Creation Moments

Mark W. Cadwallader: Learn about a bird that can weave. It's coming up next on today's Creation Moment. And now, here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor.

Ian Taylor: Intelligence, as much as is needed and no more, is generously found throughout the creation, so we cannot say that intelligence alone makes man special. Consider the weaver bird. The nest of the weaver bird is woven of strips of fiber and grass. Using beak and feet, the male weaver bird uses both loops and knots to weave his hanging nest.

Then the nest must be inspected by a prospective mate. If she doesn't like the nest's construction, she will turn down the hopeful male. The male must then tear down his work and start all over. Some males have been observed constructing and tearing down their nests two dozen times before a prospective mate is found who is satisfied with his work.

Some weaver birds actually build huge cities of nests protected by a woven roof. One roof over a weaver bird city was 15 feet across. Man's intelligence spans much more than animal intelligence. However, what sets us apart from the animals is the fact that our Creator made us to have a special relationship with Him.

Even when in Eden man placed his will above God's word, He still loved us enough to pay the highest price to restore us to Himself. Jesus Christ lived in perfect obedience to God for us and then suffered the penalty of our disobedience against God. In His resurrection from the dead, all who embrace Christ in faith have the promise of being made new creations again. That's the wide gulf between man and animal.

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