Intelligent Design Video
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Intelligent Design - Machines
Intelligent Design - Machines
Intelligent Design is obvious upon close examination of any machine. The concept and design inherent in a machine, whether simple or complex, is self-evident. Whether a machine is high quality or low quality, its designer is both necessary and apparent. Information Theory states that concept and design can only result from a mind. Even the diminished quality of a poorly constructed machine cannot obscure the necessity of an intelligent designer. Machines, as defined by French Biochemist and Nobel Laureate Jacques Lucien Monod (1910-1976), are "purposeful aggregates of matter that, utilizing energy, perform specific tasks." By this authoritative definition, living systems are recognized as machines. A living organism fulfills the definition of a machine all the way down to the molecular level. And yet, because of the philosophical and religious implications of life resulting from Intelligent Design, a surprisingly large portion of the intelligentsia seek to find a mechanism by which life may arise naturally by random chance. Evolutionists admit the inconsistency. George Wald, an evolutionist, states, "When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved one hundred years ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We cannot accept that on philosophical grounds; therefore, we choose to believe the impossible: that life arose spontaneously by chance!" ("The Origin of Life," Scientific American, 191:48. May 1954).
Originally from: All about Science
Expelled: A Review of the Movie
Expelled: A Review
I recently went to see Ben Stein's Movie Expelled. We went on Sunday with the Youth Group. It was definitely worth seeing. There were a few things that I took with me mentally as I left the theater. The first was the amount of passion, anger and scoffing the evolutionists had toward those in their profession who would dare evoke Intelligent Design as a viable option to evolution. The other was that those who were evolutionists/atheists at one point may have believed in God but, had that thought destroyed by the theory of evolution. Evolution is not merely a theory but a "religion" that works completely against what the Bible says about the formation of all we see around us. It's based on Materialism and the lie the serpent gave Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The lie is that we as humans could become like gods knowing good and evil. So ultimately evolution states there is no God and that we as humans are the ultimate authority of our lives. In essence we are the gods of our own lives, we make the rules and do what we wish.
There were some pointed questions that were directed to the evolutionist as to what was the catalyst that brought about the cell. They had no answers, just suggestions such as coming from the backs of crystals or as Richard Dawkins suggested, aliens that could have "seeded" the world we live in.
Dawkins suggests that there is freedom in his choice to reject the Judeo Christian God. I believe instead there is bondage and eventual destruction.
H.C.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Two Faced Dawkins?
Richard Dawkins is clearly disturbed by the documentary, Expelled, so disturbed that he wrote a letter (http://richarddawkins.net
“I have many times written…that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to the science of how life has actually evolved, but a passionate ANTI-Darwinian when it comes to the politics of how humans ought to behave. I have several times said that a society based on Darwinian principles would be a very unpleasant society in which to live.”
It is interesting to note that even Dawkins acknowledges a relationship between Darwinism and social engineering. However, he adamantly stands on the findings of Darwin, while rejecting its social implications. Dawkins assumes that he can simply turn Darwin on and off at will, pulling him out in the science classroom, while rejecting him when it comes to social policy. It’s like denying that the human embryo is human while, at the same time, denying that this position will adversely affect abortion rates. The two can’t go together. The way we believe will affect the way we live. They can’t be easily separated.
If we believe that one race is less human or evolved than another, it is foolish to expect that this will have no social impact. It’s easier to expect that lightening will not be followed by thunder.
In contrast, Dawkins claims that:
“Darwinism gives NO support to racism of any kind. Quite the contrary. It is emphatically NOT about natural selection between races. It is about natural selection between individuals. It is true that the subtitle of The Origin of Species is ‘Of the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life’ but Darwin was using the word ‘race’ in a very different sense from ours. It is totaly clear, if you read past the title to the book itself, that a ‘favoured race’ meant something like 'that set of individuals who possess a certain favoured genetic mutation.’”
However, what makes “that set of individuals who possess a certain favoured genetic mutation” any different from race? Nothing! Does a race only become a race after it acquires more than one “favoured genetic mutation?” Or two? Besides, if Darwin favored a group that had only one beneficial mutation, he would certainly favor the group that had two beneficial mutations! If Darwin was about preserving a group having one beneficial mutation, he would even more want to preserve the racial group with two or more! Wouldn’t he?
In today’s political climate, the Darwinist must denounce any interest in racial engineering or politics. Recently, the Darwinist James Watson made a controversial statement about racial superiority, and, as a result, his speaking engagement was cancelled and he was widely denounced, as he should have been. Although the Darwinist might loudly protest that he will not apply Darwin to the social context, this might not reflect his true sentiments.
Dawkins oddly asserts that natural selection isn’t about races but individuals! However, if natural selection is about preserving a male and a female, it is also about preserving their lineage (or race)! There can be no rational basis for such a distinction, despite his protests to the contrary.
Daniel Mann
Proof of God in Nature
Proof of God - Nature
So where's the proof of God's existence? In accordance with our familiar axiom and in light of the tremendous advances we've made in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics and information theory, the proof of God is all around us!
Through the microscope, we observe the E. coli bacterial flagellum. The bacterial flagellum is what propels E. coli bacteria through its microscopic world. It consists of about 40 individual protein parts including a stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, and propeller. It's a microscopic outboard motor! The individual parts come into focus when magnified 50,000 times (using electron micrographs). And even though these microscopic outboard motors run at an incredible 100,000 rpm, they can stop on a microscopic dime. It takes only a quarter turn for them to stop, shift directions and start spinning 100,000 rpm in the opposite direction! The flagellar motor has two gears (forward and reverse), is water-cooled, and is hardwired into a signal transduction (sensory mechanism) so that it receives feedback from its environment. ("Unlocking the Mystery of Life," video documentary by Illustra Media, 2002.)
