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The Evolution Vs Creationism Struggle

Kim Gow — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:15:48 +0000

The book “None of These Diseases” and Keller’s work demonstrate the healthfulness of following that advice. Human medicine did not find this until thousands of years after it was written.

For example, the Bible cautions against consuming fat (Leviticus 7:23). Only in recent decades has the medical community determined that fat clogs arteries and contributes to heart disease. In Leviticus 11 the Scripture commanded Jews to avoid sea creatures which do not have fins or scales.

We now know that bottom feeders (those with no scales or fins) tend to consume waste and are more likely to carry disease. Then the Bible warns against eating birds of prey. Scientists now recognize that those birds which eat carrion (putrefying flesh), often spread disease.

The Bible prohibited the Israelites from eating swine (Deuteronomy 14:8). Not so long ago, science found that eating undercooked pork causes an infection of parasites called trichinosis. When dealing with diseases, the instruction was that clothes and body should be washed under running water (Leviticus 15:13). For centuries people ignorantly washed in standing water. Today we realize the need to wash away germs with fresh water.

The Bible says that life begins at conception (Jeremiah 1:5) and God declares that He knew each of us before we were born (Psalm 139:13-15). In Exodus 21:22-23, the biblical penalty for killing an unborn child was death.

Today, it is an irrefutable biological fact that the fertilized egg is truly an entire human being. Nothing will be added to the first cell except nutrition and oxygen. The Bible commanded circumcision of baby Jewish boys on the eighth day. (See Genesis 17:12; Leviticus 12:3; Luke 1:59).

Medical science has found that the blood clotting chemical prothrombin peaks in a newborn on the eighth day. This is therefore the safest day to circumcise a baby. Moses did not know this, but God who knows all and created all things certainly did. Wise pest-control procedures are given in Leviticus 25:1-24.

Modern farmers are still plagued by multiplying insects. Yet God gave a sure remedy to control these pests centuries ago. Moses commanded Israel to set aside one year in seven when no crops were raised.

Insects winter in the stalks of last year’s harvest, hatch in the spring, and are perpetuated by laying eggs in the new crop. If the crop is denied one year in seven, the pests are controlled and it also promotes soil conservation.

When Noah was instructed to build the huge barge that would preserve his family and two of each kind of land creature, the Lord specified for him the perfect dimensions for a stable water vessel (Genesis 6:15).

Ship builders today are well aware that the ideal dimension for ship stability is to have the length about six times that of the width. And Dr. Werner Gitt demonstrated that the ark had the perfect dimensions to optimize both stability and economy of material. Yet God gave Noah these perfect dimensions over four thousand and five hundred years ago.

Recently there have been articles published claiming that the human rib is the only bone that has been shown to grow back. It is no coincidence that this is the bone God took from Adam. A strong case has even been made that science has flourished to unprecedented levels when in times of strong scriptural beliefs.

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Evolution Versus Creationism Controversy

Kim Gow — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:01:07 +0000

It has been established that in all physical processes, every ordered system tends over time to become more disorganized, and also to lose energy in the form of heat, and to slow down; everything gets old and wears out, or runs down. This increasing randomness, disorder, and cooling is called “Entropy,” and this situation is described in physics by the “Second Law of Thermodynamics.” We see this principle expressed in the Bible (in about one thousand BC), when it says (concerning God): “In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. But you remain the same, and your years will never end” (Psalm 102:25-27).

We know that if the stars in the heavens get very old, they will all burn out, and they will all undergo “heat death” until everything in the universe cools off to the same temperature. In the first century AD, the apostle Paul brings out the same idea when he writes, “For the creation was subjected to frustration …in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay…” (Romans 8:20-21).

The Bible precisely describes the modern Law of increasing Entropy, as the whole material universe relentlessly runs down and loses available usable energy, in a process of “decay.” The Number of the Stars in the Universe In the years 161-126 BC, the man who is said to have first began the study of astronomy, Hiparchus, counted the number of stars in the heavens, and put the number at one thousand and eighty.

This number was considered to be fairly precise three hundred years later, when Ptolemy announced that the number was more like one thousand and fifty-six. It was not until the invention of the telescope that people realized that the number of the stars was huge in the countless billions.

