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When God Created, There Was No Struggle, Disease, Violence or Death - Not Until Sin Entered by Sandy Shaw Although we live in this world for a time, this world is not our home, and man knows this. We are created for Communion with the Creator. That is why man has this desire to pray. There is a series of articles on Creation and this is related. Man can rise far above the animals, and man can also sink far below the animals. Man can experience so many things which animals cannot - in language - culture - in asking questions - in thinking - in prayer - in his mental and emotional life. An animal never prays, but man has this inborn desire to commune with the Creator GOD. That is why God opened a door for us, and God says to us, "You can come to ME through MY SON Jesus Christ - but that is the only way". Man can also sink much lower than the animals, in perversion and violence. It was man who designed Belsen and Auschwitz. That is how low man can sink. It is interesting to note in passing that this was a direct consequence of the teaching of a belief in evolution - that man is only an animal - and therefore we should annihilate those whom we think are weak and peculiar and retarded and different! Produce a super race! There is no evidence that the hairy apes behave as badly as those Desmond Morris calls "The Naked Ape". Man is the final creative act. There is no higher being upon the earth. He is the climax, and God holds a Conference and says, LET US MAKE. WE are going to create man. What a risk GOD is taking. He is creating a being capable of being a companion, or capable of being rebellious. The word CREATED is used for the third time, and it is used three times. That man descended from animals is contrary to the Word of God. We need to know this. It is vital. God breaks into what we would call poetry as the heart of God is moved. Man will be in our image - in our likeness. The things I can do with my body - God can do without a body - I can see - hear - touch - walk - think - I can be moved - I can appreciate - I can love. We get this from God, and we can have the Spirit of God living within us - and anointing us. What God says to man, He says to no other creature. You are in charge - you will control - you will rule! And - God's blessing is upon man. When God made man he said it was VERY GOOD. Our children and grandchildren are being taught "evolution" - as if it were true - as if it had been proved - as if evolutionary theories were FACT! Up to this point in the biblical record of Creation, there is no struggle. God saw that it was good, and after HE created man God saw that it was very good - or exceedingly good. There is no struggle - no disease - no death - no pollution - no life has been lost. Man is on earth. As yet, there can be no fossils, because fossils necessarily imply death, and fossils are formed suddenly as a consequence of something violent and catastrophic in nature - like The Flood. Death came, only when SIN entered the world. Genesis Chapter 1 is either a fraud or a miracle. It is written as if by an eye-witness - by Someone Who was present and saw it all happen. It is either human invention - or Divine Inspiration. It is either total guess work - and speculation - or truth. There is no middle ground. It is either human imagination, or Divine Inspiration. How could all this be known? Turn to Psalm 103 verse 7. God made His ways known to Moses. We know that God talked with Moses as a man talks face to face with his friend. Moses could not have received this from man - but only from GOD. This book is totally reliable and trustworthy. When we hold on to Jesus Christ our Saviour and Lord, and HIS WORD, we need never feel ashamed or embarrassed or intellectually inferior. We can praise GOD - and remember His Goodness - and receive the forgiveness we need - and healing for all our diseases and pains which we shall see are the results of SIN. We can look to HIM to crown us with His Love - and satisfy our desires - and renew us. Sandy Shaw Sandy Shaw is Pastor of Nairn Christian Fellowship, Chaplain at Inverness Prison, and Nairn Academy, and serves on The Children's Panel in Scotland, and has travelled extensively over these past years teaching, speaking, in America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, making 12 visits to Israel conducting Tours and Pilgrimages, and most recently in Uganda and Kenya, ministering at Pastors and Leaders Seminars, in the poor areas surrounding Kampala, Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. He broadcasts regularly on WSHO radio out of New Orleans, and writes a weekly commentary at http://www.studylight.org entitled "Word from Scotland" on various biblical themes, as well as a weekly newspaper column. His M.A. and B.D. degrees are from The University of Edinburgh, and he continues to run and exercise regularly to maintain a level of physical fitness. Sandy Shaw Other articles by Sandy Shaw Personal Testimony Is A Powerful Tool - by Sandy Shaw
Why should I pay any attention to this? Well it is significant and it has been significant for thousands of people over these past two and a half thousand years. On the occasion of the death of King Uzziah, "So tell me then - how can a very real and serious problem be turned and transformed into an opportunity? Is this not just some clever psychological trick?" That was the challenging and almost cynical question posed to me. Come On this occasion, which is quite unique, the division between two leaders resulted in the doubling of the work, and not the hindering and hampering of any progress. At the end of Acts Chapter 15 in the New Testament, we Paul and Barnabas, these two pioneers, have been preaching and teaching, and when it was geographically easier to go on home, they re-trace their steps in order to visit the new Christian Fellowships which have been birthed and founded Produce a serious article on leadership and the numbers of those who at least have a look at it are quite amazing! Now here is real dynamic powerful pioneering leadership of the highest quality. You will not find better Newest Articles in Religion Pearly Gates - by Veronique Belmar
I did what you asked of me: helped the poor, preached your word, and hardly spent time with my wife because I was too busy doing your work; now let me in! 'Go away from me, I don't know you', his master replied. 'But you do know me', said the man, 'I am James, I preached your word and helped others. 'Are you hard of hearing', his master replied? Then, I shall tell it to you again, go away from me, I don't know you! Can One Swallow Make a Summer? - by Jan Meyer The other day I was talking to a friend about the last wish or request of Jesus before He Ascended to Heaven, as we find it in Mathew 28:19 - 20. "Therefore go and teach all nations, baptizing Christian Zionism - The Political Agenda That Takes Bible Scripture Out Of Context - by James Massa Many Christian-Zionist preachers out there are constantly preaching that God has a plan for the physical piece of land labelled "Israel" in the Middle East; they say that Israel needs to be supported no matter what the circumstances, because Secret To Knowing Everything In All Of Reality - by Enoch Tan The secret of genius lies in using the principle of correspondence to understand all things. By understanding that which is below, you are able to comprehend that which is above, and vice versa. You're able to know all of reality without going to every place. You can know the whole world without stepping out of the door. The world's within you. Everything you see on the outside is a reflection of what is on the inside. Beans, Eggs And Cukes In Jesus' Name - by Joseph Swank "Have some beans, fresh from my garden," Ray offers upon entering worship. On other occasions, he brings cukes and fresh eggs. Still other times he walks in with tomatoes and corn. An offering? No doubt Ray looks at it that way-his |
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