Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… God knows we cannot stop being human, but He wants us to be more spiritual, so we will be less humanistic. He wants us to be more like Christ, His Son, so we will be less like ourselves. When I was growing up, I liked skipping flat stones…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Each person must practice daily to align their own morality with divine truth—the Word of God—the Bible. The Word of God is the Hand of God let down to lift us up. Christ broke the power of sin, Satan, death, the flesh, and ritual. I owe humanity my…
In the Old Testament Levitical offerings, animal blood was the basis for setting up a representative analogy, or a teaching aid (remember, in ancient times most people could not read). The animal blood in itself had no value, but was used to demonstrate the future sacrifice of the innocent Lamb of God (Christ) on the cross (the coverings the Lord…
God… is Circularity, Causality Eternity may be considered as: Illusion; both the future and the past simultaneously present; time is a means to measure eternity as endlessness—infinity; time is a creation by God with which to allow/cause us to understand God as always eternal—a means of thinking—an intellectual concept for perception; human-mind interpretations. We cannot know something about nothing—we can…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Because Christ is the centrality of human history, it is imperative that Christ be the center of the believer’s life and thinking (Philippians 1:21; 2:5; 4:12). Christ came from eternity into time; from heaven to earth to serve humankind. Be at peace with God—believe in His Son. Philippians…
Lusts of the Flesh Our sin nature covets the praise of peers, the approval of others, and our approbation lust runs wild… until we are slaves to it. Examples: The self-righteous person, those with an inferiority complex, and self-centered individuals. Egotism: power lust, the need to be seen. Bullying: internal conflict and misplaced aggressions. If you want to eliminate trouble…
Satan – The Ruler of This World Satan is the ruler of this world, as referenced in the Scripture verses below. Adam and Eve and indeed, by default, all of us, were the intended rulers of the world. When Adam and Eve sinned, they handed over the keys, as it were, to the world, thereby placing control and rulership in…
When physical death occurs, life leaves the body lifeless. The soul lives on, moves on. The soul and spirit of the believer is escorted to Heaven; the soul of the unbeliever (no spirit – spiritually dead) moves to Torments (a compartment of Sheol, located across the great gulf fixed from a now-empty Paradise).
Human Love Capacity for human love involves emotion, thought, and expression. Genuine objective love is expressed from Bible doctrine resident in the soul of the believer who is oriented to God, and given out to the world in the daily details of life (1 John 4:7-8).
God and the First Law of Thermodynamics The first law of thermodynamics is that of energy conservation. This law states that although energy can change forms, it cannot be either re-created or destroyed, and therefore the sum total remains the same—constant. Thus, no energy is now being created or destroyed anywhere in the known universe (Reference Genesis 2:1-2; Psalm 33:6-9,…
… To Save the Lost We don’t need to go up to Heaven to find truth and salvation. Christ came down from Heaven to us, to seek and save us by His death-payment for us. The incarnation and the death of Messiah were for the purpose of resurrection, confirming His power and grace to utterly save lost mankind. Jesus Christ…
Special Places of Friendship Veiled in obscurity in the hearts of those who love a friend is the true meaning of the unexplained—the desire of the ages. The whole inner beauty of friendship-love is known in the deepest of soul-friends as undefinable, but oh-so-real and forever. Enjoy now and hereafter the warmth and peace of special people and places.
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… These days, it is culture that raises children, not the childrens’ parents. Social media directs their path and conditions their attitudes and belief systems to worldly from godly. The problems of men and nations result from a corrupt human nature; turn back to God, world. The type of…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… The glorious fragrant aroma of the cross of His suffering, for us, will sustain us until eternity and for eternity. God measures humanity by His Son, Christ Jesus the Lord. The summing up of all things is in Christ, as seen in Ephesians 1:4-11. Our position in…
Common Arguments against God, Salvation, and Biblical Truth The “I want nothing to do with organized religion” argument is based on the rules and corruption of human-created religion. This argument is valid. God Himself stands apart from organized religion. Religion is many things, and they all involve humans making life difficult for other humans by imposing man-made, empty ritual and…
The Breath of God The Word of God was literally “breathed” into the writers of scripture by God the Holy Spirit. This breath is the same breath that God breathes into every human being at physical birth. His breath gives life to all creation, including His living Word—the Bible (The original Greek translated as living is literally alive) Hebrews 4:12….
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… We inhale air, but exhale poison. The breath of soul-life is the same breath that made the heavens (Psalm 33:6) and laid the foundations of the world (Psalm 18:15). How can man trust in man (humanism) with his one breath capacity when man can breathe in God’s breath—the…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… The solution against developing a love for the world is to develop a love for the Word—both the living Word (Yeshua/Jesus) and the written Word (Bible). The key to conquering love of the world is to love the Father, just as Jesus loved the Father. Victory over the…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… My own brother (GWC, Jr.) condemns the Lord and in arrogance challenges the Lord’s ability and power to save. In so doing, my brother feels justified in his own beliefs, having outsmarted God. This is the epitome of arrogance. Come to Christ, dear brother, while you can. You…
Scientific Laws and the Universe The continuation of the universe and the earth all depend upon the omnipotence and immutability of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3). “Scientific laws” is a misnomer. They are “Divine laws.” Science can observe and classify. Only God can guarantee the continuation of these laws. The universe will not always exist as it does at…