The Bible did not make the error of declaring that the number was merely a few hundred or thousand, but rather, in about six hundred BC, the prophet Jeremiah says the number is “countless as the stars of the sky and measureless as the sand on the seashore” (Jer. 33:22). Also, from the year fifteen hundred BC, the same concept comes from Genesis 22:17.

And this is correct, because we now estimate the number of stars to be approximately ten to the twenty-sixth (which may also be a fair estimate of the number of the grains of sand on all the earth’s sea-shores), but the actual number is “countless” for us to attempt to accurately count. However, God, who is infinite in knowledge, knows the exact number, as the Bible says, “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name” (Psalm 147:4).

The Immense Size of the Cosmos

The Bible makes it clear that the knowledge of God, and His ways of doing things, are virtually infinite beyond that of mankind, and the size of the starry cosmos is used as an illustration of this, when God says (in seven hundred BC), “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9).

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Evolution Vs Christianity Controversy

Kim Gow — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:37:15 +0000

At various times and in various places it has been thought that the earth is flat. In fact, as recently as the sixteenth century, sailors would threaten to mutiny on ocean going ships that sailed too far from land, for fear of sailing off the edge of the earth, which was thought by many to be flat like a table top. There are even a few who believe in a flat earth today. (Some have mistakenly thought that the Bible teaches a flat earth, but it does not. The Bible speaks of the “four corners” of the earth (in Rev. 7:1), but this is only a figurative way of referring to the “four points” (basic directions) of the compass —and this same verse speaks of the “four winds,” which refers to the same thing.)

In comparison, the Bible actually says, “He (God) sits enthroned above the circle of the earth and its people are like grasshoppers” (Isaiah 40:22 NIV). In that verse, the word translated “circle” is the Hebrew “khoog”, which can also be translated as “roundness,” “circle,” “circuit,” or “compass” (ref: Strongs Dictionary, 2329).

The roundness of the earth is a viewpoint from space that no mere man had in seven sixty BC when those words were written. (Although, it might easily be suspected that the earth is round, by looking at the sun and moon). Furthermore, from about the year fifteen hundred BC, it declares in Job 26:10, “He marks out a circle (or roundness) on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.” Indeed, a circle would be the correct shape which describes any line between darkness and day-light along the surface of the oceans.

The Earth Suspends in Space

For centuries different various cultures around the world speculated what holds up or supports the earth among the stars and sun and moon. The ancient Greeks believed that a giant being, Atlas, stood with the earth on his huge arms and shoulders, while the Hindus believed that the earth was supported on the backs of immense elephants, which stood on the shell of a great cosmic turtle which then swam around in the “cosmic sea.”

But the Bible, on the other hand, gives an amazingly precise picture of what we have confirmed to be scientific reality today, as seen from space. The Bible says (concerning God): “He suspends the earth over nothing” (Job 26:7). This is a precise description of what it is like to view the earth from outer space, from any direction. It also does not run counter to the gravitational (and momentum) force which “suspends” the earth in space “over nothing.”

Amazingly, these are words written in about fifteen hundred BC. Orderly Astronomical Movements in Space In about the year six BC, God declares through the prophet Jeremiah: “Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night …if this fixed order departs from before me, declares the LORD, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever” (Jer. 31:35,36).

There is an orderly relationship in the positioning of the sun, moon, stars and earth, which is established in relation to each other. However, this is not a static or motionless relationship, because God created the sun, moon and stars to move in a regular fashion for the measuring of time, as God said (as written in fifteen hundred BC), “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and for years” (Gen. 1:14).

The orderly relationship and motions of the bodies in space has been designed by the God of the Bible, and their regular and orderly motion has a time measuring function. Such order comes from the laws of physics which are part of what God created in matter.

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Seek The Word Of God

Kim Gow — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:01:35 +0000

The word of God is not hard to understand. Instead, it is impossible to fully understand it. As it is a sealed book. That is unless one has the spirit of God to lead them and guide them into all truth.

If you have not heard the Gospel and believed it by being baptized in the name of Jesus, this would be an excellent time to do so. The verses and checklists to follow should help the reader look within his heart for the start of the knot, and then look up to God for the unraveling.

The bible is a sealed book. Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed. Isaiah 29:10, 11 * Man’s sin casts a shadow which darkens his understanding of each verse. None of the wicked shall understand. Daniel 12:10 Even man’s mind cannot penetrate the deep, dark shadow which blackens ‘the book’. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. I Corinthians 2:14 * There is a way of understanding the bible and that way is Jesus Christ. Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding.

