Tuesday, November 27, 2012

NOAH AND THE ARK

What about the size of the ark!  
It’s impossible to get all the animals in it!


Nope, it’s not impossible.  Here’s why.  The ark was big enough to hold 530 railroad cars.  They put 250 sheep in a railroad car these days, so that’s 132500 sheep size animals.  Yea, I know there’s a lot more types of animals than that, but God only needed to preserve one of each kind of animal.  He didn’t need every species of dog, or cow, or giraffe, or cat.  He only needed two of each kind and let the gene’s that He designed do the rest of the work when they left the ark.  Gen 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.  I mean, God is God.  Why would we limit what He can do when He’s the one who spoke them into existence in the first place?  It only sounds impossible if we think about trying to do it without God.  Then I think it would be impossible.

The earth was a much different place then.  The continents were connected because the ocean levels were so low as I mentioned earlier.  The animals migrated around the globe by walking there.
  
Some say it was just a local flood only in the middle east, but that is not what the bible says.  The whole earth was flooded just as the bible says, and the evidence is everywhere.

Gen 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

You can’t cover the mountains with water and have the valleys dry…

Also, if it was just a local flood, why didn’t Noah just move away?  He had over 100 years to build the ark.  He could have just moved his family in that amount of time.




People also ask:  How did they take enough food for everything?  Remember the two times in Matthew 14 and 15 where Jesus fed thousands of people with a few fish and loaves of bread?  God can do anything and He simply took care of it.  No mystery or impossibility.  If God weren't involved, yes, it would have been impossible, but God is not limited like we are, He is God.


TAKEN FROM: http://www.prophecyandtruth.com

Saturday, July 7, 2012

IT COST YOU EVERYTHING!!!

You need to way in on the cost factor and count the costs of being a disciple of Jesus Christ.

It will cost you popularity, it will cost you promotion perhaps at times, it will cost you an easy life, you will have to discipline yourself, you will have to buffet your body, you will have to say “No” to temptation, you will have to say “No” to this world, you will have to break with a crowd, you will have to be willing to stand alone for Christ, you will have to be willing walk to the beat of a different drummer and to step out of the crowd even if no one follows after Jesus Christ, you would be willing to stand if you were the only person in the world for Jesus Christ. That’s the cost factor.

You will have to be willing to suffer persecution for Christ and let me tell you, it will come. It might even cost you your life.

He is not coming to play games. He is not coming to be dossel.

He is coming to dominate. He is coming to slaughter.

He is the King of king and He is the Lord of lord. and at the end of this age, He will bolt out of heaven on a white steed and His garments are dripped in blood. The blood of His own enemies and He is coming back to conquer and to damn.

You need to make terms of peace with this coming King or you will be subjected in damnation forever and Jesus Christ has made terms of peace.

You need to settle out of court with Him. You do not want to go into that final day of conflict with Christ.

For He will be ruthless in the execution of His Justice but He offers you mercy today. He will agree to terms of surrender. He will agree to terms of peace but they are His terms of peace, not ours and His terms of peace are very simply this: You must hate your own father and mother and brother and sister and even your own life more than Me or you cannot be My disciple And you must take up a cross and follow Me or you cannot be My disciple. And if you do not, you will meet Me in the final judgment and it will glorify God in your destruction.

He is pressing you for a decision. He will not be put off. You cannot hit the mute button any longer in your heart, you must answer Him.

Verse 33, “so then,” conclusion, “none of you can be My disciple”

“So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.” -Luke 14:33

He is saying none of you can be a true Christian, None of you can be in My Kingdom, None of you can be in right relationship with Me or the Father, None of you can be My disciple Who does not give up all His own possessions.

What is our Lord saying? He is not backing off.

He is increasing the commitment that He is calling for with every line of this section. Well He is not saying that you have to buy your way into the Kingdom of Heaven for none of us have enough gold and none of us have enough silver to ever remove the stain of sin that has defiled our inner soul.