When we apply the general principles of detecting specified complexity to biologic systems (living creatures), we find it reasonable to infer the presence intelligent design. Take, for example, the bacterial flagellum's stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, and propeller. It is not convenient that we've given these parts these names - that's truly their function. If you were to find a stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, or propeller in any vehicle, machine, toy or model, you would recognize them as the product of an intelligent source. No one would expect an outboard motor -- much less one as incredible as the flagellar motor -- to be the product of a chance assemblage of parts. Motors are the product of intelligent design.
Furthermore, the E. coli bacterial flagellum simply could not have evolved gradually over time. The bacterial flagellum is an "irreducibly complex" system. An irreducibly complex system is one composed of multiple parts, all of which are necessary for the system to function. If you remove any one part, the entire system will fail to function. Every individual part is integral. There is absolutely no naturalistic, gradual, evolutionary explanation for the bacterial flagellum. (Michael Behe, Darwin's Black Box, 1996.)
The bacterial flagellum (not to mention the irreducibly complex molecular machines responsible for the flagellum's assembly) is just one example of the specified complexity that pervades the microscopic biological world. Molecular biologist Michael Denton wrote, "Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, weighing less than 10-12 grams, each is in effect a veritable micro-miniaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery, made up altogether of one hundred thousand million atoms, far more complicated than any machinery built by man and absolutely without parallel in the non-living world." (Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, 1986, p. 250.)
Proof of God - His Fingerprints are Everywhere
Where is the proof of God? If we're willing to open our eyes, we'll see the fingerprints of God all around us and all throughout us. Our very existence proves the existence of a Creator God.
Originally From: All About Creation
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Detrimental Colleagues
Ideas are powerful! They silently direct us as if we had a bridal in our mouth. Take Darwin’s idea:
“The weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this has been highly injurious to the race of man…Hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed.” (The Descent of Man)
Make sense? It’s an idea that hardly seems to represent any danger, right? Well, let’s look at a similar statement:
“If nature does not wish that weaker individuals should mate with the stronger, she wishes even less that a superior race should intermingle with an inferior one; because in such a case all her efforts, throughout hundreds of thousands of years, to establish an evolutionary higher stage of being, may thus be rendered futile.”
This quote is so similar to Darwin’s. Although it introduces the concept of “race,” it is virtually saying the same thing. However, the latter statement came from the pen of Adolph Hitler in Mein Kampf!
Darwinism played an unmistakable supporting role in life and direction of Nazism. Therefore, historian Richard Weikart’s conclusion seems justified:
“Darwinism by itself did not produce the Holocaust, but without Darwinism, especially in its social Darwinist and eugenics permutations, neither Hitler nor his Nazi followers would have had the necessary scientific underpinnings to convince themselves and their collaborators that one of the world’s greatest atrocities was really morally praiseworthy.” (From Darwin to Hitler, All the above quotations are taken from the “Expelled Leader’s Guide.”)
Ideas are not only the mortar of society, they are also its building blocks, or perhaps its termites!
(There’s still time to see Expelled!)
Daniel Mann
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Hearing God's Voice
Hearing God's Voice - Are You Ready to Listen?
Hearing God's voice is something we all long for-but did you know that it's not hard to do? In fact, God wants you to hear His voice! He doesn't speak to us through a quiver in our liver or through vibes or mediums. Hearing the voice of God is as natural as hearing your best friend talk to you. What's more, we can hear Him everyday and not just on special occasions or by chanting special incantations. He speaks to us in the natural moments of life. Do you want to hear God's voice? Then you must be ready to listen.
Hearing God's Voice - Why Do You Want to Hear Him?
Why do you want to hear God's voice? That may sound like a silly question, but motives are important in anything we do. The Bible says this about God's Word: "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
Do you want to hear God's voice? If you do, it's possible you're hearing Him already, for He may be the one giving you the longing to hear Him.
Hearing God's Voice in the Bible
In his book Knowing God, J. I. Packer says, "God has spoken to man, and the Bible is His Word, given to us to make us wise unto salvation."
The Bible itself declares, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). In another place, we read: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." (2 Timothy 3:16).
You may hear people say that the Bible is just a book written by men, but the Bible itself claims to be God's Word! Can we rely on it? The evidence of history, archaeology, fulfilled prophecy and personal testimony over thousands of years is overwhelming that the Bible is, indeed, God's Word. Do you want to hear God's voice? Then read the Bible. Find a good daily reading plan, and stick to it.
Hearing God's Voice through Prayer
When you want to have a conversation with someone, how do you begin? Do you stand in front of the person and hope they will talk to you? That might work, if the other person is outgoing enough, but usually we begin a conversation by opening our own mouths and talking, engaging the other person's attention. It's the same with God! He loves to hear us talk to Him, and it's in those moments that we prepare ourselves to hear the voice of God. Prayer is like saying, "Hello, God, it's me. I believe You created me and that You know way more about how I should live my life than I do. I'd like to get to know You better. Here's what's going on in my life, and I'd sure like Your thoughts on how to handle it. Would You please speak to me about this today?"
In an ordinary conversation, we speak, then listen for the response of the other person. It's the same with God! Once we've prepared our hearts to listen through prayer, we're more likely to hear the voice of God. Does He speak to us through an audible voice? Some claim He does, but usually that's not the case. We may not actually "hear" the voice of God, but He speaks to us in many ways. Here are some of them:
Hearing God's Voice through Jesus
The Bible also tells us that Jesus is God in the flesh. Therefore, if you want to hear the voice of God, you must study and know the teachings of Jesus. Here's how John describes Him: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched - this we proclaim concerning the Word of life." (1 John 1:1). You must also have a personal relationship with Jesus. Have you ever tried to carry on a conversation of any depth with a person you did not know? It doesn't usually go very far.
