World without God

Just as Sin has polluted man and polluted man from the purity of God and created a chasm that could only be bridged by Jesus Christ, mankind has polluted his environment. I’m not going to argue whether or not global warming is or is not happening but as a species we have polluted rivers, streams, bodies of water, the sky, and our land because of our own sin. 

Technological advancement is one thing but we have sacrificed much to make money in the long term as industry looks for the cheapest ways to make things. The bible says “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost?” Luke 14:28. We have not counted the cost for the industrial damage to our planet over the short-term.

You have no doubt heard of the carbon footprint. Each person on the planet does something that ultimately pollutes this planet. Every single person that breathes. We are corrupt like a virus even to our own habitat. That should tell you something about our very nature.

God has given us a way to redeem ourselves from sin and escape the bondage so that when we enter the next life none of this is an issue. After Christ returns there will be made a new Heaven and a new Earth.

Count the cost of not being part of that eternal reward and eternal joy. And as Christians we can start that joy today.

God bless each and every one of you and thanks for reading.

Your needs met

This Thanksgiving I am reminded of the story where Jesus meets the Sumerian woman at the well. The woman would come to the well to fill up her jug with water but she came at odd times of day to avoid others because of her reputation.

The day she went and Jesus was there she was surprised when Jesus asked her for a drink of water. During their conversation Jesus revealed himself to her by showing her that she had a need that could not be filled by earthly water. Jesus told her that had she known who he was she would have asked him for drink.

He showed her things about herself that only God could know and in this revelation she could come to know Christ and drink from everlasting water and never thirst again. In essence she had a need to be met and was searching for this need. Possibly through male companionships or some other need. The trips to the well during the heat of the day when no one else would really go was a great way to teach her of her own burdens and the symbolism of something so simple as thirst and water as a lesson in how Jesus provides for us and gives us eternal life.

In this way we all have needs that are not being met or cannot be met by others. The gift of everlasting life can only be gotten from Jesus Christ.

This Thanksgiving and every day we should be thankful that God is meeting our needs daily and forever.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Man kills himself after reading The God Delusion?

I found an unusual story on World Net Daily regarding a college aged man, or boy depending on how you view age, who recently killed himself and was a Christian. The Father of the boy found the book, “The God Delusion” stuffed under his mattress and believes that this could be the cause of his suicide.

While I do feel that certain atheist objections to Christianity could rattle the faith of some Christians not well versed in their faith I seriously doubt this alone would be the factor for this person’s suicide. I suppose it could be but I would imagine there were already some other issues at play, possibly depression or stress from school itself.

If you are a Christian who feels that these atheist objections are challenging your faith I would stress to you to seek out all sides to each objection. This is why we have apologetics which is an entire field dedicated to answering the objections themselves.

One thing atheists like to do is attack the Christian bible and pick it apart based on a reading of the words on the surface. Or they will point out various scripture, usually from the Old Testament, to make God appear to be a genocidal maniac. The goal is this, even though they don’t believe in God, to make God 1. appear evil or cruel and unworthy of worship and 2. To make the bible appear as though it has so many contradictions that it cannot be a work derived from God and thus God does not exist.

The third thing atheists like to do is bring in science and measure it against what is described in the bible to make it also appear that the bible cannot be inspired by God. They are right when they say the bible was written by ancient men but the revelation given to these men was what they could understand for the time it was given.

Certainly God would allow man to discover and learn about the creation for himself over time and not have Moses writing out the periodic table or giving a lecture on Quantum physics. Had Moses, or any other author, included these facts in the bible, some atheists say this would lend more validity to the bible. I say they would probably just write the author off as a brilliant man but not necessarily inspired by God.

The bible is not a modern day science book. It contains information that primitive man was able to grasp without getting heavy into how the universe was created. Why is this? Because as Pagans tend to revere the creation itself and as other religions make idols from material the bible is a book about discovering who God is not how God creates. It’s a book designed to help man find Jesus Christ and then show him how to live his life.

So have no fear of the objections by others. All of them have alternate answers and have already been discussed over and over again. Repentance and Faith is what is necessary to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. In the end, faith is all one really has. Nothing can really be proven. You could be a figment of some creature or in a dream or part of an elaborate computer program. What is truth really? Is your truth the real truth? This is why at the end of the day Faith is all we have and take that faith and put it in Jesus Christ, the only one who offers salvation and remittance for sin.

If you are disturbed by books like the God delusion or other books and writings from the new wave of atheism just remember, they don’t know God and for them, they really is no God.

There’s probably no God

Apparently atheists in London England are unhappy with some recent ads that Christians ran and want to respond with a campaign of their own. The slogan would run on the famous double decker buses with the line “There probably is no god”. 

The first thing I find funny is the use of the word “probably”. The other irony I find in this story is that the common term used by those contemplating suicide is “Catch the bus”.

In light of all of the news and looking at the history of man and the miracle of life and the greatness of the universe, I conclude that not only is there probably a God but there IS a God, and it’s the Christian God. The one who created all things and offers remission for sins through the blood of Jesus Christ at Calvary.

