GOD'S CREATION

(The following were taken from Gospel Series No. 137 -Moments With The Book flyer which I found in a Bus Shelter while waiting for my bus this afternoon. - rick )

"During the trip of Apollo 8 space mission back to Earth in December,1968, Bill Anders was asked who was flying the spacecraft. He said,"I think that Isaac Newton is doing most of the driving right now." Newton was the first to describe the laws of motion and gravity affecting objects in space. In their movements he saw the work of the CREATOR.

The story is often told of how he had a skilled craftsman build him(Isaac Newton)a scale model of our Solar System which was then displayed on a large table in Newton's home. Not only did the excellent workmanship simulate the various sizes of the planets and their relative proximities, but it was also a working model in which everything precisely rotated and orbited when a crank was turned.

One day while Newton was in his study, a friend came by who was a great scientist, but who was also an atheist. Examining the model with enthusiastic admiration, he exclaimed: "My! What an exquisite thing this is! Who made it?" Without looking up from his book, Sir Isaac answered,"Nobody."

Stopping his inspection, the visitor turned and said: "Evidently you misunderstood my question. I asked who made this."

Newton, no doubt enjoying the chance to teach his friend a lesson, replied in a serious tone, "Nobody. What you see here just happened to assume the form it now has."

"You must think I'm fool!" retorted the visitor."Of course somebody made it, and he's a genius. I want to know who he is."

Laying his book aside, Newton arose and laid a hand on his friend's shoulder, saying: "This thing is a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know.I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer or maker. YET YOU,AS AN ATHEIST, PROFESS TO BELIEVE THAT THE GREAT ORIGINAL FROM WHICH THE DESIGN IS TAKEN HAS COME INTO BEING WITHOUT EITHER DESIGNER OR MAKER!" The atheist was no longer an atheist when he left that day."

"In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth..."