Shortly before He was crucified, Jesus met with His disciples to reassure them of what would happen after He was gone. He promised them a helper: "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-17). The Holy Spirit, then, is the fulfillment of the way we hear God's voice!
Hearing God's Voice with the Help of the Holy Spirit
"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." (John 14:26). The second chapter of Acts describes the events that occurred on the day of Pentecost, after Jesus ascended into Heaven. Verse 3 says they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, the Counselor promised by Jesus. This unique aspect of God's personality did not come to them as someone they could see and touch, but rather He came to live inside them. That same Spirit is available to you and me today. Are you a Christian? If so, you already have the Holy Spirit available to you. Ask God for a fresh filling everyday, and He will prepare your heart to hear God's voice. His Spirit, that still, small voice inside you, is the One who will remind you of what God said, and help you recognize God's opportunities in your life.
Hearing God's Voice - Conclusion of the Matter
So we have the Bible, prayer, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and our own hearts to help us in hearing God's voice. Do you want to hear God's voice? That is the final question, for God responds to willing hearts. In the book of Revelation, we read: "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20). God will never force you to obey Him, but waits for your willing response to His call. Are you hearing His voice right now? Don't let your final answer be the wrong one.
Grow More Now And Make Sure You Know God's
Originally From: All about Prayer
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Foolishness of the Cross
The Foolishness of the Cross, Part One
Monday, April 24, 2006
The foolishness of the cross underlines the scandalous nature of the Christian ministry. In 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, the apostle Paul reminds us of the fact that the Christian ministry is a scandalous business. It always has been and it always will be. If you are looking for a non-scandalous life, if you hope to preach a non-scandalous message, then the Christian ministry is the wrong place for you. You have heard the wrong call. In this particular passage, Paul's great theme is the foolishness of the word of the Cross. Paul's language is familiar to us because we have read and heard these words so many times. In fact, we have probably become too familiar with them, because what Paul says here, as the Corinthians would have heard it, is a revolutionary message, a counterintuitive message, a counter-cultural message, and in all probability, the Corinthians were not quite prepared to hear this. For what Paul says is that the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved, it is the power of God.
Rhetorically, Paul is up to something here. Martin Hengel is no doubt right when he suggests that the word translated in English here as foolishness, might be more properly understood as something like madness or insanity. The word of the cross, the very substance of the Christian gospel, is absolute madness to those who are perishing. It is irrationality. It is insanity. It makes no sense whatsoever. It is not just that this message is a little off balance; it is not simply that it is in need of a bit of polishing. It is sheer madness. And yet this message of the cross, for all its foolishness, is the very essence of our identity. This is who we are. It may be foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
In verse 19, Paul reaches back to Isaiah 29:14, where the Lord says, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside." This indictment of human pretentious wisdom or human pretentious intelligence is crucial for us in this age of information.
What kind of wisdom are we looking for? What kind of wisdom should we represent? What kind of wisdom are we teaching? It is not the wisdom of the scoffer, nor the wisdom of the wise man. It is not the wisdom of the scribe or the debater of this age, nor the wisdom of the professional intellectual. It is the wisdom of the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. There is but one wisdom, for the Lord says He will destroy all other wisdom, all other artificial, creative, pretentious, humanistic wisdom. "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside." One of the most dangerous and besetting sins that can fall upon a Christian is the belief that he or she is clever. Cleverness is a danger. Cleverness is a trap which can lead us to re-translate the cross into something a little less offensive, a little more sophisticated, and thus rob it of its power.
In verse 20, it is as if the apostle Paul is looking around the church of the Lord Jesus Christ and saying, "Where are they--the intellectual, the cultural elite, the wise man, the scribe, the debater of this age?" They are not here. And why? Because God has made foolish the wisdom of the world.
In verse 21, the apostle explains, "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe." We read these words, and yet as we look around the world, it does not much look like this has happened. In all honesty, it does not yet look like God has made foolish the wisdom of the world, or at least the world does not think so. The fact is, the wise men of the world are not lined up outside our churches to apologize. No one is saying, "We were so wrong--how did we miss all of that?" What Paul gives us here is a word of faith, and yet it is not merely an eschatological promise. Of course it is that, but it is also a present reality, because we must have the gospel audacity to affirm that from inside the arena of faith--to those who are in Christ Jesus--the wisdom of the world does look foolish.
This is also a process of what we might call intellectual sanctification. Over time, as we come out of the world and into the church, we are increasingly and embarrassingly aware of just how foolish our previous thoughts really were. How could we have bought that? How could that have looked so enticing, so exciting?
In verse 21, Paul reminds us of an essential gospel understanding: God did not save the world through its own wisdom. It was not through cleverness or wisdom or intelligence that anyone has come to Christ, including any of us. It is often tempting to think that we were simply smart enough to understand this gospel. When the gospel was preached, we were intelligent enough to grasp it, smart enough to recognize it for what it was. As tempting as such thoughts may be, however, none of us came to the gospel by intelligence. We came because of God's power working in "the foolishness of the message preached."
Look a bit more closely at verse 21: "God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe." Many a bad sermon has been launched from a mistranslation of this verse. The King James Version translates the verse to say "the foolishness of preaching." But it is not the act of preaching that is said to be foolish. It is the message of what is preached. It is the preached Word, the preached gospel that is foolishness. God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached--that is, the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ--to save those who believe. This is what is well pleasing to God.
There is no "gifted program" in heaven. There is no fast track. There is no special education class. When we get to heaven, we will have a perfected knowledge. We will no longer see through a glass darkly, but once glorified, we shall see Him face to face. But until then, we have to recognize that God uses intelligence, God uses wisdom, but only the intelligence that He would sanctify and only the wisdom He would give. It is a counter-intuitive wisdom--a wisdom that runs entirely counter to the wisdom of the age.