What is He saying? Who does not give up ALL of his own possessions.

Well this must be taken in context with other texts of Scripture and let me just cut to the bottom line of the bottom line. You must transfer the ownership of all that you are and all that you have to all that He is. That’s what He is saying.

You life is no longer your life, it is now His life. Your time is no longer your time, it is now His time. Your possessions are no longer your possessions, they are now His possessions. Your future is no longer your future, it is now His future. Your treasure is no longer your treasure, it is His treasure. And you have transferred all that you are and all that you have to all that He is.

That’s what is is… to meet His terms of peace. Yet, the exchange is not bartered or bought with real money but it is purchased with the total complete surrender of your life to Christ. That’s what saving faith is. It is coming to the end of yourself and completely and entirely and trusting all that you are and all that you have to all that He is.

This is your eternal soul. This is the only life you will ever live. This deals with the only eternity you will ever have.

And so He says, “salt is good but If even salt has become tasteless, meaning it gives evidence that was never true salt to begin with. With what will it be season, and the answer is nothing. Verse 34, it is useless either for the soil or the manure pile. It’s just no good to anyone, not to God, not to Christ, not to the Kingdom, not to the movement. You’re just taking up a seat for someone else. There were other people who were trying to get into this.

It is useless either for the soil. Your not even worth the toilet, spiritually speaking. Because you have not come to the place of total surrender of your life and supreme legiance and supreme loyalty to Christ. You have not yet come under the Lordship of Christ and taken up a cross to follow after Him. And then He says, “he who has hears to hear, let him hear.”

You need to give strictest attention to what God has said in His Son. For God has spoken in His Son to us in this conference and God has brought everyone of us to this place. Not one of us is here by accident or by happenstance and it is the goodness of God and the mercy of God that has brought you to this place where you have heard of Isaiah 53. You have heard of the suffering Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who upon that cross became sin for us. Upon that cross He died to self that He might live for us and that He might bear our sins and iniquities upon that tree and purchase our salvation. And there is salvation in no other name, for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” And He is calling out to you today “Come unto Me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden and I will take you in and receive you unto Myself take My yoke upon you. And learn of Me for I am meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest for your souls. For My burden is easy and My yoke is Light.” It is.

You will have the weight of sin lifted off of you and you will now have the yoke of Christ upon you and He gets into that yoke with you and He pulls with you but it will require the total commitment of your life to Him.

Oh, how we ought to search our hearts here today. Have I come to this place of total commitment in my life? Have I yielded my life to the sovereign lordship of Him who dies upon the cross for me. I want you to know that the gates of paradise have been swung open to you. The narrow gate is open and if you will take a step of faith and come through this narrow gate, and commit your life to Him. Despite the strength of His words. He also says, “him who comes unto Me I will in no wise cast out.”

He is calling you today to come, to come to Him, to take a step of faith and to come to Him but if you come to Him. Don’t play games. You must surrender to Christ.

http://illbehonest.com/It-Will-Cost-You-Everything-Steve-Lawson

Sunday, April 29, 2012

"AKU BENCI ORANG KRISTEN YANG FANATIK"

Pernah sebal mendengarkan teman saling berdebat ttg kepercayaan?
atau jangan-jangan Anda sendiri lah yg suka berdebat mengenai hal-hal yang berhubungan dgn kepercayaan???

Tidak munafik
Saya sendiri pernah mengalami kedua-duanya......

Sebagai manusia yang hidup sebagaimana adanya saja, tidak punya keyakinan, tidak punya kepercayaan...


