Paul, in his first epistle to Timothy, warns him that anyone who advocates a different doctrine, and does not agree with sound words, including the sound words of Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, such a person is conceited, and lacks understanding. These individuals cause controversy and divisions, envy and strife, and friction among men of depraved minds who are deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain (1 Tim 6:3-5).
Indeed, there are those in ministry today that teach this. Their message appeals to the carnal flesh of man. In their greed they will exploit you with false words (2 Peter 2:3). The heart of selfish man is aroused by the promise of money and possessions, given to us by Christ if we will only believe. Of course, they are the only ones getting rich as they exploit others with this false gospel.
Paul goes on to say this about godliness and gain,
But godliness actually is a means of great gain, when accompanied by contentment. For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. And if we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
2 Timothy 6:6-8 NASB
Paul speaks of contentment. We came into this world with nothing, and we will leave it in the exact same way. We need to be content! Can we say with Paul, that we too are content with the bare bone essentials of life, namely, food and covering (KJV translates this as raiment)? Would we still be content in Christ if we lost everything we owned? Now to be sure, there were New Testament Christians who owned homes and had other possessions just as is the case today as well. But we must also take notice of the fact that these Christians lived with open hands. They claimed nothing as their own, always ready and willing to give to a brother in need (Acts 2:44-45). To them life did not consist in the possessions they owned, but in loving others for the sake of Christ. To them, Christ was all! They knew how to be content (Phil 4:11-13).It is quite certain that the Apostles knew nothing of a name it and claim it, bless me, gospel. Consider the following,
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang.
1 Timothy 6:9-10 NASB
This is the exact opposite of what is being taught by prosperity teachers today. Paul warns us that those who desire to become rich fall into temptation and ruin. It is a trap that will destroy your soul. The one who loves money is a covetous being, and the covetous will not inherit the kingdom of God. Such a one is an idolater (Eph 5:5). The love of money lies at the heart of much of the evil in the world, and yet we see so many in the professed Church pursuing it as a "blessing" from God, twisting scriptures to somehow justify a teaching that is leading men into greed, and ruining their souls.
Paul warns Timothy to flee these things! What would he say to us today? Flee the prosperity preachers? Turn off TBN? He urges Timothy to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness (1 Tim 6:1). That is what we are to pursue as well. This is the opposite of the materialism and worldliness that has caught so many in the Church today.
He instructs those who are rich in this present age not to be conceited or to fix their hope on their riches. Instead they are to place their trust in God, and live lives full of good works, generous and ready to share, laying up treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of life indeed (1 Tim 6:17-19). This is in keeping with what Jesus teaches about laying up treasure (Matt 6:19-20). Are we living for the temporal and material things of this present life, or are we living with eternity in view, letting go of the material things that will weigh us down to this earth?
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
The Prosperity Gospel According to Jesus.
Listen to these words of Jesus found in the Sermon on the mount,
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 KJV
Jesus teaches us the uncertainty of riches. They are only temporal things, here today and gone tomorrow. The markets may crash, thieves may steal, a valuable object may rust or be destroyed in some other manner. Yet we as human beings place such a high emphasis on the material things of this world. We live as if we must accumulate as much as possible. We stockpile things, we work hard to make more money just so we can buy more. We put away money and just sit on it, because it is ours and we might need it for a "rainy day."
Jesus knows the heart of man, that it is deceitful and wicked (Jeremiah 17:9). It is so easily drawn away by things. Our stockpiles of material things are the proof of our allegiance to these things. Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Jesus has a financial plan for us so to speak. He calls us to lay up treasure in heaven. He shows us how this is accomplished.
Fear not, little flock; for it is the Fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 12:32-34 KJV
Instead of accumulation, Jesus says to give it away! He tells us to sell our possessions and give to the poor. This is how we are to store up the true riches in heaven! This does not sound like the prosperity gospel that so many follow today. You see, we can't take it with us. We are entrusted with money and possessions in this lifetime to be used for the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom. There is a saying, "Only one life will soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last." This is what Jesus is talking about. We are blessed in this life to be a blessing to others. The scriptures abundantly teach us that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. This involves the giving of ourselves, our time, our money and possessions, to live this out in our day to day lives.
Jesus is teaching us that to cling to our material possessions will bankrupt us in the end. It is a law of the kingdom of God that we lose ourselves for Christ's sake if we would find life. This includes our possessions. Christ commands us to renounce all that we have if we would be His disciples (Luke 14:33).
