It is by faith that we know that the universe was created by God. Science cannot explain the origin of the universe. Moreover, what we see was created out of nothing. Our God is a God who creates things that previously did not exist. Again this sets limits on what science can do. It also has a more immediate practical impact on our lives. Often we look at situations and can see no way forward or no way out, but our God is a God who can create out of nothing. In the Old Testament it tells us that He makes streams flow in the desert. In Romans 4 Paul talks about the God who calls things that are not as though they were. Faith has to be the foundation of our lives. We need to base our lives on the love that God has for us, not on what we can work out or see. Ie we are to live by faith, nit by sight. This does not mean that we should not think, nor that we should not do science, far from it. But it does mean that we need to recognise the limitations of our thinking.
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