The Trinity

The philosophical law of non-contradiction informs us that something cannot be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense. This is the fundamental law of all rational thought. And the doctrine of the Trinity does not violate it. This can be shown by stating first of all what the Trinity is not. The Trinity is not the belief that God is three persons and only one person at the same time and in the same sense. That  would be a contradiction. Rather; it is the belief that there are three persons in one nature. This may be a mystery, but it is not a contradiction. That is, it may go beyond reason's ability to comprehend completely, but it does not go against reason's ability to apprehend consistently.

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Life has a silver lining

I would like to live in a world that is perfect. I would like not to have pain and my faith group would not suffer. This is not based on reality. This world will hate Jesus and hate on people that love Jesus.

1 Peter 1:6 says, "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all times of trials." If we look at the Chinese government. There are internment camps that imprisoned Christians. These camps are not much of a vocation. Make to pray for these Christians. The world can be Woke but they will never take a stand for these lovely Christians in China.

The Chinese Christians and Christians that face death on a daily occurrence can have a solid spiritual life. They will depend on God more than the lukewarm church in the United States. When a person lift weights, it makes them have stronger muscles. The muscles will be sore but it will recover. 1 Peter 1:7 says, "These have to come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even through refined fire-may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Christ Jesus is revealed."

I have heard many people say to me that they will only believe if God appears to them. They want God to show his physical body to them that moment. We could not handle the glory of God, if God appears to us. It is clear that they never heard of the Ten Commandments and Moses. Moses couldn't see God face to face.

God wants us to have free-will. God has given us enough to believe and it goes back if a person loves sin. 1 Peter 1:8-9 says, "Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not now, you believe in him and filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the joy of your faith, the salvation of your souls." 

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Learning the right tricks

 A Scientific American article admits (way back in 1991) that the "chicken and egg" problem of DNA and proteins has not been solved by the RNA hypothesis. DNA requires proteins to function and proteins are made from DNA. The actual laboratory observations are highly artificial with a "great deal of help from the scientists. " Miller's and Fox's experiments on the origin of proteins and proteinoids, which supposedly produced "protocells," are essentially dead ends. Clever attempts at producing life in the lab only demonstrate that life can be produce by intelligence. The story of life originating in clay crystals and deep-ocean vents are just stories, with no observational data to confirm them. In all, much more research is needed to even begin to answer the question of the origin of life in a materialistic framework. Creationists need only accept that God has created life and study the changes that have occurred since creation.   

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Natural selection, yes; evolution, no, Part Three

 The presence of irreducible complexity in biological systems is another roadblock for naturalistic theories of evolution. It is hard to image how you could get to the top of the Burj Khalifa if you had to jump, but the task becomes easier when you learn there are stairs. This slow and gradual idea is how evolutionists explains the molecules-to-man idea that once seemed impossible to imagine. This works if all of steps can be used to build on one another, but what if this were not the case?

Darwin recognized this limit and acknowledge it in Origin of Species. In his book "Darwin's Black Box", Micheal Behe describes the biochemical details of several systems that need all of their parts present to function. Since removing one of the protein involved in blood-clotting causes catastrophic results, the system has irreducible complexity. This irreducible complexity is not only present within living organisms but also between them in ecological interactions. The interaction of fish and shrimp in cleaning symbiosis is one example. A large fish allows a small fish or shrimp to clean parasites from its mouth and then swims off without eating the cleaner. How could this relationship and other irreducibly complex systems, have evolved one step at a time?

Even if Darwin's idea can explain the maintenance of traits and variation within a kind, they do not address the actual origin in the first place. Darwin used the phrase "from use and disuse, from direct and indirect actions of the environment" to describes the origin of traits. This is exactly the view held by Lamarck, who is often contrasted with Darwin. Using a trait does not mean it will be passed to the offspring in a different form (stretching giraffe necks is often used as an example). As science has gathered more information about heredity, the idea of use and disuse has been shown to be false.

The origin of this new information is thought by neo-Darwinists to occur by random mutation-random mutations are the raw material for evolution. The case of fruit fly mutation and flu virus are often used as examples to support evolution. However, these mutations cannot explain the increase or origin of information in living systems. The creationist model-that information was created by the Supreme Designer-fits the observations much better than naturalistic evolution.

