Monday, February 21, 2011

WHEN DOES A CARROT SEED BECOME A CARROT?

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The carrot seed is a “potential” carrot, but will never be a carrot until it is implanted into a fertile environment that is designed to “trigger” the the miracle of the life cycle and growth.

However, once that seed is implanted and RESPONDS to the fertilization, IT IS A CARROT! It is no longer just a dormant seed. It is not a blob. It is a baby carrot! It doesn't have to be an eighth of an inch long to be called a carrot. It is a carrot from conception.

WHEN DOES A MALE SPERM BECOME A BABY?

The sperm is a “potential” baby, but will never be a baby until it is implanted into a fertile environment that is designed to “trigger” the the miracle of the life cycle and growth.

However, once that sperm is implanted and RESPONDS to the fertilization, IT IS A BABY! It is no longer just a dormant sperm. It is not a blob. It is a baby human! It doesn't have to be an eighth of an inch long to be called a baby. It is a baby from conception.

In Jeremiah 1:5, God spoke to Jeremiah and said, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;”
Baby at 8 weeks

In my early years I swallowed the idea that a fetus was not living until the 12th week ...Our nation was sold that bill of goods back then, and that is one of the reasons this abortion thing got to where it is today.

I am not writing this to put a guilt trip on any one who has been touched by the act of abortion...Many of us have been.  Ignorance is always the devil's workshop, But God understands and forgives. We don't have to wallow in guilt and unforgiveness.

I also know there are reasons, "of life and death," that requires prematuraly removing a baby.

BUT IT IS TIME TO FACE THE FACTS!

"IF IT IS NOT A BABY, YOU ARE NOT PREGNENT"

We are murdering almost 4000 babies a day in our country!
We have got to stop this heathen practice of sacrificing our babies to the gods of pleasure on the alters of self.  If we continue to murder our own children, The true and living God will finally say, "Enough Is Enough" to our nation. Not only will God hold us accountable, but our children and grandchildren will pay a very high price for our rebellion.
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Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.





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Saturday, February 12, 2011

RICH OR POOR?

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As a young child, I have memories of outhouses, wood cook stoves, and baths taken in a galvanized wash tub in the middle of the kitchen floor.. I've eaten lots of red beans with baking soda biscuits and water gravy. A lot of my clothes were made by my mom from the missionary box or feed sacks.


And you talk about early American furniture. In one house we had cabinets made out of orange crates and a couch created by my mother from an old army cot.

But you know what? If we were poor I didn't know it.

I had a mother and father who trusted in a God that also became poor so that we might be rich. Not rich in houses and land or in the abundance of things. You can have all of that and still not be rich.

True riches are the things that can't be taken from us, such as peace, contentment, joy, faith, wisdom, humility, and love. All of these things come from God, not the world.

We don't enjoy life because of the things God gives us. We enjoy the things God gives us because of His life.

Philippians 4:19
“But my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

WHAT IS TRUTH?

“The truth of the matter is....” “To tell you the truth....” “Truthfully speaking....” “Just to be truthful....” I'm sure you hear one of these phrases or something similar from time to time. But the truth is, do we really know what truth is?

How would you define truth?
One definition found in Webster's New World Dictionary says that “Truth is conforming to fact”. Great! Now all we have to know is the meaning of “Fact” and we will know what truth is.

I had one college professor who told us that a fact is simply a theory that has never been disproven.
I guess that is why 2+2=4 is a fact. Because it has never been disproven. The law of gravity is a fact because it has never been disproven. It is a fact that two cars can't occupy the same space at the same time, because it has never been disproved. If it is ever disproved, our car insurance will go down.

Because of the reliability of these laws that govern our universe, we can establish truth as something that can be defined, observed, and and applied to the physical, and scientific world around us. As a “matter of fact”, we have no control over truth in the scientific disciplines.

Truth is truth whether we like it or not. You will never fall up a mountain, and I will never walk home from an airplane in flight. God established the truth of these laws and if we want to have a good, safe, and long life, we will have to abide by them.

If we brake them, they will break us...And that is the truth because it has never been disproved!

If we have to live by a set of physical laws based on truth in our physical world, shouldn't we have to live by a set of spiritual laws based on truth in our spiritual world?   If we want to be happy we will!

There is a set of truths taken from a book of spiritual laws that we must observe it we expect to have the inner peace, happiness, and hope that God intended for us to have.

Yes, that book of truth is the Bible. And the laws of truth are called the Ten Commandments, You can find them recorded in the Bible, in the 20th chapter of the book of Exodus.

The Bible is a book of truth because it is the inspired word of God and has never been disproven. It passes the “Fact Test” and will stand as the standard of truth as long as mankind exists.

And just as in the physical world, if we break them, they will break us...And that is the truth because it has never been disproved!

In John 14:6
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

And again in John 8:32 we read;
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Torah inside of the former Glockengasse synago... 

If you are bound by anything that is destroying your life today, why not trust in the Truth of the Bible and experience the joy of total freedom in Christ Jesus who is all truth.





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