1) New Heart

I Chronicles 22:12 When we receive Jesus Christ as our Saviour as shown by our baptism in his name, he gives us a new heart and the Spirit of God dwells in us. Have you obeyed Acts 2:38?

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you.

In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:5 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

2) Pray

Do you pray before you study the bible? If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James 1:5 3 Read and hear Are your senses (seeing and hearing) saturated with the bible, or are they filled with other things such as television, videos, radio, books, newspapers, magazines, or gossip?

Wisdom [the scriptures] is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. [TV, magazines, catalogues, etc.] Proverbs 17:24 Do you attend a truth preaching church regularly, to hear those whom God has given the ministry of teaching?

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Jeremiah 3:15 Do the teachers you hear (church, media, books) gain their understanding of the scriptures from following God’s criteria or man’s (Trinity, traditions, consensus)? He that followeth vain persons is void of understanding?

4) Seek

Proverbs 12:11 Do you pursue an understanding of the bible daily? I am understanding…those that seek me early shall find me…Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates. Proverbs 8:14, 17, 34

5) Delight

How do you delight yourself? Are your delights related to the flesh or the spirit? Self or God? His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Psalm 1:2

6) Memorize and Meditate

Do you think about scripture verses you have memorized or do you think about other things? I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. Psalm 119:99

7) Obey

Do you obey the light God has already given you? Do you think he will give you more understanding if you do not follow that which he has already shown you? I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. Psalm 119:100 Have you allowed sin to enter in your life and separate you from the Lord? Yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. Daniel 9:13

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The Number Seven In The Bible

Kim Gow — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:18:50 +0000

The number seven is considered to be a lucky number. In Bible terms, it means perfection or spiritual completion. Seven is utilized seven hundred and thirty-five times in the Bible. Seventh is found one hundred and nineteen times and sevenfold is mentioned six times. It is utilized fifty-four times alone in the Book of Revelations.

In Revelations 10:7 we read, “In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound the mystery of God should be finished.” The word finished is also connected with the number seven. “And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne saying, It is done.” “It is done” is another expression found in connection with the number Seven.

(Revelation 16:17) In the Book of Revelations the number seven is utilized throughout the pages. There are seven churches, seven Spirits, seven stars, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven vials, seven personages, seven dooms, and seven new things. Seven times in the Book of Revelation blessing of the Lord are promised to His people. These are called the Beattitudes of Revelation.

These are found in Chapters 1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7, 14. There are seven notes in the musical scale. All other pitches are only variations of these. When the musician uses the eighth note he goes back to “do” and starts over. Man named the notes but God ordered the sounds, even as God made the days of the week, and Adam named them. The whole Word of God is founded upon the number seven.

All areas of nature are marked all over with mathematics. In this realm practically everything is in sevens. Check next time the shape of frost when it crystallizes on the window. Check the small snow flakes. It is wonderful how God formed everything in a pattern of sevens. Life operates in a cycle of sevens.

Modifications take place in the body every seven years. There are seven bones in the neck and in the face. There also are seven bones in the ankle, and seven holes in the head. Most births are multiple of sevens. The hen sits three weeks (twenty-one days); the pigeon two weeks (fourteen days); after having laid eggs for two weeks. Of one hundred 129 species of Mammalia, the majority have a period from conception to birth of an exact number of weeks by a multiple of seven. Human physiology is constructed on a law of sevens.

Children are born to mothers in a certain number of weeks usually two hundred and eighty days, a multiple of sevens. Fevers and intermittent attacks of gout, ague, and similar complaints have a period of operation of seven, fourteen, or twenty days. These are known as the critical days.

In Leviticus 23:15-16, the number seven and the Sabbath, which was the seventh day, is connected with the word complete. The word complete follows after the words seven Sabbath (Seventh day). The day following the seventh Sabbath there was something new that took place.

The word created is utilized seven times in connection with God’s creative work. (Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:21; 1:27 (three times); 2:3; and 2:4). God created all things in the beginning and then took six days of restoring His creation and then rested on the seventh day. (Genesis 2:1-3). He appointed seven days for the week.

