In The Beginning

John 1:1-5:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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In Christ

2 Cor 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!


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How is Life Even Possible?

I sit up and think over my life and try to figure out how it's possible for me to even breathe, think and understand. Then with a cumbersome sigh I say to myself Psalm 8:3-4:

³ When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
                                ⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
           human beings that you care for them?
 

Then I think once more and say to myself, "How is life even possible?"


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The Argument for God and Time

What is the argument for the existence of God? Suggesting that God must have a beginning and putting Him in the realm of time is a baseless argument.  But if you suggest that God himself is eternal and encompasses eternality, then your argument is true.

Many people believe that an actual infinite or timeless God cannot exist, because the cosmological argument proposes that time began at the beginning of the universe. But this argument fails to establish that infinity had to exist before time, that time itself had to be created. If it is suggested that something has no end, which is the definition of infinity, then you must also believe that it has no beginning as well.

Understanding the endlessness of God is how we understand the potential in us as human beings. Genesis 1:26 says, “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness…” This scripture is important because God himself made us to be a representation of His image, which is why timelessness has to be evident. God formed us and therefore we contain a time in which God exists. We, ourselves, are the definite proof that there is a God. So, understanding that God came before us is how we understand that God will remain God after our time on earth is done.

Genesis 1:1- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

 

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Hebrews 4:15

Heb 4:15 : For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.


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What is truth?

          Can truth be defined?  Truth can be, at times, metaphysical or abstract and it can defy the natural existence of people and places and therefore make things supernatural. Defining truth is important because when you find truth you find an absolution, assertion or a meaning. As long as a fact or belief can be disproven then it’s not true. Which is why American court systems have limitations and the litigant who wins is the litigant with the smartest lawyer who knows how to maneuver a court system.  

Let’s take the example of God. Is it factual that there is a God and if the existance of God is true, then what makes Him true?  In the scripture, John 18:38, Pontius Pilate, Governor of Rome, specifically asks Jesus, “What is truth?” the night Jesus was arrested and went before Pilate. Jesus never gave an answer but Pilate concluded that there was no fault in Jesus and sought to release Jesus.

 

Jesus did not have to answer Pilate because the truth was already revealed to the Roman Governor. Pilate knew and recognized that Jesus is Lord and in fact wrote on Jesus’ cross ‘JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS’ in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. The 53^rd chapter of Isaiah, written 600 years prior to Jesus’ birth, stated what the Lord must go through and what was said by the prophet Isaiah is what happened.

 

So, what is truth?  The truth is only truth when it is revealed to be true and can’t be discredited. Jesus dying on the cross for our sins was revealed and can’t be adjudicated, therefore making Jesus Lord, which is a fact that can't be discredited and is therefore The Truth.

 

 John 14:6- Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Isaiah 53:5- But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

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