True sowing and reaping is not about sowing a financial seed into a ministry so that we can get more money back; it is about making the kingdom of God our priority, evidenced by our giving of what we have to others for the sake of Christ. After all, isn't it the Fathers good pleasure to give us the kingdom?
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 KJV
Jesus teaches us the uncertainty of riches. They are only temporal things, here today and gone tomorrow. The markets may crash, thieves may steal, a valuable object may rust or be destroyed in some other manner. Yet we as human beings place such a high emphasis on the material things of this world. We live as if we must accumulate as much as possible. We stockpile things, we work hard to make more money just so we can buy more. We put away money and just sit on it, because it is ours and we might need it for a "rainy day."
Jesus knows the heart of man, that it is deceitful and wicked (Jeremiah 17:9). It is so easily drawn away by things. Our stockpiles of material things are the proof of our allegiance to these things. Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Jesus has a financial plan for us so to speak. He calls us to lay up treasure in heaven. He shows us how this is accomplished.
Fear not, little flock; for it is the Fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 12:32-34 KJV
Instead of accumulation, Jesus says to give it away! He tells us to sell our possessions and give to the poor. This is how we are to store up the true riches in heaven! This does not sound like the prosperity gospel that so many follow today. You see, we can't take it with us. We are entrusted with money and possessions in this lifetime to be used for the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom. There is a saying, "Only one life will soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last." This is what Jesus is talking about. We are blessed in this life to be a blessing to others. The scriptures abundantly teach us that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. This involves the giving of ourselves, our time, our money and possessions, to live this out in our day to day lives.
Jesus is teaching us that to cling to our material possessions will bankrupt us in the end. It is a law of the kingdom of God that we lose ourselves for Christ's sake if we would find life. This includes our possessions. Christ commands us to renounce all that we have if we would be His disciples (Luke 14:33).
True sowing and reaping is not about sowing a financial seed into a ministry so that we can get more money back; it is about making the kingdom of God our priority, evidenced by our giving of what we have to others for the sake of Christ. After all, isn't it the Fathers good pleasure to give us the kingdom?
Sunday, October 11, 2015
The Law and the Conscience.
In John 8:1-11 we read of the scribes and Pharisees bringing a woman whom they caught in adultery, before Jesus. Hoping to catch Him in a trap, they wanted to know His opinion on what they should do with this woman. Should they stone her according to the law of Moses? What was Jesus' opinion?
Jesus stooped down, and with His finger, he began to write on the ground. We do not know what He was writing, the scriptures do not tell us. Many people guess He was writing down the ten commandments. Once again, we do not know this for certain, it is only a guess by some commentators and teachers, but it could be a possibility.
The men were persistent in asking Jesus what they should do to this woman. Rising up, He told them that the one without sin should be the one to cast the first stone. He again stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this the men began to leave one by one.
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. John 8:9 KJV
There is an important thing to observe here. These men were convicted by their consciences. As Pharisees, they placed high value upon the praise of man. They went about appearing righteous to others, even believing they were good in the eyes of God Himself. Yet something happened during this confrontation with Jesus, that spoke directly to their consciences. All of their goodness, their self righteousness was stripped away in a moment as they were convicted within their hearts, and they walked away.
Paul speaks of the judgment of God as being impartial (Romans 2:11-16). There are those such as the Jews who had the law, they knew it inside and out. They would be judged by the law; did they obey it or not? This is the standard. Think about those in the western Church today who have many bibles, and go to church, and hear thousands of sermons. Just like ancient Israel, we have much light. Many of us are familiar with the commandments of God. We have a good understanding of right and wrong.
Then there are those who have no bibles. They have never heard of God. They know nothing of Jesus or the gospel. What happens to them? Can they be judged for something that they have never heard?
Paul tells us that they have the law written upon their hearts. They have a conscience!
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves. which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. Romans 2:14-15 KJV
Deep inside, we all know right from wrong. We have a sufficient moral understanding. Someone living in a remote place, perhaps deep within a jungle, has the same guilty conscience when he has done wrong, that someone living in a "Christian" nation has when he has sinned.
We can harden our hearts however, and as a result, sear our conscience (1 Tim 4:2). We no longer hear our conscience accuse us when we sin. We may become self righteous, just like the Pharisees. We trust in our "goodness" and shut out the voice of our conscience. We no longer hear it when we sin, because we have convinced ourselves otherwise.
This is a dangerous place to be in, as our conscience is given us by God as a warning to us that we are not acting right in the things we choose to do. A guilty conscience should drive us to the Savior, but if it is seared, if we no longer hear it, we will be content to persist in our lost condition.