The seventh time Noah’s name occurs is where it is indicated, “Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generations.” (Genesis 6:9) Noah took the clean beasts into the ark by sevens (Genesis 7:2). Seven days after Noah went into the ark the flood came. (Genesis 7:-10) Peter tells about the long-suffering of God waiting in the days of Noah. (I Peter 3:21) Those seven days completed God’s time of waiting. Job had seven sons.

When his friends came to visit him they sat seven days and seven nights in silence, and afterward they were required to offer a Burnt Offering of seven bullocks and seven rams. There were seven good and seven famine years in Egypt. (Genesis 41) Seven days the waters turn to blood. (Exodus 7:25) When Israel took the city of Jericho God told them to march around the city seven times. Thus, on the seventh day, when they marched around the city seven times and then they finished their marching. (Joshua 6:1-16) There were seven feast days of our Lord. These are as what follows – Passover, Unleavened, First-fruits, Pentecost, Atonement, Trumpets and Tabernacle. (Leviticus 23:1-44) There were seven branches on the candlestick in the Holy Place in the Tabernacle and this pictures the complete light of God for the souls of man.

Before Aaron and his sons entered their priestly work they were consecrated seven days. (Leviticus 8:31-36) Here is a picture of a life fully or completely consecrated or dedicated to the Lord for service. On the Day of Atonement the high priest sprinkled the blood upon the mercy seat seven times. (Leviticus 16:14) This is a picture of the completeness of the redemptive work of Christ. “By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” (Hebrews 9:12) When Christ offered Himself that finished the sacrificial offerings. They were ended.

No longer must we place sacrifices upon an altar as Christ did it all at Calvary on the cross. Solomon was seven years in building the Temple and kept the Feast for seven days. Naaman washed (A type of baptism) seven times in the Jordan and was made whole. (2 Kings 5:1-15) Even the duration of Israel’s great punishments was based upon this law of sevens. Their captivity in Babylon was for seventy years, ten periods of sevens. (Jeremiah 25:11-12 and Daniel l9:2) In the second chapter of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a great image whose head was of gold, arms and breasts of silver, his belly and things of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay.

(Daniel 2:31-33) Daniel told him that he was the head of gold (versus 37-38) In the next chapter Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold to be worshipped. At that time he called together seven kinds of officials to the dedication of the image: (1) princes, (2) governors, (3) captains, (4) judges, (5) treasurers (6) counselors, (7) sheriffs. The penalty for refusing to worship that image was death by being cast into the burning fiery furnace. Three Hebrew children refused to worship the image and were cast into that furnace of death, and brought forth alive, thus picturing the resurrection, signified by the number three. That furnace was heated seven times hotter than it had ever been.

Here is a complete deliverance of God’s people from the power of death. (Daniel 3:1-27) When those three Hebrew children came out of that furnace of fire, or death, there was not a trace of fire upon their bodies or their clothing.

When Christ brings His people out of death there will not be a trace of death left on them. They will be completely delivered from its power. Jesus said to “forgive seventy times seven” In other words, He is saying, “Keep on forgiving until you are complete.” Seven loaves fed the 4,000, seven baskets are leftover in Matthew 15:32-39. There are seven miracles, seven discourses, and seven “I am” statements in the gospel of John.

Jesus spoke seven words from the Cross. Seven men were Deacons in the early church in Acts 6:5. There are seven elements to the “Armor of God” in Ephesians. Paul sent letters to seven different churches. There are seven Dispensations: Innocence, Conscience, Government, Patriarchal, Law, Grace, and Millennial Age. May the blessings of Christ be yours, now and ever more.

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Fast Bible Facts And Trivia

Kim Gow — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:50:25 +0000

The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT) Bible comes from Latin biblia, meaning “books” The word “testament” means “covenant” The Bible has sixty-six books The Bible was written by many different authors writing in many different times and places The Bible was written from about 1450 BC to 100 AD The Bible contains many literary genres – poetry, myth, wisdom literature, prophecy, letters, narratives. The Bible was the first book to be printed, in 1454 Miles Coverdale published the first English translation of the entire Bible in 1535 The Bible has been translated into over two thousand languages The longest book in the Bible is Psalms The shortest book in the Bible is 2 John The longest verse in the Bible is Esther 8:9 The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35

Quick Facts about the Old Testament

The OT is nearly the same as the Jewish Tanakh The OT was originally written in Hebrew The OT has thirty-nine books The names of OT books in Hebrew are based on the first prominent word or phrase in that book The names of OT books in Greek (and English) are based on the general topic of the book

The books of the OT are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

The first five books of the OT (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are known as the Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch, or the Torah. They are traditionally held to have been written by Moses, but modern scholars have proposed that there were four or five authors. The book of Esther is the only book of the Bible that never mentions God

Quick Facts about the New Testament

The NT was originally written in Greek The writers of the NT used a Greek translation of the OT known as the Septuagint The NT has twenty-seven books The NT is about the same size as the Qur’an The books of the NT are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John, Jude, Revelation

Bible Facts and Trivia

The Bible has been translated, in whole or in part, into more than one thousand languages and dialects.

