Showing posts with label prophesy. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

The Word of God Speaks



 
 

Jesus prophesied His own death several times during his years with His apostles, but they did not grasp the reality of His predictions (John 13:31-32). Jesus was still a young man and they assumed they had years of service still ahead with him. Jesus spent a great deal of time with the apostles, speaking to them about what they needed to know before He left them. They did not fully understand the meaning behind His words, however, until after Pentecost.

When we hear God’s Word, we receive it with joy. The Word of God will never pass away (Matthew 24:35). His Words are Spirit and give us life (John 6:63). The word of God is living and powerful. Like a surgeon’s knife, it penetrates into the deepest recesses of our soul – our thoughts, choices and emotions - and removes the ungodliness present there (Hebrews 4:12). When He uses us to plant the seed of the gospel in fertile soil, it springs forth with plentiful fruit (Luke 8:11).

Even the heavens and skies declare the glorious works of God’s hands (Psalm 19:1). When I consider the size and magnificence of creation, I cannot comprehend it. It is too magnanimous for me to fathom. God uses this very creation to preach His gospel (Romans 1:18-20). Even in countries where missionaries have yet to preach, the heavens are proclaiming God’s righteousness and the people see His glory (Psalm 97:6). If they refrain from believing His truth, it is only because of their rebellion and pride (Romans 1:20).

If we hide God’s Word in our heart, we will not sin against Him (Psalm 119:11). Every word of God is perfect and holy (Proverbs 30:5). We meditate on His precepts and respect His ways, which He lays out for us in the Bible (Psalm 119:15). God breathed every word for our inspiration, instruction, conviction and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). We stop and think before we say anything to anyone, and speak only the sincere words, which God gives us to say (2 Corinthians 2:17; 1 Peter 4:11).

Prayer:
I meditate on Your Word all through the night watches. You are my help, and I hide and rejoice in the shadow of Your wings. My soul clings to You for stability and comfort. You hold me up with Your powerful right hand (Psalm 63:6-8). You are my rock and You bring me true salvation. You are my strong fortress, which prevents me from being shaken by the storms and quakes of life (Psalm 62:2). The earth and sky will most definitely be destroyed, but Your Word remains forever (Romans 10:8).

Thought for the Day:
The Word of God is always near us, in our mind and heart and on our lips. – Romans 10:8

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Why Do People Refuse to Believe the Bible?

God used several diverse men from different times and places to write consistent accounts, which confirm one another. Scholars put these confirmed writings into the 66 books of the Bible we read today. Scribes so accurately transcribed these words throughout the ages, that if you compare them they all say the same thing with minimal differences. Even the recently recovered Dead Sea Scrolls prove the accuracy of the Bible, which we have today. Yet, people refuse to believe its veracity.

God gave us the Bible so we could base our faith and practice on its truths. It is full of historic events, traditional stories and common sense instruction for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training us in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). Archeology, history, science and mathematical logic all help us to recognize the authority of the Bible. There is no need for a revision of history between then and now or any manually constructed evidence to prove the truth of the Bible.

If you compare the Old Testament of the Christian Bible with what historians during that time documented about the land and people mentioned in the Bible, you will find that it is based on facts, which are proven by history. Scientific astronomy also proves that the heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim the work of His hands (Psalm 19:1). Even stories such as Noah’s flood, which many people discount, are proven by archeological findings. In fact, no archeological find has ever disproved the Bible. The Bible is repeatedly proven true by these and so many more secular facts.

Then, the supernatural attributes of the Bible’s prophecies, many of which are already literally fulfilled, give us another detail to prove its accuracy. Over 300 of these Old Testament prophecies are linked with the New Testament accounts of Jesus Christ. Experts tell us that the mathematical statistics and probability of getting just 8 of these 300 prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ is 1 in one quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000). This gives us faith to know that those prophecies that have not yet happened will certainly be literally fulfilled as well. This is not possible with any other religious leader or the holy book of any other religion.

