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Provable scientific theories are eventually changed or discarded over time, but Albert Einstein said he was confident there was one theory that would never be discarded \u2014 the Theory of Thermodynamics.<\/p>\n
Its second law is most interesting.\u00a0 It states that, for any isolated physical system without any outside interaction, things always end up in a state of maximum chaos and disorder (called entropy).<\/p>\n
For example:<\/p>\n
In Chemistry, large orderly molecules (like DNA) tend to break down into small disorderly molecules, so without some external input, complex life forms degenerate into simpler forms.<\/p>\n
Put simply, it says, \u201cif you think things are in a mess now, just wait a while, they can only get worse\u201d.<\/p>\n
This trend agrees with what we read in Genesis.
When man separated himself from our creator, then of course things started to fall apart, \u201cthe ground was cursed\u201d.<\/p>\n
But our physical world is nothing like the uniform, lifeless brown sludge this theory would predict, it is full of great beauty and wonderful complexity.\u00a0 So, it cannot be isolated as the theory requires, there must be some unseen intervention from outside.
And God is active in our fallen world.\u00a0 As we read in Hebrews 1:3, He \u201csustains all things by his powerful word\u201d.<\/p>\n
And Genesis describes how that constant tendency to chaos also applies to human behaviour.\u00a0 After man separated himself from God, who is the source of all that is good, first Cain committed one murder, then Lamech avenged himself many more times, and in Genesis 6:5 we read, \u201cevery inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil\u201d.<\/p>\n
And yet we find so much in people that is good and pure, for God actively intervenes in our world to counteract that tendency to the chaos of evil.
His promise in Joshua 1:9 also applies to you, \u201cthe Lord your God will be with you wherever you go\u201d.<\/p>\n
At the Lord\u2019s table now, we celebrate God\u2019s greatest intervention in our world.
In Jesus\u2019 victory on the cross, he reversed the second law of Thermodynamics for us, by removing its cause, the guilt of our sin that separates us from God.
As 1 Peter 2:24 explains, \u201cHe himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; \u201cby his wounds you have been healed\u201d.<\/p>\n
Through Jesus, we are no longer separated from God by our sin.\u00a0 We are made acceptable to Him, to know the joy of His presence forever.<\/p>\n
When we place our faith in Jesus, degeneration and decay, and the evil inclination of the human heart, have gone.\u00a0 We are born again to true and eternal life, as his spirit lives in us and through us, and gives us a new heart.
By faith, that law of chaos is \u00a0discarded, and replaced by God\u2019s grace in Jesus.<\/p>\n
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