Answering Evolutionists

John 2:1-11

1On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, ²and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. ³When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."

⁴"Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come."

⁵His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

⁶Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

⁷Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.

⁸Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."

They did so, ⁹and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside ¹⁰and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."

¹¹This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him

I now that the primary thrust of this passage is not to respond to evolutionary theory. However, I've referenced it so often regarding evolution that I wanted to say a word on it here.

If you've sat through a science course, you've undoubtedly heard about this whole evolution thing. One of the primary difficulties evolutionists have is they have to make the earth really old in order for the theory to work. To their credit, there are archaeological findings that seem to present problems for those who believe the creation was a literal six days, making the earth around 6000 years old.

John 2 helps me reconcile these things. Jesus creates wine, from water. The master of the banquet sets it apart as the finest wine of the night. I don't know a lot about wine, but I do know that it is by definition aged. See, Jesus created the wine with age. It was literally minutes, at the most hours, old. But it's make-up would have revealed it to be much older.

God should get the glory for creation, not time and chance. I understand there are good scholars who take both sides of the debate regarding the age of the earth, but let's not miss this: it was God's handiwork, and it was made and came together at his will and by his word.