"Whoever pursues rightousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor." ~Pr. 21:21
"Humility and the fear of the Lord bring wealth and honor and life." ~Pr. 22:4
"...But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness." ~1 Tim. 6:11
"...Take hold of the eternal life to which you where called..." ~1 Tim. 6:12b
"...so that they may take hold of the life that is truely life." ~1 Tim. 6:19
"My people have committed two sins; They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." ~Jer. 2:13
"...'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me [Jesus] and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.' By this he meant the Spirit..." ~Jn. 7:37-39
"Father, you are the author and giver of life and more importantly of your life, "The life that is truly life". Lord you are the thirst quencher the one who gives fresh pure lasting water for our growth and fulfillment! So, I ask you Lord, where is the reality of this life in me? Where is the stream of living water teaming within me? Where's the abundance? Where's the fulfillment? So often, despite my desire and effort to follow you, I feel so empty, like I'm floating around in some useless merry-go-round. Help me to get off and run with passion, fulfillment and joy toward your heart and your ways. Help there to be a radical change in the way I live, spend my time and view my life. May I make each moment count for eternity. May I rejoice in you and the wonderful people in this world. Help love, among other things, [to] revolutionize the way I walk; Nearer to you, nearer to others, passionate about the unity and life therein! Amen."
Monday, January 15, 2007
Can Mankind be "Good" without God?
The following is a Journal excerpt of mine from Jan 9, '07:
"Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses the way." ~Pr. 19:2
"Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good." ~Pr. 19:8
I was just watching "The National" tonight, namely the section called "The Lens". What they attempted to search out was the question, "Can mankind be good without God?"... What I appreciate about the program is that people are thinking and talking "educated-ly" about it. What I hate about it is all the lies of Satan that are taking hold of people's lives and belief systems even (in one case on the show) despite the death of one couple's son! These are not all people who put the blindfold over their own eyes but they are so blinded by what they derive truth out of... If there is no God, and therefore no basis for good and evil, how can there be truth from which to draw at all?...
Really the question is not "Can mankind be good without God?", the answer is simple, NO! Why? because mankind cannot be good even with God!!! As Jesus himself said, "...No one is good except God alone." (Mark. 10:18) this truth is profoundly true and set forth throughout Scripture! Not only that but each day proves again and again the reality of this truth. So too history proves it's reality (i.e. WWI and WWII). From one's own life, look at yourself (your not perfect)! How can you expect good to come out of a system that rejects it's strongest Ally (God)?
Where the real nail is hit has to do with the false perception the world has on what qualifies a person to be "good"... People have watered down God's commands, and even their own consciences, because they do not understand a system in which they cannot attain that which is required of them, nor do they want to believe in such a thing. The atheist or "humanist" is not the only one with this false understanding. All religions who do not have Jesus Christ as our substitute, and faith alone in His work as a satisfaction for our sins and as the basis for salvation, fall short. They fall short because, just as the humanist, they trust in themselves or their methods. Blinded from the reality of their need they walk on their "merry" way to the pit's edge sometimes even shutting their ears to the few of us who do cry out pleading for them to change their course!
How we need people who will do all that's within their power to change the course of the multitude starting and continuing in the most important discipline, Prayer!
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise." ~Pr. 11:30
"Father, Help me to have the wisdom and your anointing to change lives for eternity. Not that I would change lives and hearts but that you'd do that work through me, that I would be continually faithful to that which you have called me. Amen."
"Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses the way." ~Pr. 19:2
"Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good." ~Pr. 19:8
I was just watching "The National" tonight, namely the section called "The Lens". What they attempted to search out was the question, "Can mankind be good without God?"... What I appreciate about the program is that people are thinking and talking "educated-ly" about it. What I hate about it is all the lies of Satan that are taking hold of people's lives and belief systems even (in one case on the show) despite the death of one couple's son! These are not all people who put the blindfold over their own eyes but they are so blinded by what they derive truth out of... If there is no God, and therefore no basis for good and evil, how can there be truth from which to draw at all?...
Really the question is not "Can mankind be good without God?", the answer is simple, NO! Why? because mankind cannot be good even with God!!! As Jesus himself said, "...No one is good except God alone." (Mark. 10:18) this truth is profoundly true and set forth throughout Scripture! Not only that but each day proves again and again the reality of this truth. So too history proves it's reality (i.e. WWI and WWII). From one's own life, look at yourself (your not perfect)! How can you expect good to come out of a system that rejects it's strongest Ally (God)?
Where the real nail is hit has to do with the false perception the world has on what qualifies a person to be "good"... People have watered down God's commands, and even their own consciences, because they do not understand a system in which they cannot attain that which is required of them, nor do they want to believe in such a thing. The atheist or "humanist" is not the only one with this false understanding. All religions who do not have Jesus Christ as our substitute, and faith alone in His work as a satisfaction for our sins and as the basis for salvation, fall short. They fall short because, just as the humanist, they trust in themselves or their methods. Blinded from the reality of their need they walk on their "merry" way to the pit's edge sometimes even shutting their ears to the few of us who do cry out pleading for them to change their course!
How we need people who will do all that's within their power to change the course of the multitude starting and continuing in the most important discipline, Prayer!
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise." ~Pr. 11:30
"Father, Help me to have the wisdom and your anointing to change lives for eternity. Not that I would change lives and hearts but that you'd do that work through me, that I would be continually faithful to that which you have called me. Amen."
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