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The trinity

If you have time and want to investigate the argument over the Trinity visit this site!!


http://abunchofbiblediscussions.blogspot.com/2006/04/trinity-discussion-with-jake-birch.html

Love the Fifth Great Question

In my post "talking to others about Christ" (11/26/05) I quoted Ravi Zacharias as listing four great questions of life. He says that, "each person must at some point in life answer for themselves these four great questions". The questions were; origin, morality, purpose, and destiny. I realized that since only the Bible satisfactorily answered each on of those question that each one of them was an entry point for talking to others about Christ. I also mentioned in that post that I was thinking of adding another question to that list of four biggies. My fifth great question is LOVE. What are you going to do with love?

Love in itself must relate to the other four questions and is answered most satisfactorily by the Bible. The Bible is called by Christian and non-Christian alike, "the Book of Love" Remember the song, "Who Wrote the Book of Love?" There you have the ORIGIN question. What passes as love or a loving act brings up the question of MORALITY. If The Theory Evolution is based on survival of the fittest, then what is the PURPOSE of a love that causes the strongest to sacrifice themselves to protect the weakest? It takes no love whatsoever to make offspring it does however take loving sacrifice to nurture them to adulthood. Finally there is always the question of DESTINY in love. The couple in a relationship ask. "where is this 'love' relationship going? Will it last? Is it real? All responses to the above questions are shaped by the respondent's view of God!

The Bible says, "...God is Love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God"(1John 4:16). If God is Love then it follows that love comes when God gives a part of himself to another as a gift. (If it is not a free gift then its not love.)
The one who receives God's gift of love must now decide what to do with it. Here are the options:
1) Dwell in it, enjoy it, and give it back to God (love God). The result here is the love multiplied and sent back from God. Thus a relationship is established with God. To succumb to love is to die to self and be made alive in Christ.
2) Give the love to another person. The result here is when the cup is poured out it is refilled by God with the same measure that it was given out in. The new receiver of the love must now also decided what to do with the love that was given to them, because, "Love continueth"(never fails, never stops 1 Corinthians 13.) They might return it to the giver and a relationship is established.
3) Taint the love with selfishness use it to enslave another for selfish purposes. This person perverts love, abuses it, and tries to keep it manageable, it is the same way they think of God. They what a humanized, manufactured, manageable God. In this case the love grows cold. "In the last days, do to increased wickedness, the love of many will grow cold.
4) Reject the love, deny its author, and call it a genetic weakness. This person runs from love so as not to give up self on the throne of the heart. Sometimes this person rejects the love because of feelings of guilt and unworthiness The result is death of the spirit, leading to death of the wretched soul, and finally merciful death of the depleted body.

There may be some possibilities that I have not investigated but, in each case what a person does about Love is what they believe about God, and influences their answering of the other four big questions of life.
George Herbert understood that Love was a drawing card from God to pull humanity closer to himself when he wrote "Love bade me welcome"

Love Bade Me Welcome

Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack'd anything.

"A guest," I answer'd, "worthy to be here";
Love said, "You shall be he."
"I, the unkind, the ungrateful? ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee."
Love took my hand and smiling did reply,
"Who made the eyes but I?"

"Truth, Lord, but I have marr'd them; let my shame
Go where it doth deserve."
"And know you not," says Love, "who bore the blame?"
"My dear, then I will serve."
"You must sit down," says Love, "and taste my meat."
So I did sit and eat.

-- George Herbert

Yes be yes, No be no

Post Modern thought works off the statement that everything is relative: nothing is truth, fact, or law, at a different given moment. The idea comes straight from the Garden of Eden when the serpent says, "...when ye eat of it ye shall be like gods...". God is the creator of all that is he has established all reality; truth, law, and fact. The attempt to deny absolutes and create and alternate reality is to deny the creator and subplant ones self as God.
Does anyone remember when Bill Clinton said, "...it depends on what your definition of is is"? It made me think of when Jesus said, "...let your yes be yes, and your no be no...(matt 5:33-37). Imagine the insanity of anything else, trying to change one event or princple mentally, only to be contiually smacked in the face with truth. I think of alchemist's trying to change lead into gold. How about, so called, White Witches doing evil to create good and knowing all the time that a dark price will be extracted!
Einstein once said that, "God was a good God in that the laws of physics didn't change from day to day, gravity was always the same". (my paraphrase). What a contrast to the AntiChrist who is called the Lawless one. What an insane time that will be. Laws and absolutes; spiritual, physical, and social make life liveable.
Glory to God that he is still unalterable in control!

The End of the Constitution and Daniel Chapter 6

In Massachusetts you have just witnessed how the great Constitution of the United States and especially the First Amendment rights will be eliminated. How fitting the that the birthplace of the revolution to create a free America now has a dark shadowy rider running through the streets shouting, "the tyranny is coming".

