The Knowledge of Good and Evil...

I was walking through the mall today, when a young girl and young man kinda scooted in front of me. The girl was wearing very high elevator boots that extended downward from her knee's, they were white in color and made of leather; they looked sort of sci-fi to me, like something out of Star Trek or Star Wars and the elevator portion was at least a foot in added height. It was one of those things that everyone noticed. I wish I had a video camera with me and caught all the comments and reactions on tape.

As I walked at a discreet distance behind them I couldn't help over-hearing all the comments her foot attire was drawing. Everything from laughter to disgust was being projected towards this little slip of a girl. One guy laughed and thought it was great looking boots. Another woman called her a name that was not very nice (what a slut) under her breath of course. How she was able to tell that just by her foot attire is beyond my understanding.

Love is the central command of scripture and judgment the central prohibition. Poor judgment in the beginning by Adam and Eve's eating from the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" caused God to kick them out of the garden least they also eat from the "Tree of Life".

Consider; GENESIS 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

Notice that the "Tree of Life" was fair game but the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" was not. Since gaining the knowledge of good and evil, we have become less than what we should be; we judge and mistake our lousy judgment for love and betterment of our kind.

Consider; GENESIS 2-3

Judgment was the original sin perpetuated by Adam and Eve and we have all tried to get life from the judging of others if they are bad, then we are somehow better than they. However as stated in Romans 5:8;

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I remember talking to a young lady once about God and she told me her parents are religious in fact they adopted her from another country along with her sister, which she was very thankful for. However when asked why she hasn't given her life to Jesus she said plainly; that the hypocrisy she saw in her parents lives and the backstabbing left Christianity as a non-choice for her, in her life. I guess her parents didn't read PROVERBS 22:6

Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.

We are more than our words, we are our deeds, and those speak volumes more than words. For deeds without love are no deeds at all.

May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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A Map To God's Infinite Love...

Anyone can make a claim; for example, I can claim to fly but would you believe my claim to fly? Very doubtful, however if you saw me fly then you would probably believe my claim that I could fly. Christian denominations and other worldly religions are much like this statement; as they claim to be more with God than they actually are. In most cases they make themselves less with God by representing their views and interpretations as giving to them by God thereby making themselves an authority of God here on earth. If we do not believe exactly as they do we are considered;

• unbelievers
  
• infidels
• back sliders
• or just plain stupid
  

Jesus had to come in the flesh to show God's love for us and to give a working example of what that love actually looks like. The problem is that we love conditionally and God loves unconditionally. We don't understand that there's nothing we do, that could make God love us more than He already does. Jesus came to show us how much God loves us by pursuing us with his love and message of eternal hope. God's love is full of compassion and understanding for the lost. Religiosity is full of condemnation and disdain for the lost. God loves the unlovable. Religiosity loves itself, it is full of immure rules and regulations, many that are unreachable.

If we don't get God's love all we need do is ask and keep asking until the day the light bulb goes off or until we are filled with God's love. Perhaps there is a map, a guide something that tells us which way to go; what we should do. Ya it's called the bible and here's a cold hard fact; "nobody can read it for you, you must read it yourself".

God is love and we love because he first loved us, wow that sounds like a biblical reference from 1John 4:19.

Consider also; Ephesians 2:8-9

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

Consider that faith is a gift from God given to all, then consider this passage; 2Peter 1:5-7

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

Add to your FAITH, virtue...

Add to your VIRTUE, knowledge...

Add to your KNOWLEDGE, self-control...

Add to your SELF-CONTROL, perseverance...

Add to your PERSEVERANCE, godliness...

Add to your GODLINESS, brotherly kindness...

Add to your BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE...

Wow that looks like a map to me and it spells it out plain as day too.

May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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An Atheist & Christian Conversation - continued...

See "An Atheist and Christian Conversation" from Tuesday, May 22, 2007 for the beginning of this conversation.

ATHEIST;

Historic accuracy says the atheist with undignified guile; if it was truly accurate what explains the persons of King David, Solomon, Uzziah, Hezekiah and many others mentioned only in your fictional book. Archaeological discoveries do not back up the precious words or persons of your book.