Originally From: AlbertMohler.Com
Monday, April 21, 2008
Freedom in Christ
Although the Gospel of our Lord is the power of God to save us (Rom. 1:16), it also serves as His key to unlock our prison doors (John 8:31-32; Isaiah 61:1-2). When I was a youth, others used to think me “tough” or “brave.” I’d never walk away from a fight, but they didn’t understand that it wasn’t because of my bravery, but rather cowardice. I just couldn’t loose face. Being disrespected and not doing anything to regain that respect was more painful for me than getting bloodied. I was addicted to the need to prove myself and couldn’t live with myself without this. I was in a virtual prison, addicted to the drug of self respect.
However, the Gospel introduced me to an alternative, user-friendly form of self-acceptance, one that freed me from obsessional doubts about my own worthiness with His own “robe of righteousness” (Isaiah 61:10; Gal. 2:20; 2 Cor. 3:5).
Last week, Anita and I were waiting for a bus on a cold New Jersey night. It failed to come, and so we waited there for the next bus, one hour later. When it came, I asked the driver, “What happened to the earlier bus? We’ve been waiting here an hour and 10 minutes?”
Disdainfully, he fired back, “I’m on time. If you got a problem, call the bus company.” Anita and I found a seat behind the driver, and I added, “If the company is going to treat its passengers this way, it’s going to loose them!”
The driver abruptly pulled the bus to a stop and informed us to get out if we are going to continue to complain. Not to be outdone, I responded, “I’m free to complain, and I’m not getting off!”
Things escalated, and the driver got out of his seat and began heading for me in a menacing manner. “Get out!” he demanded. Fortunately, the Gospel seized my tongue, and I raised my hand and responded, “It’s OK!” Some battles aren’t worth fighting.
Afterwards, I reflected that it truly had been OK! Although it wasn’t a pleasant encounter, I knew that I was no less of a person as a result of backing down. Christ is our righteousness. This means that we no longer need to become defensive about our honor. He is also our liberty and freedom from the many forms of psychological addiction. Free at last!
Daniel Mann
Saturday, April 19, 2008
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
The CrossThis is officially known as the “X Structure at the core of the M51 Whirlpool Galaxy”. I’ll pause a minute to let that sink in, because it’s pretty clear what it really is. Mind you, this galaxy is approximately 31 billion light years away. That’s billion, with a ‘b’.
For believers, this image makes the heart race. Your spirit literally cries out in joy and reverence. God is declaring Himself in the heavens! It’s like He’s saying “Here it is, crystal clear. I am the Lord your God.” It’s significant that this isn’t in the shape of a crescent, a buddha, or anything else. It’s a cross! I still don’t see an “X” here, but I guess political correctness demanded that name be used. We wouldn’t want to offend all those who don’t want to see the clear Cross here, after all.
I am of the personal opinion that not all the signs in the stars as mentioned in the Bible are going to be only impending doom. Some will make us simply marvel, and for the believer, simply bring us joy. I firmly believe that God intended some of the signs to be discoveries made when mankind reached the proper level of advancement to see them. Now is such a time, as we can see billions upon billions of light years into the universe. God’s handiwork, if you let yourself see it, is all over the place. I believe this image is just one of many such “signs in the stars”.
To hold to the belief that the entire universe just “happened” or that a great explosion at the beginning of time somehow created perfect order is such a depressing thought, particularly when one views this single image. God is real, He is alive, and He is omnipotent. The entire universe was created by Him, and He knows where every molecule in creation resides. He has named the very stars in the heavens and knows each by name!
I can never grow tired of images such as the one above. They only cause my desire to know and to worship God to grow stronger. All praise and glory go to Him! Amen!
Originally From: Watch the Sky
Jesus and the Passover
How the Passover Reveals Jesus Christ
Introduction
The festival of the Passover has been celebrated by Jews for thousands of years. It is the retelling of the great story of how God redeemed the Jewish nation from enslavement in Egypt.1 The celebration itself was given to the Jews while they were still in Egypt.2 The original celebration centered around the Passover lamb, which was sacrificed and its blood put over the doorposts as a sign of faith, so that the Lord passed over the houses of the Jews during the last plague poured out on the Egyptians - the killing of every firstborn.3 To a large degree, the Passover lamb has been eliminated from the Passover festival (with the only remnant being the roasted lamb shank bone).4 The New Testament says that Jesus is our sacrificial Lamb.5 The Passover lamb was to be a "male without defect,"6 which is the same description given to Jesus.7 In addition, when the lamb was roasted and eaten, none of its bones were to be broken.8 This fact was also prophesized for the Messiah, whose bones were not to be broken.9 It was customary during crucifixion to break the leg bones of the person after a few hours in order to hasten their death. The only way a person could breathe when hanging on a cross was to push up with his legs, which was very exhausting. By breaking the legs, death followed soon by asphyxiation. However, in the case of Jesus, they broke the legs of the other two men, but did not break His, since He was already dead.10
Passover symbolism
Much of the symbolism of Jesus' last Passover week is lost to us because we are unaware of the customs of the time. For example, Jesus came into the city of Jerusalem five days before the lamb was killed in the temple as the Passover sacrifice for the sins of the people of Israel. Five days before the lamb was to be sacrificed, it was chosen. Therefore, Jesus entered Jerusalem on lamb selection day as the lamb of God.11 The people did not understand the significance of this, since they greeted Him with palm branches12 and hailed Him as King,13 shouting "Hosanna,"14 which means "save us." However, they were not looking for a spiritual Savior, but a political savior. Palm branches were a symbol of freedom and defiance, since Simon Maccabeus had entered Jerusalem with that symbolism.15 Jesus' reaction was to weep,16 since He realized that they did not understand the Messiah's purpose in coming.
