Seeking Answers

Matthew 7:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

There are a lot of people seeking answers these days to some of life's great questions.  I, for one, am one of those who seem to have more questions than answers.

• Why does this happen?
• Why did that just happen?
• How can someone do such a thing?

All of these are questions that people ask on a daily basis all across the globe.  Here is what the Bible teaches;

Once upon a time a religious leader came to Jesus and they told Him that they needed a sign from Him to prove His religious authority.  Jesus told them that only a "wicked and perverse generation seeks after a sign."

So here is another question;  Are we wicked when we seek a "sign" from Jesus?  The answer to that question quite simply is NO.  The men that sought a sign from the Lord were in fact wicked.  They didn't want a sign as if to worship Him or as if to seek answers to an issue that they were facing.  They were tired of Jesus showing them up in the public eye and they wanted to cause a stumbling block for the ministry of Jesus.  However, He did not give in to their sinful desires and He called them out on their wickedness and selfish hearts.

Here is what I can tell you of the questions of life.  When a person is seeking the Lord a person finds the Lord.  The Bible says that when we draw close to God, He draws near to us.  What does that mean?  It means when a person's heart begins to turn to God, He makes Himself available to you.

Here is one of my favorite promises of the Bible:  28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. --Romans 8.28

The truth is, in this life, we will face many sorrows and hardships.  I sure have seen my fair share in my 33 years.  Jesus also saw His fair share in His 33 years.  We know that the testing of our faith produces patience and that God is preparing us for something far greater than our human tendencies can fathom.  

Today's message is real simple:  We need to start 2014 with a promise to ourselves and to God...That we are not going to be casual when it comes to Him.  We need to step up and be the Christians we are called to be, whether it is a dry season, or abundance.  Seek God in your lives this year and you will find Him.  I can guarantee you that this year is not going to be without its surprises. Some good....and some not so good.  However, when we work hard, and put God first we will see results and we will bear good fruit and we will bring glory to our Heavenly Father, and at the end of our lives, what else matters.

Remember...He leads me beside the still waters --- Psalm 23

Be blessed,

Greg

Calling Evil Good.

Hello All!  Today's blog is more less a rant about an article I read earlier today.  You can read it for yourself right here.  Apparently the ACLU of Oklahoma is trying to get the 10 commandments taken down from the state capital.  SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!   The ACLU doesn't like something that is Godly.  Let me ask a question;  What is wrong with the 10 Commandments apart from it being in the Bible?  Apparently to some it is just totally offensive to have something tell us how to live our lives.  Such terrible things as,

• Honor Your Parents
• Do Not Murder
• Staying Faithful to Your Spouse
• Do Not Lie
• Do Not Steal

And other such things.

How dare anyone try to live a life that is honorable and moral?!  (do you hear the sarcasm?  I'm laying it on pretty thick)

The problem is that people want to call what is evil good and what is good evil.

The irony in this Google images picture is that it is so true.  You can say or do anything you want to according to modern day America, but you cannot tell someone that what they do is wrong.  The Bible says that the Cross is foolishness to unbelievers. 

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

It truly is that simple.  People want to call what is good evil because otherwise they are confronted with their sin.  The Manger is a precursor to the cross and the cross calls for total submission and people don't want to do that.  

So what is the solution?

I don't know if I have it pegged just right, but here is what I would suggest;  We need to get these noodle-necked politicians out of office and get ones that stand on the Bible's moral law!  These things will continue to happen until local, state, and federal governments stop giving in to the bullying from institutions like the ACLU.  Let them complain, let them fuss and cry.  Stand up and tell the complainers that if they don't like America's religion then they can leave America.  A satanist group wants to put a statue next to the 10 commandments.  Can you imagine the abomination that will be if this goes through?  What will likely happen is that they will remove the 10 commandments which is basically the same offence.  

We as Christians must come together and pray that the government will wake up and stand up and stop being pushovers to the religious bullies of today.  Also, we as Americans need to stop electing and putting in power people who are wimps and, even worse, believe the same things as the ACLU.  

I will leave you with this thought in closing.  There is a story in the Bible where a great man named Elijah  went on top of a mountain called Carmel and challenged his people to believe in God or rebuke Him as God.  "How long will you waiver between two worlds" he asked his opponents.  American needs to make a decision before God makes it for you..  It is that simple.  To call what is good evil is what the Pharisee did when they told Jesus that He cast out demons by Beelzebub.  That is called blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and that is the rejection of the Gospel and that my friends is a sin that you cannot come back from.  America is verging on a sin that cannot be forgiven when they call God and His statutes evil.  Christians;  It's time to get real with our prayers.

Blessings,

Greg

20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight! ----Isaiah 5:20-21