Satan has been devising many plans to defocus the faith of people upon God. He has been bombarding the Human minds with new scientific theories, philosophies, human ideologies etc to achieve his task of motivating people to move away from God. “Darwinism” is one such strategy of the enemy to cause disbelief in young minds and make them lose their faith on God’s creation and his miracle working power. Charles Darwin was a scientist who proposed the “Evolution Theory” which concludes that man was not created by God but evolved from apes. He presumes that higher organisms evolved naturally from simplistic single-celled organisms and stresses a purely naturalistic descent with modifications. He infers that humans (Homo sapiens) have evolved from apes which are closely related to humans in genetic character. Darwin concludes that apes are the actual ancestors of humans and therefore humans are just “super-apes” who have developed the ability to think, communicate and reason. He strongly contradicts the Biblical concept that God was the architect of life and that He breathed life into humans after shaping them from clay.

I need not make any effort to disprove the evolution theory because already through detailed genetic studies, DNA analysis, and gene mapping techniques it has been proven that there is no chance for humans to have evolved from apes. Furthermore, a research team in Berkeley University conducted a detailed study and concluded that all humans have evolved from one woman and not from apes.

Though there are innumerable research works that falsify Darwinism, there is an unprecedented growth in the number of atheists who believe in evolution and the absence of God. In Asia alone there are about 121 million atheists who believe that the life on earth evolved naturally and deny the existence of God. The recent news about the establishment of an Atheist Varsity and research centre at Hyderabad was really shocking and threatening that it is very important that we believers need to be well prepared to tackle the enemy’s strategy to manipulate people.

As I unravel the Biblical episodes I clearly understand that God was evolutionising ordinary folks into extra-ordinary folks or in other words normal humans into super-humans with unmatched ability and power that was beyond imaginations overcoming all laws of Natural Genetics. Darwin proposed this theory only in the late 1860’s but the Bible records that God has His own way of synthesizing spiritual genes in His own people that makes them superior.

From Sin to be His Sons
Firstly, in the book of Genesis we see that sin entered the human race through the disobedience of one man, Adam. Sin became the master of humans and death reigned and ruined the life which was passed onto the forthcoming generations as a genetic trait (Romans 5:12). The incarnation of Jesus and his resurrection became a critical factor for humans to suppress the trait of the gene that was responsible for the bondage of sin (Romans 5:19). Through this there was a public spectacle of the sin-filled humans evolving into God’s sons and daughters through the blood of Jesus Christ the son of God.

From Slaves to Soldiers
Secondly, the Israelites were under the captivity of Egyptians for about 400 years. Their duty was to make bricks and the kids were also suppressed by the Pharaoh fearing a population explosion of the Hebrew race. During these years of captivity it is well known that the Israelites did not have any opportunity to handle weapons of warfare or attend a military academy but within a short period of their exodus they evolved into military strategists who defeated some of the powerful kings and kingdoms of the land of Canaan in order to posses it (Numbers 21:33-35). Though the first generation of the delivered people of Israel was a murmuring generation God made the younger generation of Israel into a conquering generation under the exemplary leadership of Joshua.

From Drudgers to Master Designers 
Bezalel and Ohaliab were normal young men who belonged to the nomadic group of Israeli sect which moved from Egypt in pursuit of the Promised Land. There was no mention of these two lads or about their special talent for designing, embroidery and craftsmanship. The Bible says that the Spirit of God triggered a special ability in them to make designs with precious stones and embroidery with textiles for the Temple of the Most High God (Exodus 35: 35). They became pioneers of what is called Judaic Arts & Design which is still being studied by master designers of the contemporary times. This clearly shows that God gave special ability to Bezalel and Ohaliab to evolve into renowned designers as well as teachers of designing.

From Peace to Power 
Until the day of Pentecost, the apostles were a group of people who believed in Jesus and were filled with Peace which was due to their assurance of the experience of salvation. On the day of Pentecost these peace filled Christians evolved into Power filled Christians due to their experience of the anointing of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4). All the ordinary disciples of Jesus who either ran off or betrayed Jesus when he was arrested became so empowered by Holy Spirit that almost everybody was martyred for the purpose of the gospel. The power from on High evolutionised them into miracle workers and fiery preachers who preached power packed words that penetrated and permeated hearts convicting people of their sin. Further analysis of the book of the “Acts of the Apostles” clearly makes us understand that the Apostolic Anointing that was operating through them also gave the endurance to face every challenge and chaotic situation that had risen against the Power ministry.  

Bible is a book of practicality and every act of God recorded is highly compatible to our own life. We might be an ordinary chap of very little value to the kingdom of God but we need to remember that God can evolutionise us into extra-ordinary champions to revolutionise the nation with the gospel of Jesus.

“Let’s believe that God has already begun the evolution of the young generation of this nation to carry on with the revolution that will be accomplished by the powerful penetration and permeation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ”


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Justine L. John
Campus Missionary
Upper Room Youth Mission

William Carey “The Father of Modern Missions” before he came to India said “India is white unto harvest”. The greatest missionary William Carey was a visionary who saw the mission field ready for harvest. This great man did not stop being a visionary but he had the courage to go ahead and become a missionary to make all the visions into actions. Carey was a visionary and a missionary who did not make a mission postulate but made a practical approach to his vision and activated his theory of missions by becoming a missionary himself.

VisionARY - A visionary is a person who sees what is possible, who sees the potential.
MissionARY - A missionary is the person who carries out or executes the vision into action.

Jesus was not only a visionary but a missionary who executed the plans of the Father by working day and night with all his strength without any rest. The apostles did not stop with the visions with which they were envisioned by the Holy Spirit but swung into action. 

David Livingston the missionary to Africa said,

"God had only one Son and he sent that Son as a missionary"

 In this 21st century, the need of the hour is contemporary missionaries who will not stop with the visons but get ready to be missionaries and transfer the visions into actions. Most of those who want to be kingdom builders stop with their dreams and thoughts abt ministering but do not go ahead to become a missionary who executes the visions.

In this contemporary time we have visions that needs to be fulfilled with Missionaries. The workers are few (Matthew 9:37). If we keep on planning and making strategies without acting on it then a few years down the lane we will have a big archive of postulated plans which have not been applied. What is the use in making plans without executing them or without executors who will come to take charge???

We need to throw a challenge to the youth of our christendom and make them understand that there is very big need to reach this nation with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the present scenario the need for young missionaries and missional leaders is very high. God's kingdom business needs more young workers with fresh energy and fresh fire to establish his name in this land. Lets pray that many youngsters will submit to the will of the Father and be ready to partner with God in this big task of Kingdom Building. 

"Lets ask the Lord of Harvest to send workers" (Matthew 9:38)
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Justine L. John
Campus Missionary
Upper Room Youth Mission