Passover sacrifice
Good Friday was the day of the Passover celebration and the day that the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. For the previous 1,200 years, the priest would blow the shophar (ram's horn) at 3:00 p.m. - the moment the lamb was sacrificed, and all the people would pause to contemplate the sacrifice for sins on behalf of the people of Israel. On Good Friday at 3:00,17 when Jesus was being crucified, He said, "It is finished"18 - at the moment that the Passover lamb was sacrificed and the shophar was blown from the Temple. The sacrifice of the lamb of God was fulfilled at the hour that the symbolic animal sacrifice usually took place. At the same time, the veil of the Temple (a three-inch thick, several story high cloth that demarked the Holy of Holies19) tore from top to bottom20 - representing a removal of the separation between God and man. Fifty days later, on the anniversary of the giving of the law (Pentecost), God left the earthly temple to inhabit those who call on the name of Jesus through His Holy Spirit.21
Burial
The festival of unleavened bread began Friday evening (at sunset). As part of the festival, the Jews would take some of the grain - the "first fruits" of their harvest - to the Temple to offer as a sacrifice. In so doing, they were offering God all they had and trusting Him to proved the rest of the harvest. It was at this point that Jesus was buried - planted in the ground - as He said right before His death.22 Paul refers to Jesus as the first fruits of those raised from the dead in 1 Corinthians.23 As such, Jesus represents the fulfillment of God's promise to provide the rest of the harvest - resurrection of those who follow the Messiah.
Resurrection
Christian symbolism in the Passover occurs early in the Seder (the Passover dinner). Three matzahs are put together (representing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The middle matzah is broken,24 wrapped in a white cloth, and hidden, representing the death and burial of Jesus.25 The matzah itself is designed to represent Jesus, since it is striped and pierced, which was prophesized by Isaiah, 26 David,27 and Zechariah.28 Following the Seder meal, the "buried" matzah is "resurrected," which was foretold in the prophecies of David.29
Christian communion
It was during a Passover seder30 that Jesus proclaimed that the meal represented Himself and that He was instituting the New Covenant, which was foretold by Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah.31 The celebration of this covenant has become the ordinance of communion in the Christian Church. At the end of the meal, Jesus took the unleavened bread, broke it, and said that it represented His body.32 Then He took the cup of wine, which would have been the third cup of the Seder - the cup of redemption. He said that it was the new covenant in His blood "poured out for you."33 It is through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we are declared clean before God, allowing those of us who choose to accept the pardon, to commune with Him - both now and forevermore through the eternal life He offers.
Conclusion
If you are a Christian, I encourage you to celebrate the Passover with your friends and neighbors. Our family has been doing this for the last six years and have used the celebration as a way of sharing the gospel of Christ in a fun and non-threatening manner.Originally From :God and Science
Defining God
How Should We Define God?
30 January 2006Many nonbelievers have made the claim that “God” is an incoherent concept that is never really defined. Unfortunately, it is true that theists often have difficulty ascribing characteristics to God. Thus, in this article I will describe the attributes that, I believe, make God.
First, I must mention an important distinction to make about the definition of God. There are, in my mind, two different ways to define Him. The first way is a vague and nonspecific definition. This definition only seeks to understand what necessary characteristics or attributes God displays. This I will refer to as the “minimalist” definition. The second way to define God is according to a specific religion. For example, a Hinduist may mention all the characteristics of the God in which they believe. Since I am a Christian, I will seek to mention the characteristics of the Christian God.
What is the “minimalist” definition?
I believe God is an entity that is above and beyond the universe. This means that God is not subject to the laws of the universe. In addition, He created the universe and the physical laws that govern it. He has existed eternally, which is why He had no cause for His existence. Moreover, God is able to make decisions. He is not merely a robot, but instead has the ability to decide to do certain things.
This definition admittedly is very vague, but that is why I refer to it as the minimalist definition.
What is the Christian definition?
I believe that the Christian God has all of the aforementioned characteristics, as well as many others. Among these are omnibenevolence (all-loving), omniscience (all-knowing), immutability (unchanging), and interest in human beings. He is also omnipotent (all-powerful). He is perfectly just, and He is the basis for all morality. In fact, He created a moral code, which is imbedded within all humans. He is three persons in one God (known as the Trinity), consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Son, Jesus Christ, sacrificed himself in order to allow us to live in heaven for eternity should we place our faith in Him.
What are the uses of these definitions?
Everybody may vary on what they believe defines God. However, it is important that everybody has at least some idea of what they believe defines Him. The minimalist definition is most important when arguing for the existence of God (see Cosmological Argument and Teleological Argument). The Christian definition is most important to know for inquiring nonbelievers and for one’s own personal convictions.
Proving God
It is interesting to note that nontheists will often criticize theistic arguments for failing to show that God is omnipotent, omniscient, omni-benevolent, and so on. As I point out, I think that most theistic arguments should only be concerned with establishing the existence of God as described by the minimalist definition. However, I feel that the expectations are impossibly high, for I think that it is impossible for us to really know that God is omnipotent, for example, on the basis of naturalistic evidence alone. To see this, imagine that you asked God to demonstrate that He is all-powerful. You may ask Him to perform some amazing act, such as instantaneously creating a million universes. However, such a demonstration would not prove omnipotence, for you could then ask Him to simultaneously create a million and one universes. This process could be repeated indefinitely- no matter how many universes you asked God to make, you could always ask for Him to make one more. Thus, it is impossible, strictly speaking, for omnipotence to be demonstrated. The same holds true for omniscience, omni-benevolence, and so forth.
It follows that the expectation that one “prove” that God is omnipotent is absurd. Nevertheless, belief that God really does possess such qualities can still be rationally maintained in a couple of ways. First of all, personal experience (see here) could testify to God’s perfection. Secondly, Richard Swinburne has argued that the hypothesis that God is all-powerful is simpler than the hypothesis that He is somewhat powerful. 1 Therefore, all things being equal, we should prefer the hypothesis that God is perfect.