About thirty million copies of the complete text of the Bible, or of its principle parts, are distributed annually.

The first book printed with movable metal type was the Gutenberg Bible, printed by Johannes Gutenberg, before August 15, 1456, in Mainz, Germany.

The first printed Bible divided into verses was a Latin edition by Pagninus, printed in 1528.

The first complete English version of the Bible divided into verses was the Geneva Bible, printed in 1560.

The Bible was written by some fifty men, only one of whom (Luke) was a Gentile.

Statistics: (King James Version) Old Testament New Testament Total (OT & NT) Books 39 27 66 Chapters 929 260 1189 Verses 23,214 7959 31,173 Words 592,439 181,253 773,692 Letters 2,728,100 838,380 3,566,480

Shortest book: 2 John (thirteen verses) Longest book: Psalms (one hundred and fifty chapters) Shortest chapter: Psalm 117 Longest chapter: Psalm 119 Shortest verse: John 11:35 Longest verse: Esther 8:9 Middle verse: Psalm 97:8 Longest word: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1) Similar chapters are 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 Verse containing all letters except J: Ezra 7:21 Verse containing all letters except Q: Daniel 4:37

The word “God” appears in every book of the Bible except Esther and Song of Solomon

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Amazing Bible Facts

Kim Gow — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:40:54 +0000

The Bible was written by about forty men over a period of about sixteen hundred years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ. These men wrote this Scripture as they were given inspiration by God. (2 Timothy 3:16)

The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388.

The Bible has since been translated in part or in whole into over one thousand languages and dialects.

The Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton in 1228. The Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan in 1488 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in 1551.

The entire Bible divided into chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of 1560.

Today The Bible is the biggest seller of all books published.

Books of the Bible – 66, The Old Testament – 39, The New Testament – 27, Middle Book of Old Testament – Proverbs, Middle Book of New Testament – 2 Thessalonians, Longest Book of Old Testament – Psalms, Longest Book of New Testament – Luke

Entire Bible – 1189 chapters, Old Testament – 929 chapters, New Testament – 260 chapters, Middle chapter of Old Testament – Job 29, Middle chapter of New Testament – Romans 13, Middle & shortest chapter of The Bible – Psalm 117, Longest chapter in The Bible – Psalm 119, Chapters which are similar – 2 Kings 19 & Isaiah 37

Between chapters 6 and 7 of Ezra, both Confucius and Buddha died (516-458 B.C.)

Entire Bible – 31,173 verses, Old Testament – 23,214 verses, New Testament – 7,959 verses, Middle verse of The Bible – Psalm 118:8, Middle verse of Old Testament – 2 Chronicles 20:17, Middle verse of New Testament – Acts 17:17, Shortest verse in The Bible – John 11:35, Longest verse in The Bible – Esther 8:9, Verses which are similar – Psalm 107:8, 15, 21 & 31

Verse containing all the letters of the alphabet except ‘J’ – Ezra 7:21, Verse containing all the letters of the alphabet except ‘Q’ – Daniel 4:37, In the whole Bible – 773,692 words, In the Old Testament – 592,439 words, In the New Testament – 181,253 words

The longest word in the Bible is “Mahershalalhashbaz” (18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.

Several of the words occurring only once in the Bible: Eternity – Isaiah 57:15, Reverend – Psalm 111:9, Grandmother – 2 Timothy 1:5, Gnat – Matthew 23:24

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Grace Plus Obedient Faith Equals Salvation

Kim Gow — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:05:48 +0000

In an article someone wrote, “There is nothing that can be added to bring salvation to a soul. “Grace,” he wrote, “wrought salvation with no strings attached.” In another article another person declared. “Grace plus nothing equal salvation.”

