As most of know I go to church every Sunday. I love my Church and I would never think of changing to a different one. But, I recently went to a different church with a friend on Tuesday night for youth group. It was an okay survice but I just have one problem with it. The Youth..... It's sad to say that when I got there I was kind of shocked to see who went there. It was all Teens that I thought never went to church. It was the Teens that when you go somewhere and see them you just CANNOT tell that they have God in their life. They were the "Bad" kids.
Now I'm not saying that it isn't a good thing for them to be in church... Because it is great! What I'm Saying is that they need to live for God everyday not just on days they go to Church. God calls us to live for him everyday of our lives and to make him number 1 of our lives. Not to go to Church and act all good at church but as soon as you leave you go back to your old ways. If that happens then I think that person needs to take a look at their walk with God.
I don't know how many people know this about me but I have been called to be a Youth Pastor for about 4 years now. I am called to see that the youth of this time does not end up in the Pits of Hell. So when I see Teens like this it truely worries me. It makes me want to do something but I don't know what.
Jam 1:22 NLT
"22 But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwisee, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if youlisten to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that set your free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it."
That verse really sticks out to me when I see the youth go to church and say all the right things but when they get home they forget all about church and go about their ways not knowing that they are missing out on so much in life. Because Life is so much more than what so many people are letting it be. People wonder why things just are not going so good but, they don't realize that it just might be because of their walk with God.
My Final Thoughts:
If that is you just think about what you are doing. Do you go to church then as soon as you get home you forget what was taught? Or do you remember what was taught but don't put what was taught into your heart? Just think about that until next time.
I am Malachi and I approve this Message.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Where Did God Come From? The Answer!
To Anyone Who has ever Asked this Question I found a pretty logical Explanation to this Age old question! "Where Did God Come from?" I know I have wondered that very question several times and I'm sure I'm not the only one... I found a pretty sweet description of Where God Came from Here it is!
THE ANSWER:
"We can only partially comprehend the notion of God's existence. To do so, we must use human concepts to speak of God: "without beginning or end"; "eternal"; "infinite", etc. The Bible says that He has always existed: " . . . even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Psalm 90:2). And, "Your throne is established from of old; Thou art from everlasting" (Psalm 93:2). Quite simply, God has no beginning and no end. So, where did God come from? He didn't. He always was.
To us, the notion of time is linear. One second follows the next, one minute is after another. We get older, not younger and we cannot repeat the minutes that have passed us by. We have all seen the time lines on charts: early time is on the left and later time is on the right. We see nations, people's lives, and plans mapped out on straight lines from left to right. We see a beginning and an end. But God is "beyond the chart." He has no beginning or end. He simply has always been.
Also, physics has shown that time is a property that is the result of the existence of matter. Time exists when matter exists. Time has even been called the fourth dimension. But God is not matter. In fact, God created matter. He created the universe. So, time began when God created the universe. Before that, God was simply existing and time had no meaning (except conceptually), no relation to Him. Therefore, to ask where God came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to God in the first place. Because time has no meaning with God in relation to who He is, eternity is also not something that can be absolutely related to God. God is even beyond eternity.
Eternity is a term that we finite creatures use to express the concept of something that has no end -- and/or no beginning. God has no beginning or end... He is outside the realm of time."
ALSO:
"A common argument from atheists and skeptics is that if all things need a cause, then God must also need a cause. The conclusion is that if God needed a cause, then God is not God (and if God is not God, then of course there is no God). This is a slightly more sophisticated form of the basic question “Who made God?” Everyone knows that something does not come from nothing. So, if God is a “something,” then He must have a cause, right?
The question is tricky because it sneaks in the false assumption that God came from somewhere and then asks where that might be. The answer is that the question does not even make sense. It is like asking, “What does blue smell like?” Blue is not in the category of things that have a smell, so the question itself is flawed. In the same way, God is not in the category of things that are created or caused. God is uncaused and uncreated—He simply exists.
How do we know this? We know that from nothing, nothing comes. So, if there were ever a time when there was absolutely nothing in existence, then nothing would have ever come into existence. But things do exist. Therefore, since there could never have been absolutely nothing, something had to have always been in existence. That ever-existing thing is what we call God. God is the uncaused Being that caused everything else to come into existence. God is the uncreated Creator who created the universe and everything in it."
Post your Comments On What you think. Is this a Proper Answer? Do you Believe something else? Have you been told something else? Please Share it as a comment!
Information Brought to you by:
http://www.carm.org/questi..ons/about-doctrine/where-d..id-god-come
And
http://www.gotquestions.or..g/who-created-God.html
I am Malachi and I approve this Message.
THE ANSWER:
"We can only partially comprehend the notion of God's existence. To do so, we must use human concepts to speak of God: "without beginning or end"; "eternal"; "infinite", etc. The Bible says that He has always existed: " . . . even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Psalm 90:2). And, "Your throne is established from of old; Thou art from everlasting" (Psalm 93:2). Quite simply, God has no beginning and no end. So, where did God come from? He didn't. He always was.
To us, the notion of time is linear. One second follows the next, one minute is after another. We get older, not younger and we cannot repeat the minutes that have passed us by. We have all seen the time lines on charts: early time is on the left and later time is on the right. We see nations, people's lives, and plans mapped out on straight lines from left to right. We see a beginning and an end. But God is "beyond the chart." He has no beginning or end. He simply has always been.
Also, physics has shown that time is a property that is the result of the existence of matter. Time exists when matter exists. Time has even been called the fourth dimension. But God is not matter. In fact, God created matter. He created the universe. So, time began when God created the universe. Before that, God was simply existing and time had no meaning (except conceptually), no relation to Him. Therefore, to ask where God came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to God in the first place. Because time has no meaning with God in relation to who He is, eternity is also not something that can be absolutely related to God. God is even beyond eternity.
