The Spirit of God is hovering over the surface of this earth, the brooding of the Spirit of

God over the waters.

Listen, that is a major detail in the creation account, not a minor one.

You have the living God, super-intending, being directly in charge of the entire process

of creation.

Welcome to Grace to You Weekend with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

It's clear that science has answered a lot of questions about how this world works, but

has science, in particular the evolutionary theory, really figured out how the world

God here in the first place, even some churches would say that it has.

Can the book of Genesis hold up to what modern science says about origins?

Consider that today on Grace to You Weekend as John MacArthur continues his study called

The Battle for the Beginning.

John, before today's lesson, give us a sense once more of just how foundational this

battle for the beginning is for believers.

And more specifically, I'm wondering, how serious a theological error is it, say, if you

believe in theistic evolution, can someone genuinely be saved and reject a six-day creation?

Yeah, someone can genuinely be saved and not even know about the six-day creation.

Someone can be saved and not believe in the six-day creation, but that's a serious sin

to know what the book of Genesis says and not to believe it.

But look, let's talk about theistic evolution.

Theistic evolution is an oxymoron, basically.

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