Saya yang pada saat melihat org Kristen yg fanatik... jujur saja,  saya selalu mencibir mereka dalam hati.... mengapa mereka terlalu fanatik??? kalau memang mereka percaya tidak perlu diumbar-umbar seperti  itu kan, mau menyombongkan diri, atau pamer???? Mengapa mereka kebaktian sampai lompat2, memangnya di diskotik??? Mengapa mereka bisa rebah seperti orang pingsan, dibuat-buat yaaa?? Mengapa mereka bisa sampai menangis hingga seperti itu, emangnya lagi nonton drama seri Korea????  Mengapa Mengapa dan Mengapa...... SEMUA PERTANYAAN PERTANYAAN ITU YANG MEMENUHI OTAK KU....... Pokoknya aku benci orang yang terlalu fanatik seperti itu....

Aku menjadi semakin semangat ketika ada teman juga yang mengiyakan, "iya sih, org Kristen itu memang terlalu fanatik, gak penting banget kali yaa sampe kaya gituuu..... biasa aja donkkk"

Mereka itu terlalu aneh....

Ada di posisi yang manakah Anda sekarang??? menjadi org Kristen fanatik yang selalu dicaci??? atau menjadi orang yang mencaci dan mencibir org Kristen seperti saya????

Kalau Anda ada di posisi yang sama persis seperti saya,, Apakah di kala malam hari Anda sering galau dan  selalu bertanya2? "Siapakah sebenarnya Juru Selamat yang sesungguhnya????" Apakah Anda pernah mencari cari bukti dan fakta untuk menyingkirkan segala yang tak kau mengerti?? TAPI SEMUANYA TETAP TERLALU TAK MASUK AKAL! TIDAK BISA DINALAR DENGAN AKAL SEHAT!!!

Kalau ya... Anda berada di saat yang tepat di tempat yang tepat....

Saya tahu Anda sudah lelah mencari-cari jawaban di sekitar Anda, Anda berdebat dengan teman-teman Anda, mengemukakan pendapat Anda, tapi masih tetap tak  menemukan jawabannya...

Kalau Anda mengira saya akan membeberkan jawabannya di sini... ANDA SALAH BESAR......

saya hanya akan membukakan sedikit peluang bagi Anda untuk menemukan jawabannya, menemukan harta yang berharga yang selama ini kau cari-cari.....


caranya????


jangan mencari jawaban di lingkungan sekitarmu! mereka mungkin sama seperti kamu, hanya saja mereka tidak menyadarinya......

bahkan, jangan cari jawaban dari keluargamu! mereka mungkin hanya mengikuti ajaran turun temurun dari nenek moyangmu......

carilah jawaban itu langsung dari penciptamu!!!! tanyakan terus lewat doa!!!!


lalu kalau suatu hari kelak kamu telah menemukan jawabannya... saya yakin Anda juga pasti tak akan tinggal diam tutup mulut dan merahasiakan nya.... KARENA SESUNGGUHNYA JAWABAN INI ADALAH JAWABAN UTAMA YANG DICARI SEMUA MANUSIA... ironisnya manusia lebih suka untuk MENCARI KETENARAN, KESUKSESAN, dll... semua hal yang semu dan tidak kekal ini justru yang dicari manusia... Lihatlah orang dunia, orang yang sukses dalam karier, dalam keluarga, tenar di lingkungannya, terkadang akhir hidup mereka mengerikan... ANDA TAHU MENGAPA??? KARENA MEREKA BELUM MENEMUKAN KEBENARAN ITU.... JADI WALAUPUN MUNGKIN MEREKA PUNYA SEGALANYA,,, HATI MEREKA TETAP KOSONG!!!!!


APAKAH ANDA TAHU APA YANG HARUSNYA KAMU KEJAR DALAM HIDUPMU??

APA JAWABAN DARI SEMUA PERTANYAAN YG BERKECAMUK DI HATIMU???



DI SAAT AKU MENCARI CARI TERUS SIAPA JALAN KEBENARAN YANG SESUNGGUHNYA, DIA MENJAWABKU SECARA LANGSUNG......

-----Kata Yesus kepadanya: "Akulah jalan dan kebenaran dan hidup. Tidak ada seorangpun yang datang kepada Bapa, kalau tidak melalui Aku."----- yoh 14:6


ya, betul....


