tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post4886664458992504962..comments2023-12-30T08:40:58.451-06:00Comments on The Dunamis Word: The Self-Authenticating Witness Of The Spirit Of GodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-23427575274883842952018-02-05T12:13:37.785-06:002018-02-05T12:13:37.785-06:00Rev, this will be my last comment for this post on...Rev, this will be my last comment for this post on the Age of the Earth.<br /><br />YOU RIGHT REV, Adam lives 900 plus years. The BIBLE is 100% accurate historically. When we calculate the time from Adam to the present, we conclude only a few thousand years between Adam and the present. Just a quick note though, when God said to Adam “this day thou shalt surely die”, the Hebrew meaning of the phrase renders “dying thou shalt die”. The word translated “day” (yome) is used however, in a different context than "day" in the CREATION story. <br /><br />I just hate when Christians feel like they have to use the "scientific" data of men (many of the data is false and a lot of times out right LIES) to supercede the HISTORY the BIBLE gives. I personally believe the Bible can be trusted in all matters, including the areas of Science. Like I said earlier, I don’t trust man, especially his testimony there is NO GOD, and CREATION was DONE without HIM. His claim to have all the evidence is HOGWASH. He has never witnessed a MUTATION. He has no “missing link”, and lot of what he “theorizes” is untrue. <br /><br />I think does disservice to the WORD of God and His POWER, though, when Christians try to fit in the "evidence of men" to say things like there was a gap between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2. Even here, the 4th Commandment, the very moral law God gave to His people, you see embedded a 24 hour "day". God said - <br /><br />“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. <br /><br />Six days WORK, one day REST. The same idea is noted, not only in Genesis, but Exodus (same writer of course) ““In six days the LORD made heaven and earth” (Exodus 31:17).<br /><br />Not only MOSES, but other writers of the Bible when referencing CREATION, implies a day to be a 24 hour period. Even Jesus (GOD HIMSELF), when he referenced Genesis and CREATION in Mark 10:6 saying “But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.” He did not mention anything about a time billions of years before, then “God made them male and female”. <br /><br />Scriptures interpret Scriptures, and you don’t get a sense when the Bible references "CREATION" outside Genesis, there was a time before the miracle acts God performed in Gen 1:1. It’s OBVIOUS the use of “evening and the morning” was a day, just like David said "This is the day that the LORD hath MADE" (The LORD made a DAY!). <br /><br />While I applaud the GREAT works of Dr. Craig, I think he is WRONG on this one. No need for any of God’s people to compromise with any evolutionary philosophy. THE WORD of GOD is inspired. It stands ALONE on it’s OWN!<br />GloryandHonorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189686846481029596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-86770739323510829642018-02-05T11:32:50.833-06:002018-02-05T11:32:50.833-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.GloryandHonorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189686846481029596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-35838068597432393392018-02-04T16:54:10.076-06:002018-02-04T16:54:10.076-06:00Well looking at the word "Yom" or day......Well looking at the word "Yom" or day...Adam was promised that in the "day" they ate of the fruit they would truly die. (Gen. 2:17) Now, from scripture we see that Adam lived to be 930 (Gen. 5:5) or at least so we take it...it could be that he lived 930 years AFTER being banished from the Garden, but that is another story...<br /><br />What I am saying is that the word "day" does not necessarily facilitate a literal 24 hour period of time. Now, I am also hard pressed to accept the day age theory as well. I don;t see that as necessary or essential. <br /><br />So although I wouldn't fight you or your contention, I hope you can also see the validity of opposing contentions especially when it is considered that God has not set forth deceit to catch us up and his creation is a display of his nature...So if we find something that is true, we can believe it, unless God has committed to tell us otherwise. 6 24 hour days or a story of 6 epochs in which God moved, or an insurmountable time from creation of man to the expulsion from the Garden, there is much to consider in the narrative. Either way, It's completely true, God created as opposed to men evolved. District Supt. Harvey Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315686602819371111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-31703572647736192052018-02-04T06:43:32.457-06:002018-02-04T06:43:32.457-06:00Well said Rev. . I’m with YOU. He does not discou...Well said Rev. . I’m with YOU. He does not discount our intellect. <br /><br />I take a little more seriously the age of the earth the BOOK of GENESIS, Satan's attack on the first Book of the Bible which lays put many of the foundation of the FAITH – There is a GOD, He is ETERNAL, He is CREATOR of ALL THINGS, Man SINNED against Him, He Promised of a REDEMER. Our atheist counter parts tend to whitewash all this when producing their billion-year theory using pseudo evidence at best. <br /><br />I’m a firm believer that if we take the historical information from the Bible, we see the age of the Earth and the Universe to be about 6000 years old. Science has not and can not prove the age of the earth. When it comes to determining the age of the Earth, scientists do a lot of calculations based on assumptions. Don’t get me wrong Rev, science when done RIGHT is AWESOMW. Problem is you got the “man element” involved. Although they are scientists, they evolutionists are SINNERS, when they don’t know God. They like the JEWS in Christ’s day will lie just to promote an agenda. I don't know Rev...but I’ll take God’s words over man’s observation any day!