NOTES:
1. Swinburne, Richard. The Existence of God. (New York: Oxford) 1991.
Recommended Further Reading
Theodore M. Drange, Incompatible-Properties Arguments: A Survey, http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theodore_drange/incompatible.html This article discusses most of the various arguments used by atheists which attempt to show that the concept of God is incoherent. Read this article first, and then read the following two refutations in order to see the Christian responses to such arguments.
Joseph A. Sabella, The Case for a Coherent God, http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/joseph_sabella/coherent_god.html
Ralph C. Wagenet, The Coherence of God: A Response to Theodore M. Drange, http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/ralph_wagenet/response_to_drange.html
Originally From: Skeptical ChristianFriday, April 18, 2008
The Deep Places
God Holds the Deep Places...The Bible says, "For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also" (Psalm 95:3,4). How hard to conceive that the hand that made and reigns over His universe submitted to the cross of
"Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once..." (Romans 6:9,10). Sad as it is, Christ’s death has caused the death of death, which has provided eternal redemption for us. Even here in His death the hand of God is holding the deep places of the earth. It is not said that the earth has our Lord - most emphatically, our Lord has the earth! Psalm 89:4 says, “In his hand are the deep places of the earth….” "The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them" (Psalm 89:11). "The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice..." (Psalm 97:1).
1. God holds the deep places where I cannot stand.
In every area of life and nowhere more than the matter of salvation, Christ had interceded for you and me and given us a standing. If it had not been for God’s grace that took His Son to
"I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me" (Psalm 69:2,14,15).
2. God holds the deep places I cannot see.
As children, most of us experienced the fear of the dark. Even as adults the dark can be unnerving, for in the dark we cannot see where we are going. The Bible teaches that the light and the dark are the same to God; He can see just as easily in one as the other. The Lord is afraid of nothing, not even the dark. He lives there and makes even the darkest, most remote a place of purpose and illumination. "And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was" (Exodus 20:21).
Am I addressing someone who is stumbling because you cannot find your way? I’ve got some good news for you! God sees the places you cannot see and will be very happy to lead you to your personal destiny of bright and shining future! You have tried your way without Him; try and trust God. "He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death" (Job 12:22). God’s wonders are waiting for you if you will trust Him with your life! "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep" (Psalm 107:23,24). In the midst of the world’s waste, God will show us wonderful things!
3. God holds the far off places I have not been.
The Bible says, "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me" (Psalm 42:7). In the picture God has before us in this passage of Scripture, the idea of a churning waterspout, a tornado over water, if you please. As the winds expose a depth that normally is not experienced, He is reminding us even there He is in control. Do you feel your dream has turned into a nightmare? When you are drowning financially, physically, emotionally, and spiritually and you cannot go any deeper, then the Lord in His sovereignty sends the waterspout over you and you are plunged to even deeper depths. At the very moment of your deepest, darkest desperation, God is holding you who trust Him, and yes, even the waves beneath you. God does much more than become a bridge over our troubled waters; He lifts us up when the bridge has washed out beneath us and we have no human lifeboats nearby. In your calamity you cry out, “Somebody help me; I’ve never been here before!” Please be aware, God has. The Psalmist said, "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee" (Psalm 139:9-12).
Pastor Leon Aguilera
Conformed or Transformed?
Conformed or Transformed?
ByCharles Stanley
Christian Post Contributor
Sat, Apr. 12 2008 12:44 PM ET
Romans 12:1-2
If you want a little snapshot of what the world considers “normal,” just glance at magazine covers near the grocery store checkout. You will find racks of lies, rumors, indecency, adultery, and betrayal. A movie star leaves his wife for another woman. A pop-singer mom loses custody of her children because of drug use.
Young girls are taught their self-worth is based on outward appearance. These don’t sound like traditional family values, do they? But as a culture, we aren’t shocked by what we see. Even worse, we enjoy it. We read articles and watch TV shows about such perversion, as if intoxicated by the “glamour” of such lifestyles. We fill our homes with a million little pictures of this distorted reality and then pack it neatly away when it’s time for church. Sadly, some of us are living two separate lives. The one we show God, and the one we show the world.
Romans chapter 12:2 confronts us with this contradiction head-on. As you think about the images above, consider the words of the apostle Paul.
He said “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so you may prove what the will of God is, which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Is your home being conformed to the world, or is it being transformed by the Holy Spirit? Would others see you as a blind follower of culture’s ambitions? Or would they see the “good and acceptable and perfect” will of God in your life? Be honest with yourself as you talk to the Lord today.
Originally from: The Christian Post
God's Will
God’s Will: The Great Discovery
ByCharles Stanley
Christian Post Contributor
Fri, Apr. 11 2008 12:01 PM ET
Jeremiah 29:11
The Lord has a plan for your life. He has a perfect will and a specific course in mind for you. Some believers are frightened of God’s will. The idea of a divine plan isn’t attractive, because it requires a great deal of trust and faith in the Father.
We’re usually quick to trust God with someone else’s needs. But, we’re often slow to trust Him with ours. To make things more confusing, some people misunderstand what the Lord’s will actually is. Some believe it’s a special bit of knowledge that He imparts only to super-spiritual people. Others think, it’s simply His call to do something dangerous, painful, or uncomfortable. Too often, God’s will is seen as something we have to do, whether we want to or not.
God’s will isn’t something to fear. It’s meant to give us clarity of purpose and power to live a life of many blessings. It provides us with direction at every turn. It gives us answers to important questions. In a time, where even our cars can get real-time, turn-by-turn directions from satellites in space, some people resist that kind of guidance for their lives.
Most likely, it’s because we want some advice about how to proceed but prefer to do the driving ourselves. We may let God suggest where we should go, but we want to be the ones holding the steering wheel. God knows where you’re going and how to get you there safely. Don’t trust Him with just the final destination. Let Him guide each step of the journey.