Is this biblical? Have these people gone farther than the Scriptures go? Must not the recipient of salvation take some corresponding action in response to grace? If there is nothing that one can do, or if no response is necessary, what about the scriptural passages that call for action?

When guilty sinners asked, “Men and brethren what shall we do?” the Apostle Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins” .” (Acts 2:37-38). When Saul of Tarsus inquired, “Lord, what wilt thou have me do?” the Lord answered, “Go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do”. He was baptized by Ananias later according to his faith (Acts 9:6-18). After a devastating earthquake, while springing into the crumbled ruins of the prison in an attempt to take his own life, the Philippian jailer heard the voice of Paul call out, “Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.” He was sure his prisoners would be gone. When he discovered them yet present, he turned to Paul and Silas and cried out, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Their answer was, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house”. Thereafter, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:25-33).

In each of these scriptural incidents, action was demanded of the inquirer. The first was, “Repent”; the second, “Go; the third, “Believe and be baptized.” All three called for action of the will. A command was issued in each instance. It was not Grace plus nothing equals salvation.” It was grace plus faith plus obedience equals salvation” or “Grace plus obedient faith equals salvation.”

Grace is God’s Act

Grace is the unmerited, undeserved favor of God bestowed on a person through the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace is the source of salvation. Grace means that God initiates salvation. It includes every act on God’s part that brought salvation to mankind. God’s grace caused Him to manifest Himself in flesh as Jesus Christ, assume limitations, freely give Himself on Calvary and arise on the third day for our justification. God Alone is the Source of Salvation.

Salvation was initiated in heaven as God’s plan. Man was not counseled concerning it. In fact, man had nothing to do with its institution other than being the object of it.

God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us. . . (Ephesians 2:4). For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich (II Corinthians 8:9). From these verses the role of grace in salvation is evident—grace initiates salvation.

Faith and Obedience are Man’s Response

Faith takes God’s grace, mercy and kindness and appropriates it to an individuals own life. “For by grace are ye saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8).

Faith is the agency in the heart of a man that receives the message of God’s great grace, applies grace to his own condition, and sees a way out of his lost state. In other words, faith appropriates salvation.

Obedience steps upon the scene and becomes the active agent, motivating one to act on what grace has provided and faith appropriated. Actually we can view obedience as included in true biblical faith and not something apart from it. Since many people think of faith as merely mental assent, we must stress that saving faith does involve obedience. At least nineteen passages in the New Testament adjure obedience to salvation. In summary, obedience activates salvation.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey Him. (Acts 5:32).

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you. (Romans 6:17).

He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him (Hebrews 5:9).

The truth about salvation can be illustrated by a checking account. The account in the bank is the source of money and corresponds to grace. The act of cashing the check represents obedience.

Let us suppose someone wants to give you a donation of one million dollars. He writes a check for that amount and instructs you to cash it. It is yours; you have the check in your hands. But the money is still in the bank and not in your hands until you cash the check.

Your act of cashing the check is the required obedience, and this obedient response is needed if you are to enjoy the benefits of the bank account and check. If you do not act, the bank retains the money in the donor’s account and you do not get it! So it is with God. The donor is God, the check is faith, and obedience cashes the check. So get that check cashed in the name of Jesus!

The doctrine referred to in Romans 6:17 is experienced earlier in that chapter. Romans 5:20-21 depicts the wonderful grace of God that always abounds more than sin and leads to eternal life. Then Romans 6:1-7 describes the means by which grace is applied. Specifically, the Roman Christians died to sin, were baptized into Jesus Christ, thereby being baptized into His death and being buried with Him in baptism, and arose to walk in newness of life.

In other words, they obeyed the command to repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. This experience identified them with Christ’s death, burial and resurrection, thereby bringing to them the abounding grace of God’s provision. Their obedience, which was faith in action, was the channel through which they received God’s grace.

No, it is not “Grace + 0 = Salvation.” Rather, “Grace + Faith + Obedience = Salvation.” If a person does not obey, then he does not truly believe, and if he does not believe then he has not received the grace of God. Acts 2:41 depicts the proper attitude that we must have towards the revelation of God’s grace: “Then they that gladly received His word were baptized: and the same day were added unto them about three thousand souls.”

