EVOLUTION, IN ALL IT'S FOOLHEARTED CRAFTINESS, HAS NO LOVE, NOR THE WISDOM TO EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN OF LOVE. INDEED, EVOLUTION IS LOVELESS, BUT GOD IS LOVE. LIFE WAS CREATED BY THE LOVE OF GOD! IF YOU TAKE AWAY ALL THE LOVE OR CHARITY THAT IS ORDAINED BY GOD TO BE PRESENT IN NATURE, THEN WHAT DO YOU HAVE? NOTHING, OR MAYBE A LOT OF HEARTLESS, MINDLESS, "RANDOM SELECTIONS." I AM SO GLAD THAT MY 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. HOW DID LIFE ON EARTH BEGAN? IT BEGAN BECAUSE OF A "SO" LOVE! IT WAS A "SO" LOVE. GOD "SO" LOVED US ALL! It is not as difficult as some people think to prove that we are created by One God and not evolved through natural processess, or nature. Over the years, I have found more reasons to doubt, my doubts. Now you may ask, "What does that mean?" Well, sometimes Christians are berated for their faith in God, and some of us have been labeled as being simple minded, gullible, and ignorant of scientific facts. This is untrue. We are not ignorant of the facts. I find that the more I have attempted to objectively consider the theories of how life began, I am left with far too many unanswered questions. Worse yet, I've found that there are things about evolution and abiogenesis which can never be known by those of us who weren't there, in the beginning, as eyewitnesses. Much of this science is built on supposition, not absolute facts. Indeed, as time goes by, the only thing that evolves is their facts. Their facts change from generation to generation. When surrounded by these changing scientific facts, I began to distrust my doubts, I began to doubt my doubts. At the least, I take some comfort in knowing that, if everything I believe about the Lord Jesus Christ were only imaginary, ( Apostle Paul wrote, " I speak as a FOOL"...2nd Corinthians 11:23 ), then I will go to a hopeless, and unresurrectable grave, and in harmless departure, I will leave this cold treacherous world undisturbed, and unchanged, but if the unbelievers are wrong, and sadly, they most certainly are, this then will cost them everything. Thus leaving them hopelessly and eternally lost, cut off from the only One that could have saved them. That Saviour is indeed the Lord Jesus Christ. We must all seek Him while He may be found. Some years ago, my conscience was stirred by a question. I found this question to be so puzzling that it seemed to cause more questions. The question basically was, "Where did the two genders come from?" I asked this question to several intellectuals. Amazingly, they couldn't answer it. If I tried to get answers from evolutionists, they would give me the most current hypothesis. It became obvious that after several years, older hypothesis are disproved and therefore must be done away with and replaced by the newer ones. Then I thought of more questions. How and when did the primordial slime develop or evolve reproductive organs? How can the first fetus be carried to term if the mother is not completely evolved? How can there be a mother if there were no first birth? Why was this adding of reproductive organs implemented? What I mean is, what caused nature to bring this reproduction process forth? What was so wrong with the prior process? How did early organic material make such complex decisions? How did the unformed, form thoughts? How then does nature think? Well then, since nature can think, who is nature? When was the first thought made? When did cognition begin in nature? Cognition is basically defined; the act or process of knowing, something known. Who taught nature what it knows? When and how did nature endow or transfer cognition to the slime? Furthermore, who,or what process endowed nature with the ability to think enough to make random selections? Oh that's right, it's random, which suggests no order at all. Wait a minute! If there is no order, then how would anything nature randomly selects, lead towards life, or the nurturing of life? If the slime is evolving, then wouldn't that suggest that the reproductive organs were also in the formative stages and not evolved or developed enough for the male to have sperm, or the female to have eggs, not to mention a uterus, these being necessary for the first humans to co-habit. Wait a minute! How can you have a male and female if the slime is still evolving? Again, the first birth could not have taken place. Where did the first male and female come from? When did the slime decide to have separate genitalia, and therefore genders. When and how did genderization begin? Genderization is basically defined; to divide, categorize, or deal with on the basis of gender distinctions. It would seem to me that in order to have offspring that are evolving into separate genders, there must first be a set of parents, right? Well how am I going to know the evolutionary beginnings of the offspring if I cannot explain the origin of the parents? How did the slime's thought process evolve enough to make the complex decision to have separate genders which would enable future organisms to multiply by means of sexual reproduction? When did the slime develop the ability to foresee into the future and to conclude this would be suitable for life on earth? You know what? The science of evolution has brought me to the following conclusion, It's not scientifically proven, it is a belief. The reason why I say that is because of the following fact. YOU CANNOT EVOLVE THE FIRST PREGNANCY! In order for the first successful birth to occur, there has to be two physically complete parents of opposite gender. There has to be a grown male and a grown female that co-habit, and eventually produce offspring, that would be Adam and Eve. Nearly two thousand years ago the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 1:20-25, For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Verse 21. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Verse 22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Verse 23. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Verse 24. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Verse 25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. Yes, God is invisible, the Bible does not deny that fact. Apostle Paul clearly wrote that of Him to apostle Timothy. This is recorded in 1 Timothy 1:17, where it reads, Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen. Though God is invisible, the unseen operations of God are clearly seen, ever since the world was made. As a believer in the Creator, I do not think it strange that I have so much faith in whom I've never seen. I cannot see gravity, but I know it's real. Some people like to ask lame questions. They will ask,"Can you show me God?" I might respond, "Nope, can you show me your mind?" Imagine that. They can't even show me their own mind, but they believe they have one. If I live my life refusing to believe in what I cannot see, hear, smell or taste, then I'd probably be on the fast track to an early death. Wait a minute. I can't see, hear, smell, taste or feel death! I guess that means there's no such thing as death! No doubt, that would be a foolish assumption. Another type of foolishness was mentioned by a great king long ago. King David wrote, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. This