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The Full Gospel

December 4, 2011Evangelism, family, Love, Religion, To Do, Uncategorized

The word “gospel” means good news. Generally, if you ask a Christian what is the gospel, they will say that the gospel is that Christ died for our sins. This is true, it is good news that we have been redeemed; but, this good news is also associated with bad news; it is bad news that man rebelled against God; it is bad news that at one point in time God was sorry He made man; it is also bad news that Jesus had to suffer, be humiliated, and be killed for crimes He did not commit. There is much bad news associated with the crucifixion of Jesus. So, to understand the full gospel, that is the full good news, we must go back to Genesis to see what God’s original plan was before sin messed everything up.

Here is the full gospel also called the eternal gospel:

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis chapter 1 presents God’s creation and purpose. He did not intend for there to be sin; He did not intend that Satan would betray Him, and to fall, taking man with him. It was God’s intention that we live with Him forever in a sin-free world. He did not intend that our bodies would have mutations and disease. It was not His intention that we die and be separated from our bodies, and from Him. He did not intend to lose His Son to the cross.

The Bible says that we should come to God as little children. I have found that little children have a very good sense of the “full gospel.” This is evident with the pictures they draw. Most children, given a piece of paper, will draw a house, a family, the sun, the sky, some trees, and maybe a dog or cat. This picture represents the full, eternal gospel: it represents the creation, it has the concept of family; it has the sense of belonging (the child is often holding someone’s hand); it has the sense of beauty (the sky and the tree); it has the sense of security (again the parents and the house); it has the element of protection (this includes the Savior and His protection from ourselves and sin, and the sense that we will be brought back if we stray).

When you preach Jesus crucified, you are preaching the love of God and also the failure of man. This is good and important, but if you preach it too much, you discourage people by concentrating on the bad news. Remember, gospel means “good news.” The death and resurrection of Jesus is the basis for Christianity, but it is not the full gospel. Let’s look a little further into what the Bible says is the full gospel, the eternal Gospel. Someday soon the eternal Gospel will be preached to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. This preaching will not be done by us alone, but also by an angel of God. Please read:

Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

We are to give Him glory that judgment is come; this judgment will restore everything back to the Genesis “very good” condition. And, then it says to worship Him who made all things. The world and Satan are doing everything in their power to convince us that judgment is not coming; and, that God did not create “heaven, and earth, and the sea and the fountains of waters.”

Pastors, preach Jesus crucified, preach the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but remember these are just a portion of the full gospel. The full and eternal gospel is that God created all things so that we may exist, belong, be loved, have a home, have a family, have security, and be with Him forever.

Basic Human Rights

June 7, 2011Creation, Evangelism, family, Religion

We hear much about “human rights” today in the world. Please allow me to put this into the context of the Bible. The Bible talks about the poor, homeless, servants, unemployed and slaves without comment as to their rights for food, shelter, healthcare, employment, etc.. So what, if any, human rights does God give us? Do we have any basic rights? I believe we do have one very basic right, and that is the right to choose our God, or no god. Don’t let anyone interfere with this most basic human right.

In the beginning, on the sixth day, God created the first man, Adam. God provided Adam with his most basic human right, to chose God or not god, to eat the fruit or not to eat the fruit. God allowed Adam access to the tree and the freedom to eat it. No one could prevent Adam from choosing; God Himself did not interfere. Eve also had this most basic human right and she choose to eat the fruit. Eve tried and succeeded in convincing Adam to eat, and he chose to eat, but he was not forced. He did it with his own free will, he exercised this most basic human right.

One day a Christian woman came to me and said that she was afraid for her son; he was seeking truth and looking at other religions. I gave her the words of Jesus:

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Jesus KJV)

It is astonishing, but true, Jesus encourages us to ask, seek and find. He wants us to have our most basic human right to choose whom we will follow. Think about this: if we had no freedom of choice, what honor would God receive if/when we chose Him. If we were forced to worship or practice some religious rituals, what honor or pleasure would God receive?