After hearing about the grace of God, the crowd believed by receiving Peter’s word and immediately obeyed by being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Likewise Saul immediately obeyed when Ananias told him what to do (Acts 9:17-18;22:16), and the Philippian jailer obeyed after Paul and Silas had explained the way of salvation to him (Acts 16:31-34).

Obedience is the criterion of faith. We must respond in obedient faith to receive the grace of God in our lives. We must not be misled into thinking that no response on our part is necessary for us to be saved. We must obey God’s word. We must believe and obey the message preached by the apostles and received by the crowd on the Day of Pentecost: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost ” (Acts 2:38).

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The Meaning Of Baptism

Kim Gow — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:15:48 +0000

Baptism is how we get into Christ. Baptism is always accompanied by faith and repentance. Baptism is God’s terms of surrender. Baptism is our signal to God we have accepted Christ’s gospel. Baptism is the external washing with water and the internal washing away of sin by God. Baptism is “calling on the name of the Lord.” Baptism is being unified with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection. Baptism is “clothing” ourselves with Christ.

Baptism is “accepting” Christ (on His terms, not ours) Baptism is when our sins are forgiven. Baptism is when we receive the Holy Spirit. Baptism is how and when we come into contact with the blood of Christ. Baptism is when we are reborn. Baptism is an act of faith. Baptism is how we enter the kingdom of God. Baptism is when we are added to the body of Christ (the church). Baptism is when we exchange our life for His. Baptism is when we die to ourselves and come alive in Christ. Baptism is the washing of regeneration, and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Baptism is the beginning of a race of a new life. Baptism is proclaiming in Christ the resurrection of the dead. Baptism is when the old dies and the new arises. In this manner we become saved. Baptism is the point in time when we become saved. Baptism is when we stop living for ourselves and start living for Jesus. Baptism is how and when we scripturally make a conscious decision to dedicate our lives to Christ.

Baptism is how we scripturally enter into a relationship with Christ. Baptism is the gavel striking the bench proclaiming forgiveness of sins, the end of the old and the birth of the new. Baptism is required to gain the spirit. John 3:5 Baptism is for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38 Baptism now saves us. 1 Peter 3:21 Baptism is by faith. Mark 16:16

Baptism washes away our sins. Acts 22:16 Baptism gives us new life. Romans 6:1-6 Baptism puts on Christ. Galatians 3:27 Baptism believes in the operation of God. Colossians 2:12 Baptism is similar to the Israelites coming up out of the land of slavery, passing through the Red Sea and entering the Promised Land. Baptism can be similar to passing through the flood of Noah.

Baptism is about leaving our old sinful, worldly ways behind and taking upon our shoulders the yoke of Christ. It is about lifestyle change and dying to ourselves and doing God’s will instead of ours. Our reason and purpose for living changes after baptism. Afterward is a new way of life.

Baptism is about heart, faith, total commitment, surrender, self-denial, death, resurrection, repentance, and seeking God’s mercy through Jesus Christ; and the work he did on that cross at Calvary over 2000 years ago.

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The Power Of Your Speech

Kim Rich — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:12:19 +0000

The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. Proverbs 20: 5. It has been said that to be careful what you ask for you just might get it. The Bible says; ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7. What a blessing to know that whatever you ask for you will receive it as long as it is in accordance with the word of Jesus Christ. Did you know that we have tremendous tools we can use which is our words, and minds. The Bible tells us over and over again that if we ask for anything in Jesus name we shall receive it.

Let us look at James 3:4 it says take ships as an example. Although they are so huge and are drive by powerful winds, they are steered by a very tiny rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a tiny part of the body, but it makes tremendous boasts. Consider what a huge forest is set on fire by a tiny spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. It says at Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 17:20 it says A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

It is also says in 1Peter 3:10 For, whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. Wow!!! Is that tremendous or what to know that Jesus hears your prayers.

Now check Mark 11:24 it says Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that you Father in heaven may for give you your sins.

Do you recall the fig tree? You can refer to Matthew 21: 18, but look at Matthew 21:21 Jesus replied, I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, Go, throw yourself into the sea; and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. Now look At Ephesians 3:20 it says Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

We all have to know; By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not make out of what is visible. Hebrews 11:3 Take a look at Matthew 12:36 it says But I tell you that men will have to give account of the day of judgement for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. At Proverbs 28:23 it says He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue. So please develop a powerful faith in Jesus Christ, and keep praying and asking in Jesus name.

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