is found in Psalm 14:1. It's more common place than acknowledged to walk by faith and not by sight. Pilots land in foggy weather every day, trusting that the on board instruments are guiding them to a safe landing. More trust is given to machines and computers than ever before. This is considered progress. In Psalm 20:7, King David wrote; Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Verse 8, They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Our faith in the unseen God will not leave us in an unresurrectable grave. He will raise us up to stand before Him, never to die again. You don't have to be a scientist to realize that we did not evolve from slime or any other such thing. We are the creations of the Living God! Psalm 100:3, reads, Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; In Psalm 139:14, King David wrote, I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. God has revealed the truth of his creative work for all to see. He has not hidden proof of His creative power from humanity. In Romans 1:19, it reads, Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them; God has done His work in creation, and included in that creative work is free will. God does not force us to do right, He allows us to choose the truth or lies, right or wrong, good or evil, light or darkness, life or death, we choose by free will. Now we can choose to accept the obvious truth, or deny the truth as did those mentioned by apostle Paul in Romans 1:18-32. Christ Jesus has promised us, the truth will set you free! Now, I have some more points about that primordial slime. But first, let me make another point. Ask yourself or an evolutionist the following. Where do trees and plant life come from? Well, they will probably side step your question and tell you that they, trees and plants, came from seeds of course. That answer, to my mind, is insufficient. A better question perhaps would be, How did tree and plant life begin? Simple questions arise, which, for many evolutionists prove to be unanswerable. These and other questions befuddle far too many evolutionists. Many start spewing out unprovable probabilities and hypothesis. They provide answers while being careful to not agree with the bible which has possessed the answer for several milinea. Please see Genesis 1: 11,12, & 29. In short, trees and plants came from God who created them with the capacity to produce their own seed! They did not receive it through evolution. We are learning that when an ancient tree is unearthed, or found encased in rock, that they have no predecessors from which they would have descended from. In other words, the first trees did not evolve, but had seeds and fruit at the very beginning of their existence. This can only be done by the spontaneous creative handiwork of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the creator of the world and everything in it! These and other scientific discoveries prove the biblical account recorded in the book of Genesis. Isn't it interesting how some of what science espouses has already been written in scripture, long before Western science started? Please take the time to read the article titled, The Origin of Trees, by Tom Hennigan and Jerry Bergman. It's fascinating. Moving on. Now then, I am aware that it's assumed that the ancestoral single cells transitioned to form multicellular colonies, and that some use this and other suppositions in an attempt to understand early life forms on earth. One of the problems with that logic is that they use assumptions to explain how the first single cell came into existence, or in other words, how life began. Some scientists feel that they can find the answer to that not through evolution which studies changes in life after it has begun, but rather through Abiogenesis. Abiogenesis is defined as the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processess, and the method by which life on earth arose. Again, the questions arise. From where does nature get it's marching orders? How can you determine what a method is? Probably by observing certain recurring predictable or established patterns. OK, fine, Tell me, how did the randomness of the big bang establish a predictable pattern? The earth orbits the sun every 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.5 seconds. While orbiting the sun, earth rotates on an invisible axis every 23 hours, and 56 minutes, and just a bit over 4 seconds. To make things simpler, time is rounded up to 24 hours. Every four years a leap day is added so the man made clocks can stay in synchronization. I find these examples of order far too complex to be explained away by the big bang theory. That's like saying, from an explosion came debris that continues to swirl around in synchronized order. One intellectual questioned how was it possible for the big bang to form a protective atmosphere around earth that protects all life forms from so much radioactivity? Without this protective atmosphere, life on earth would be extremely short. How did evolution know that a protective atmosphere would be necessary to protect life that did not as yet exist, after the big bang? Examine, if you would, my next question. How did this universe aquire the self possessing or inherent capacity to bring about and sustain life? Think about that. WHY DID LIFE WANT TO LIVE? LIFE CAN'T JUST LAY THERE IN A DORMANT STATE. IT HAS TO WANT TO LIVE! HOW CAN LIFE NOT WANT TO DIE IF IT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF DEATH? IT HAS TO KNOW THAT DEATH IS NOT AS GOOD AS LIFE, BUT WHO COULD HAVE TOLD EARLIEST LIFE FORMS THAT DEATH WAS BAD? Evolution fails to answer these questions, but the bible doesn't. In the book of Genesis, the Lord God warns the first two humans of death. See Genesis, chapter 2, verse 17. Now then, I have more unanswered questions. From whom did the very earliest life forms receive the desire to survive? Survive what? Death. How in this so called survival of the fittest struggle did early life reckon that it wanted to live and not die? By that logic, (survival of the fittest) one could assume that early life forms knew and understood the consequences of making bad decisions, and therefore chose to do what was necessary to survive. This suggests Cognition was present in the earliest life forms That means there was Volition, or will! Where did the very first cell or life form receive the desire to keep on living? Volition or will is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action. From where did early life receive the desire to survive and the will to take the necessary action to do so, and how did life know what to do? You do not have to be honest to be an intellectual. However, if you will be truthful, you must acknowledge that there was a moment in time, where certain biochemical reactions received the ability to interact with other systems, and to replicate life. For life to begin, there had to be some type of team work between separate organisms. Organism is defined as an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent. From whom did the first living organisms on earth receive it's communicative skills? When did nature learn to network? One life form depends upon and helps to sustain the other. Humans inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe. So then would I be wrong in believing that humans cannot live long without the prescence of trees? No, not at all. In fact, the book of Genesis establishes that God created trees and plants with the ability to produce their own seeds necessary to reproduce themselves. This is revealed in Genesis 1:29, where it reads; And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. In Genesis 2:15, it reads; And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. The scriptures possess the answers to the questions of how life began, and the answers were recorded before we formed the questions. Now how did all this order come into existence. Nope, not the big bang. An explosion does not create order! If you blow up a heap of scrap metal, how will shrapnel fall in flawless form, with the final result being a Ferrari? A Ferrari is infinitely less complex than a single cell. I have also wondered the following. Where did water come from? Oh sure, I've heard that life comes from water, but where did water come from? Be careful, the question is not as simple as it sounds. Explaining how this planet, which is approximately two thirds water, was bombarded by a lot of icy comets and such is insufficient in answering the question of the origin of water, and then if that isn't enough to think about, think about the following question. Why, if we are just another kind of animal do we wear clothing? All the other animals don't, so why do we? Where or when in evolutions process did we realize that we were naked? What or who decided that our nakedness had to be covered? Why has virtually the entire world conformed to the concept of covering our nakedness? Furthermore, how do evolutionists explain why they wear clothing? What I'm asking is, if they don't believe in the Genesis account of Creation recorded in the Bible, why then would they wear clothes? That doesn't make sense to me. People all over the world of varying beliefs and nationalities, for the most part wear clothing. Worldwide, people are conscious of the need to cover their nakedness, but why? Where does this consciousness of nakedness come from? You can't say it's all from the Bible belt because this knowledge preceeded the King James English Bible and this knowledge of nakedness is worldwide. If there is no God and we are evolved, then why are you wearing clothes? What's wrong with being naked? The Bible has the answers to questions that evolution is simply not equipped to answer. Now concerning nakedness, the first two humans that walked on the earth were naked, and there wasn't a thing wrong with that. In Genesis 2:25, it reads; And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed. Why would they be? There were no other humans there but them, so no one could see them anyway! But why didn't God tell them to put some clothes on? Is nakedness not a problem with God? In Genesis 3:21, it reads; Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. The couple had sewed fig leaves together, and had made themselves aprons to cover their nakedness after their eyes were opened, but this proved to be an insufficient covering unto the Lord. Genesis 3:21 reveals an astonishing thing. In order for Adam and Eve's sin of disobedience to be remitted or pardoned, the Lord made a sacrifice that was great enough to provide coats of skins which were suitable coverings for both the man Adam and his wife Eve. This was the end of open nakedness for the human being, and that's when humans began to wear clothing. So now in actuality, we as humans, being made in the image and likeness of God, know the difference between right and wrong. We know viewing the nakedness of someone we are not married to is wrong. All humanity bears proof in their own conscience that God has created us and given us the ability to know right from wrong, unlike the animals to whom we are not kin to, in spite of what the scientists say. Those who fear God know that the displaying and viewing of open nakedness is wrong. Holy Matrimony between a man and his wife are an exception, though certain professions do require disrobing. What was so wrong with Adam and Eve being naked? Well obviously, this was the most innocent of times. The Creator and Giver of Life had made a helper who Adam named Eve, and she was perfectly suited for this once lonely man, and they were innocent of any wrong doing and had no other people to interrupt their privacy. Didn't they know they were naked and needed some clothes? No! They didn't know this until they disobeyed God's command that they not eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Please read Genesis 2:15-25, and Genesis 3:1-11. In Romans 5:13, it reads, For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed where there is no law. Again in Romans 4:15, the latter clause reads; for where no law is, there is no transgression. In other words, God had not yet commanded them to be clothed. There was no law or commandment against it yet. They could not transgress a law that did not exist. So then, they were innocent of any wrong doing by walking around naked all day. What's also true is that in spite of Adam and Eve being unaware of their nakedness, even if they had known they were naked, there was no other human there to look upon their nakedness. This too, in part explains the silence of the Creator concerning their nakedness. However, some have chosen to change the truth of God into a lie, and would rather reverance the created creature, rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever, Amen. Jesus is the Creator, and in John 1:10, it is recorded, He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. Friend, we don't have to live our lives and die without ever knowing Him. We can know Him by having our sins washed away in water baptism in His (Jesus) name, and praying to Him until He fills our souls with His Holy Spirit. The Christians I know of and was taught by were not confounded by nor intimidated by science, rather they saw it as a means to learn more about the handiwork of the Lord. What I mean is that they know that true scientific research will eventually unveil the operations of the Lord our Creator, and not deny or outlaw HIM, as so many in the scientific community attempt and fail to do! GOD IS REAL ! God can be spoken to, and God can speak. God can be sought, and found by any sincere and humbled heart through prayer and supplications. Not through vain repititions, where you say the same thing over and over again, until your mind is numbed by the monotonous ritualism which begans to become senseless to the average person. Remember this. God can be approached. Kings, Queens, Presidents, and great dignitaries of great countries are often unapproachable for security reasons, etc. What is so ironic though is, God Himself can be approached. That, to me, is absolutely amazing! Think about it. The greatest people on earth won't give you and me the time of day, but the Lord Himself will listen to what you and I have to say. Learning to pray with a sincere heart takes time. It requires patience, and self discipline. You see, while God hears what you're saying, He knows what you're really thinking. I can pray out loud as if I'm really serious, but the