The late astronomer Edwin Hubble said, “Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science” (The Nature of Science, 1954). To our knowledge, Dr. Hubble made no profession of faith in Christ, so he did not even begin to understand what an adventure science can be. Before I was saved I enjoyed reading. I read widely, and I was interested in many things, but there was something missing in a deep, fundamental way. Learning wasn't really an adventure. It was interesting and even exciting at times, but overall the study of life was confusing, discouraging, and disappointing. Two thoughts came to me frequently in those days: Who can know for sure what is true? And what does it matter if I learn many things, since I am going to die? But since I have been saved, everything has been different. I have the “key” to learning, which is the knowledge of the true God in Jesus Christ and the possession of His Revelation in the Bible. I have been “called out of darkness into his marvellous light” (1 Peter 2:9). Now, learning is indeed an adventure. No matter what I study, from human history to natural science, I have light to interpret the subject properly, and I have the motivation to do so because I know the Creator, and I know that I have eternal life. Everything I learn about life points me to God, and that makes everything an adventure. Johannes Kepler, discoverer of the laws of planetary motion, understood this. Like most of the fathers of modern science, he believed in the God of the Bible and in divine creation, and he said, “I was merely thinking God’s thoughts after him. Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it benefits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.” (Friday Church News Notes, January 23, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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