THE IRONY IN ATHEISM: PART TWO
Last time as I signed off I gave an assignment: that you ponder upon
these words "The things that bring about unbelief are the same things
that inspire radical faith"
It is my hope that this statement has given you unrest in your Spirit. If it has not, or if you are that person who seldom does assignments, I implore you to stop reading right now and go do your assignment!
You see, there is no point going into a new task if the previous one is incomplete; because the problem with Christianity today is being exposed to so many half-truths as a result of laziness on our part! We do not want to spend time ourselves hearing from God and so everyone else's experience with God becomes our own! This leaves us shallow and confused because when God does not work for us as He did for whoever else, our faith is shaken! TOTALLY!
The result? A Church that is accustomed to the easy way out! Well, these articles (as I said in the previous one), are neither polite nor friendly because they are meant to inspire the Church into action! Before we get a misrepresentation of facts, there's a difference between taking actions to produce results as per God's agenda, and taking action in a bid to appear to be doing something. Productivity is different from Activity!
Are you getting hurt and/or offended as you read this? Are you saying to yourself as you read this that my tone is harsh? Good! Welcome to my side of the coin!
If you are feeling indifferent as you read, then there's no harm in quitting reading at this point. Walk away and count it not a loss.
Anyway, back to the article.
"The things that bring about unbelief are the same things that inspire radical faith"
Several days ago I read a post by the Atheist movement that was cynically directed at the injustices of God. It read like this: "Spend a day in a pediatric cancer ward and then tell me 'God is real'".
Let's take a look at this a little bit. So, God gives us earth to be custodians of in the beginning of time. Then we become typical human beings by being reckless with our stewardship. We become the kind of people with the notion that "everything goes" irregardless of the consequences to us, the environment or future generations and then when the consequences come we blame everyone else but ourselves! Typical human beings!
Have we sat back to ask ourselves where these things we call "injustices" actually came from? Have we seen the long line of mistakes that has led us to where we are today? Have we asked the hard question "What is the role of man in all this?"
Yet we want to hide behind the excuse that if God does exist, why do bad things happen to the innocent/good people?
Quick question: if today you had the freedom to do whatever you want, just how far would you go?
Have you ever considered that the reason most people don't litter in the streets of cities is because there are restrictions in place and they actually do fear the enforcing authorities?
What do you think would happen if these systems are abolished? We would go on rampage and litter everywhere. The result? Consequences to us, the environment and future generations! Now, that is how we got where we are!!
God has provided a way out since the beginning but man assumes because he can pull scientific stunts he is all knowing and all powerful. Well, think again!
John 1:1-16 (KJV) says
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
11 He came unto his own, and His own received Him not.
12 But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for He was before me.
Since the beginning there has been a solution to the chaos, pain and disorder - the Light who is Jesus Christ. You don't come into the light to pull off a bargain; you come to the light to shed off darkness. A relationship with light brings about an understanding of darkness!
As someone is being hysterical about God's ability to be just, another is being inspired into serious faith because God healed, delivered, restored, provided, etc. Hence as someone is busy plucking God out of things and saying "How can you allow this to happen to me?" because they want quick fixes, ironically on the same precedence someone else is understanding the bigger picture and saying "Where would I be without you God?"
ASSIGNMENT: Research on "How are counterfeit experts able to establish that something is counterfeit?"
It is my hope that this statement has given you unrest in your Spirit. If it has not, or if you are that person who seldom does assignments, I implore you to stop reading right now and go do your assignment!
You see, there is no point going into a new task if the previous one is incomplete; because the problem with Christianity today is being exposed to so many half-truths as a result of laziness on our part! We do not want to spend time ourselves hearing from God and so everyone else's experience with God becomes our own! This leaves us shallow and confused because when God does not work for us as He did for whoever else, our faith is shaken! TOTALLY!
The result? A Church that is accustomed to the easy way out! Well, these articles (as I said in the previous one), are neither polite nor friendly because they are meant to inspire the Church into action! Before we get a misrepresentation of facts, there's a difference between taking actions to produce results as per God's agenda, and taking action in a bid to appear to be doing something. Productivity is different from Activity!
Are you getting hurt and/or offended as you read this? Are you saying to yourself as you read this that my tone is harsh? Good! Welcome to my side of the coin!
If you are feeling indifferent as you read, then there's no harm in quitting reading at this point. Walk away and count it not a loss.
Anyway, back to the article.
"The things that bring about unbelief are the same things that inspire radical faith"
Several days ago I read a post by the Atheist movement that was cynically directed at the injustices of God. It read like this: "Spend a day in a pediatric cancer ward and then tell me 'God is real'".
Let's take a look at this a little bit. So, God gives us earth to be custodians of in the beginning of time. Then we become typical human beings by being reckless with our stewardship. We become the kind of people with the notion that "everything goes" irregardless of the consequences to us, the environment or future generations and then when the consequences come we blame everyone else but ourselves! Typical human beings!
Have we sat back to ask ourselves where these things we call "injustices" actually came from? Have we seen the long line of mistakes that has led us to where we are today? Have we asked the hard question "What is the role of man in all this?"
Yet we want to hide behind the excuse that if God does exist, why do bad things happen to the innocent/good people?
Quick question: if today you had the freedom to do whatever you want, just how far would you go?
Have you ever considered that the reason most people don't litter in the streets of cities is because there are restrictions in place and they actually do fear the enforcing authorities?
What do you think would happen if these systems are abolished? We would go on rampage and litter everywhere. The result? Consequences to us, the environment and future generations! Now, that is how we got where we are!!
God has provided a way out since the beginning but man assumes because he can pull scientific stunts he is all knowing and all powerful. Well, think again!
John 1:1-16 (KJV) says
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
11 He came unto his own, and His own received Him not.
12 But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for He was before me.
Since the beginning there has been a solution to the chaos, pain and disorder - the Light who is Jesus Christ. You don't come into the light to pull off a bargain; you come to the light to shed off darkness. A relationship with light brings about an understanding of darkness!
As someone is being hysterical about God's ability to be just, another is being inspired into serious faith because God healed, delivered, restored, provided, etc. Hence as someone is busy plucking God out of things and saying "How can you allow this to happen to me?" because they want quick fixes, ironically on the same precedence someone else is understanding the bigger picture and saying "Where would I be without you God?"
ASSIGNMENT: Research on "How are counterfeit experts able to establish that something is counterfeit?"
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