Law of Conservation of Matter: What Does It Say?
The law of conservation of matter, also known as the law of conservation of mass, states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. This is one of the laws of physics that, in a nutshell, lets us know that man does not have the power to create anything nor does he have the power to destroy anything. He can only change and manipulate matter (things). For example, he can freeze water into ice cubes, making a "solid" water, but the same amount of water remains in existence. He can boil water "away" into the air. However, evaporation doesn't destroy water, it simply sends it into the air.
Matter can be burned, but that matter will still exist in the form of ashes. This is a most profound truth because we have the tangible, audible, and visible evidence of the existence of all types of matter in the world. Man didn't bring any of it into existence and he can't figure out how to destroy any of it. This is actual tangible, audible, and visible evidence of the existence of a higher power who obviously does have creation and destruction power.
Even those who want to believe in the big bang theory are forced to acknowledge that the matter from which they say all other matter came had to first come into existence itself. What intelligent and sovereign being brought it into existence? Why would this being not be God? Perhaps this is why the Bible calls the atheist a fool. We read, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God" (KJV, Psalm 14:1). It's one thing to refuse to obey God, but to refuse to acknowledge his undeniable existence is neither intelligent nor logical.
When we look around our physical world, we should be reminded of the laws of physics such as the law of conservation of matter. We are reminded that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. We read in the word of God that, "...the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so they (anyone who doesn't believe) are without excuse" (Romans 1:20).
Law of Conservation of Matter Stated in Word of God
So where in the Word of God do we actually read the equivalent of saying that matter can neither be created nor destroyed? The Old Testament scripture of Ecclesiastes 3:14 reads, "I know that whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever. Nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it. And God doeth it, that men should fear before him." This translates to the statements of the law of conservation of matter, one of the laws of Physics. This translates to: matter can neither be created nor destroyed.