When my children were little, and they asked questions about Christianity, I told them to ask, seek and find. I explained to them that our house was a Christian house and we followed God by using the precepts in the Bible, but that when they came of age, they would be free to believe as they pleased. I did not want to deprive them of their basic human rights. I like the words of Joshua, who understood:

Joshua 24:15 …. choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. (KJV)

You do not want your children to base their faith on you or your faith. It is important that they place their faith on a solid foundation, one that is personal with God.

It is in the nature of man to force others to believe something, either a religion or no religion. Communism, for instance, forces their followers to reject God. Others force their religious ideas and traditions. This is against the will of God as expressed in the Bible.

Most religions, including Christianity, have a history of depriving people of this basic human right of religious freedom; this is wrong and contrary to the Bible. My dear friends and children, let us spread the good news that we are free to choose our god. Stand for freedom of religion; if anyone tries to deprive you of your basic human rights, separate yourself from them.

Adam’s Rib

May 13, 2011Creation, Evangelism, History, Religion

God Creates Eve

The Bible is the basis for all science. Consider the Biblical account of the creation of Eve by use of Adam’s rib.

Genesis 2:21 -22 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (ESV)

This is an interesting scripture. Adam was formed first from the earth, then Eve was made from Adam’s rib.

Human Ribs Regenerate

I recently read an article about a man who was in a serious automobile accident; he lived but required many reconstruction surgeries on his face and cranium. He noticed that the doctor was using rib material for the reconstruction, and it appeared that the doctor kept using the same rib. Before one surgery the man asked the doctor when would he have to start using a different rib. The surgeon told him that it wouldn’t be necessary since human ribs regenerate.

This seemed amazing, so I checked it out. It is true, PubMedID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7332200/ documents 12 patients that were subject to cranioplasty surgery using their human ribs to rebuild cranium bone damage. Forty-two pieces of rib, an average length of 13 cm were removed to rebuild the cranium. All 12 patients “had solid protection of the brain” and “complete regeneration of the donor rib.”

Adam was Restored to Perfection

The rib is the only human bone that regenerates. Isn’t it lucky the Bible picked the right bone? No, actually, it wasn’t luck, God designed it that way and the Bible is the Word of God.

The fact that the rib regenerates supports another scripture:

Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (KJV)

If Adam would have had a missing rib, the creation wouldn’t be “very good,” but it would be blemished. However, we now know that Adam was totally restored to the “very good” condition; science confirms what has been in Genesis all along.

The Bible Got it Right

Here is another significant scientific fact concerning the creation of Eve. Adam, being a human male, had one X and one Y chromosome; Eve had two Xs. This may be a small point, but it shows that all the genetic information required to create Eve was in Adam. So, Eve could be taken from Adam, but Adam could not be taken from Eve. The Bible stands, pure.

If scientists considered the Bible as a scientific source, we wouldn’t waste so much time and resources. We are finding that the Bible accurately describes dark mass and energy, genetics, zoology, geology, paleontology, linguistics, and physics. The Bible has stood, stands, and will stand forever.

Post Note: It is a myth that women have fewer ribs than men.

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Getting Through

April 17, 2011Evangelism, History, Religion

You have probably heard jokes about St. Peter standing at the gate to heaven and deciding who gets in and who doesn’t. These jokes are entertaining and we all like a good laugh, but let’s see what the Bible teaches and, as usual, take a look at what Genesis has to say about it.

We know that Adam and Eve had it very nice in the Garden of Eden: all the food they wanted, fellowship with God, no worries, and a beautiful environment; it was paradise. But, unfortunately, they sinned and got kicked out. So there they were sitting outside the garden wondering how to get back in. The garden was still there, and they knew what was inside, but they were sitting outside in a cursed world: Adam facing the thorns and thistles; and Eve facing the pain of child birth and now subject to her husband. This is what the Bible says was stopping them from getting back in:

Genesis 3:24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.(ESV)

So, it appears there was only one way into the garden and this way was guarded by a flaming sword and Cherubim (guarding angels). Adam and Eve probably went around to the back of the garden and realized there was only one way in. They may have approached the Cherubim and found it impossible to reason with them or overpower them. Cherubim are very powerful angels; remember, Satan was a Cherub. Adam and Eve had a dilemma; they had to gain authority over the angels and then deal with the flame.