Lord can look at my heart and see that I'm really thinking about. Oh sure, I can ask for money and prosperity, but the Lord already knows what I would do with it if I ever received it. I may promise the Lord that the wealth won't change me one bit, but in my heart I know that as soon as I get it, that my address will change, what I drive will change, what I eat will change, even what I wear will change. I suspect the reason for so many unanswered prayers in my life can be explained in a verse of scripture found in the book of James, chapter 4, verse 3, that says, Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. In other words, the reason why God has not responded to many of us as we may have desired is because our desires are wrong. If we, in faith would with our own voice, appeal to Christ Jesus to set us free from desires that harm our lives, He will help us. According to His own words recorded in Revelation 1:8, the Lord Jesus calls Himself, the Almighty. Indeed He is God Almighty. In Matthew 11:28, the Lord Jesus calls the weary souls to Himself and says, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. When a person reaches out to the Lord through prayer, one must pray with a repentant heart believing that he is able to do what you ask of Him. Hebrews 11:6 states, But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Some may feel God has not been fair, and in foolish contempt they ask, Well why doesn't God stop the wars, feed the starving people in famine stricken lands, and cure all cancer patients? My question for those people is, will they, will you turn to God after He does all those things? Experience tells me that their answer to that question generally is, No! The fact of the matter is that God's thoughts are not my thoughts. The Lord grants mercy to people that don't even believe He exists. The Lord Jesus acknowledged this in Matthew 5:45, where it reads, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Don't be fooled. God is fair. God is Just. (This page is under construction) Small updates done, 11/28/2012. WHEN DID WE BECOME AWARE THAT WE ARE AWARE? WHERE WAS IT, IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE THAT WE MORTALS BECAME AWARE THAT WE WERE AWARE? 5/1/2013 WHAT SPARKED THE EARLY ORGANISMS ASCENT TO CONSCIOUSNESS? 5/3/2013 . I'M WONDERING, HOW DID THE VERY FIRST FEMALE THAT HAD A SUCCESSFUL VAGINAL BIRTH KNOW HOW TO NURSE AND CARE FOR HER CHILD SINCE THERE WAS NO ONE WITH EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE TO INSTRUCT HER? HOW COULD SHE HAVE MATERNAL (INSTINCTS) IF SHE WAS THE VERY FIRST MOTHER? 12/22/2013. THE FIRST MOTHER MUST HAVE LOVE ENOUGH FOR HER FIRSTBORN TO BREASTFEED AND OTHERWISE NURTURE HER OFFSPRING. NOW THEN, IF SHE DOES NOT KNOW THAT HER BREASTS CONTAIN SUFFICIENT NUTRIENTS FOR HER NEWBORN INFANT, WILL THE OTHER FULLY EVOLVED FEMALES PRESENT THERE WITH HER, (THAT'S ASSUMING SHE IS NOT THE ONLY FULLY EVOLVED FEMALE) BE ABLE TO BE MIDWIVES TO HER AND GUIDE HER THROUGH THESE EARLY HOURS OF MOTHERHOOD? HOW CAN THEY TEACH OR INSTRUCT HER IF THE STUDENT IS THE FIRST MOTHER? HOW WILL THEY COMMUNICATE TO HER IF THE CAPACITY FOR THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE HAS NOT YET EVOLVED EQUITABALLY IN HUMANS? IF ONLY A FEW CAN SPEAK OR HAVE EARS TO HEAR, THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE CONFUSION TO SAY THE LEAST. HOW AND WHEN DID EVOLUTION TEACH LIFE FORMS TO LOVE? QUESTION ONE. ABIOGENESIS. HOW DID LIFE BEGIN? QUESTION TWO. WHY DO WE DIE, AND WHY IS IT THAT WE DIE AS IF WE ARE ON SOME TYPE OF BIOLOGICAL CLOCK? TO MY MIND, THIS IS WHAT THE WRITER IN HEBREWS WAS ALLUDING TO IN HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE, VERSE TWENTY SEVEN WHICH READS; AND AS IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGEMENT. QUESTION THREE. WHERE DID GENDERIZATION COME FROM AND WHY? QUESTION FOUR. HOW DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE IN HUMAN KIND? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SCIENTISTS ARE SEARCHING THE HEAVENS FOR OTHER LIFE FORMS. WHAT IF AFTER THEY FIND THEM, THEY TURN OUT TO VIEW HUMANS AS ENEMIES THAT MUST BE ERADICATED? 01/08/2014. QUESTION FIVE. WHY DO WE NAME PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS? WHERE DID THE CONCEPT OF NAMING COME FROM? GENESIS EXPLAINS IT AS AN INVENTION OF GOD. GOTTA GO TO WORK NOW, OH YEAH, GENESIS EXPLAINS WHY WE DO THAT TOO! 03/20/2014 WHERE DID MARRIAGE ORIGINATE FROM? IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, A POWERFUL FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS REVEALED. IN GENESIS CHAPTER 5, AND VERSE 2, THE LORD GOD CALLS ADAM AND EVE ONE NAME. GENESIS 5:2, READS, MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM; AND BLESSED THEM, AND CALLED THEIR NAME ADAM, IN THE DAY WHEN THEY WERE CREATED. ,FROM THIS VERSE WE LEARN THAT THE WIFE OF ADAM (EVE) TAKES ON, AND RECEIVES UNTO HERSELF THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND, ADAM. IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHURCH, ALSO TAKES ON THE NAME OF THE HUSBAND TO BE, NONE OTHER THAN CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF. THE BELIEVER OR CHRISTIAN TAKES ON THE NAME OF CHRIST JESUS THROUGH IMMERSION IN WATER, OR WATER BAPTISM, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. INDEED, IN ORDER TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH CHRIST JESUS, WE MUST TAKE ON HIS NAME. THIS IS THE EXAMPLE LEFT IN SCRIPTURES, THAT WHEN SOULS WERE BAPTIZED, THEY WERE BAPTIZED IN A SPECIFIC NAME, THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WILLINGLY TAKES ON THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND TO BE, WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, CHAPTER 4, AND VERSE 12, WE READ, NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER: FOR THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED. NOTICEABLY, EVEN TODAY IN MODERN TIMES, OFTEN, WHEN COUPLES CHOOSE TO MARRY, THEY STILL FOLLOW THE PATTERN ESTABLISHED BY THE CREATOR, IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, IN THE BEGINNING, AND TOO OFTEN, WE FAIL TO CONSIDER WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE DO, AND FROM WHERE DID OUR SACRED INSTITUTION DESCEND? 7/1/2014. I HAVE BEEN PONDERING A FEW NEW QUESTIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ONE IS, WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF BLOOD? ONE INDIVIDUAL ASKED, WHAT DID THE INTERNAL ORGANS DO AS THEY WAITED FOR BLOOD TO EVOLVE? WERE THERE ANY VEINS OR ARTERIES? WHY WOULD THERE BE IF THERE WERE NO BLOOD? HOW DID THESE BLOOD VESSELS AND ORGANS SYNCHRONIZE OR COORDINATE THE COMPLETION OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM WOULD OPERATE IN UNISON? IF THE HEART IS FINISHED EVOLVING, BUT THE BRAIN ISN'T, ONE CAN IMAGINE THAT THIS WILL BE A PROBLEM. NOT TO MENTION THAT IF THE BLOOD IS STILL ON EVOLUTION'S DRAWING BOARD, THIS THEN WILL PRESENT A PROBLEM SIMILAR TO A FINISHED HIGH PERFORMANCE MOTOR THAT LACKS OIL, FUEL AND COOLANT. I WOULD ASSUME THERE MUST BE A PRESCRIBED OR PRESET PATH SET IN PLACE THAT MUST REQUIRE ALL COMPONENTS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM TO WORK TOGETHER COOPERATIVELY TO ACHIEVE THE COMPLETED RESULT, THAT BEING, A FULLY FUNCTIONING BRAIN, A BEATING HEART, A LIVER, ETC. AND ALL THE NECESSARY BLOOD VESSELS TO MOVE THE BLOOD WITH ALL ITS NUTRIENTS ETC. TO THE NECESSARY ORGANS. HERE IS WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED. I AM AWARE THAT SCIENCE SAYS THAT WE HUMANS RECEIVE OUR BLOOD FROM OUR FATHERS, AND NOT FROM OUR MOTHERS, WHICH IS AN AMAZING FACT BY ITSELF. I DO NOT EMBRACE THE TEACHING THAT OUR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IS THE RESULT OF MILLIONS OF YEARS OF BLIND RANDOM SELECTIONS AS PUT FORTH BY THE BELIEVERS OF EVOLUTION. I BELIEVE THE SACRED TEXT OF THE HOLY BIBLE. ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, SCIENCE WOULD BE PLAYING "CATCH UP" WITH WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ACCORDING TO SCIENCE, WE MORTALS, INDIVIDUALLY RECEIVE OUR BLOOD FROM OUR RESPECTIVE FATHER, NOT OUR MOTHER. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT ADAM HAD NO MOTHER. THE SCRIPTURES IN GENESIS REVEAL THAT ADAM WAS CREATED, NOT BIRTHED, THEREFORE HE HAD NO MOTHER. I WILL NOT DETOUR INTO THE DEBATE AS TO WHICH OF THE GENDERS EVOLVED FIRST, AND HOW THEN DID SEXUAL REPRODUCTION GET UNDER WAY WITH ONLY ONE GENDER READY TO...BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. RATHER, I WISH TO FOCUS ON AND NOT TRY TO REFUTE THE DISCOVERY OF THE PRUDENT SCIENTISTS WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT WE HUMAN BEINGS RECEIVE OUR BLOOD SUPPLY FROM OUR FATHERS. WHEN SCIENCE AFFIRMS THE OPERATIONS OF GOD AS CREATOR, I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM. I AGREE WITH THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND ALSO WITH THE SCIENTISTS, IN THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSION THAT THE FIRST MAN, ADAM, RECEIVED HIS BLOOD FROM THE FATHER OF CREATION, WHOM SCRIPTURE DECLARES AS BEING NONE OTHER THAN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. SEE COLOSSIANS 1: 12-17. FURTHERMORE, THE WORD OF GOD DECLARES IN APOSTLE PAUL'S MESSAGE TO THE SUPERSTITIOUS PEOPLE OF HIS DAY, THAT THE "UNKNOWN GOD" WHOM THEY IGNORANTLY WORSHIPPED, IS INDEED THE CREATOR OF ALL LIFE. EXAMINE WITH ME THESE NEXT FEW VERSES FOR YOURSELF. IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, CHAPTER 17, VERSE 22, IT READS, THEN PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF MARS' HILL, AND SAID, YE MEN OF ATHENS, I PERCEIVE THAT IN ALL THINGS YE ARE TOO SUPERSTITIOUS. VERSE 23 READS, FOR AS I PASSED BY, AND BEHELD YOUR DEVOTIONS, I FOUND AN ALTAR WITH THIS INSCRIPTION, " TO THE UNKNOWN GOD." WHOM THEREFORE YE IGNORANTLY WORSHIP, HIM DECLARE I UNTO YOU. VERSE 24 READS, GOD THAT MADE THE WORLD AND ALL THINGS THEREIN, SEEING THAT HE IS LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, DWELLETH NOT IN TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS; VERSE 25 READS, NEITHER IS WORSHIPPED WITH MEN'S HANDS, AS THOUGH HE NEEDED ANYTHING, SEEING HE GIVETH TO ALL LIFE, AND BREATH, AND ALL THINGS; (PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO VERSE 26 WHICH READS, AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS OF MEN FOR TO DWELL ON ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND HATH DETERMINED THE TIMES BEFORE APPOINTED, AND THE BOUNDS OF THEIR HABITATION; VERSE 27 READS, THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK THE LORD, HAPLY THEY MIGHT FEEL AFTER HIM, AND FIND HIM, THOUGH HE BE NOT FAR FROM EVERY ONE OF US: VERSE 28 READS, FOR IN HIM WE LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE OUR BEING; AS CERTAIN ALSO OF YOUR OWN POETS HAVE SAID, FOR WE ARE ALSO HIS OFFSPRING. VERSE 29 READS, FORASMUCH THEN AS WE ARE THE OFFSPRING OF GOD, WE OUGHT NOT TO THINK THAT THE GODHEAD IS LIKE UNTO GOLD, OR SILVER, OR STONE, GRAVEN BY ART AND MAN'S DEVICE. VERSE 30 READS, AND THE TIMES OF THIS IGNORANCE GOD WINKED AT; BUT NOW COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENT: OH WHAT A REMARKABLE PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE, WHICH ESTABLISHED THAT ADAM RECEIVED HIS BLOOD FROM GOD, AND FROM ONE MAN'S BLOOD CAME ALL NATIONS OF MEN, AS MENTIONED IN VERSE 26. THAT FIRST MAN WAS ADAM, WHO RECEIVED HIS BLOOD AND LIFE AND BREATH FROM GOD THE FATHER, AND NOT THROUGH MILLIONS OF YEARS OF IMPRACTICAL, OR EVEN UNPROVABLE CHANGES. 11/9/2014. IN EFFECT, ALL HUMANITY THAT DESCENDED FROM ADAM HAVE RECEIVED OUR BLOOD FROM A MAN THAT HAD A FALLEN NATURE, FALLEN IN THE SENSE THAT ADAM FAILED TO OBEY GOD'S SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS. NONE OF US ARE ANY BETTER THAN ADAM FOR THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT (ALL) HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. WELL WAIT A MINUTE! IS THERE NO HELP FOR US? IS ALL HUMANITY DOOMED TO A LIFE OF FAILURE TO DO THE RIGHT THING ? ARE WE ALL DOOMED TO CHEAT ON OUR SPOUSES, OR CONTINUE LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY EVEN WHEN WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MARITAL STRIFE OR EVEN CAUSE OUR CHILDREN TO BEGAN TO VIEW THE SAME KIND OF FILTH? ARE WE DESTINED TO LIVES OF FAILURE TO DO GOOD? WHO CAN DELIVER US FROM THE SIN OF DISOBEDIENCE AND THE RESULTING PENALTY OF DEATH? THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. WHAT TO DO? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, WHOM THE SCRIPTURES CALL, THE SECOND ADAM. HE TOO RECEIVED HIS BLOOD FROM GOD THE FATHER, HOWEVER, UNLIKE ADAM, HE WAS BIRTHED BY A VIRGIN, AND THE SCRIPTURES SAID OF HIM HE WAS MADE OF A WOMAN. 11/13/2014. ADAM RECEIVED THE BREATH OF LIFE FROM GOD THE FATHER OF ALL CREATION, AND HE BECAME A LIVING SOUL! 1 CORITHIANS 15:45 READS, AND SO IT IS WRITTEN, THE FIRST ADAM WAS MADE A LIVING SOUL; THE LAST ADAM ( THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ) WAS MADE A QUICKENING SPIRIT. IN OTHER WORDS THE FIRST ADAM WAS GIVEN AN ETERNAL GIFT FROM GOD, HIS CREATOR AND FATHER GAVE HIM A SOUL, A SOUL THAT NEVER DIES. HE WAS GRANTED A SOUL THAT NEVER DIES, HE WOULD BE ETERNAL, LIKE HIS FATHER. ADAM BECAME A SEED BEARER, A FATHER TO BE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY THAT WAS AS YET STILL IN HIS LOINS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVE, HIS WIFE WAS FORMED FROM A RIB IN HIS SIDE. SHE WAS MADE FOR ADAM, ADAM WAS NOT MADE FOR HER. FOR THIS CAUSE, THE GOD ORDAINED (HEADSHIP) OF THE FAMILY WAS GRANTED TO ADAM. TO THE MIND OF GOD, THAT HEADSHIP CAME WITH MANDATES FOR THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. THE HUSBAND MUST LOVE HIS WIFE AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH, SO MUCH SO THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER AND LAYED DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HER. THIS VERSE IS FOUND IN EPHESIANS 5:25. BEING THE HEAD DOESN'T MEAN THE WIFE IS YOUR SERVANT OR SLAVE. TO CHRIST JESUS IT MEANS FIRSTLY, THAT YOU MUST PROVIDE AND PROTECT YOUR WIFE, AND IF NEED BE, IN SELFLESS LOVE, LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR WIFE. THE SCRIPTURES READ THAT ANY MAN THAT REFUSES TO PROVIDE FOR HIS OWN, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF HIS OWN HOUSE, ...HATH DENIED THE FAITH, AND IS WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL. PLEASE READ 1 TIMOTHY 5:8. TO MY MIND. IT APPEARS ADAM WAS GRANTED THE ABILITY TO PASS ON TO ALL HIS OFFSPRING AND ALL THAT DESCENDED FROM HIS LOINS, (A REMNANT OR RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD), A SOUL THAT WOULD LIVE FOREVER. (SIDE BAR) I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY EXAMINE THE TERM, "RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT" FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY. TO BE CONTINUED. 