Society today

     We become so exhausted and rushed in our society today, we forget to slow down and thank the one who made us. We have been created in an image of a perfect being, not that we are made like him, but in the likeness of him. This means that we are not perfect as he is, but may strive toward that perfection. We can and are creative, have desires and are able to love. Man cannot evolve consciousness, although we do have a desire to seek something higher, man is not the ultimate authority and we tend to forget that. When we try to make God in our own likeness in our minds we forgot his true nature and authority. We can't help but to curse him when we are in trouble, and forget him in our times of plenty. He does not change, just because we change and our circumstances change does not mean that he does. Evolutionists try to explain away God with Christianity's "lack of proof" when in reality Christianity doesn't claim that we can "prove" God. However, atheists cannot prove their own THEORIES (not laws) and attempt to hold religion to the same standard, even though it does not claim it. This does not discredit creation theory, but weakens evolution's foundation. Once again though, we become so absorbed in culture and society that we tend to forgot our purpose and what brings true joy and peace. Knowing God, alone can give us such a sense of meaning. If this wasn't true, not that Christians don't sin or make mistakes, but even the people who reach near god-like positions in their own minds, such as professional athletes, artists, or politicians will not feel the hole inside their being filled with such vain pursuits. I cannot help but to think that we are eternally blessed every moment we take a breath and are allowed to exist in a universe where we can know our creator.

     Something to think about, if you ever met someone who was extremely famous, or had an untouchable amount of power would you not listen to their every word and attempt to learn all you can from them? How much greater is the one who gave knowledge and power to them.
-Be blessed.

Surmounting insurrection

     Where do we get off? This is Easter Sunday, and I can't help but recognize the "religiousness" of this day. I keep seeing how churches and business promote themselves using the [Easter] slogan. How do we know that People want to believe in a God, that absurdists are few and far between? From what I understand, Easter has the largest percentile difference in Sunday church attendance. We cannot deny the fact that people are seeking some kind of purpose and eternal life. Why would evolution evolve in us a desire for religion, wouldn't the law of religion restrict us in our innate need to survive? Creating a "Fair" playing field instead of the "fittest" surviving? What I hate more then anything is that one of the biggest bold face lies is told on Sunday mornings all over the country and across the world. That is that Christ died for the sole purpose of getting us the option of taking a get outta' hell free card. This isn't true at ALL. He died so that we may know the father, just check out John 17:3..People have this distorted vision of Christianity being a one and done, acceptance and back to the way I live my life, and living how I want. I have a verse for you people that just think we can go on sinning once we are saved and repent later to..well more then A verse. ¹ What shall we say, then? 

     Romans 6: Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? ² By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? ³ Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

 ⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶ For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,^[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— ⁷ because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

 ⁸ Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹ For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. ¹⁰ The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

 ¹¹ In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. ¹² Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. ¹³ Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. ¹⁴ For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

     Be careful what you believe and teach, for we will be judged more harshly if we teach. Be warned, be aware, be alive in Christ. 

We are the Salt and Light

We are those born of a greater purpose, of a higher calling. Not a simply evolved being or, a being able to find inner godhood. We are chosen for the task of bringing the glory of god to this place in all that we do. “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”(1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV). So understanding our purpose, we must also know that there are others who do not understand, who have complex philosophical quandries, and should be able to defend our faith soundly. To not be swayed like chaff in the wind.  " See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." (Col 2:8). This is why it is so important to understand the fundamentals of what we believe, also that when we teach or speak, that it may be in truth, for those who teach are held to a higher standard. "Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly." (James 3:1). I want to help bring up a group who can go out and spread truth, for truth we try to find in the world will be in vain. Come and be a part, for we are Salt and Light.

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

   14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." ( Matthew 5:13-16).

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