All of us are here either by design (purpose) or by accident. The Bible opens up by showing us the very laws which scientist cannot disprove. In the beginning (time) God (mind) created (force) the heavens and the earth (matter). God makes the claim that He was the One who began life on this planet. If one chooses to argue with what God has said what is the alternative? Remove God and all we have then is that man is here by accident. Understand clearly the great implication. If we are all here by accident then at some point you have “something” coming from “nothing”. If there is a beginning then at some point something was brought into existence when nothing was there.
Peter writes to show how wicked men can become when they believe there is no one to whom they must be accountable. Their first argument is that all things continue today like they have always been (2 Peter 3:4). Note these scoffers are not here to speak about evolution because the word “creation” is used in verse 4. He then uses the example of the universal flood which hit the earth in Noah’s day. The scoffers choose to be willingly ignorant of what God did to the world back then. The scoffers in the last days do not believe they will have to answer for their choices in life.
In verse 7 (2 Peter 3) God affirms through Peter that the heavens and the earth are kept in store by the same word which was used to destroy those in Noah’s day. What then sustains planet earth, day in and day out? Peter says it is God who is responsible for maintaining life on earth. Paul declares the same thing by saying that by Christ “…we have our being” (Acts 17:28). The great power of God is used to keep our life on this planet going. If God keeps everything going where do we get the idea that man can destroy the planet which God keeps going? Is man so powerful as to bring an end and override the power of God?
God does not want anyone to perish and be lost in eternity (2 Peter 3:9). The warning in the next verse is that the Lord will come as a thief in the night, that is without warning. The people in Noah’s day and in the day of Lot all died without warning (Genesis 7 and Genesis 19). Because we know that at some point the elements will melt with fervent heat, we need to keep watch on how we live our daily lives (2 Peter 3:11). When Noah came from the ark, God gave him assurance by placing a rainbow in the sky. God would never again destroy the earth with water. He will destroy it with fire the next time.
When the numbers were first being altered, we had individuals who warned people about “carbon footprints”, cars, pollution and others things by which we are destroying our planet. Man becomes the source for destroying or saving the planet. Over all the years we have slowly eliminated God from being discussed in public forums such as schools, colleges and universities. How could anyone believe in creation, correct? Why not put it back on them and say how could anyone believe in evolution? You see the idea is that man can solve all his problems and there is no need for some “outside source”. Explain then how that in some Moslem countries, a homosexual is executed for being a homosexual? We have so many people today who are speaking out about the abuse of women. In those same Moslem countries women do not fare as well as they do here.
A former president of the country had women come out and accuse him of being abusive. The House of Representatives impeached him but the Senate did not. Now we have a Hollywood type being charged in the same way. Do we really want man to have the responsibility of caring for all people and solving all our problems? God created, sustains, and at the time of His choosing will bring the world to an end. It is He that we should serve not man.