A Cosmological God
I tell you, I am really enjoying the pastor’s messages on Doctrine. You would think, blah what a boring subject, but its not! I attribute that to the fact that it is clearly evident by his teaching that the pastor has spent not only time in studying the Word of God, but also in intimate relationship and understanding It’s author. Way to Go Pastor!
As the teaching this past week focused on God’s existence and His perfections, Jason touched on the Cosmological evidence of God, or those things that exist in the cosmos or in laymans terms, the universe exists, therefore the question arises “what or who created it?” or “Why something instead of nothing?”
Amazing how we often roll through our days and just take for granted we are here, there is air to breathe (as far as we can determine, only on this planet in all the universe!) and we have provision to exists.
I love superbowl commercials, and one that is funny and is a bit satirical is the “magic fridge”
I laugh at this video, those guys on the back side didnt spend time questioning why the beer was there, they just accepted it. No one was tearing into the wall to see where it came from, the refrigerator was not dismantled to find out the cause of the beer, it was just there!
How I wish that we could sometimes operate our lives in such simple faith, realising that we are here, very complex and intricate beings in a complex and intricate cosmos.
The cosmological argument could be stated as follows:
- Every finite and contingent being has a cause.
- Nothing finite and contingent can cause itself.
- A causal chain cannot be of infinite length.
- Therefore, a First Cause (or something that is not an effect) must exist.
We are here, so there must be a cause. He created the universe and us in it! Go God!
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Accusations
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him. – Abraham Lincoln
I am not usually a YouTube poster, but this video touched me, as I am sure it will you. I love Christ! I just have a hard time with some of his peeps sometimes. It is strange that I find more condemnation and judgement and literally disassociation by my so called brothers and sisters than I have ever found in Christ.
I often consider the woman at the well, who of course as we know, had quite the shady past. Was there condemnation? There was truth spoken to her, not accusatory, just in love and opportunity. Yes, Christ gave opportunity for her to know him, not as the judge, but as the Messiah, the redeemer!
Listen and watch this video and ask yourself, do you walk in the spirit of Christ. After watching, read John 7 and ask yourself again, do you walk in the spirit of Christ? What is your fruit, the Bible says we are know by our fruit – fruit is the sweet savory stuff from trees. Are you the fruit of Christ?
Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment. – Jesus Christ (John 7:24)
Time
Time, the minutes marked on the clock, The moments echoed in a steady tick tock.
For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanishes away (James 4:14).
In church this Sunday, the pastor was teaching an excellent message on God, and as he shared some of God’s glorious perfections, he spoke on God’s eternal existence. What an incredible concept, one in which I think that we can not fully grasp. Our lives are marked by passing seconds, passing minutes, passing hours, passing days, passing years until the day we die and the sum is our live is sumed up in years. Eternity, without end. What a concept.
The pastor made a statement that struck me deeply, “Time was created by God for us, live it well!” I must admit that thought permiated my thoughts most of the afternoon. I mentally walked through my life, my current life circumstances and what my future might look like. I was reminded that 2 Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” You might say what does that have to do with time? Well I think that is the hingepoint of it. Our time is limited. Our opportunity to make choices is limited. The chance to undo the wrongs we have done, to make ammends for the offenses we created in our lives, to repent of sin, to turn to God. It is all narrowed to a limited window. What will you do with that window today?
It is better to spend more time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die and you should think about it while there is still time (Ecclesiastes 7:2).