Originally from: The Christian Post
Cheap Religion
Cheap Religion
ByA.W. Tozer
Wed, Apr. 16 2008 01:10 PM ET
Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. (2 Samuel 24:24)
What passes for Christianity in our day is cheap religion! To listen to the current concepts of Christianity, we would conclude it is little more than bits of beautiful poetry, a man-made bouquet of fragrant flowers, a kindly smile for our neighbor and a couple of good deeds on behalf of a brother or sister. When I consider some of the elements now offered in Christianity as acceptable religion, I have to restrain myself lest I speak too disapprovingly. I fear my words would be so strong that I would have to repent of them! And I read in the Scriptures that there are some things God does not want us to say even about the devil. What do we find surfacing in much of our Christian fellowship? The complaint that God takes a long time to work out His will. We do not want to take the time to plow and cultivate. We want the fruit and the harvest right away. We do not want to be engaged in any spiritual battle that takes us into the long night. We want the morning light right now! We do not want the cross-we are more interested in the crown!
Prayer
Lord, Thank you for the reminder that I have a job to do, and I pray for the grace to complete it.
Thought
We want the fruit and the harvest right away. We do not want to be engaged in any spiritual battle that takes us into the long night.
Originally From: The Christian Post
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Evidence in favor of God
The noted physicist, Stephen Hawkings, declared,
“We are such insignificant creatures on a minor planet of a very average star in the outer suburbs of one of a hundred billion galaxies. So it is difficult to believe in a God that could care about us or even notice our existence.”
Let’s enter into Hawkings’ reasoning. According to his thinking, if the prosaic or the “average” argues against the existence of God, then the special or the unlikely should constitute evidence in favor of God! And this is just what we find! Henry Schaefer writes,
“In their recent writings, Hugh Ross and Guillermo Gonzalez have demonstrated that our solar system, and in particular the sun and planet earth, are in fact quite extraordinary in many respects.” (Science and Christianity, 66)
Indeed, we could point to our moon as a stabilizing influence, the distance, size, and specific emissions of our sun, and many salutary aspects of the earth, including plate tectonics, magnetism, carbon-oxygen cycle, etc. We call this confluence of all the right features as the “fine-tuning.” Paul Davies writes,
“There is for me powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all…It seems as though somebody has fine tuned nature’s numbers to make the Universe. The impression of design is overwhelming.” (Science and Christianity, 63)
If it is so “overwhelming,” why doesn’t everyone see this? Why does Hawkings call the earth a “minor planet” and the sun “an average star?” How is it that so many remain skeptical in light of the evidence?
Perhaps Hawkings’ main concern regards our smallness in the midst of such a colossal universe? However, should this fact rule against “…a God that could care about us?” As a child, I would always choose the biggest and heaviest gift out of the grab-bag, believing that I’d get the best gift this way. But as adults, we also learn to value tiny things like diamonds, even intangible thoughts. Would Hawkings more easily believe in God if the universe were only a hundredth its size? I think not! Perhaps this glorious universe is one of God’s ways of demonstrating His unfathomable love for us? This was David’s thought:
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalm 8:3-4).
It’s the vastness of the universe that highlights the glory of God’s love for each one of us specks. Is this too much to expect of God—that He could love a speck like me and along with everyone else? Even the unthinking universe is coerced into saying “no.” Wherever I go in this universe, gravity finds me with its force of attraction. If a blind, unknowing force like gravity can exert such reach, why not the Creator Himself! So what of Hawkings’ objection? Bias or baloney?
Daniel Mann
Trusting in God
When you trust in God, there is no need to fear.
2 Chronicles 20:1-37
When you trust in God, there is no need to fear.
Introduction
Life can be difficult. Being a Christian in a non-Christian world poses all kinds of problems. The world does not know Jesus. The world does not love Him. The world does not understand why He came. You, on the other hand, do know Jesus. You do love Him. And, you do understand why He came. He came to save you from your sins and to give you new life. He came to bring you peace and joy in the Spirit. He came so you might have fellowship with God.
These things you already know. And you also know that though you are saved from sin and filled with the Spirit of God, life in this world still is not perfect. It is still difficult.
The Christian is, in a sense, in a battle with the world. And the world is at war with the Christian -- with you. The world offers vices, self-fulfillment, and greed. The world wants to convert you to its paganism, to its ungodly devotion to the unholy. And if you don't conform, if you don't bend the knee to its idols and sacrifices, you will be ridiculed, mocked, and attacked.
So the world is against you. The evil one is at war with you. And in the battle there are all sorts of struggles. On the inside, you struggle against sin: pride, lust, greed, boasting, and various wantings. On the outside, you struggle against illness, poverty, marriage problems, job difficulties, an unsure future, and more. Maybe right now you are facing a serious struggle. Or maybe you've recently had to deal with a difficult situation. Maybe you fear that one is coming.
As a Christian, what do you do when life is coming down on you hard, when there seems to be no way out, when your relationship with God is being affected? When you are worried or afraid? When you are in distress?
What do you do when you are facing such monumental obstacles? How do your resist temptation, flee from evil, or believe beyond your ability to understand how your problems can be solved?
The answer lies in the Word of God.
Context: Israel and Judah were divided.
- Jehoshaphat was the 4th king of the separated kingdom of Judah around 850 to 875 B.C. He was a zealous follower of the commandments of God. In his 3rd year he sent out certain princes, priests, and Levites, to go through all the cities of Judah, teaching the people out of the Book of the Law. Because he sought the Lord, riches and honors increased around him. "Jehoshaphat sought the Lord with all his heart" (2 Chr. 22:9).
- Moab, Ammon, and the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- Jehoshaphat was afraid; and rightly so, for the army approaching him was indeed a mighty one, beyond what he would be able to handle. He was in trouble.
