Has this statement grabbed your attention?
Mankind lives in a Space - Matter - time universe. Everything
we do from the moment we are born happens in time. Even our thought processes,
either consecutive or sequential, occur in time. All our lives we are continually
learning and our actions and deeds are based on prior learning.
From our early childhood we are taught to think and to reason
e.g. to avoid danger or perhaps
embarrassment as a result of our actions.
Why have I emphasised time? It is because as created beings
we live in a time universe. God is eternal and He exists outside of time in
eternity. Eternity is not elongated time! Eternity encapsulates time within
itself.
Genesis 1:1, "In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Before the universe
came into being - God was already there! Before there was a Space - Matter -
Time universe - God was already there. God created our Space - Matter -Time universe!
Therefore God created time within the framework of eternity.
Because God is eternal He already knows the end from the
beginning. God does not have to think about things - He already knows! We don't
know what the future holds for us even on a day to day basis; but God already
knows the future. Nothing ever takes God by surprise.
In Acts 17:22-28 the apostle Paul spoke to the men of
Athens.
"(22) Then Paul
stood in the midst of Areopagus, saying, 'Men of Athens, I perceive that in all
things you are very religious;
(23) for as I was
passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an
altar with this inscription; TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you
worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.
(24) God, who made the
world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not
dwell in temples made with hands.
(25) Nor is He
worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to
all life, breath, and all things.
(26) And has made from one
blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has
determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
(27) so that they
should seek the Lord, in the hope they might grope for Him and find Him, though
He is not far from each one of us,
(28) for in Him we live
and move and have our being...' "
Have you learned something new from these verses? Have you
learned that you should seek the Lord? "...He
is not far from each of us..." It has been said, "He is as near
as breathing." God wants you to get to know Him. He wants to give you
eternal life. He wants you to know His Son, Jesus Christ died on a Roman cross
at Calvary to pay the penalty for your sins and wickedness.
Isaiah 1:18, "Come
now and let us reason together", says the Lord, "Though your sins are
like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson,
they shall be as wool."
Let's conclude with John 3:16, 17, "(16) for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
(17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that
the world through Him might be saved."
The Lord Jesus Christ is the answer.
Man thinks - but God
knows!
Jon Peasey
Words of Life blog www.jrpeasey.blogspot.com
Ebooks author page https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JRPeasey
[All
Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted.
Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted
for clarity. Words in bold type
emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are quoted with ... at the beginning, ending or
elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse, that relate
directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]
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