Now, we have the same dilemma as Adam and Eve, how do we get past the Cherubim and the flaming sword? The Cherubim will let no one in, except God, and the fire will consume anyone who is not pure. This theme is consistent with the rest of the Bible. Here are a few passages:

1 Peter 1:7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (ESV)

Matthew 7:14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (these are the words of Jesus – ESV)

If we want to get in and eat from the tree of life, we must get past the Cherubim and the flame. We need to be perfect and have God take us through; we can do it by faith; by faith we accept the Word of God (Jesus) as truth and put it (Him) in our heart; this allows us to be born of the Spirit, and God’s Holy Spirit dwells inside us. As a result of all of this we are perfectly pure with God’s righteousness and have authority over the Cherubim and protection to get through the fire. We must overcome and the reward is immense:

Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” (ESV)

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (ESV)

Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’ (Words of Jesus ESV)

Revelation 3:21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. (words of Jesus ESV)

My dear friends and children, we cannot get past the Cherubim and through the flame by our own righteousness, nor can we get through with our good works, but we can get through by faith and accepting the death and resurrection of Jesus; He did it all for us.

The Canopy

March 23, 2011Creation, Evangelism, Religion

Did Adam really live 930 years? Did Methuselah live 969 years? The answer is “yes” and we have much evidence that they did. If you take the ages of those in Genesis chapter 5, you will see that living over 900 years was common. According to the Bible, this age was drastically reduced after the flood to 120 years and then, at the time of David, to 70 years, where it stands today. We now have some very convincing evidence that the Bible is literally true concerning these ages.

Consider the dinosaurs, how big they were; some were 120 feet long and probably weighed more than 100 tons. Dinosaur fossils have been found within miles of the South Pole. This is interesting for two reasons: (1) the South Pole is very cold and has very little vegetation; and (2) the South Pole is on an island. Also, we know that the dinosaurs had very small nostrils (about the size of a horses nostrils) and very long wind pipes, some as long as 30 feet. If we consider this information, it is obvious that the world has changed in several ways since the day of the dinosaurs. We can safely conclude:

The world climate has changed

The sea level has changed

The food supply in the early world was more abundant

The oxygen in the early world was richer

If we understand the 6-day creation, we can provide scientific evidence for our conclusions:

Genesis 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Note: the firmament is where the birds fly as described in Genesis 1:20)

Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

So, the climate was different; there was water above the firmament (sky) that formed a canopy. The canopy increasee atmospheric pressure resulting in higher concentrations of oxygen.and would also protect the earth from harmful UV and X-ray radiation. Also, this canopy along with the mist would be perfect for raising fruit and vegetables, much like a greenhouse with a mist system. The canopy was destroyed during the flood and its water, along with the water from under the crust of the earth, raised sea level to the point where most of the planet is covered with water and we can no longer walk from one continent to another.

Genesis 10:25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Note: This scripture, in my opinion, is a record of the end of the ice age when the waters rose to the point where we now have the seven continents.

We have found that elevated atmospheric pressure is good for healing. Barometric chambers are used in many hospitals as a medical treatment for healing. They are expensive and we don’t know the long term effects of the elevated pressure, but we do know that they are used successfully for healing many wounds and diseases. Many athletes and soldiers use these chambers for healing of injuries. Please Google hyperbaric chambers and read about them. According to the University of Pennsylvania, and others, there is evidence that these hyperbaric chambers stimulate the release of stem cells, and we know the benefits of stem cells. Hyperbaric therapy is an area of much medical interest.

So, if we put all of this information together, we see that length of life before the flood could easily be much longer than the present life span. Here are the reasons:

1. Very few genetic mutations (closer to the “very good” original creation)

2. Protection from UV and X-ray radiation (Canopy effect)

3. Abundant food (Canopy, greenhouse effect)

4. Increased oxygen supply (increased atmospheric pressure)

5. More active stem cells (stimulation of progenitor stem cells)

In summary, we should believe the Word of God by faith, but we also should have answers for those with questions. Man did live nearly 1000 years before the flood and now we know why. Dear friends and children; love faith and truth. The Bible is true and can be trusted.

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