Before I go further, I want to make clear that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin (John 16:8). Without the work of the Spirit in the life of a sinner, that individual will never repent of his sin and come to Christ. It is absolutely essential that the Holy Spirit is at work to convict and convince someone of their lost condition and desperate need.
That being said, let's now look at the law. David tells us that the "Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul" (Psalm 19:7). Paul tells us that the law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith (Gal 3:24). He also tells us by the law comes the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20).
The law (moral law/ten commandments) speaks to our conscience. As we have seen, we have a conscience, we have a sense of moral right and wrong. We know when we have sinned, and we know when we have done right. Our conscience tells us. Everyone of us has experienced this. We can all relate to that guilty feeling we have when we know we did something wrong. Again, many of us tend to shut out the voice of our conscience. We persist in sin, ignoring the guilty feeling we have until it goes away. We may convince ourselves of how good we are. We may justify our wicked deeds until our conscience is silent.
When someone is confronted by the law however, it awakens that voice of conscience. It begins to plow up the hard ground of the heart. A hardened sinner may once again feel guilty, gnawed by an uneasy dread of their sin and its consequences. A self righteous person now begins to see that they are not good, that they do indeed fall short of God's glory. They see by the work of the law in their hearts that they are not good, they are sinners, they do deserve the just wrath of God. The law Stops every mouth so that the world may become guilty before God (Romans 3:19). In other words, we have no excuse, no self justification, we stand guilty before God, and we know it! We have been confronted with God's righteous standard, not our own idea of what is right and wrong. Our awakened conscience agrees with God's standard and convicts us of our guilt.
A man may consider himself a good person, but when confronted with the fact that he has told lies, he now realizes that he is a liar. The same with theft, or adultery, or using God's name in vain. Paul was convicted as a lawbreaker when He realized he was a covetous individual (Romans 7:7). An individual may look at a woman with lust, but think there is nothing wrong with that as long as he does not commit the physical act. Jesus however declares this is adultery as well (Matt 5:27-28). All of a sudden, when confronted with God's perfect standard, a man's goodness fades away, and leaves him with the knowledge that he has violated God's law.
It is just like a man on trial who hopes to get off the hook. He may have rejected a plea bargain. He believes he has an air tight alibi. He is sure he will get away with his crimes. His hope is completely dashed when the prosecuting attorney confronts him with the irrefutable evidence of his guilt. So it is with the law of God. We may fool others, we may fool ourselves, but we will never fool God.
God's word is living and active. it shows us the truth about ourselves, the things that we hide deep down inside. Like a mirror, when we look at His law, the perfect law of liberty, we see what we truly look like, who we really are in the eyes of God (Hebrews 4:12; James 1:22-25).
Jesus stooped down, and with His finger, he began to write on the ground. We do not know what He was writing, the scriptures do not tell us. Many people guess He was writing down the ten commandments. Once again, we do not know this for certain, it is only a guess by some commentators and teachers, but it could be a possibility.
The men were persistent in asking Jesus what they should do to this woman. Rising up, He told them that the one without sin should be the one to cast the first stone. He again stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this the men began to leave one by one.
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. John 8:9 KJV
There is an important thing to observe here. These men were convicted by their consciences. As Pharisees, they placed high value upon the praise of man. They went about appearing righteous to others, even believing they were good in the eyes of God Himself. Yet something happened during this confrontation with Jesus, that spoke directly to their consciences. All of their goodness, their self righteousness was stripped away in a moment as they were convicted within their hearts, and they walked away.
Paul speaks of the judgment of God as being impartial (Romans 2:11-16). There are those such as the Jews who had the law, they knew it inside and out. They would be judged by the law; did they obey it or not? This is the standard. Think about those in the western Church today who have many bibles, and go to church, and hear thousands of sermons. Just like ancient Israel, we have much light. Many of us are familiar with the commandments of God. We have a good understanding of right and wrong.
Then there are those who have no bibles. They have never heard of God. They know nothing of Jesus or the gospel. What happens to them? Can they be judged for something that they have never heard?
Paul tells us that they have the law written upon their hearts. They have a conscience!
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves. which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. Romans 2:14-15 KJV
Deep inside, we all know right from wrong. We have a sufficient moral understanding. Someone living in a remote place, perhaps deep within a jungle, has the same guilty conscience when he has done wrong, that someone living in a "Christian" nation has when he has sinned.
We can harden our hearts however, and as a result, sear our conscience (1 Tim 4:2). We no longer hear our conscience accuse us when we sin. We may become self righteous, just like the Pharisees. We trust in our "goodness" and shut out the voice of our conscience. We no longer hear it when we sin, because we have convinced ourselves otherwise.
