Well spring is around the corner and the Sunday School lessons are up to date on what Rich has taught so far in our class each Sunday. Are you all enjoying 2 Peter. How is it that such a tiny book can have such a large message with such ongoing applications that apply to our lives today. Only the God of all gods, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, the God who sent His son down as a baby to live and walk as a human being, but yet still being God, He died on the cross to be a once and for all sacrifice for our sins.
Some people say that God isn't God but the Bible Romans 1 talks about God and natural revelation so that even if someone hasn't heard about God, the one and only Trinitarian God, you can look around you and know there has to be a Creator. So if we can't explain who made a molecule, air, DNA, dirt, the sun, the moon, the galaxies, etc., we can look around at the mountains, stars, sky, clouds, oceans, trees and know that they were created. For them to be created, they had to have a Creator. That Creator whom we call God has always been and will always be. Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". Something cannot come from nothing. Something has to come from something, so it makes sense that God has always been and will always be. What makes him God is we are his creation. He made us for Him. This God, who always has been, wanted to make human beings with feelings, hearts, bodies, emotions, ability to reason and think. Even if someone is skeptic about God, why would you want to take a chance that God is not true. None of us pass on to the other side of death until we die. I do not know personally what is beyond death, so I for one believe what the Bible says and it is full of hope. Hope for heaven if you believe that Jesus is God's son and accept Him as Lord of your life.
If you have never experienced Christ in your life, I urge you to do so. The Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Bible tells about Jesus who always has been and yet came to earth, died for all, so all could have the hope of Jesus and heaven. Exodus 3:13-15 says Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'" God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.… Then again in John 8:28, So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me." Why anyone would not just try know Jesus and want eternal security after death in heaven with God is beyond me. If it is true, we have made the right decision. If it is not true, then after you die you will never know the difference. It just takes faith and belief in something you cannot see. But then again, if we could figure it out and know it all then God would not be God.
Any questions or comments? Are the lessons on the Blog helpful to you whether you are in our Sunday School Study of not?
Have a great week and God bless you,
Deb
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