THE ORIGIN OF HUMANITY

I believe that Adam and Eve were actual historical persons and the events in the biblical account took place within space and time. God created Adam and later He created Eve. The humans are created means and they have no independent existence. God willed that they should exist and God acted to bring them into being and preserve them. Humans are part of God’s creation and they are different from God’s other created beings. I believe that they also have a unique place in the creation and there is a brotherhood among humans. 

There are definite limitations upon humanity. Humans are creatures, not God, and have the limitations that go with being finite. Only the creator is infinite and humans do not and cannot know everything. It also means that there are practical limitations to all our accomplishments.[1] I believe that a proper adjustment to life can be achieved only on the basis of acceptance of one’s own finiteness. I do not believe in naturalistic evolution or theistic evolution. I believe that the greatness of human beings is based on the fact that God has created them and they are different from all his other creations.

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[1] Erickson, Christian Theology, 514.