11/15/2014. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF MALACHI, WE GAIN INSIGHT AS TO HOW THE GOD OF HEAVEN FEELS ABOUT DIVORCE. IN MALACHI, CHAPTER 2, AN AMPLIFIED VERSION OR SIMPLIFICATION OF THE ANCIENT VERSE 15 READS, WAS IT NOT GOD THAT MADE THE HUSBAND AND THE WIFE TO BECOME ONE FLESH, WITH A PORTION OF HIS SPIRIT IN THEIR UNION? AND WHAT WAS GOD SEEKING? GODLY OFFSPRING. SO GUARD YOURSELVES IN YOUR SPIRIT, AND LET NONE OF YOU BE UNFAITHFUL TO THE WIFE OF YOUR YOUTH. IN THE ANCIENT KING JAMES VERSION OF VERSE 15, IT READS, YET HAD HE THE RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT. THAT SENTENCE IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A LITTLE LATER ON, AS WE VIEW THE TRAVESTY COMMITTED AGAINST THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE WHICH WAS CREATED BY GOD FOR HUMANITY. EARLIER IN THIS SAME CHAPTER OF MALACHI, IN VERSE 10, IT READS, HAVE WE NOT ALL ONE FATHER? HATH NOT ONE GOD CREATED US? WHY DO WE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY EVERY MAN AGAINST HIS BROTHER, BY PROFANING THE COVENANT OF OUR FATHERS? IN VERSE 11, WE SEE THE EVIL THAT CAUSED THE LORD TO BE SO ANGRY. IN EFFECT, THE MEN WERE DIVORCING THEIR WIVES AND MARRYING WOMEN THAT WORSHIPPED IDOLS OR "STRANGE gods." THESE NEW WIVES DID NOT KNOW OR WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD OF HEAVEN. THE LATTER PART OF VERSE 11 READS, FOR JUDAH HATH PROFANED THE HOLINESS OF THE LORD WHICH HE LOVED, AND HATH MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF A STRANGE god. VERSE 14 SHOWS THE MEN OF ISRAEL OF THAT TIME QUESTIONING THE LORD'S ANGER TOWARD THEM, BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T SEE THE BREAKING OF THEIR MARITAL COVENANT AS A SERIOUS OR GREVIOUS OFFENSE AGAINST GOD OR THEIR RESPECTIVE WIVES. IN VERSE 14 THE LORD REASONS WITH THE MEN OF ISRAEL THROUGH THE MOUTH OF THE PROPHET MALACHI, AND SAYS, YET YE SAY, WHEREFORE, BECAUSE THE LORD HATH BEEN WITNESS BETWEEN THEE AND THE WIFE OF THY YOUTH, AGAINST WHOM THOU HAST DEALT TREACHEROUSLY: YET IS SHE THY COMPANION, AND THE WIFE OF THY COVENANT. ONE AMPLIFIED VERSION OF VERSE 14 READS, YOU ASK, "WHY DOESN'T THE LORD ACCEPT MY WORSHIP?" I'LL TELL YOU WHY! BECAUSE THE LORD WITNESSED THE VOWS YOU AND YOUR WIFE MADE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO HER, THOUGH SHE REMAINED YOUR FAITHFUL PARTNER, (THE WIFE OF YOUR MARRIAGE VOWS.) VERSE 15 READS, AND DID HE NOT MAKE ONE? YET HAD HE THE RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT. AND WHEREFORE ONE? THAT HE MIGHT SEEK A GODLY SEED. THEREFORE TAKE HEED TO YOUR SPIRIT, AND LET NONE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY AGAINST THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH. AMPLIFIED VERSIONS CAN SOMETIMES BRING CLARITY FOR SOME (KJV) KING JAMES VERSES. AN AMPLIFIED VERSION OF VERSE 15 READS THUSLY; DID HE NOT MAKE THEM ONE, (WITH A PORTION OF THE SPIRIT IN THEIR UNION? AND WHAT WAS THE ONE GOD SEEKING? GODLY OFFSPRING. SO GUARD YOURSELVES IN YOUR SPIRIT, AND LET NONE OF YOU BE UNFAITHFUL TO THE WIFE OF YOUR YOUTH. IT MAY SEEM THAT I HAVE DEPARTED FROM THE SUBJECT OF PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION, BUT NOT SO. I AM INCLUDING INFORMATION WHICH I FOUND EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO ME AS A YOUNG SINGLE MAN BEING BOMBARDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO TURN AWAY FROM A LIFE OF ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE. APOSTLE PETER PLEADED WITH BELIEVERS IN 1 PETER 2:11, DEARLY BELOVED, I BESEECH YOU AS STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS, ABSTAIN FROM FLESHLY LUSTS, WHICH WAR AGAINST THE SOUL; THESE SAME VERSES HELP ME LIKE ANCHORS TO THE SOUL AND SPIRIT IN THE KEEPING OF THE MARITAL VOWS I MADE TO MY FIRST AND ONLY WIFE JUANITA, THE WIFE OF MY YOUTH. THESE VOWS WERE WITNESSED BY GOD HIMSELF, I MUST GIVE THAT WHICH I PROMISED TO HER BEFORE THE LORD HIMSELF. IN THE EARLY PART OF VERSE 15, THERE IS A REFERENCE TO, "THE RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT." IN MALACHI 2:15, WE READ THAT THE CREATOR HAS IMPARTED A RESIDUE OR A REMNANT OF HIS SPIRIT IN THE JOINING TOGETHER OF A MAN WITH A WIFE IN THE GOD ORDAINED SACRED INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, WHO THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE AS GOD, SPAKE THE FOLLOWING IN MATTHEW 19:6, WHEREFORE THEY ARE NO MORE TWAIN, BUT ONE FLESH. WHAT THEREFORE GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER. THE SO CALLED CLERGY AND TELEVANGELISTS OF TODAY ARE SILENT ON ONE OF THE SIMPLEST FOUDATIONAL PILLARS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THAT FOUNDATIONAL PILLAR IS MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS WIFE. NEVERTHELESS, THE WORD OF GOD IS CLEAR. THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND OF EARTH NEVER ONCE JOINED TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX IN MARRIAGE. NOT ONCE, NOT EVER. THE ONLY TIME THE HOLY GOD OF HEAVEN INCLUDES A RESIDUE OR A REMNANT OF HIS SPIRIT IN A MARITAL UNION, IS WHEN A MAN IS JOINED TO A WOMAN. IN MATTHEW 19;6, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WARNED, WHAT THEREFORE GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER. ASTONISHINGLY, WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE PEOPLE NOT ONLY PUT THEIR VOWS ASIDE WITH EASE, BUT SOME EVEN SEEK TO BE JOINED IN A UNION THAT THE HOLY GOD NEVER ORDAINED OR SANCTIONED. THESE UNHOLY UNIONS DO NOT HAVE THE RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS AN OUTRIGHT MOCKERY OF THE DOCTRINAL TEACHING OF THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. I DO QUESTION THOUGH, WHY IS THIS SAME SEX MARRIAGE TOPIC BEING USED TO LASH OUT AGAINST CHRISTIANITY? WHY ARE WE AS CHRISTIANS BEING ASKED TO CHANGE OUR CONVICTIONS? WHY AREN'T THE OTHER RELIGIONS BEING TOLD TO ABANDON THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM? IF MY FAITH WERE NO MORE THAN MYTH, (Apostle Paul wrote, " I speak as a fool"...) AND IF WE ARE EVOLVED AND ARE NOTHING MORE THAN AN ANIMAL, THEN ONE CAN ARGUE THAT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF RIGHT AND WRONG IS SIMPLY MYTH. IF WE ARE ANIMALS, THEN WE, LIKE THE ANIMALS, ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE RULE OF LAW. ANIMALS CAN STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY WITHOUT ANY REMORSE OR CONSCIENCE. IF THERE IS NO GOD, THEN I SUSPECT WE NEED NOT HEED THAT VOICE FROM WITHIN THAT WE CALL OUR CONSCIENCE, A METHOD THAT BELIEVERS SAY GOD USES AND HAS OFTEN USED TO STOP THEM FROM DOING MANY HORRIBLY EVIL DEEDS. WELL NOW, IF THERE IS NO GOD, THEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING, (SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING) AS EVIL OR GOOD, HOLY OR UNHOLY, NATURAL OR UNNATURAL. ACCORDING TO MY FAITH AND THE SCRIPTURES IT IS WRONG FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE SEX WITH ADULTS. THEREFORE, NO TRUE CHRISTIAN MAN WOULD EVER SEEK A, "CHILD BRIDE." THE SCRIPTURES ALSO FORBID FAMILY MEMBERS FROM HAVING SEX WITH ONE ANOTHER, BUT IF WE ARE EVOLVED, AND THE LAWS OF THE LAND ARE GLEANED FROM WHAT SOME SO CALLED SCHOLARS LABEL AS MYTHS, THEN WHAT KIND OF SAVAGE WILL THE LAWMAKERS OF THE FUTURE UNLEASH UPON THE GENERAL POPULACE WHEN THE SMART PEOPLE DEDUCE THAT ANY LAW IN THE LAW BOOKS THAT HAS IT'S ORIGIN IN THE HOLY BIBLE MUST NOW BE BLOTTED OUT? HOW SHALL I VIEW MY COUNTRY THAT I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE A CITIZEN OF, IF INDEED IT'S CONSTITUTION AND IT'S BILL OF RIGHTS WERE CRAFTED BY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN MYTHS ? SHOULD I ALLOW THE TWISTED DECISIONS OF THE FOOLHEARTED TO LESSEN MY APPRECIATION OF LAWS THAT ARE TO SOME DEGREE BIBLICALLY BASED? IS THIS BLESSED NATION AND ALL IT'S PRECIOUS FREEDOMS WHICH SO MANY ENJOY A GREAT HOAX? COULD IT BE THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NO MORE THAN A VAPOR, OR A VANISHING REFLECTION OF THE IMAGINATIONS THAT WERE PRODUCED BY PEOPLE NOW DECEASED? PEOPLE THAT BELIEVED IN MYTHS LIKE, ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS? SHOULD I NOW WITH CONTEMPT CURSE THE MEMORY OF MARTIN LUTHER, WHO NAILED HIS 95 THESES TO THE DOOR OF A CHURCH IN GERMANY, OR SCOFF AT THE MEMORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN, MARTIN LUTHER KING, OR ROSA PARKS? ALL OF THE AFORE MENTIONED BELIEVED IN GOD. GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD EVER TURN MY BACK ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! PLEASE READ JOHN 6:66, 67, AND 68. 11/17/14. A THOUGHTFUL STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES WILL UNCOVER GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN NOT MENTIONED IN TODAY'S TIMES. FOR INSTANCE, LONG BEFORE SCIENCE UNDERSTOOD THAT EARLY LIFE NEEDED WATER TO BEGIN ON PLANET EARTH, THE BIBLE REVEALED THAT GOD BROUGHT THE EARLY LIFE FORMS FROM THE WATERS. PLEASE SEE GENESIS 1:20. IN GENESIS 1:26, GOD PURPOSED TO GIVE MAN DOMINION OVER EVERY CREEPING THING UPON THE EARTH. THEREFORE, MANKIND HAS HERDS OF ANIMALS UNDER HIS CONTROL, AND NOT VICE VERSA. IN GENESIS 1:27 AND 28, GOD BLESSES THE MALE AND THE FEMALE, AND ORDAINS THAT THE POPULATION BE INCREASED THROUGH SEXUAL REPRODUCTION BETWEEN THE MALE (HUSBAND) AND THE FEMALE (WIFE). IN GENESIS 2:2, AND 3, GOD RESTED FROM HIS WORKS ON THE SEVENTH DAY. EVEN TODAY, MANY CULTURES USE THE SEVENTH DAY TO REST FROM THEIR BUSY LABORS. IN GENESIS 2:7, IT READS THAT GOD FORMED MAN FROM THE DUST OF THE GROUND. SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS LATER, THE BRILLIANT AND PRUDENT MINDS OF SCIENCE AFFIRMED THAT THE ELEMENTS FOUND IN THE HUMAN BODY CAN ALL BE FOUND IN THE EARTHS CRUST. IN GENESIS 2:7,AND 8, WE LEARN THAT ADAM WAS PUT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN BY GOD. I ASSUME THAT THE PLACE WHERE GOD CREATED ADAM WAS NEAR TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN. WHAT OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF HUMANKIND THAT IS RECORDED IN GENESIS IS THE FACT THAT THE BIBLE SHOWS THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN ORIGINATING FROM THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE EARTH THAT SCIENTISTS WOULD LATER REPORT AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. THOUGH IT TOOK THEM THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER,
THANKFULLY, THEY CAUGHT UP WITH THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD. IN GENESIS 2:21, BEFORE GOD REMOVED A RIB FROM ADAM, HE CAUSED A DEEP SLEEP TO FALL UPON THE MAN. THANKS BE TO GOD, SURGEONS DETERMINED THAT IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE ON A PERSON, AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST WOULD HAVE TO PUT A PATIENT IN A DEEP SLEEP BEFORE DOING ANY TYPE OF MAJOR SURGERY. SOMETIMES I WONDER, HOW MANY AS YET UNDISCOVERED BLESSINGS AWAIT SCIENTISTS IN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE? IN THE BOOK OF MARK, CHAPTER 9, AND VERSE 23, JESUS SAYS, IF THOU CANST BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH. EVEN FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION TO PORNOGRAPHY, OR ANY OTHER ADDICTION! 11/22/2014. FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE POINT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS, ON THIS PAGE LAST YEAR, ON THE DATES OF 11/13/2014, AND 11/15/2014. I DIRECTED THE VIEWER'S ATTENTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 15:45, WHICH DECLARES THAT THE LAST ADAM, WHO WE KNOW TO BE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WAS MADE A QUICKENING SPIRIT. IN SHORT, CHRIST JESUS WOULD BEGAT OR BE THE FATHER OF "NEW CREATURES" WHO WOULD NOT DIE AS DO ALL THE OFFSPRING OF ADAM. OUR FLESH WHICH WE HAVE INHERITED FROM ADAM IS DESTINED TO DIE, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO SEEK THE LORD FOR IT WILL CAUSE US TO LIVE FOREVER AND NEVER DIE. FURTHER MORE, IN JOHN 20:22, IT READS, AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE BREATHED ON THEM, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST: SHORTLY AFTER THIS OCCURRED, THE HOLY GHOST FELL UPON THESE MEN AND MANY OTHERS ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST. PLEASE SEE ACTS, CHAPTER 2. THE PROHECY GIVEN BY JOHN THE BAPTIST IN MATTHEW 3:11 WAS FULFILLED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND IS STILL BEING FULFILLED TODAY. MATTHEW 3:11, READS, I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE: BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR: HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND WITH FIRE: NOW AS THE LORD GOD BREATHED INTO ADAM THE BREATH OF LIFE, CHRIST JESUS DOES A SIMILAR ACT OF BREATHING LIFE ETERNAL INTO MORTALS WHO BELIEVED IN HIM AND OBEYED HIS VOICE, WHEN HE BREATHED ON THEM AND SAID, "RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST." - WRITTEN 3/1/2015. I'VE NOTICED THAT THE NEWS MEDIA HAS BECOME REMARKABLY DISINGENUOUS IN TELLING THE TRUTH CONCERNING SCIENCE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THE MEDIA CONTINUALLY PORTRAYS PEOPLE WHO PROFESS A BELIEF IN CHRIST JESUS AND THE BIBLE IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. JUST RECENTLY, THE MEDIA PUNDITS VIGOROUSLY CONDEMNED (BULLYING) OF ANY SORT. MY,OH MY, HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. NOW, IT IS THE MEDIA THAT OPENLY (BULLIES) CHRISTIANS FOR THEIR CONVICTIONS. THE MEDIA TELLS IT'S VIEWERS THAT THE (BULLYING) OF ANY PRACTICE OR BELIEF MUST NOT BE TOLERATED. HOWEVER, THE (BULLYING) OF CHRISTIANITY IS TO THEM, ACCEPTABLE. IN SOME WAY, THEIR MINDSET REMINDS ME OF A PROFESSOR WHO SAID TO HIS CLASS, "CLASS,THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES!" A STUDENT ASKED, "BUT SIR, ARE YOU SURE OF THIS?" THE PROFESSOR REPLIED, "ABSOLUTELY!" NOW, I MAY HAVE FAILED TO MAKE MYSELF CLEAR EARLIER. I'LL TRY TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. I AM NOT ANTI-SCIENCE. THE THINGS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN ARE NOT AGAINST (ALL) SCIENCE. I ONLY MEAN TO POINT OUT THAT THE BIBLE IS NOT A COLLECTION OF MYTHS. APOSTLE PETER WROTE THE FOLLOWING