Don’t miss the bus when it comes to God and eternal life.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081028174358.ui5hekmi&show_article=1

You Tube is a reflection of a sick society

I have been on you tube for over a year now. It’s been an up and down experience, mostly down. On the surface it seems like a great idea. People can upload videos of just about anything and share them with the world. There’s just one problem. The world part. You see much of the world is sick and twisted.
There’s a movie out called “Untraceable”. In the movie a psychopath kidnaps people and puts them on a streaming live internet feed. The people are bound and contraptions are rigged so that depending on the number of viewers the page gets the faster the person dies. I’m afraid that isn’t too far from reality.
Most of the people who tune into You Tube, especially in the religion category, aren’t really there for any meaningful dialogue but to see drama and harass others. The big problem with You Tube is that anyone can join with only an email address and they can have as many accounts as they like without ever showing their faces. And while You Tube claims to have a terms of service agreement they rarely ever do anything to enforce it.
What you have is a chaotic mess of people threatening one another and members with no formal training in any one area putting up videos as if they have some sort of PHD in the subject.

Recently there has been a rather large drama unfolding regarding a ministry that is charged with having aberrant teachings but one quick look over a large portion of the so-called Christian videos there you will find that much of them contain aberrant teachings, heresy, and just a wide array of different opinions and beliefs. In fact if one is not well grounded in their faith they could actually find themselves questioning their faith.

In addition to these problems a large amount of the site has become pornographic in nature. Because the site has a large number of partners who actually get paid for views many of these partners have resorted to placing images of scantily clad women in order to get views, and sadly, it works.

I originally got on You Tube because I saw a large audience of unbelievers saying things about Christianity that just were not true. After I got there though I was shocked to find out that a large amount of people that called themselves Christians were far more hurtful than anything atheists could ever do. You see them fighting one another, making heretical statements, and acting very un-christ like. Even I fell into the trap. As I said you have to be very much on guard in such an atmosphere.

Sadly after over a year of being on You Tube and even closing my account and reopening it a couple of times I have decided that it is not the place for me. I wish the best to the Christians that remain there making videos. There are a handful of decent people and a ton more that are in need of some kind of help. Some Christians left that arena a long time ago to focus on newer mediums such as Stickam.
Maybe one day You Tube will get a better handle on it’s members and actually take action against those who violate the rules there but I doubt it. I think you tube is a good reflection of just how sick our world is getting. I hope as many people can be saved as possible but the selfish part of me wants Jesus to return and clean this mess up.

The Sabbath

I became involved in a discussion today regarding the Sabbath and whether or not we should still honor the Sabbath since it is one of the ten commandments. We know that the commandments are still valid because in Matthew Jesus said he did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.

In the creation week outlined in Genesis God used the 7 day week that we still have on our calendar today despite the fact it has no astronomical meaning. Think about it, a 24 hour day is the result of the Earth turning, a year is the completion of a trip of the Earth around the sun.

On the seventh day God rested from his work and the command is that we rest from our work and honor God by recognizing the Sabbath day. The very purpose of this was a direct mirror of what our plan for salvation is. The salvation message is right there in the 7 day week. The days of creation are representative of the work that God does in us when we attain salvation. We are formless and void and we see the light through God’s word and we are baptized by the holy spirit and we begin to bear fruit.

So the question for some is whether or not we should still observe the Sabbath today? We are made in God’s image. God gave us the 7 day week to pattern after for ourselves. The bible is all about God’s promise to man and his message of salvation and the one who would come and free us from bondage to sin.

As a direct result of sin we were put under the law. In order to be right with god it was necessary to obey the 10 commandments and attain salvation through works. When Jesus came he bought us with his blood at the cross and not only freed us from sin but from the law. Because of the work of Jesus Christ we can now rest in him. Since nothing we can do gets us salvation and we cannot measure up to the law we need Jesus Christ as the way , the truth, and the life.

We all fall short of God’s holiness because keeping these laws is impossible. Jesus took this burden from us and by repenting and having faith and trust in him he becomes our sabbath in which we can now rest and honoring the Sabbath means following and honoring Jesus Christ. So now we don’t simply refrain from our work one day a week but we rest on the work that Jesus Christ has done. Our works are simply a result of our salvation, a byproduct of the light we now have within us.

So the question as to whether or not we still honor the Sabbath is yes, in that Jesus Christ is our Sabbath. In fact he is our everything.

What really happened in the middle east?

What Really Happened In The Middle East

Here’s a You Tube video that does a very good job outlining the current middle East conflict. It’s too bad it does not go all the way back to the Old Testament but it does cover some modern questions.

World species dying out like flies says WWF

WWF’s Living Planet Index tracks some 4,000 species of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians globally. It shows that between 1970 and 2007 land-based species fell by 25 percent, marine by 28 percent and freshwater by 29 percent.

Marine bird species have fallen 30 percent since the mid-1990s.

Be sure to read the whole article here.

Truman’s battle for Israel’s recognition revealed

Truman’s battle for Israel’s recognition revealed
Washington Post columnist details ‘epic struggle’ in Washington over how to respond to Israel’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. ‘Beneath the surface lay unspoken but real anti-Semitism on the part of some policymakers who opposed Israel’s recognition,’ he says

Just For fun

Here’s a funny picture brother Joram from www.thedissident.ws sent me in an email. Lol.