YESUS ADALAH JALAN KEBENARAN DAN KEHIDUPAN


sejak saat aku mengetahui kebenaran ini, tiba-tiba saja aku tahu jawaban dari semuaaaa pertanyaan yang dulu saya debat kan.... YA YESUS MEMANG JAWABAN UNTUK SEGALA SESUATU.....

kalau mungkin Anda masih ragu dan timbul pertanyaan-pertannyan seperti ini:
kalau Yesus itu anak Allah, lalu siapa yang melahirkan Allah???
kalau Yesus baik, kenapa harus ada neraka?
kalau Yesus memang benar Juru Selamat, kenapa dia tidak menciptakan manusia di dunia ini semuanya kaya??? jadi kan tidak mungkin ada kejahatan....
Yesus itu kan Anak Allah??? kenapa Dia yang disembah????
Allah kok bisa punya anak sih??? kenapa bisa begitu???

kenapa ?? kenapa dan kenapa????

hei kawan,,, KALAU BERJALAN DENGAN YESUS ITU HARUS DENGAN IMAN, BUKAN DENGAN LOGIKA.... KALAU SEMUA PERTANYAAN MU ITU MENYANGKUT LOGIKA, MAKA TIDAK AKAN PERNAH ADA JAWABAN YANG COCOK....  mengapa????

karena IMAN DAN PERCAYA ITU JAUH DARI AKAL SEHAT !! JAUH DARI LOGIKA!!

JUSTRU DARI HAL-HAL YANG BERTENTANGAN DENGAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN, ILMU KEDOKTERAN, DLL... DARI SITULAH MUNCUL YANG NAMANYA IMAN

Ibrani 11:1 Iman adalah dasar dari segala sesuatu yang kita harapkan dan bukti dari segala sesuatu yang tidak kita lihat.

COBA PIKIR, YESUS BANGKIT DARI KEMATIAN,,,, DIA HIDUP... DIA ALLAH YANG HIDUP... HINGGA SAAT INI, DIA MASIH HIDUP,, kalau dipandang dr ilmu pengetahuan dan ilmu kedokteran??? apakah itu mungkin???? tidak kan???

sekali lagi, PERCAYALAH DENGAN IMAN....






MASIH TIDAK PERCAYA??????

saya tahu saya TAK PANTAS untuk membujuk Anda untuk percaya kepada apa yang saya katakan,,, KENAPA????  KARENA SAYA PERNAH DI POSISI ANDA.... saya pun gak percaya dan menganggap semuanya hanya bullshit di kala itu...



Kalau saat ini Anda tidak percaya, mgkn ini hanya masalah waktu... TAPI INGAT, WAKTU KITA SINGKAT, TIDAK ADA YANG TAHU USIA KEHIDUPAN KITA DI DUNIA... JANGAN SAMPAI MENYESAL...


SO?????!!! SEPERTI YANG SAYA BILANG DI AWAL TADI, CARILAH JAWABAN ITU LANGSUNG KE PENCIPTAMU!!!SEKARANG JUGA!! JANGAN TUNDA-TUNDA!!! AMBILLAH WAKTU MU, BERBICARALAH DENGAN PENCIPTAMU........


-sepenggal kisah hidupku-
"Sejak saat aku mengerti kebenaran dan percaya Yesus lah Jalan Kebenaran ...i feel freedom.... aku menyanyi, menangis, melompat-lompat, rebah, mungkin dunia menganggap ku gila.... kau tahu mengapa bisa seperti org gila??? karena kami bukan hidup berdasar ilmu-ilmu dunia,  ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi,atau kedokteran,,,, kami hidup bedasar iman... dan iman berlawanan dengan fakta yang kita lihat di dunia ini......kalau dunia berkata tidak, tak mungkin, tak bisa, kami berkata sebaliknya..... tiada yang mustahil bagi Yesus...... WE STAND ABOVE THE LINE   "