to the full-grown human, is daily dependent
upon His providential care.
All true science is in harmony with His works; all true education
leads to obedience to His government. Science opens new wonders
to our view—it soars high and explores new depths, but it brings
nothing from its research that conflicts with divine revelation. The
book of nature and the written Word shed light on each other.