Read 2 Chronicles 20, verses 1-9, 14-15, 22-23, 30
- You should trust God and not fear because of who He is. Please look with me at v. 6.
"and he [Jehoshaphat] said, 'O Lord, the God of our fathers, art Thou not God in the heavens? And art Thou not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Thy hand so that no one can stand against Thee.'" - Jehovah is:
- "...the God of our Fathers"; therefore, He is the God of History.
- of Adam and Eve.
- of Noah
- of Abraham
- of Moses
- He also lives in heaven;
- Therefore, He is the God of Holiness. Heaven is the holy dwelling place of God.
- Therefore, He is above all things. He is pure, righteous, and incapable of sin.
- He is also the ruler of all the nations; therefore, He is the God of Sovereignty. All kings and peoples are His. And as such He has the right to rule them as He pleases.
- He is all powerful; therefore, He is the God of power.
- He can do as He wishes. He can create or destroy. Raise up or tear down.
- Who is God to you?
- Is He big or small?
- Is He all powerful or is He a wimp?
- Does He love you or does He just put up with you?
- How you perceive God affects how you respond to Him.
- The people of Judah knew who God was and that is why they looked to Him and trusted Him.
- In other words, you should trust God because He is holy; He is a King; and He is all powerful, and because He loves you very much.
- You should trust God and not fear not only because of who He is but also because of what He has already done.
Please look with me at verse 7, "Did Thou not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Thy people Israel, and give it to the descendants of Abraham Thy friend forever?" - God has already accomplished great things:
- He gave the land of Canaan to the descendants of Abraham.
- God chose Abraham and promised him he would be a great nation.
- God raised up Moses and, through many miracles, delivered His people from the bondage of the Egyptians.
- He parted the Red Sea; He destroyed the Egyptians.
- God raised up Joshua and the Hebrew armies to take the land of Canaan. And there, God planted them in the land that they might bear fruit as His chosen people so they could worship Him, honor Him, serve Him, and prepare the way of the Messiah.
- The Hebrew could reach down, grab a hand full of dirt, and touch the promise, feel the reality of God's accomplishments. He could touch the promise!
- *** Because the Hebrews knew God and what He had already done for them, they sought Him again.
Then look at what they did... - They sought God, v. 12, "O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on Thee."
- They praised God, v. 19, "And the Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice."
- They put their trust in God, v. 20, "...Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Listen to Me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld....'"
- They gave thanks to God, v. 21, "And he said, 'Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness is everlasting."
- What do you do when you face trials and tribulations? Do you praise God? Do you put your trust in Him? Do you give thanks to God?
- Did you know that a Christian's true character is often revealed when he faces a real problem. How do you handle your problems? Do you panic? do you complain? do you raise your fist in the air and shout at God? do you begin to doubt and then run for a quick fix (run to a sin, the television, or "not talk about it")?, or do you go the Lord in prayer, humility, praise, and trust, and refuse to give fear and worry any place?
- As you can see, God had already done great things for the Hebrew people. He has already done great things for you as well...and more.
- He has delivered you from the enemy called sin, by redeeming you through His Son.
- He has brought you out of the land of the Valley of the Shadows of Death and given you a place to rest, and caused you to lie down on green pastures.
- He has taken your heart, at one time the home of evil, and delivered it into the hands of His Son, Jesus.
- The cross is the only reason you have for any hope of deliverance from any conflict, problem, battle, or worry.
- The cross is the absolute guarantee of God's commitment to you. You will never be forsaken. You cannot be forsaken; you cannot be forgotten by God.
- They were delivered from the mere threat of mortal death. You have been delivered from the threat of eternal death.
- They were delivered from an enemy that sought to kill them.
- You have been delivered from an enemy that has sought to have you damned.
- The cross, the blood, the pain, the humiliation of Jesus 2000 years ago has bought you peace, safety, and security in the land of promise: eternal life with God.
- This battle so long ago was not only an attempt by Satan to destroy God's people then, but it was also an attempt to destroy you now. No messianic line, no Messiah, no salvation. Then you are lost, too.
- God has given you salvation.
- Will He do any less for you when you face difficulties in your life? Will He let you be destroyed? No!
- How do you handle sin, sickness, heartbreak, pain, uncertainty, etc...
- Do you trust God or do you doubt?
- Hasn't He fed you, clothed you, warmed you?
- Hasn't He freed you from your sin?
- God has called you not that He might forsake you, but that He might sanctify you, make you holy, and that you might enjoy Him forever.
- Because He loves you...very much.
- You should trust in the Lord and not fear not only because of who He is and what He has already done, but also because of what He will do.
- The people of Judah did not know what would happen. But they trusted in the Lord.
Please look with me at: - v. 15 - Do not fear or be dismayed...for the battle is not yours but God's.
- v. 17 - Stand and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf (v. 17).
- These were statements in the future tense. These were God's words of Promise!!
- So they people rested, they feared not.
- v. 30 - So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides
Conclusion
Is God any different now? Are His words of Promise any less true?
Jesus said,
- Come to Me all who are heavy laden and I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28).
- "I am with you always, even to the ends of the earth" (Matt. 28:19).
- He said that His words will not pass away (Mark 13:31).
- He said that He would raise you up on the last day (John 6:40).
- He said that whatever you asked in His name would be give to you. (John 14:14).
- He said He would disclose Himself to you (John 14:21).
- He said that He would reveal the Father to you (Matt. 11:27)
- And He said He would return in the clouds and that every eye will see Him (Mark 13:27).
Because of who God is and what He has already done for you, you can trust Him even more for the future and have no fear that He will continue to uphold you, love you, and continue His wonderful loving plan in your life.
Will you trust Him? How much will you trust Him? How much will you rest in Him? Its up to you.
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