Monday, February 27, 2017

Have true freedom?

The apostle goes on to speak of the Old Testament services. Christ, having undertaken to be our High Priest, could not enter into heaven till he had shed his blood for us; and none of us can enter, either into God's gracious presence here, or his glorious presence hereafter, but by the blood of Jesus. Sins are errors, great errors, both in judgment and practice; and who can understand all his errors? They leave guilt upon the conscience, not to be washed away but by the blood of Christ. We must plead this blood on earth, while he is pleading it for us in heaven. A few believers, under the Divine teaching, saw something of the way of access to God, of communion with him, and of admission into heaven through the promised Redeemer, but the Israelites in general looked no further than the outward forms. These could not take away the defilement or dominion of sin. They could neither discharge the debts, nor resolve the doubts, of him who did the service. Gospel times are, and should be, times of reformation, of clearer light as to all things needful to be known, and of greater love, causing us to bear ill-will to none, but good-will to all. We have greater freedom, both of spirit and speech, in the gospel, and greater obligations to a more holy living.


Hebrews 9:6-10

 

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqiy9JRx-5w&t=3s 

Friday, February 10, 2017

Necessary Being exists=Principle of Existential Necessity (Bn exists)

The principle of Existential Necessity follows from two other Principles: The Principle of Existence (no. 1) and the Principle of Causality (no. 5).
 Since something undeniably exists (no. 1), either is is (a) all contingent or (b) all necessary or (c) some is necessary and some is contingent.
But both (b) and (c) acknowledge a Necessary Being, and (a) is logically impossible, being contrary to the self-evident principle no.5. For if all being not to exist. That is, a state of total nothingness is possible. But something now undeniably exists (e.g,  I do), as was demonstrated in premise no. . And nothing cannot cause something (no.5). Therefore, it is not possible (i.e., it is possible) for there to have been a state of total nothingness. But if it is impossible for nothing to exist (since something does exist), then something necessarily exists (i.e., a Necessary Being does exist).
To put it another way, if something exists and if nothing cannot cause something, then it follows that something must exist necessarily. For if something did not necessarily exist, then nothing would have caused the something that did exist. Since it is impossible for nothing to cause something, then it is necessary for something to always been.
This Necessary Being is also eternal, uncaused, unchanging, unlimited and one, since a Necessary Being cannot come to be, be caused by another, undergo change, be limited by any possibility of what it could be (a Necessary Being has no possibility to be other than it is) or to be more than one Being (since there cannot be two infinite beings).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2fc6LDJ7A

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Adaptation and science, Part Two

Adaptation: 
A physical trait or behavior due to inherited characteristics that gives an organism the ability to survive in a given environment.
Biblical creationists consider  major structures to be part of the original design provides by God. Modifications to those structures, adaptations, occur due to genetic recombination, random mutations and natural selection. These structures do not arise from the modification of similar structures of another kind of animal. The beak of the woodpecker, for example, did not arise from the beak of a theropod dinosaur ancestor; it was an originally designed structure. The difference in beak shapes among woodpeckers fits with the idea of natural selection leading to changes within a population of woodpeckers-within the created kind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK_TYL7qvQs

Monday, February 6, 2017

The glory that is beyond

The apostle shows to the Hebrews the typical reference of their ceremonies to Christ. The tabernacle was a movable temple, shadowing forth the unsettled state of the church upon earth, and the human nature of the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. The typical meaning of these things has been shown in former remarks, and the ordinances and articles of the Mosaic covenant point out Christ as our Light, and as the Bread of life to our souls; and remind us of his Divine Person, his holy priesthood, perfect righteousness, and all-prevailing intercession. Thus was the Lord Jesus Christ, all and in all, from the beginning. And as interpreted by the gospel, these things are a glorious representation of the wisdom of God, and confirm faith in Him who was prefigured by them.

Hebrews 9:1-5
 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqiy9JRx-5w&list=PLXYr1EhcJLKVy6iNUk5dUFDozT3SYuQ8j&index=9