<br /><br />Wit regards to our boy William Lane Craig and Hugh Ross too, I think they miss the mark when defining the word “day” (yom) to mean a long period of time, or age in the Book of Genesis the Creation Story. A day in Genesis is not a long period of time. It is a “24 hour period”. “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first DAY.” Gen 1:5 <br />GloryandHonorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189686846481029596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-35367107151224271762018-02-04T06:35:17.625-06:002018-02-04T06:35:17.625-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.GloryandHonorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189686846481029596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-80864182096296608182018-02-03T11:32:31.363-06:002018-02-03T11:32:31.363-06:00Well the age of the earth has never been an issue ...Well the age of the earth has never been an issue with me...I look at it two ways, God created man, not a baby. God evidently created man a sentient being with the ability to communicate to him in some form. If God created the earth with an appearance of age, that could be a possibility that I am willing to accept. However, I do not discount the age of the earth as in as much as it is scientifically ascertainable. <br /><br />In our short epoch of time, we see the earth and constellations moving and an entire universe in transition and even expanding. It would be very difficult to believe that process only began some 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. <br /><br />There is no time frame between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. and prior to the period of "day creation"...However, on the flip side, I ind it difficult to believe that God made dinosaurs as some kind of precursor to men or mankind that experienced "death" prior to the all of man when all death entered the world. <br /><br />So I see the issues, but none of them are an special problem to me...the only problem is when they take the account off Genesis as a philosophical tale or a non-literal account. <br /><br />To the article, I believe the point here is that men will never "comprehend" God as such. He can only apprehend HIM. We believe him because that's what he says and what he describes (whatever that is)<br /><br />However, I have stated in a podcast and will do in a part two, we are to worship him with our "whole mind" as well. The pursuit of God with our intellect is scriptural and according to HIS command. So I don;t believe he discounts our intellect, although it won;t be fully satisfied until we meet HIM!!!<br /><br />Thank God for that.....but DARN...that means I really don't know it all!!!!!LOL-LOL-LOL!!!!District Supt. Harvey Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315686602819371111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-30469421016230822832018-02-03T09:06:53.254-06:002018-02-03T09:06:53.254-06:00Go ahead Rev...hanging out with the BIG GUN... Wil...Go ahead Rev...hanging out with the BIG GUN... William Lane Craig! <br /><br />I've watched several of his debates with them "high level atheists", and I must say, HE IS OUTSTANDING! I disagree with him wholeheartedly though, his take on the age of the earth, he and the Hugh Ross fellow. I am a young earther, more in the Morris and Ham camp. I wish COGIC will do more to engage more in the field of APOLOGETICS and defense of the truth. They need to have a classes during their Convocation on this subject matters, and rather than pay Osteen and Jakes that hugh sum of money, maybe invite experts to teach their parishoners the aspects of this vital study. (Sorry I digressed).<br /><br />Anyways, I think the Bible rings clear, man loves darkness rather than light. They REJECT GOD despite the fact God revealed Himself in CREATION, in CONSCIENCE and in CHRIST His SON! <br /><br />I believe man can NEVER even in his highest intelligence understand the fullness of the INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD. I do however believe GOD GAVE us all intelligence that we can use to UNDERSTAND Him as the SPIRIT OF GOD reveals His Son. If I understand Dr. Craig, I'm convinced it's not because of our intellectual difficulties, we refuse to come to Christ. I also agree, it is the testimony of God's Spirit that ultimately assures him of the truth of Christianity. It is the Spirit that appeals to our mind and thoughts and hearts to convict us we are sinners who stand in the need of a SAVIOR. <br /><br />There is only One Spirit of God who testifies of the One Son of GOD who died to satisfy One God the Father for the sins of the WORLD. This is the ONE True GOSPEL MESSAGE of GOD. The "burning in the bosom" or a "nirvana" moment of enlightenment are as far away from the TRUTH as Pluto is from the SUN. Their beliefs DOES NOT COMPARE. Matter of fact, their beliefs are LIES, POINT BLANK!<br /><br />Just My 2 Cents. <br /><br /> <br />"Therefore when a person refuses to come to Christ, it is never just because of lack of evidence or because of intellectual difficulties: at root, he refuses to come because he willingly ignores and rejects the drawing of God's Spirit on his heart. I don't think it imaginable some can be drawn to HIM through an "intellectual" discussion, though the discussion itself is NOT the SAVING catalyst. <br />GloryandHonorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189686846481029596noreply@blogger.com