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The Holy Spirit is God

 The Holy Spirit is God. The same revelation from God that declares Christ to be the Son of God also mentions another member of the triunity of God called the Spirit of God, or Holy Spirit. He too is equally God with the Father and the Son and he too is a distinct person.

The Holy Spirit is called "God" (Acts 5:3-4). He possesses the attributes of deity, such as omnipresence (Psalm 139:7-12) and omniscience (1 Corinthians 2:10-11). He is associated with God the Father in creation (Genesis 1:2). He is involved with other members of the Godhead in the work of redemption (John 3:5-6; Romans 8:9-17, 17-27; Titus 3:5-7).  He is associated with other members of the Trinity under the "name" of God (Matthew 28:18-20). Finally, the Holy Spirit, along with the Father and Son, in New Testament benedictions (2 Corinthians 13:14).

Not only does the Holy Spirit possess deity but he also has a differential personality. That he is a distinct person is clear in the Scripture refers to "him" with personal pronouns (John 14:26; 16:13). Second, he does things only persons can do, such as teach (John 14:26; 1 John 2:27), convict of sin (John 16:7-11), and be grieved by sin (Ephesians 4:30). Finally, the Holy Spirit has intellect (1 Corithians 12:11), feelings (Ephesians 4:30).

That the three members of the Trinity are distinct persons is clear in that each is mentioned in distinction from the others. The Son prayed to the Father (John 17). The Father spoke from heaven about the Son at his baptism (Matthew 3:15-17). Indeed, the Holy Spirit was present at the same time, revealing that they coexist. Further, the fact that they have separate titles (Father, Son, Spirit) indicate they are not one person. Also, each member of the Trinity has special functions that help us to identify them. For example, the Father planned salvation (John 3:16; Ephesians 1:4); the Son accomplished it on the cross (John 17:4; 19:30; Hebrews 1:1-2) and at the Resurrection (Romans 4:25, 1 Corinthians 15:1-6), and the Holy Spirit applies it to the lives of the believers (John 3:5; Ephesians 4:30; Titus 3:5-7). The Son submits to the Father (1 Corinthians 11:3; 15:28), and the Holy Spirit glorifes the Son (John 16:14).

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Living Hope

 I am around many people that think that life is a joke. They are depressed with no hope. I have hope then I offer them it, they reject it. It is based on the soils of the heart.

Here is my hope, My hope is in Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:3 says, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

I will praise God because of His mercy. My soul was dead in sin and Jesus came to this world to win my heart. He lived an perfect life and died on the cross. He arose from the dead. He could do all this because Jesus is God. I was damned to hell but Jesus has saved me.

We all know that this world will fade someday. 1 Peter 1:4 says, "And into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade- kept in heaven for you." My birthday is coming up soon and my body is getting worst. If hope in in my body and life, I am in trouble. I will get an perfect life and a perfect body in heaven.

Many people are losing hope in life but I am getting more confidence. God will take care of me. 1 Peter 1:5 says, "who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time."

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Jesus is the Lord and I can tell you!

Jesus claimed equality with God in other ways, He claimed the prerogatives of God. He claimed to be Judge of all (Matthew 25:31-46; John 5:27-30), but Joel quotes Yahweh as saying, "for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side." (Joel 3:12). He said to a paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven" (Mark 2:5). The scribes correctly responded, "Who can forgive sins but God alone?" (verse 7). Jesus claimed the power to raise and judge the dead, a power which only God possesses (John 5:21, 29). But the Old Testament clearly taught that only God was the giver of life (Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6) and the one to raise the dead (Psalm 2:7).

Jesus claimed the honor due God, saying, "He who does not honor the Son does not the Father, who sent Him" (John 5:23). The Jews listening knew that no one should claim to be equal with God in this way and again they reached for stones (John 5:18). When asked at his Jewish trial," Are you the Christ (Messiah), the Son of the blessed One?" Jesus responded, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven" (Mark 14:61-62).

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