This is a dangerous place to be in, as our conscience is given us by God as a warning to us that we are not acting right in the things we choose to do. A guilty conscience should drive us to the Savior, but if it is seared, if we no longer hear it, we will be content to persist in our lost condition.
Before I go further, I want to make clear that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin (John 16:8). Without the work of the Spirit in the life of a sinner, that individual will never repent of his sin and come to Christ. It is absolutely essential that the Holy Spirit is at work to convict and convince someone of their lost condition and desperate need.
That being said, let's now look at the law. David tells us that the "Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul" (Psalm 19:7). Paul tells us that the law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith (Gal 3:24). He also tells us by the law comes the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:20).
The law (moral law/ten commandments) speaks to our conscience. As we have seen, we have a conscience, we have a sense of moral right and wrong. We know when we have sinned, and we know when we have done right. Our conscience tells us. Everyone of us has experienced this. We can all relate to that guilty feeling we have when we know we did something wrong. Again, many of us tend to shut out the voice of our conscience. We persist in sin, ignoring the guilty feeling we have until it goes away. We may convince ourselves of how good we are. We may justify our wicked deeds until our conscience is silent.
When someone is confronted by the law however, it awakens that voice of conscience. It begins to plow up the hard ground of the heart. A hardened sinner may once again feel guilty, gnawed by an uneasy dread of their sin and its consequences. A self righteous person now begins to see that they are not good, that they do indeed fall short of God's glory. They see by the work of the law in their hearts that they are not good, they are sinners, they do deserve the just wrath of God. The law Stops every mouth so that the world may become guilty before God (Romans 3:19). In other words, we have no excuse, no self justification, we stand guilty before God, and we know it! We have been confronted with God's righteous standard, not our own idea of what is right and wrong. Our awakened conscience agrees with God's standard and convicts us of our guilt.
A man may consider himself a good person, but when confronted with the fact that he has told lies, he now realizes that he is a liar. The same with theft, or adultery, or using God's name in vain. Paul was convicted as a lawbreaker when He realized he was a covetous individual (Romans 7:7). An individual may look at a woman with lust, but think there is nothing wrong with that as long as he does not commit the physical act. Jesus however declares this is adultery as well (Matt 5:27-28). All of a sudden, when confronted with God's perfect standard, a man's goodness fades away, and leaves him with the knowledge that he has violated God's law.
It is just like a man on trial who hopes to get off the hook. He may have rejected a plea bargain. He believes he has an air tight alibi. He is sure he will get away with his crimes. His hope is completely dashed when the prosecuting attorney confronts him with the irrefutable evidence of his guilt. So it is with the law of God. We may fool others, we may fool ourselves, but we will never fool God.
God's word is living and active. it shows us the truth about ourselves, the things that we hide deep down inside. Like a mirror, when we look at His law, the perfect law of liberty, we see what we truly look like, who we really are in the eyes of God (Hebrews 4:12; James 1:22-25).
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Following Judah's Lion: How Whole is Your Eye?
Here is an interesting perspective on Christians and politics. I think this is timely, as is seems that many evangelical Christians are being "swept off their feet" by Donald Trump. There are many questions that one could ask about politics and voting. Should we support "Christian" candidates only? What do we do if there are no godly candidates running for office? Do we then vote for the "lesser of two evils?" What if a candidate supports moral issues, but is not a Christian? What about voting for a Mormon? Thousands of evangelical Christians threw their support behind one in the last presidential election because he was the lesser of two evils in their sight. Yet most of us should agree that Mormons are not Christians by the biblical definition of one. Do we still get behind him or her with our support? What about the fact that we as Christians are in reality citizens of the kingdom of God, living as pilgrims and strangers here? Do we still get active in politics and civic duties, or fight the good fight of faith in other ways? The early church spent their time on their knees in prayer, and gave their lives in the spreading of the gospel, and saw far more results than we seem to be seeing. These are honest questions that Christians should ask themselves before jumping on the next candidates bandwagon. Check out this article by clicking on the link below.
Following Judah's Lion: How Whole is Your Eye?: HOW WHOLE IS YOUR EYE? Matt.6: 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be ful...
Following Judah's Lion: How Whole is Your Eye?: HOW WHOLE IS YOUR EYE? Matt.6: 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be ful...
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Food for Thought.
Read Matthew 5:1-7:28. This is what we often refer to as the sermon on the mount. Jesus ends this sermon with this illustration,
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock. And everyone who hears theses words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall."
