Not much going on in our neck of
the woods, right now, have some things to do to get ready for winter. Will be seeing Ken this weekend as he
distributes beef, guess it will be a short visit and quick up and down trip.
Would like to spend more time,
hopefully soon, but a short time is better than none.
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
2 The same was in the
beginning with God.
3 All things were made by
him; and without him was not any thing made that was
made.
Thus begins John’s Gospel. This was the beginning of his resume’, the
opening statement, on explaining Jesus to the Jews. The Jews knew there was a God, knew He had
created the earth and all within it and now, John was telling them that Jesus
was there – He is God.
He was there before Creation, He
was there along with God, He was indeed God.
The rest of the book is giving them the details that show that
relationship between Jesus’ life and the Word of God – a Word they were very
much familiar with; they knew the foundation of their religion and the history
of their struggles.
In America we have forgotten
that basic foundation which is laid down in Genesis. Genesis
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
The discourse in America today
can be traced back to the denial of God having anything to say in our
country. The denial that He is the
Creator and not what man claims happened.
The foundation of the American
Constitution is the Bible. Not all the
signers of the Declaration of Independence were Christians and not all those
forming the Constitution were Christians – however, all recognized the need to
have a foundation for forming the government and the Bible provided that
foundation. Within these God given
Scriptures was guidance on how to create a government that was as fair as
possible to the citizens.
To be sure the Constitution is
not perfect. In order to get everyone to
agree there were compromises and corrections would have to be made by later
generations - and we fought a Civil War over some of those compromises.
But in order for this country to
be functional, under the auspices of the Constitution, we must recognize that
God is the luminary, not man; it was His Laws this country was founded upon and
when we get away from that concept then anything goes, and the Constitution –
and the history of America – becomes difficult to comprehend and therefor people
decide it is no longer operative or meaningful.
And right now we are reading and
hearing, the Constitution is outdated and no longer a viable instrument to make
government decisions. It is a ‘living
document’ and instead of going through the process of change as required, it is
ignored and our leaders in all phases of government accept that disdain.
God has become a nonentity, and
therefore the foundation of the Constitution has been attacked and is crumbling
in our society – and so is our society.
How did this all come about? I
don’t profess to be an expert and I realize that it is very complicated –
however, I personally believe it came about when Christians allowed God’s Word
to be compromised.
Too many buy that the Religion
of Evolution is valid; it has been proven by science. It hasn’t.
Yes, that is what is taught in our schools, that is what is being
accepted by far too many church organizations and Christians – and when we
believe that lie of satan, then we weaken the foundation of God’s Word.
If evolution is true than the
Bible isn’t. Period.
Since many have taken that
stand, then why should they obey any part of the Word of God?
They don’t know who God is, they
have decided that man is in control and being in control can create his own idea
of what is right and wrong.
History tells us that countries
have risen up against His people and His Word many times. Even the elite of the His people have been
convinced that His Word is no longer valid – and those countries, over time,
were destroyed.
God told them to turn away from
evil and back to Him and His Word and they refused. They created new gods, new means of
explaining their benefits, the value of living and based their decisions on
their own thoughts – denying the deity of the Hebrew God and suffering the
consequences.
America has been warned by
Christian leaders over and over again.
Yet, we have allowed God to become just a word to our citizens. We have allowed God to be taken out of the
equation on all political decisions and places, a person in a government
position can find themselves fired (even if their message is delivered while
away from the job) if they acknowledge God and many private businesses are
following suit.
Because we have allowed the
Religion of Evolution into our schools and society we have raised a generation
that, like the Greeks that Paul preached to, have no comprehension of God and
who He is – and we can place a lot of the blame on Christians who acquiesced to
the pressure of false information and a denying of the importance of Genesis in
the Creation and in understanding who God is – He is more than a ‘term’ He is
the Creator.
Too many Christians have
undermined their message of faith, by trying to twist the words of Genesis to
make it fit the societal definition of creation and thus compromising the
Word.
IF Genesis is not true, then why
should we accept any part of the Word – our Salvation is not secure in Christ;
the words He spoke are worthless – so why do some Christians decide they have to
make the Bible fit the world’s vision when it should be the other way
around?
We are seeing the results of not
knowing who God is; riots, one “race” thinking they are better than another
“race” (there is but one race – human, the color of our skin may be different,
but everything else is the same,) saying all religions are of equal importance –
but the fear of offending one of them because if you do they will react
violently – the list can go on and on.
Decisions are being made based
on what man thinks is right and denying the truth of the Word which lays down
what is right. There are no absolutes,
therefore, anything is permissible.
The world, and all that is
within it, the scientific evidence of even the minutest element, cell – or even
the atom - is complicated, the ability of man to see it and understand how it
works, the ability of the different parts to mesh together into one functioning
thing, amid and helping other functioning things to do their part, testifies
that there is a Creator.
Since there is a Creator He has
the ability to create. By His very
nature He can plan and develop anything by whatever means He desires – and the
Bible says ‘this is how I did it’ in Genesis.
The corner stone of our faith is
Christ; the rest of the foundation is the Word of God. When we start removing parts of His Word it
weakens the foundation.
We need to educate those that do
not know who God is, but explaining who He is and introducing Him to them starts
with Genesis.
Later, Art :-)
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