A meditation on the fall and the Lord’s participation in the consequences of it.
As I was reading the first book of the Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis, (Out of the Silent Planet). A parallel occurred to me.
He asked for strength that he might achieve;
he was made weak that he might obey.
It is good to have ambition, this is what allows a person to succeed in their work and accomplish their goals. A weak-willed man, out of fear of failure will decide to not decide to go for a goal.
It is also important to know your limits and abilities. Not everything you set your mind to is achievable by you. As a dad your job is to help your son discover his capacities and find what he should be doing.
Miracles are not anti-scientific. Science is based on observation. The witnesses who saw the miracles of Jesus saw real events. The miracles demonstrate that the power Jesus had is so great that he could control reality in a way no one else could. This proved him to be equal with God. 1
The neurodiversity movement tries to redefine the problem of mental disability by suggesting that people with mental disabilities are meerly different but equally healthy; that a healthy brain type is a “culturally constructed fiction”. [1]
The bible teaches us that nations and people groups experience a generational compounding effect in their embrace of sin.1 One generation espouses an evil practice, the generation following takes it a little further and so on until a people considers actions such as killing, maiming, and castrating children as a moral good. Satan works incrementally to effect change toward greater sin and evil.2 Barring reformation and national repentance, the concerted effort to plunge people into greater sin continues to progress.
What is the point of education? Why do people teach? At the core, it is to shape the thoughts, views and beliefs of the pupils. When a man gets up and tells a group of students ’these things are so’ he does it that the pupils would believe him and act accordingly. Good pupils do.
Finding a good church takes prayer, time, patience, dependence on God and discernment.
Why put in all this effort? Because many organizations that call themselves churches are not true churches, rather than building up, they cause real harm. God commands us to practice discernment.
What do you look at when evaluating a church? Four things: doctrine, practice, fruit and peace.
The Apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesian believers to know the immeasurable greatness of God’s power towards them. It is the same power with which He raised Christ from the dead, seated him at His right hand in heaven, and put all things under his feet. (Ephesians 1)
It is the Spirit of wisdom and revelation that God gives, who enlightens our hearts to cause us ‘know’ (experience) His power towards us.