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Survival of the Fittest
by Tom Stewart
July 20, 2000
"Natural selection conceived of as a struggle
for life in which only those organisms best adapted to existing conditions are able
to survive and reproduce" is the dictionary entry for
"survival of the fittest". "27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound
the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty; 28 And
base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and
things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29
That no flesh should glory in His presence" (1Corinthians 1:27-29). The mechanism that drives
Darwin's Theory of Evolution is Natural Selection or Survival of the Fittest; and
therefore, Survival of the Fittest is the evolutionist's agent of change, just as
God is the Christian's agent of change. "But
we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the LORD, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD" (2Corinthians 3:18).
Survival of the Fittest is accepted as a first truth by most people, just as they
would accept the Law of Gravity; but, instead of proving Evolution-- that man descended
from less complex life forms, such as apes-- Survival of the Fittest only proves
that wicked men are depraved, and getting worse. "But
evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" (2Timothy 3:13). Since the process of Natural Selection
is supposed to choose or adapt the best fitted organism for survival and procreation,
then the fact that Christ will not find faith on Earth when He returns, i.e., "when the Son of Man [Jesus Christ] cometh, shall He find faith on the Earth?" (Luke 18:8), indicates that the process of the Survival
of the Fittest is antagonistic to Christ, Christianity, and faith, because it leaves
only the faithless, in the end. "But the
natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1Corinthians 2:14).
In replacing God as the agent of change, Survival of the Fittest has allowed man
to become his own agent of change, i.e., modern "science
falsely so called" (1Timothy 6:20),
has enshrined man as his own god. "Who
changed the Truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more
than the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen" (Romans
1:25). When we see those around us competing for survival in life,
sports, gambling, career, and business, someone must lose in order that the
other might gain. "Woe unto them! for
they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam
for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core" (Jude
11). The world around us knows no other way than Survival of the Fittest;
and, anything other than the Supreme Love for God and an Equal Love for our
neighbour as ourself, is the selfish maxim ruling the world. But..."36 Master,
which is the great commandment in the Law? 37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the LORD
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is
like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets" (Matthew 22:36-40).
Perfect Love is the opposite of the Survival of the Fittest; and, all men owe it
to one another. "43
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse
you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you; 45 That
ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven: for He maketh His sun to
rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye
love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye
salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans
so? 48 Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect"
(Matthew 5:43-48).
Since Perfect Love, which is the "Law
of Christ" (Galatians 6:2), is the
antithesis of the Survival of the Fittest, rather than beating, defeating, besting,
overcoming, or vanquishing our neighbour, we should seek their benefit. "Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth" (1Corinthians 10:24). And, without the benefit of
the New Birth, i.e., "Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God" (John
3:3), man cannot truly look upon God as his Father, neither can he
treat a Christian as a brother, and certainly will he not be willing or able to "love his neighbour as himself"
(Mark 12:33). But, for the Saints: "34 A New Commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye
are My disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John
13:34-35). So then, "we
must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that every one may receive the
things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad" (2Corinthians 5:10).
Maranatha!
[See our article, "The Judgment Seat of Christ" ---New Window, for further
Scriptural development of what to expect at Christ's judgment seat. Also, our editorial,
"How Evolution
Undermines the Need for a Savior" ---New Window, Scripturally discusses how Evolution
demands that death was in effect before man "evolved," while Creation requires
that death is only the consequence of man's sin, i.e., "sin entered into the world, and death by sin" (Romans 5:12).]
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