Showing posts with label fighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fighting. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 March 2021

Admit it or not

 Admit it or not

Isaiah the prophet stated,

“A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” 

“All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. 

The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. 

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”  Isaiah 40:6-8

An anonymous author wrote,

Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith’s door,

And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;

Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor

Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.


“How many anvils have you had,” said I,

“To wear and bater all these hammers so?”

“Just one,” said he, and then, with twinkling eye,

The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.”


And so, thought I, the anvil of God’s Word,

For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;

Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,

The anvil is unharmed - and hammers gone.

                                                                         Anonymous  

For centuries those who oppose God. Those who say God dose not exist have said the Bible message will ultimately fade away. Yet it has not. In fact those who believe in the Bible. Those who believe in Christ Jesus, are growing in number.

At the very beginning of the Christian movement two of Jesus’ disciples were on trial for preaching in his name when a Pharisee named Gamaliel stood up and said,

“But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God." Acts 5:39.

I truly believe Gamaliel was right. Jesus and all he taught is of God as is the Bible. And those who are fighting against it are fighting God. Whether they want to admit it or not.

Please think about it.

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

History's Apex

History's Apex

William Durant, popular American modern historian and philosopher (1885-1981)  When asked what he felt the apex of history was said, 
“the three years that Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth.”
Many historians, and philosophers tend to agree with that statement.
Jesus a man born of lowly birth in a back water village in the back waters of the Roman empire has at this writing, more said and written about him that all of the Roman emperors combined.
Julius Cesar, Nero, Hadrian and others ruled an empire that stretched from India to Britain and around the Mediterranean. Yet upon their death their influence died. It is the same for every earthly leader that has ever lived.
Yet Jesus who was born over two thousand years ago still influences history and society. Millions today are willing to die for him.
Millions are proclaiming his teaching of Love for God, one neighbours, and even one enemies. And sadly they are being persecuted around the world for proclaiming such things.
Two thousand years have passed and gone yet the words of Jesus and the promise he offers of eternal life is still being taken to the nations of the world.
Many men and political leaders have tried to stomp out Christianity but all have failed.
At the trial of two of Christ’s apostles the book of acts records a wise man  a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honoured by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and said,
“Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail.  
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” 
           Acts 5:38,39
I am certain Gamaliel was right. That Jesus came from God that he is the Son of God. However it is up to the individual I believe to read the New Testament and make their own conclusions.
Please think about it.