Gen 8:22  As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night."

The above verse recorded in the first book of the Bible highlights a promise made by God concerning our planet. There is much debate, controversy and even some scare mongering going on today over climate change.  Those in the scientific field are most passionate in their convictions that the earth is warming, ultimately producing catastrophic results. During a recent Television interview I watched with some interest two men debating the pros and cons of climate change. One was a scientist and the other a politician. The politician was quite adamant that the subject had been blown all out of proportion and changes in our weather patterns were mostly hype and not as devastating as reported. The scientist on the other hand was equally in favour of climate change being as serious as reported. The influenced for both men may be many and varied and actually not have as much to do with reality as one might initially assume. Personally, I believe the argument being submitted by the politician (who had a good grounding in science and research) had more consistent value and that global warming may not be quite as serious as those of its proponents are claiming. The main issue here is the wearing down of society itself. Especially our up and coming younger generation.

I am nether a scientist or a politician and I have no credentials to place me as an authority on the subject of climate change from an academic point of view. However, I am a human being with a voice and an opinion. To this I am surely entitled just as much as the next person. As a committed Christian who believes in the Bible as the inspired word of God I have to confess I have far greater reliance on the Creator than the created.

If the Creator of Heaven and Earth says “As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night."Gen 8:22, Then I believe it. Of those who boast great knowledge and are forceful in expressing their points of view I am reminded of another verse in the Bible that warns us to be cautious. The Apostle Paul is writing to a fellow Christian worker; a young man called Timothy “Oh, Timothy,  . . . Keep out of foolish arguments with those who boast of their "knowledge" and thus prove their lack of it. Some of these people have missed the most important thing in life--they don't know God.”  1 Tim 6:20-21 TLB 

Regardless of all the hoo-ha and incessant debating over climate change, God is the author of life and the supreme Creator of the earth and everything in it. If He says as long as the earth remains we will enjoy summer and winter, cold and heat etc, then that’s good enough for me. There is an old saying ‘God can do anything, but fail!’ Even if the earth did warm through any man made carelessness, God can change those circumstances with a simple command.

Naturally, those who either don’t believe in God or don’t want to believe will pass this off in their ignorance as shear rubbish. That’s their choice. One day, they may just see how wrong they were.

This does not mean God expresses displeasure with knowledgeable men or women. Quite the contrary. It is only when men try to place themselves above or on equal  terms with Him, they show their ignorance. There are many gifted and knowledgeable  people in today’s world and they make wonderful contributions to science and life itself. They cannot however place themselves on an equal  or superior footing to the One who made them.

I conclude with the following thoughts from the King James Edition of the Bible  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore let no man glory in men. 1 Cor 3:19-21

John Hays 26^th Jan 2010