Showing posts with label DNA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DNA. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Is There a God (pt 1 of 7)



“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made”   Genesis 2:1-2


My thoughts:
The age old question that has stumped mankind for 100’s if not thousands of years.  Which came first the chicken or the egg?  If you do not believe in a divine creator that made all things, there is no way to answer this question.  For you see, if the egg came first, then how was the egg created?  If the chicken came first, how did it come to be?  This simple illustration helps us better understand that something must have created the final product (in this case a chicken) from nothing.  Now the question is, can something be created by nothing?

In the RDOF ministry we are learning to ask questions when facing the debate on is there an intelligent designer (God) or are we simply random compilation of cells and molecules that function perfectly together?  Daryl Youngblood, leads this ministry, and teaches that God and Science can co-exist and actually God is a huge part of science.  Scientists and Atheists will debate that there is no God, because there is no evidence of God.

If we are honest with ourselves and not reacting on an emotional level, we must look around and see all that has been created.  The Bible tells us that God created the world in 6 days and then rested on the 7th day, saying “the heavens and earth were finished”, rested from creation.  In these 6 days He created atoms, molecules, cells, natural elements, life, water, land, blood, DNA and how all of these interact with each other.  He created the heart, the lungs, the liver, kidneys, neural network, blood cells, arteries, veins, plasma, bone, bone marrow, toe nails, hair, eyes, lips, tongues, tastebuds, ears, skin cells, nerve endings, reproductive organs, intestines, bladder, uterus, ovaries, mammory glands, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water to sustain the life he created.  Seriously, think about it.  All of these things must require on the other in order to function, so how could they evolve from nothing. 

For if an eye evolved into an organ for vision, how did we see before it evolved, and how did we know we needed to be able to see?  Which came first the heart or the arteries and capillaries?  Just like the chicken and egg – if the heart evolved first, then what was it’s purpose if the arteries, veins and capillaries didn’t exist.  But if the arteries came first, what was their purpose if there was no heart to pump the blood through the arteries.  Did the entire cardiac system evolve in an instant?  For if it did it over time, how was life sustained during that process? 

You see, we are taught to ask questions.  Don’t ridicule the science community or atheist community for their choice to deny the obvious, but pose questions to let them come to an understanding of how their logic is flawed.  Over the next week I will be on vacation, but taking time to probe on some of these deeper thoughts.  I hope you find them useful in your walk with the Lord.  We ought not shy away from atheists, but enter into conversation with respect and the truth.  You are an ambassador for the Lord, now’s the time to serve His purpose.  I strongly suggest you take a look at WWW.RDOF.ORG  for additional methods of defending the faith and questioning the critics.



Be Blessed,
Rich

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

The Change Agent


Expanding the Kingdom one day at a time



“But when He {Holy Spirit}, the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.  He will glorify Me {Jesus}, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.” – John 16:13-15

His eyes are blue, his hair is blond and he has a dimple on his left cheek just like his father.  As they walk down the city street people comment on their likeness and point out the obvious genetic similarities.  Over time I have been reminded of the strong tie between a father and a son.  There are many songs out there about relationships, but there is one that has always stuck in my mind “Watching You” from Rodney Atkins.  There is always an underlying connection to your past, your lineage and heritage.  Each of us pick up tendencies and traits from our parents, whether we choose to or not.  Our mannerisms, our words, our actions and our character have a history despite our age.  A four year old child has a history within his DNA that carries back generations and has a blueprint for who he will become throughout his lifetime.  We didn’t put it there, the Creator did when he created us in our mother’s womb.  

As your life evolves and unfolds before the presence of mankind and your Creator you become more and more in control of those elements though.  There are things in your past that inject negative thinking, unrighteousness, addictions and dependencies into your persona.  There are things which have you believe that you are not worthy of love, of joy and happiness, of compassion and God’s grace.  The beauty of it is that you can choose to break those bonds from your past that are unrighteous and demeaning and pursue those that are from the Father above. 

You can draw from the Father of mankind the very spirit that was within Jesus Christ as He walked the earth.  The very spirit that He told the disciples would remain behind when He went to the Father.  The Counselor, the Spirit, the Helper will live within you and guide your footsteps if you so desire and allow Him to.  He is in the Father and the Father is in Him, so as you draw closer to Him, you will take on His characteristics of righteousness, love, peace, grace, compassion and purpose.  He will indwell within you to teach you, to convict you and to purpose you towards the Father’s glory and righteousness.

As much as you try to live righteously on your own, you cannot.  Your DNA and heritage from your father and his father and so on and so on.  Your human genes are flawed all the way back to Noah and Adam.  Yet, the Holy Spirit brings life anew and brings about repentance and rebirth into a new life with God the Father, thereby breaking the bondage of your past.  You can’t change your DNA, but you can make a choice to re-energize and re-purpose it, and in doing so leave a legacy for your children that will shine a different light on their path.     


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