Biblical Creation Is Foundational To The Absolute Deity Of Jesus Christ

G. Thomas Sharp • July 31, 2018

I am repeatedly asked why I founded Creation Truth Foundation, and more importantly, why Biblical Creation is so foundational to the absolute deity of Jesus Christ and all Biblical truth? Answers to these two concerns are significant, and they are interconnected. I will only succinctly respond to the second of these inquiries, because it is, by far, the most important.

Because of the gravity associated with Biblical creation, a principal Biblical truth, a brief presentation here is in order (regular readers of this newsletter will recognize the frequency with which I defend this subject, because it is the primary truth upon which all other Biblical truth rests).

Jesus constantly alluded to this reality during His redemptive sojourn here on earth; and none of His treatments were more significant than His response to the Pharisees in Matthew 19:4-5 and Mark 10:6-8. Because Talmudic interference was continually impinging upon the clarity of the Old Testament concerning the coming Messiah, Jesus was continuously correcting the misunderstanding and misapplication of the Pharisees concerning His Deity and earthly mission.

In these passages, Christ is pinpointing the eternal consequence and import of man’s origin taking place “ from the beginning of the creation ,” and not millions of years after the creative process had begun. For a literal Bible believer, the creation of man and woman took place no more than six days (24-hour days) after the voice of God called into existence the space, mass, time continuum in Genesis 1:1, and nothing in Scripture is clearer than Christ’s Messianic intent …“ He came to save His people from their sins. ” (Matthew 1:21)

The point for this article is that God created man and woman (Adam and Eve) at the beginning of the creation. Man did not develop from some unknown primitive ancestor or some missing link between modern apes and humans. Man has always been man, and his origin was divinely commenced at the decreeing of God’s Word: “ By the Word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth…He spoke, and it was done… ” (Psalms 33:6-9)

Neither is our salvation a spur of the moment activity! It occupied the Creator’s ultimate attention! The Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 1:4 that we were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world, and I admit that this is a great mystery. But we are talking about the great Creator God! And Paul tells us that God is unchangeable, and His sovereignty is unambiguously certain! Note his comments in Romans 9:17-24, “For the scripture said to Pharaoh, ‘ For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you … So then God has mercy on whom He has mercy, and He hardens whom He desires … does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use … And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon the vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory … whom He called not from among the Jews only, but from the Gentiles. ’ …” (NKJV) So it is, like it or not, the great Creator God does exactly what He has planned to do, and before time started He planned to create man in His own image, and then in time to save all them He called! (Isaiah 46:9-11)

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October 2, 2025

Flooded Marine Reptile

By Matt Miles • October 2, 2025

The Flood during Noah’s day was a devastating judgement against the sin and wickedness of the time. Most people focus on what the Lord did as He saved the eight people and animals on the Ark. Yet while they were being saved, the Flood destroyed the earth and left behind some remarkable things. Geology around the globe shows water burial of plants and animals. Many of the animal remains show signs of drowning and then burial. One particular reptile that shows this is the Ichthyosaurus. From what we can understand, water was her home for everything in life, even giving birth to live young. This well designed creature may even help us trust the Word of God when it comes to the history of the Flood. In our Mobile Museum of Earth History we exhibit a research replica of an ichthyosaur called Stenopterygius quadriscissus . She is from Holzmaden, Germany and is one example of hundreds that have been found in the area. The reason we can so confidently state this fossil is a “her,” when we rarely know for sure about fossil animals, is because she is pregnant. She has three babies present with her remains: one under her tail, one in or near the birth canal, and one still inside. Our fossil is in situ, which means the fossil remains in the rock matrix it was buried in. So, the presence of momma and babies are how they were buried and not articulated in some manner after excavation. This is important to show the rapid, watery burial that must have taken place to lock this scene in the fossil record. The Flood trapped organisms all over the world in different life positions. Sometimes the fossils left behind have shown eating, hunting, sleeping, swimming, nesting, or drowning. When it comes to ichthyosaurs around the planet, there is a significant number of females that seem to be pregnant. They have been found in the fossil record on at least four continents. A fair assumption would be that Ichthyosaurs had a certain time of year they mated and gave birth to young, much like sea turtles today that nest from late spring to late fall depending on the region around the world. So it should come as no surprise that we find pregnant ichthyosaurs all around the world as the Flood lasted an entire year. It would have buried the females that were pregnant near their location of habitat. Evolutionists maintain that ichthyosaurs lived tens to hundreds of million years ago and each of the mothers found in the fossil record just died while giving birth. This is difficult to support in a millions magnitude time scale. That would mean every time a disaster happened, millions of years apart, the right conditions existed to quickly bury ichthyosaurs that just so happened to be pregnant. It just might take some “faith” to trust that “miracle” would happen over and over again through eons of time. Or you can have faith that the Word of God’s history is correct with a judgement of man’s sin bringing global devastation through the Flood during Noah’s 600th year of life. The Word of God is trustworthy, with even the fossil record showing us glimpses of historical evidence in support of our faith. I’m so thankful we don’t need blind faith to trust our salvation! Blessings.

Our God Whom We Serve Is Able

By Ryan Cox • October 2, 2025

14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 …if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:14-18 In the 6th century BC, three young men stood up for their faith in the one true God, for which someone attempted to kill them. Today, in the 21st century AD, one young man was gunned down for his faith in the one true God. And sadly, Charlie Kirk is not the only one. According to The Esther Project, martyrdom for the cause of Christ is commonplace around the world ( theestherproject.com/statistics ). On average: 322 Christians are killed monthly. 214 churches or Christian properties are destroyed monthly. 772 forms of violence (beatings, kidnappings, etc.) against Christians are committed monthly. 100,000 to 160,000 Christians are killed annually in the 21st century. 1.093 million Christians were martyred between 2000 and 2010. And more than 70 million Christians are believed to have been martyred since the 1st century, with more than half killed in the 20th century alone under communist and fascist governments. And how should Christians respond? Peter wrote, “ if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name ” (I Peter 4:16). Jesus took this a step further; He told us, “ …love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you ” (Matthew 5:44). Now, as Shawn Grant, minister at Kissimmee Christian Church, FL, preached on the Sunday following the assassination, th at may not be what you want to hear right now, but that is what Jesus has told us we must do. Why? So the world will see the difference Jesus makes! The night of and the days after the assassination, businesses did not have to board up their stores. Police and soldiers did not have to be deployed. There were no riots, no property damages, no police spat upon – only tears, prayers, and a witness to the world that Jesus is the answer. So noticeable is this to the world, there were more international press requests for the Charlie Kirk memorial service than are requested for Super Bowls. Within seven days of his death, Kirk’s ministry Turning Point USA had received over 54,000 campus chapter requests. And most importantly, scores of videos of young people considering or even deciding to give their lives to Jesus have been posted to social media platforms.