Christians need to be truthful and to be extremely careful not to be deceived and to be influenced into saying and thinking that comparing the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible to others similarity is legitimate and the same. "IT IS NOT."

To pay attention to why we believe, what we believe, how we believe, in whom we believe is definitely not 'spiritual narcissism' but is the source for speaking credibly and communicating effectively "the word of life" and "the word of God."

In this context, saint or apostle Paul's doctrine reveals explicitly, and clearly founded on divine [God] revelation. His own apostolic experience made it explicit to him that it is not human wisdom and eloquence but only the force of the Holy Spirit that builds the Universal Church.

Thus, 'I believe in order to comprehend' and 'I comprehend in order to believe.' Saint Augustine of Hippo begins to comprehend that things said simply can be true, while things put eloquently may be lacking in substance. In other words, the harmony between faith and reason means above all that God is not far away; He is not far from our reasoning or from our love; God is intimately connected to every human being, very close to our hearts and close to our reason if we truly believe and follow His path.

Faith and reason are not alien or separated to each other. Accordingly, all our experiences must be subjected to the canon of reason, and reason in most cases is basically scientific reason whose foundation for knowledge is based on observable data. When reason is restricted positivistically, then, everything else becomes a matter of personal judgment or opinion. But, reason is not just restricted by the criteria of science.

Faith is a form of reasoning too. It takes the assumption from the experience that the order can be trusted. You ask a child to jump off a ledge and the child will hesitate but once the child knows that you can be trusted, he will jump without thinking, without 'reasoning' be he knows that the one who asks for it can be trusted. In fact, in many cases, when you play with a trusting child, he will jump even when you are not ready to catch him. This shows that belief or faith is a form of reasoning which cannot always be explained scientifically.

The most emphatic reason atheism is on the rise is that more and more people desire to live without accountability and consequences. They desire and want to do whatever they please, regardless of the consequences. Therefore, they choose not to entertain the truth and the idea of God who calls them to a life of holiness, humility, and compassion.

Sadly, atheists have no absolute standards of right and wrong, good and evil, since they do not believe in God. As a result, they will justify their actions whether right or wrong, good or evil, and will always not own up to their actions. Apparently, it is not a matter of the absence of evidence of a supernatural God, but rather of choosing the easy way out.

On the contrary, advances in science and the ability to do and think critically have actually divulged overwhelming evidence of "Omnipotent" [God] and in fact, many from the scientific fraternity concede that it is becoming harder to maintain a stand for the absence of God in the light of such evidence. However, for many or most of them, the cost of living according to God's way and truth is too high a price to pay, and so they choose to turn a blind eye to the evidence.

"We have no power to resist the truth; only to further it. Must I go on boasting, though there is nothing to be gained by it? But I will move on to the visions and revelations I have had from the Lord. From Paul's, an apostle who does not owe authority to men or his appointment to any human being but who has been appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ and by God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead.

I am astonished at the promptness with which you have turned away from the one who called you and have decided to follow a different version of the Good News. Not that there can be more than one Good News; it is merely that some troublemakers among you want to change the Good News of Christ; and let me warn you that if anyone preaches a version of the Good News different from the one we have already preached to you, whether it be ourselves or an angel from heaven, he or she is to be condemned.

I am only repeating what we told you before; if anyone preaches a version of the Good News different from the one you have already heard, he or she is to be condemned. So now whom am I trying to please - man, or God? Would you say it is men's approval I am looking for? If I still wanted that, I should not be what I am - a servant of Christ.

The fact is, brothers and sisters, and I want you to realize this, the Good News I preached is not a human message that I was given by men, it is something I learnt only through a revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We wish you the grace and peace of God our Father and of the Lord Jesus Christ, who in order to rescue us from this present wicked world sacrificed Himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God our Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. - " - Gal. 1:1-12 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -