Science

God is the ultimate scientist and all others are just trying to catch up.

The existence of God is not going to be proven by science! If we could prove God thru science then we will have figured him out and that would make us God. Since there is only one true God and He is a supernatural mystery...well scientist who are trying to 'prove' there is a God are on a road to nowhere, destined to fail.

1 Corinthians 1:19-21 (The Message)

The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It's written,

I'll turn conventional wisdom on its head,
I'll expose so-called experts as crackpots.
So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn't God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.

If you want to prove there is a God please take off the lab coat. He is not in your computer, under your microscope, or in your math equation that takes up 3 rooms worth of wall space.

Go outside and plant something, watch it grow, don't analyze it to death. See the beauty. Have a child. Make some friends. Go for a walk in the mountains. Get a life. Study this thing us simple folk call FAITH. Stop looking for the cold calculation and find the warm pulse of God in every place you look.

People Pleaser

This past Sunday my pastor preached about the trap of being a 'people pleaser'. The online notes referred us to several scriptures:

Acts 5:29 Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!"

Galatians 1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ

I Thessalonians 2:4 On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.

These are all from the NIV translation.

Wow. I only need to live my life to make God happy. God loved me when he found me, screwed up as I was, so really I'm not trying to get God's love but only return the love by living a life pleasing to him. AND...if I screw up, He forgives me!

This is deep stuff ladies and gentlemen. It is so freeing! Yes I may lose the good opinions of some people by not trying to fit in with them, but it doesn't matter anymore.

Plus if you look at the 10 Commandments and the directions given in the Bible's New Testament, it's all good for you. Resolve conflict, guide each other, love each other, help each other, don't lie or steal or cheat...you know 'em.

Joyce Meyer was on TV today and she said she knows the Bible is the Truth. She says that when she accepted the words and lived them her life was better. The Bible worked and that's how she knows it's real.(Not an exact quote but it's what I got from it)What a cool idea! If you don't trust that Jesus is the real deal, test it out! Watch the life you have change!

I really like this series. If you want to see Stu's talk go to Watersedgechurch.net and watch last Sundays talk.

Hey Suz!

What do I believe?

Well I believe what Jesus believed. He has influenced the world for over 2000 years.

Jesus believed in God.

Jesus believed in Hell.

Jesus believed in loving one another.

Jesus believed in forgiveness.

Jesus believed in marriage and family.

Jesus believed in serving your brother.

Jesus believed in the power of prayer.

Jesus believed in healing the sick.

Jesus believed in caring for the poor.

Jesus believed in putting God’s will over your own.

Why? Why do I believe in Jesus? What a question to ponder.

Is it because I was raised a Christian? I am sure that has something to do with it. But there is more to it than that; I have some personal unconventional reasons.

First of all my mother had a near death experience. She saw the light. She felt the love. I know there are a lot of studies which try to disprove NDE but I think those people are just afraid. If NDE is real, then nonbelievers have to reevaluate their entire lives. They have an emotional investment in disproving NDE.

Second my mother was a spirit/energy magnet. Yep folks I’m talking GHOSTS. You can call it hogwash, but you weren’t in my room with all the windows rattling, just in that room.

Third, there is a miracle everyday. It’s hard to find them because they don’t make the news very easily. Science cannot explain away every legitimate miracle. Not every weeping statue is a hoax. When two people you work with pray for one of them to be healed, and then they both jump because they felt something akin to static run between them, and then the pain leaves…I see God.

Fourth, I pray. And my prayers are answered. Constantly. Faithfully. I believe it’s more than ‘luck’ and coincidence.

Fifth, I read the bible and it describes the signs of a nonbeliever, and then I see those signs in nonbelievers. I believe.

Sixth, Jesus said when he left we would be sent a helper. What you call intuition or conscience, I call The Holy Spirit. That small voice is not audible. That small voice which tells you to do something that is usually not very convenient for yourself. Such as leading you to someone that needs help. We are self centered creatures; do we really think that came from us?

Finally, number seven, biblical and historical evidence. Examples are The Book of Acts, Pliny’s Letters to Trajan X, etc. It is well documented that Jesus did exist and was crucified. It is also well documented that he was seen after the crucifixion. Instead of trying to list a lot of what I believe is good ‘evidence’ feel free to visit this webpage. http://www.layhands.com/EvidenceForTheResurrection.htm. There is another website as well called GotQuestions.org.

In an uncorrupted court of law, Jesus would be proven Savior.