Gen. 1:11

"Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so" Gen. 1:11

"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" That philosophical question has its roots buried deeply in evolution. The biblical answer is simple, God spoke and it happened. Just as Adam was created out of the dust of the earth, vegetation and animals came into being at the spoken Word of God, that was the seed.

The Word of God has always been the seed. Jesus tried to tell us that when He spoke the parable of the soils. When the disciples admitted that they did not understand what the Master was talking about, He told them. "The seed is the Word of God." (Luke 8:11) Of course Jesus had an allegorical message hidden in His earthly story - because the soil was the hearts of men.

Again, we could return to John 1 where we discover that "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." In verse 14 John makes it clear that the Word of creation is the Son of God, Jesus. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among men." The Word planted the vegetation in the soil at creation and the seed of God was again planted in earth before Caesar Augustus announced a worldwide census. And that seed became Jesus, the son of Mary, the Savior of the world!

Isn't it amazing what God can do with the spoken Word? He spoke and there was light. He spoke and the light separated from the darkness and the heavens were formed. He spoke and plants sprouted on the face of the earth and produced fruit after their own kind WITH SEED IN THEM. At the spoken Word, the order of the earth came into being that caused the seed to drop into the ground and sprout and bring forth carbon copies of the parent plants.

Amazing, simply amazing, and "modern" scientists are seeking to discover how to make life. The story is told about a conversation between God and a mighty scientist. The two were talking about life and its origin when the scientist told God that he could produce life just like God did. "I can take a lump of clay and plant certain chemicals in it and it will bring forth life, just like you did." With this the scientist knelt on the ground and began his work. "Wait a minute," God said, "make your own clay."

While science is discovering that they can "create" life via cloning, they have yet to discover how to make the cell they empty and the DNA they inject into it. They need donors for both parts of the process! And where did the donors come from, don't let them fool you; they really don't know. But you and I know. They came from God who SPOKE them into existence!

Let us remember that Jesus is not only the LIGHT of creation, but He is the WORD that spoke the light into being. As such, He can shed His light on our darkness and speak into being His likeness in us, He can re-create us into His image again and restore us to God's fellowship, the fellowship broken when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. We can, and we will walk with the Father and talk with Him face to face because the Word has purified us and planted His seed in us, His Holy Spirit. Hallelujah, Amen and Amen.