Matthew 7:24-27 NASB
We often look at this illustration in a general way. To build upon the rock means to "trust Jesus"; to be saved, etc. We would agree that a wise man would obey Jesus, and anyone who did not would be considered foolish, and is building upon sand. However, we sometimes tend to be abstract with vital scriptural truths.
Remember, Jesus has been teaching the crowd. We might say He has been preaching a sermon. He has made many points, some of them shocking, even unsettling, and now He is wrapping up His message with the application.
When He speaks of "hearing these words of mine, and acting upon them," He is referring back to what He has just spoken to this crowd. It is true that Jesus taught many things on other occasions as well, and discipleship demands we obey His words, but lets just look at a few things that Jesus taught in this portion of scripture.
Look at what we refer to as the beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-10. He speaks of humility and poverty of spirit, gentleness, purity and righteousness. We are to be merciful, and are called to be peacemakers. Persecution is the lot of the faithful follower of Christ, and will come as we let our lights shine in this world.
But what do we believe about these things? Do we agree with Jesus really, or does our pride betray us? So many act as if these words meant nothing. Where is the mercy, where are the peacemakers, where are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness? Is purity still important to those who name the name of Christ, or has it been set aside lest we offend someone with this high standard?
One does not have to deliberately seek persecution. You only need to publicly live in such a way that lifts Jesus up for the world to see. Open up your mouth to witness for Him, declare your allegiance to Him, and break with the sins that those around you walk in, and persecution will come naturally. Yet we see so much compromise, and so little conviction, and so much fear of man in much of what we call Christianity today.
If we go on we come to Jesus teaching on hatred and murder, making things right with an offended brother, adultery, divorce and remarriage, and honesty (Matt 5:21-37). Notice how Jesus condemns the sin in the heart. You may not have committed the outward act of murder or adultery, but cherishing anger in our hearts, looking with lust (even if we do not touch), is still sin. Yet so many believe that what we think to ourselves does not matter if we do not actually do the deed. Jesus tells us to get ruthless with sin, to go to great lengths to avoid it and get it out of our lives. He does not intend for us to justify our actions, and presume upon His grace, while our lives are still filled with immorality. How many people will offer an apology to someone they have offended? We so often let our pride get in the way, excusing our anger and actions, instead of seeking reconciliation.
Jesus goes on to speak on love and non resistance. Love your enemies, turn the other cheek, do not demand your rights to property, go the extra mile, etc (Matt 5:38-43). Many professed Christians today follow an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. We demand our rights, we fight for our things, we hate our enemies, we refuse to forgive. Jesus makes it clear, but we so often cloud His words because we believe that this can never work in our society. God never meant for us to follow this teaching did He?
Laying up treasures, living for our basic needs, and serving two masters, are where you will find large numbers of so called disciples. Many like to quote Jesus words about seeking first the Kingdom of God, but are not willing to actually put it into practice. There are pastors and teachers who promote wealth and possessions as a sign of God's blessing. "Name it and claim it," they say. Their theology only caters to our selfish nature. This goes against what Jesus teaches about wealth, and what we are to do with our material things (Matt 6:19-34).
Jesus tells us that there is a broad way leading to destruction, filled with multitudes. There is also a narrow way, with only a few on it. This however, is the way to life (Matt 7:13-14). We must be discerning. We must be careful to heed these words of our Lord and Savior. Many, many people who call themselves Christians are living in opposition to these basic teachings of the one they claim to follow. A wise builder will listen and obey, no matter how unrealistic it may seem. Humility, and self denial go against the grain of this world. We have been programmed so to speak, to demand our rights, to enjoy pleasure and possessions, to lay up treasures in this life time, to hate our enemies, and so on. Yet to disregard these things is to build on sand, and fall into spiritual ruin.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Ten Shekels and a Shirt (High Quality)
This sermon confronts the humanism that has crept into our modern gospel presentation. We are guilty of making our happiness the chief end of our christian experience. This is nothing more than using God as a means to an end. Please listen to this with an open heart.
Ten Shekels and a Shirt (High Quality)
Ten Shekels and a Shirt (High Quality)
Monday, September 7, 2015
The God of Creation.
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seeds in them, on the earth"; and it was so. Genesis 1:9-11 NASB
Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens." Genesis 1:20 NASB
When one looks at the beauty of God's creation, it is evident that this did not happen by chance. There was no cosmic explosion millions of years ago, that brought all of this into being. The creation itself reveals God to man. His invisible attributes, eternal power, and divine nature are clearly seen, and understood by what He has made. (Romans 1:20)
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