"In November[2003], the Massachusetts high court cleared the way for lesbian and gay couples in the state to marry, ruling 4-3 that commonwealth attorneys "failed to identify any constitutionally adequate reason" to deny them the right. The November 18 ruling gave the Legislature six months to rewrite the state law to conform to the ruling." http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/04/gay.marriage/ This began with Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Margret Marshall telling a lawyer friend to bring the case before the court because she, "would win that case"!
After this ruling opponents set about to change the Ma. Constitution to specifically define marriage as a union of a man and a woman. This grassroots campaign is supported by the Massachusetts State Constitution. All of the needed petitions were gathered and it went before the legislature to be voted onto the statewide popular ballot. 66,000 signatures were needed, 170,000 were gathered, 123,356 were accepted by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Then the matter had to be passed by 2 consecutive legislative sessions. The first one passed Jan. 7, 2007. The second one was failed June 15, 2007. So now Judicial tyranny has been seconded with legislative tyranny. The Governor is in their camp too he will not be coming to the constitutional rescue.
http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=1006453&srvc=home

http://www.boston.com/news/specials/gay_marriage/articles/2007/06/14/Showdown_over_gay_marriage/

Why does any of this matter to the Christian? One might ask, "Why not let the wheat and the weeds grow together"? Let them have their day at the harvest they will be sorted out and destroyed.
Daniel Chapter 6

The stage is being set for a Daniel 6 showdown. Gay marriage rights are a tool of legitimacy. They will now be pushing for and receiving special rights status. the right to marry here in Ma. and take "legal" marriages back to all the other states will be next. then the right to adopt children. but the real wedge will come in the form of "Hate Speech". The mere speaking against homosexuality will become a civil and legal crime. As it will "violate their civil rights"

Enter the administrators and satraps of King Darius the Mede:

Dan6:3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God."

There you go Christians. Satan is going to use this 4% of the population who call themselves Homo or Bi-sexual. To have you sued into poverty, bibles banned (other than the homo approved TNIV version), churches closed, thrown into prison, and put to death!!

It began with Judicial tyranny in Massachusetts and ends at Armageddon

Human Recall

Subject: Recall News...

The Maker of all human beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed "Sub sequential Internal Non-Morality," or more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed.

Some symptoms include;
1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental component
7. Fearfulness
8.. Idolatry
9. Rebellion
The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is providing factory-authorized repair and service free of charge to correct this SIN defect. The Repair Technician, Jesus, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is: 1-800 M-Y-P-R-A-Y-E-R. Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure.

Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus, into the heart : component :
No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with:
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control

Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Believers' Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes.

WARNING:
Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded.

For free emergency service, call on Jesus.

DANGER:

The human being units not responding to this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that facility.

Thank you for your attention!
GOD

Please assist where possible by notifying others of this important recall notice. You may contact the manufacturer any time by "kneemail"

Please note: I am not the origional author of this post. I received it as an Email and found it to good not to spread around. The author is unknown to me!
Mark

The Secret: Not!

For some months now there has been a book on the New York Times best seller list. The book is The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. It has been featured on "Oprah" and now has a DVD. In a sentence the book says,"If you can think it you can have/achieve it" It is the metaphysical version of "Name it, Claim it" prayer, along with reverse of Paul saying, "that which I fear will overtake me" She claims that by thinking positively one can obtain their desires. She calls it the 'law of attraction' : you attract what you think.
Paul and the Name it Claim its' know that they are dealing with spiritual forces and apply God's principles, of faith and will, to their petitions thereby assuring the outcome will by a Holy one. Byrne on the other hand creates a superstition or spiritual void that can be filled by any spirit and at a price to be named latter!
Rhonda Byrne also admits that some of the origins of her ideas came from a 1910 book the Science of Getting Rich. The real origins of this thought go all the way back to the Garden of Eden!
"In the beginning God created..." What he created was reality and truth. Along with that creation came physical and spiritual laws. Lucifer, not content with that reality, sought to be worshipped as God was. He enticed Adam and Eve with this lie (alternate reality), " you won't really die, God has just withheld a secret from you, he knows that when you eat of the fruit, you will become like GODS". Now I already quoted that God was a creator of all the is including reality, truth, and Law. That also makes him Supreme Judge.
Ever since the fall from grace, man has in the spirit of Lucifer sought to create their own reality, with their own rules, and judge others. The consequence, for these acts of self deification, is still spiritual death, followed by physical death, and judgement by God.
Rhonda's book is just an invitation from that old serpent to take a bite of the fruit we were told to leave alone. The Serpent has temporarily lent her some of his slaves, to praise and worship her, and bring offerings ($$$), and create the illusion of truth in her borrowed altered reality. In the end she will have to face, the truth that, she cannot think away death, or the face of judgement. The doubt, and expectation of ultimate judgement, she shares with, her mentor and master, Lucifer.
The Secret is not worth the price.

also check out this post on the subject http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=907