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Psalm 100:3
“Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
Respect for the name Thomas Jefferson reaches far beyond the United States and far beyond the English language.
By the time Jefferson was 14, he could read four languages. He later learned three more. Jefferson’s legacy goes far beyond his accomplishments in law and government. He also made his mark in the fields of mathematics, architecture, medicine, agriculture, literature, education, music and science. He earned three doctorates. And he served as president of the American Philosophical Society, America’s leading scientific organization of the time, for nearly 20 years.
One might think that Jefferson would have accepted the evolutionary ideas that were being circulated then by such people as Charles Darwin’s grandfather. However, Jefferson spoke and wrote against evolutionary ideas and in favor of a Creator. He based his argument that belief in a Creator is more scientific than evolution on the precise and interrelated design that is visible everywhere in the creation. If you would like more information, we recommend the book The Real Thomas Jefferson, published by the National Center for Constitutional Studies in 1981, and the book The Jefferson Lies, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers in 2012. The latter book also refutes the common misconception that Jefferson was a Deist instead of a Christian.
We thank God that His handiwork is so clear in the creation that science and logic itself teaches us to know that He is Creator – just as the Bible says. God’s most earnest desire for all is that seeing this much, we might be drawn to His forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
Prayer: Dear Father, grant me fresh and clear eyes to see with new wonder, every day, Your magnificent handiwork in the creation. Help me to thank You each day for Your forgiving love to me through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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