CHRISTIAN;

How about in 1993 says Christian, when archeologists digging at Tel Dan in the Galilee in northern Israel found a fragment of a stone inscription that clearly refers to the "House of David" and identifies David as the "King of Israel." This is the first inscription outside the Bible that confirms the Bible's statement that David was the King of Israel in the ninth century before Christ.

ATHEIST;

Perhaps that is true but it still does not prove God nor does it overly convince me that God exists because David was a King in Israel.

CHRISTIAN;

David was King in Israel and there is not one archaeological discovery that has ever proven wrong a Biblical reference. For on the contrary, the accuracy of the Bible has been substantiated by archaeological discoveries over and over throughout history. Does not a book of that caliber ask for a reader to read and ask God himself if he is real?

ATHEIST;

History is a matter of personal interpretation based on your personal view of God; since God does not exist then your history is also in question based on this formula;

Premise: Since there is no God,

Conclusion: there are no absolutes.

Premise: Since there are no absolutes,

Conclusion: everything is relative.

Premise: Since everything is relative,

Conclusion: history is relative.

CHRISTIAN;

I see says Christian that your thinking or should I say believing takes more faith than the simple belief that God exists. My personal belief in God exists because I asked and he showed me He is real.

When in my youth I did partner with another in the making of a board game that took a fair commitment of our money and time. When the backers of said game did finally back out and left us with nothing but a useless prototype of the game.

My partner was a Christian and I was not we had nothing left to eat except a box of macaroni and cheese and I said to my partner out of hunger and frustration that I will pray to your God for bread and milk, for even God must know macaroni and cheese tastes better with bread and milk. I prayed and walked a little ways down the street and what did we find on the ground but that what I prayed for bread and milk.

Coincidence says I; not wanting to believe, but the look on my friends face was priceless as it said; you mean you can do that? I did not become a Christian that day but shortly thereafter I did accept Jesus as my personal Savior.

Have you ever asked if God is real?

If you haven't then I challenge you to ask out of the abundance of your heart if God is real and perhaps like me; he will show you as well, that he is real and cares about you and your personal needs.

May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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Who Are You?...

Who are you?


Is a pretty broad question with a lot of different answers depending on your perspective or how you interpret the question. In order for you to answer this question properly we need to narrow down what the question itself is actually asking.

Lets start with this;

1. Have you accepted Jesus in your life as your personal Savior?

If you answered yes than skip to question two. If you answered no then click on the image below to find out more about accepting the free gift of faith in Jesus Christ, that God the Father gives free to every person on the planet.

2. If you answered yes then consider what Ephesians 4:11 says;

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers.

Lets take a look at what these gifts are;

Apostle - Those who have the spirit of apostleship in extending the work of Jesus Christ and His commission to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth.

Prophet - A spiritually mature person that proclaims a special divinely focused message to the body of Christ and the world.

Evangelist - A special gift for preaching the gospel or witnessing to unbelievers the saving faith of Jesus Christ.

Pastor/Teacher - A special gift for teaching, nurturing and helping others in practicing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

You could be one or you could be all, so who are you?

Listening is Learning...

When I was in grade four I had a great teacher (Mr. Lowe) that had a philosophy about learning that was simple, deliberate and straight to the point. His philosophy was tangible, usable, advisable, non-negotiable, indispensable and logical.

"Listening is Learning"

Quickly say it five times before you forget...

"Listening is Learning"

"Listening is Learning"

"Listening is Learning"

"Listening is Learning"

"Listening is Learning"

The Holy Bible is similar in saying as to my grade four teachers philosophy where in Romans 10:17, it says;

"So then faith comes by hearing, and by hearing the word of God."

Hearing then requires that one is willing to listen, if one is unwilling to listen or in this regard 'HEAR' (hello can you hear me?), then there is no benefit. Very similar to these sayings;

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"

"No investment, no return"

1 Corinthians 13 says that faith without love is useless, nothing and profitless...

Love then is the qualifying factor of faith and the measure of success for the professing Christian for all the world to see. Go let your love shine and if you have to fake it, remember if you ask, you will receive.

May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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