God made all law, and humans only discover the eternal principles He established. Creation reveals His invisible attributes, power, and divine nature, leaving men without excuse (Romans 1:20). Like natural laws, His Torah is compact yet infinitely expandable, and it breaks those who break it. The law of biogenesis holds that life begets life, and Christ's resurrection is the one instance of death producing life. The Second Law of Thermodynamics shows that the universe is running down, so it must have had a beginning, while entropy contradicts evolution. Nature's forces are not self-running, but God directs and upholds them by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3). Everything works together for human benefit and salvation. Also see Bible verses for Laws of Nature.

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Loving God's Law: The Thread of Reality

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. Maas

God made all law, from the laws of aerodynamics, thermodynamics, music, and nuclear physics to the cycles of nature, and humans did not invent law but only discovered eternal principles God established from the foundation of the earth, principles to which we must conform. Proverbs 25:2 says it is God's glory to conceal a matter and the kings' glory to search it out. Scientific discovery is simply analyzing what God already made, and technology only imitates His designs; no air-conditioning system improves on tree shade and a breeze. Even units of measure such as the shekel, mile, or cubit derive from eternal principles, and God detests false weights and measures (Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35-36). According to Romans 1:19-25 and Psalm 19, God's invisible attributes are plainly evident in creation, leaving those who ignore the Creator without excuse. Deists like Thomas Paine recognized perfect, immutable order in the universe, and the intricate mechanism of creation, like a watch found in a field, proves a Creator. Human language is a law-governed, God-like capacity, innate in the brain, whose deep structure can expand infinitely through recursion. Scientific laws and God's Torah share the same compactness and infinite expandability, as E=MC² does. Just as natural laws cannot be broken without consequence, God's spiritual law breaks those who break it, and the world's problems come from violating it.

Immutable Scientific Laws

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

God has set immutable laws over the physical universe, and true science, rightly read, confirms a Supreme Designer-Creator, though only Scripture reveals His person and will. The law of biogenesis holds that life begets life; no one has seen life arise from the inert, and experiments like Miller's produced no life and succeeded only through intelligent design. Life came from God's eternal Spirit giving life to inert matter, and Christ's resurrection is the one instance of death producing life, guaranteeing eternal life to believers. The Second Law of Thermodynamics shows that the universe is a closed system with finite energy that is running down, as the sun is. It therefore cannot be eternal and must have had a beginning, which fits Hebrews 1:10-12, where the heavens grow old like a garment while God remains unchanged. The Law of Entropy shows that order decays into disorder, the opposite of what evolution requires. God also sustains creation continually through Christ, in whom all things consist, rather than creating it and walking away. Understanding these laws ultimately requires faith in God's power, since everyone sees the same evidence but each chooses how to interpret it. Dominion over the laws of the heavens belongs to God alone, as His answer to Job shows, and the order of creation should lead to reverence and trust in the Creator.

Leadership and the Covenants (Part Nine)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Neither Satan nor his demons cause us to sin; we chose to sin, and we die as a result. We were created upright, but bring judgment on ourselves.

Psalms: Book Four (Part Four): God as Creator

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The forces and processes of nature are not self-running laws but the ongoing work of God, who made them, directs them, and upholds them by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3). Creation's design is too integrated to have arisen by chance or evolution; the clownfish's immunity to the anemone, or the bird's lightweight bones, feathers, lungs, beak, and brain, all had to be created together at once. Evolution is a vain attempt to remove God and the obligations His sovereignty demands. Natural processes such as the water cycle, cloud formation, the sun and moon's cycles, and the growth of grass and trees happen because "He causes" them, in the present tense. He commands winds and oceans, setting boundaries the waters cannot cross. Science grasps only generalities of how these forces work, and where it cannot explain them the answer is that God put them in motion. Job spoke of an earth suspended on nothing, a circular horizon, and empty space long before science knew these things. All things work together for good: God designed every part of creation to cooperate for human benefit and for the purpose of bringing mankind to salvation as His sons and daughters. Creation's order reveals His power and divine nature (Romans 1:20), so that men are without excuse, and the Creator is far greater than anything He made. The same power that sustains creation can also destroy.

Whatever We Ask

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Prayer comes under attack if we live double-lives, giving us a guilty conscience, not practicing what we have been taught, allowing our hearts to condemn us.

Man's Greatest Challenge (Part Two)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Many have difficulty accepting internal biblical evidence attesting to the Bible's authority. When properly studied, there are no contradictions in Scripture.

The Sovereignty of God: Part Four

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

God not only rules in heaven, but He is also sovereign on earth! He is not an absentee landlord, but One who is actively involved in administering His creation.

The First Prophecy (Part Three)

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

For his sin, Adam is promised great toil and suffering throughout his life, but just as in all things God does, a silver lining appears amidst the woe.