I have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ since high school years-
over 20 year. It was Dr T.L. Osborn who preached to us in 1977.
The devil comes to challenge that belief just like he tempted Jesus in Mathew 4 with, "if you really be the son of God...". Having been around this earth for some reasonable time enough to familiarize with certain things in life, time enough to become a husband and father, experience the tribulations consistent with the christian faith in a perverse and wicked world, and privileged to achieve success as a physician-thus not lacking in knowlegde and understanding, the Lord through His Spirit in me, has always reminded me of these foundational truths which are found primarily in His word:
1. Genesis 8:22- "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest; winter and summer; heat and cold; day and night, shall not cease". It has not and will not change until the Lord Jesus comes back! It will "never" change as far as human existence on the earth is concerned!!! Can anyone change the positions and functions of the sun and moon? Has any modern or ancient power been able to stop winter following summer? Has any renown scientist been able to grow the human fetus under one month? A normal pregnancy still takes about 40 weeks from seed-time to harvest!
2. God set the days and years: In Genesis 1:14 we read that God made the days and years too! He created 2012 and every other year. These settings will never change until heaven and earth pass away!
3. A time set for everything: In Ecclessiates 2:2 God set a time to be born and a time to die! This is very certain and unchangeable! Births are occurring all over the world, so are deaths! The CIA World Factbook has the current birth and death rates as19 per 1000 and 8 per 1000 respectively with a net growth. Who can change these settings? Not even the best technological advances of our first world or the finest ingenuity of medical science or the great military strength of our superpower USA- can change these things! The best Presidents and world leaders live, rule and die. Ronald Reagon lived, ruled and died. Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddaffi all lived, perpertrated terror and now they are gone! The poor and the rich live and die?
4. The formation and degradation of man: God formed man out of the earth in Genesis 2:7 and man returns to dust(earth when he dies and is buried or cremated)-Ecclesiastes 12:7. This too, will never change until the end of time. Please note that it is written in Hebrews 9:27, "It is appointed unto man to die once,and after that, judgement"!
Who can be stronger than the Almighty God who created all things by and for Jesus Christ? I believe in Jesus Christ. It is written in Colossians 1 verse 16, "For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in the earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him". The one who gives me breath everyday! I humbly bow my knees in worship of Him through Christ.So help me God!
The devil comes to challenge that belief just like he tempted Jesus in Mathew 4 with, "if you really be the son of God...". Having been around this earth for some reasonable time enough to familiarize with certain things in life, time enough to become a husband and father, experience the tribulations consistent with the christian faith in a perverse and wicked world, and privileged to achieve success as a physician-thus not lacking in knowlegde and understanding, the Lord through His Spirit in me, has always reminded me of these foundational truths which are found primarily in His word:
1. Genesis 8:22- "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest; winter and summer; heat and cold; day and night, shall not cease". It has not and will not change until the Lord Jesus comes back! It will "never" change as far as human existence on the earth is concerned!!! Can anyone change the positions and functions of the sun and moon? Has any modern or ancient power been able to stop winter following summer? Has any renown scientist been able to grow the human fetus under one month? A normal pregnancy still takes about 40 weeks from seed-time to harvest!
2. God set the days and years: In Genesis 1:14 we read that God made the days and years too! He created 2012 and every other year. These settings will never change until heaven and earth pass away!
3. A time set for everything: In Ecclessiates 2:2 God set a time to be born and a time to die! This is very certain and unchangeable! Births are occurring all over the world, so are deaths! The CIA World Factbook has the current birth and death rates as19 per 1000 and 8 per 1000 respectively with a net growth. Who can change these settings? Not even the best technological advances of our first world or the finest ingenuity of medical science or the great military strength of our superpower USA- can change these things! The best Presidents and world leaders live, rule and die. Ronald Reagon lived, ruled and died. Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddaffi all lived, perpertrated terror and now they are gone! The poor and the rich live and die?
4. The formation and degradation of man: God formed man out of the earth in Genesis 2:7 and man returns to dust(earth when he dies and is buried or cremated)-Ecclesiastes 12:7. This too, will never change until the end of time. Please note that it is written in Hebrews 9:27, "It is appointed unto man to die once,and after that, judgement"!
Who can be stronger than the Almighty God who created all things by and for Jesus Christ? I believe in Jesus Christ. It is written in Colossians 1 verse 16, "For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in the earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him". The one who gives me breath everyday! I humbly bow my knees in worship of Him through Christ.So help me God!