There are many anti-biblical beliefs in the world today, which make sense to the human mind, but in the end they all lead to spiritual death (Proverbs 14:12). Many intelligent men throughout time sought to make a case against the Bible. When they did their research, however, they were forced to accept what scientific reasoning, prophetic accuracy, archaeology and history were showing them. Every effort they ever made turned out to prove the truth and accuracy of the Bible. Many of these people even chose to join the Christian family because of the verification of their research.

God has given us plenty of rational evidence pointing to the supernatural accuracy of the Bible. Why then do people refuse to believe the validity of the Scripture? Our culture invents doubts for the seeker’s mind, university professors demand that Biblical information not be used in their classrooms, and people hurt by hypocritical and even well-meaning Christians choose to close their mind to God’s Truth. Satan has deluded them and blinded their eyes from seeing the truth. People also suppress the truth because of their wickedness.

The truth about God is made simple to us in so many ways. Even nature reveals God’s eternal power and divine character. We clearly see and understand God’s Truth through creation, and no one has a valid excuse not to believe. Although the truth about God is evident, people still choose not to glorify Him as God, nor to give Him thanks for all He does for each and every one of us every single day of our lives (Romans 1:18-21).

Humanistic thinking is pointless and leads us away from God. People close their irrational hearts to the light of God’s Word. These people claim to be wise, but by their actions and thinking they prove themselves to be fools. They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for humanistic and satanic lies. Therefore God gave them all over to the sinful desires of their hearts. They believe false doctrine and worship one another rather than the Creator who is forever to be praised (Romans 1:22-25).

There are even a few major world events that prove we are living in the end times. They start with the dispersion of the Jews by the Roman Empire (Ezekiel 22:15); the persecution of the Jews (Isaiah 3:24); the re-gathering of the Jews to Israel in 1948 (Ezekiel 37:21); the Six Day war in 1967 (Zechariah 12:3-5); the Hebrew language is restored to Israel, so the people can worship the Lord in one accord (Zephaniah 3:9), the shekel is restored as the currency of Israel (Ezekiel 45:12); of all the Middle Easter countries, only Israel gushed forth with water on the barren heights, deserts turned into pools of water, and fruit, forest and olive trees grew in the wasteland and became the Garden of the Middle East (Isaiah 41:18-20, 27:6, 35:1-2; Ezekiel 36:34-36; Amos 9:14-15).

We already have the beginning of birth pains. The increase in destructive forces of nature, pestilence, famine, disease, wars and rumors of wars are already occurring. The news is full of record-breaking events (Matthew 24:4-8). Christians are persecuted in record numbers, many are turning away from faith in Jesus Christ, false prophets have arisen to lead people away from the one true God, and there is an increase in wickedness where people commit atrocities without conscience (Matthew 24:9-13; 2 Timothy 3:1-5).

Toward the end of civilization as we know it, the Bible prophesies a war against Israel by the Middle East and Russia (Ezekiel 38-39). Russia is already aligned with these nations. The time is growing short for you to make a decision to follow Christ. God will intervene in Israel’s favor during this war as he did in the Seven Day war. Will you allow God to intervene in your life and bring you to salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ? When the gospel of the kingdom is preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, then the end will come (Matthew 24:14). The revelation of the anti-Christ as the leader of the world, unified in politics, religion and commerce, will usher in the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:15; Revelation 13:16-18, 20:4).

This is also called the Day of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 5:2). God’s wrath will be revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of every unbelieving nation (Luke 21:25-27). This will happen during the last seven years of human history. He will judge all the nations of the world; put an end to Satan’s dominion over the earth; and send out 144,000 Jewish evangelists, so that His beloved Israel will be saved. Most Bible prophecies are already fulfilled. We are hovering in the fourth and fifth chapter of Revelation. You may not have much time left in your life to believe in Jesus as your Savior and to surrender your will and your life to God. Please do not wait…tomorrow may be too late.





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