I am, by training and career, a scientist. My career was in medicine, radiology to be specific. When I was in residency, I trained with a guy who was really, really smart. I know this because he never missed a chance to tell me how smart he was. One day he explained to me, in some detail, why it was mathematically impossible to perform an MRI scan in less than an hour.
This morning I had an MRI. My scan began at about 7am and I was out of the building at 7:10am.
So, what does this have to do with theology?
Scientists are constantly telling us what is impossible:
Creation in 7 days
God
The resurrection
Heaven
Hell
Eternity
An MRI in 12 minutes
But, there is a disclaimer that they never mention. This disclaimer should follow every pronouncement that any scientist makes:
“This statement is based on the one one millionth of the universe that I understand at this instant.”
For example: Dark matter and dark energy make up over 90% of the universe. Scientists cannot find either of these, much less understand them. And that is just matter and energy. Scientists cannot tell us how big the universe is. In fact, they cannot even tell us how much they don’t know.
When asked to explain anything, an honest scientist would say, “I am, for the most part, ignorant; but, here is what I understand today. Come back tomorrow for an update.
“It would be tragic for you to run your life based on scientific evidence that tells you that heaven and hell are not possible only to find out at your death that the scientists just hadn’t discovered them………yet.
The point is this:
Don’t plan your life based on things that scientists tell you are not possible. Because, the thing that was impossible today may be entirely possible, perhaps routine, tomorrow…….like a 12 minute MRI.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Paul, Romans, 11:33, ESV