Science, Scriptures and the Supernatural_4

<p>&nbsp;Thursday July 22nd&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Science, Scriptures and The Supernatural 4</p> <p><br></p> <p>The dictionary defines science as a particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one that deals with measurable and systematic principles rather than intuition or natural abilities. In other words science is not guesswork but something based on laid down principles and guidelines. Everything that is science has some procedure to it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The Bible clearly is not a book that was written without procedures and well tailored guidelines. It is not a book of someone's intuition. Paul being a doctor of the Jewish law has this to say in Romans 1:20 (NKJV)</p> <p><br></p> <p>For since the creation of the world,&nbsp;</p> <p>his invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things he has made even his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here Paul tells us that we see the essence of God in every creation of his. If we take our time to observe, we will definitely see the hand and touch of God imbedded in the very fabrics of God's individual creations. It therefore means that as we look keenly into God's creation by studying them, we can begin to appreciate the systematic complex investments of a higher intelligence.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In the book of Genesis we can see and appreciate the manifold Wisdom and mercy of God, in that he needed to clothe man because he was naked. So God killed an animal and from there he made clothes for them. This was a show of expertise and dexterity. God knew the right dimensions to produce what fits. Secondly when God was about to save Noah from the flood, God asked him to build an ark; and God gave him specific dimensions with which he was to build. Anything outside God specification, would have been wrong. Another figure in scripture that applied the systematic approach was Luke the medical doctor. Apart from being a doctor, he was a prolific writer and we can see that in his approach to detailed