IN 2 PETER 1:16; FOR WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED CUNNINGLY DEVISED FABLES, WHEN WE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU THE POWER AND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT WERE EYEWITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY. - ADDED 4/3/2015. I'M WONDERING, HAS ANYONE, WITH THE INTENT OF PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP, OFFERED A PORK STEAK DINNER TO A MUSLIM AMERICAN OR AN ORTHODOX JEWISH AMERICAN? TO MY UNDERSTANDING, PORK IS FORBIDDEN IN THE DIETS OF BOTH ORTHODOX JEWS AND MUSLIMS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO ATTEMPT TO BEFRIEND SOMEONE BY OFFERING THEM THAT WHICH IS CONSIDERED FORBIDDEN OR AN ABOMINATION TO THEM. THE BIBLE FORBIDS SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CLERGYMEN (CAN) MARRY A MALE AND FEMALE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN GUILTY OF FORNICATION. REPENTANCE IS REQUIRED OF THE COUPLE AS A PREREQUISITE TO MARRIAGE. IF THE TWO LOVE EACH OTHER AND WANT TO SPEND THEIR LIFE TOGETHER IN A MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP, THEN COUNSELING USUALLY BEGINS TO PREPARE THE TWO FOR THE REALITIES OF MARRIAGE. THEIR NEWLY FORMED MARITAL UNION IS PERFORMED IN A WEDDING CEREMONY BY A DOCTRINALLY ORDAINED PASTOR. HE MUST RECEIVE THE COUPLES COVENANTAL AGREEMENT TO MUTUAL FIDELITY. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CLERGYMEN (CANNOT) MARRY TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ADULTERY. WHERE IS THE MEDIA OUTCRY AGAINST THAT CHRISTIAN TEACHING? THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF THIS CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS CLEARLY FORBIDDEN SUCH ADULTEROUS UNIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE (HETEROSEXUAL). ADULTERERS DON'T DEMAND THAT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST MARRY THEM, BUT THE WORD OF GOD RATHER DEMANDS OF THEM THAT THEY REPENT OF THEIR ADULTERY. HOWEVER, THE SAME SEX COUPLES ARE DEMANDING THAT GOD HIMSELF AND HIS FOLLOWERS CHANGE THE SACRED TEXT TO ACCEPT THEIR WICKEDNESS. THEY CHOOSE RATHER TO JUSTIFY THEIR WICKEDNESS AGAINST CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF. WHAT IS WORSE IS THAT SAME SEX COUPLES TRESPASS THE WORDS OF CHRIST JESUS, BY (PUTTING ASUNDER) THE ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED ORDER SET FORTH BY GOD TO WORK IN NATURE, IN MARRIAGE. IN MATTHEW 19:4, WE SEE THE WORDS OF THE LORD JESUS; AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, HAVE YE NOT READ, THAT HE WHICH MADE THEM AT THE BEGINNING MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, VERSE 5, AND SAID, FOR THIS CAUSE SHALL A MAN LEAVE FATHER AND MOTHER, AND SHALL CLEAVE TO HIS WIFE: AND THEY TWAIN SHALL BE ONE FLESH? VERSE 6, WHEREFORE THEY ARE NO MORE TWAIN, BUT ONE FLESH. (PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATTER CLAUSE OF VERSE 6) WHAT THEREFORE GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER. GOD NEVER JOINED ADAM TO TWO WIVES. THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE ORDER OF GOD. GOD NEVER JOINED EVE TO TWO HUSBANDS. THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE ORDER OF GOD. GOD NEVER JOINED ADAM TO ANOTHER MAN, NOR EVE TO ANOTHER WOMAN. THAT ACCORDING TO ROMANS 1:26,27, IS AGAINST NATURE. TRYING TO COMPEL CHRISTIANS TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THAT WHICH IS AGAINST THEIR CONSCIENCE IS BEYOND DISCRIMINATION. IT APPEARS WE ARE BEING REFUSED THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE OUR FAITH. CAN WE NOW FORCE PEOPLE TO EAT FOODS FORBIDDEN BY THEIR FAITH? CAN WE DO AWAY WITH THE SECRET BALLOT IN ORDER TO INSURE ACCURACY IN TALLYING VOTES DURING ELECTION TIME? IF THESE QUESTIONS SOUND SILLY, THEN YOU ARE FAILING TO COMPREHEND THE SEVERITY OF THE OFFENSES OF THE SAME SEX PROPONENTS AGAINST THE BELIEVERS OF CHRIST JESUS. HOW FAR CAN OUR FAITH BE IMPOSED UPON TO APPEASE OTHERS? IF THE MEDIA PEOPLE ARE SO REPULSED AT CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, AND YET SO DETERMINED THAT THERE BE EQUITY IN ALL THINGS, WHY HAVE THEY NOT CHALLENGED THE OTHER BELIEF SYSTEMS TO EMBRACE AND PARTICIPATE IN THINGS CONSIDERED ABOMINADIBLE IN THEIR FAITHS AS WELL? WHY IS ONE FAITH BEING SINGLED OUT? ARE THEY PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS TO SEND A WARNING TO THE OTHERS THAT THEY TOO WILL BE FORCED TO ACCEPT WHAT IS FORBIDDEN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BELIEFS? A SCRIPTURE IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA COMES TO MIND. HOSEA 8:7, READS, FOR THEY HAVE SOWN THE WIND, AND THEY SHALL REAP THE WHIRLWIND: WOULD I BE A BETTER PERSON IF I WOULD ABANDON MY GOD AND MY FAITH? NOPE. ACTUALLY, IT WAS UNGODLINESS AND FAITHLESSNESS THAT COMPELLED ME TO SEEK GOD THROUGH FAITH! HABAKKUK 2:4, LATTER CLAUSE READS, BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH. ROMANS 10:17, READS, SO THEN FAITH COMETH BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. I LIVE BY MY FAITH. MY FAITH WAS IGNITED BY THE WORD OF GOD. IF YOU ASK ME TO GO AGAINST WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE WORD OF GOD, THEN YOU ARE ASKING ME TO DEPART THE FAITH. I BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION HAS GRANTED ME THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE MY FAITH, FREELY. I CANNOT STOP ADULTERERS FROM COMMITTING ADULTERY. I CAN ONLY SPEAK AGAINST IT AS SIN AND KEEP MYSELF FROM ADULTERY. I CANNOT STOP THE SAME SEX COUPLES FROM DOING WHAT THEY DO. I CAN ONLY SPEAK AGAINST IT AS SIN AND KEEP MYSELF FROM THOSE ACTS. I CANNOT STOP ANYONE FROM COMMITTING SIN. I CAN ONLY SPEAK AGAINST IT, AND STRIVE TO LIVE A HOLY AND A SANCTIFIED LIFE, AND KEEP MYSELF FROM SIN. I CAN'T FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING. IF GOD WILL BE MY HELP, I WILL LIVE BY MY FAITH. ADDED - 4/4/2015. Today is a most sad day. Today's date is Friday, June 26, 2015. Marriage, an invention of GOD Himself, will now be legal for same sex persons. I believe the words of the late Thomas Jefferson accurately reflect the reasons, in part, for my fear and angst over the path our country has chosen to take. The following quote is attributed to Thomas Jefferson; I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever. I am grateful for the four justices that refused to bow to the will of those who want to change the course of nature. I also admire the few state governors that tried to stand up for what is right. Now you may ask, "What right has been wronged by this decision?" What has been put asunder is the mandate given by our Creator that only a male and a female be joined in marriage. The LORD GOD, who is the Creator of all life made male and female in the beginning. This is recorded in Matthew 19:4. He never made a third gender. He made a woman, Eve, to be a help meet, indeed, a wife, for the first man Adam. The LORD JESUS also said the following in Matthew 19:6, Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore GOD hath joined together, let no man put asunder. CHRIST JESUS was speaking against divorce. However, society has departed so far from the Word of the LORD that the very definition of the institution of marriage has been put asunder. Fools.