Eternity is a term that we finite creatures use to express the concept of something that has no end -- and/or no beginning. God has no beginning or end... He is outside the realm of time."
ALSO:
"A common argument from atheists and skeptics is that if all things need a cause, then God must also need a cause. The conclusion is that if God needed a cause, then God is not God (and if God is not God, then of course there is no God). This is a slightly more sophisticated form of the basic question “Who made God?” Everyone knows that something does not come from nothing. So, if God is a “something,” then He must have a cause, right?
The question is tricky because it sneaks in the false assumption that God came from somewhere and then asks where that might be. The answer is that the question does not even make sense. It is like asking, “What does blue smell like?” Blue is not in the category of things that have a smell, so the question itself is flawed. In the same way, God is not in the category of things that are created or caused. God is uncaused and uncreated—He simply exists.
How do we know this? We know that from nothing, nothing comes. So, if there were ever a time when there was absolutely nothing in existence, then nothing would have ever come into existence. But things do exist. Therefore, since there could never have been absolutely nothing, something had to have always been in existence. That ever-existing thing is what we call God. God is the uncaused Being that caused everything else to come into existence. God is the uncreated Creator who created the universe and everything in it."
Post your Comments On What you think. Is this a Proper Answer? Do you Believe something else? Have you been told something else? Please Share it as a comment!
Information Brought to you by:
http://www.carm.org/questi..ons/about-doctrine/where-d..id-god-come
And
http://www.gotquestions.or..g/who-created-God.html
I am Malachi and I approve this Message.
One Nation, UNDER GOD...
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, UNDER GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. - This country was founded with the ideas that as American's we could have our basic freedoms and that Religion was one of the freedoms people used to have pride about...
These are sad times...
I watched the Special tonight about all the "Self Help" scams out there tonight... People need to realize to Let Go and Let GOD! We cannot do ANYTHING on our own, for without God we are doomed... sad that people walk away from God and to things that "Promise" them wealth and happiness... all have failed... ONLY GOD can truly provide us with what we NEED not what we WANT.
The Bible says:
1 John 5:14-15 - "14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." NIV
If we Pray according to his will he will provide everything we could possibly need.
Some people Take verses like this:
Mark 11:24
"24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." NIV
AND
John 14:13-14
"13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." NIV
Some people take verses like this To mean that we can pray for anything we want and God will give it to us... That couldn't be more WRONG! There are pastors out there preaching that If we put something on our fridge, like for example a new car, and claim it everyday that God Wants us to have that Car and that We will get that car... They couldn't be more misleading... This is a example of people taking the Word of God out of Context to make the bible work for them and to fuel their own GREED!
Remember it says:
James 4:3
"3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." NIV
We have gotten to a Nation of Greed... It's all about ME ME ME ME ME! So When Someone prays for something and they don't get it they say "God hasn't answered my prayers" But in all reality it's more along the lines, "He Did answer your prayers... He just said NO!" Or have yall forgotten that God Can say no... But of course Since we (and when i say we i mean we as humans) only think God is the Giver and the "Say Yeser" He CAN and WILL say NO if you do not pray according to his will and pray only for your personal gain...
I don't know why I was felt to post this... maybe someone needed to read this...
As a Final thought....
The next time you pray think about what you are praying about and asking for. Is it you demanding God to do something that will only advance your personal pleasure, or are you praying to see someone else's life get changed? Is your prayers all about you, or is it about your brothers and sisters, Mothers and Fathers, ect... Are You doing all the talking and not giving God a chance to speak? Are you listening to What he has to say? I can pretty much guarantee that if you change the way you pray if you are praying incorrectly your life will truly change.
I am Malachi and I approve this Message.
These are sad times...
I watched the Special tonight about all the "Self Help" scams out there tonight... People need to realize to Let Go and Let GOD! We cannot do ANYTHING on our own, for without God we are doomed... sad that people walk away from God and to things that "Promise" them wealth and happiness... all have failed... ONLY GOD can truly provide us with what we NEED not what we WANT.
The Bible says:
1 John 5:14-15 - "14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." NIV
If we Pray according to his will he will provide everything we could possibly need.
Some people Take verses like this:
Mark 11:24
"24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." NIV
AND
John 14:13-14
"13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." NIV
Some people take verses like this To mean that we can pray for anything we want and God will give it to us... That couldn't be more WRONG! There are pastors out there preaching that If we put something on our fridge, like for example a new car, and claim it everyday that God Wants us to have that Car and that We will get that car... They couldn't be more misleading... This is a example of people taking the Word of God out of Context to make the bible work for them and to fuel their own GREED!
Remember it says:
James 4:3
"3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." NIV
We have gotten to a Nation of Greed... It's all about ME ME ME ME ME! So When Someone prays for something and they don't get it they say "God hasn't answered my prayers" But in all reality it's more along the lines, "He Did answer your prayers... He just said NO!" Or have yall forgotten that God Can say no... But of course Since we (and when i say we i mean we as humans) only think God is the Giver and the "Say Yeser" He CAN and WILL say NO if you do not pray according to his will and pray only for your personal gain...
I don't know why I was felt to post this... maybe someone needed to read this...
As a Final thought....
The next time you pray think about what you are praying about and asking for. Is it you demanding God to do something that will only advance your personal pleasure, or are you praying to see someone else's life get changed? Is your prayers all about you, or is it about your brothers and sisters, Mothers and Fathers, ect... Are You doing all the talking and not giving God a chance to speak? Are you listening to What he has to say? I can pretty much guarantee that if you change the way you pray if you are praying incorrectly your life will truly change.
I am Malachi and I approve this Message.
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