0285 Blind Faith
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BLIND FAITH
What if your mom and dad would be moron? “I would be an atheist”
God wouldn’t kill unbelieving atheist because He is loving
Christian bear
Amazing Facts About Human Body:
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart
A sneeze leaves your body travelling at 100 miles per hour
An average person loses about 200 hairs per day
An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs
Your thumb is the same length as your nose
You were born with 300 bones
As an adult you have 206
There are 230 joints in the body
Bone is stronger, inch for inch than the steel in the skyscrapers
The human body has over 600 muscles
It takes 17 muscles to smile – 43 to frown
Every 2000 frowns creates one wrinkle
It takes 72 muscles to speak one word
Your tongue has 3000 taste buds
It’s impossible to lick your elbow
The width of your armspace stretched out is the length of your whole body
You use 200 muscles to take one step
Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still
The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica
Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10 watt light bulb
The average person has at least seven dreams a night. Each dream lasts only 2-3 seconds
Your brain is more active and thinks more at night than during the day
GOD doesn’t exist!?
There are no atheists (absolute statement requires absolute knowledge)
Agnostic doesn’t know if there was a builder but atheist believes that there was no builder at all
Apply evolution to Coca Cola or building or painting
Building is the proof of the builder. He can’t be seen, touched, felt, or smelt but he exists (Rom.1:20)
Evolution: nothing + time = everything (it’s religion not science)
1963 – Bible was removed (1950 – 2,000 words while in 1963 – 30,000 words on evolution)
Rape - 995%. Teenage pregnancy - 553%. SAT decreased. Cohabitation – 725%
We behave according to our belief
Atheist can’t find God, for the same reason thieves can’t find police
If I die I lose nothing, if you die you lost everything
CHRISTIANITY is just another religion!?
All religions can’t be right. 2+2=4. Equation has one right answer and many wrong ones.
Belief and sincerity doesn’t mean it’s right and true (God in the sky)
Buddhism – no God, no after life; Hinduism – many gods, reincarnation; Islam – Allah, salvation is earned
BUDDHISM – 500 BC. Siddhartha Gautama, wealthy, married at 16. Nirvana – state of no craving. Buddha “enlighten one”. No God, & no afterlife
HINDUISM – Recarnation “Karman”. We are divine. 330 million gods.
ISLAM – 500 AC. Muhammad, camel driver till 25. Married 15 year older wealthy woman. Had 13 wives. Last one was 9 years old. Ishmael’s descendant. Evangelism by sword “Jihad”. Weird paradise. Wrote Koran. Islam “submission”
MORMONISM – Couldn’t find right church in NY. Book of Mormon is the lost Jewish tribe “Nephites” translated. Angel revelation. Polygamy. No hell. God had sex with Mary. Only one god in this planet. Used to be man. Burning in bosom.
JEHOVAH WITNESS – Jesus is created angel not God. Didn’t raise bodily. Holy Spirit is not God. Salvation is not free. End of world prophecies. Only 144,000 are saved. No hell.
Buddha was seeker of truth. Muhammad was prophet of truth. Jesus was the Truth.
JESUS – 330 prophecies. Holy lifestyle. Claimed to be God. Marked by miracles. Resurrected from dead. Seen by 500
BIBLE – 40 authors, prophecies, purpose, history (Jericho walls sank not crumbled, ark, wheels of chariots), unity
Why is there SUFFERING? (not sickness, or addictions)
Why righteous suffer? Why not? They are the only ones who can handle it – CS Lewis
Suffering comes as result of fall of man. Suffering is not a sign of God’s wrath
Satan not God brings suffering. Reward of suffering is experience
The same faith that delivers some from suffering leads others through
Wilderness defeated Israel but empowered Jesus
Job asked why (181 questions), God asked Job why (184 questions)
God was in the same place in suffering as He was during crucifixion
Why JESUS is the only way to heaven?
God doesn’t change. God is holy and just. Every sinner will be hold accountable
You can’t sent them to hell – where is love; You can’t sent them to heaven – where is justice
Cross is the intersection of holiness and love
Cross is the only way God can be holy and loving
The only way judge can be just and holy is if he pays the fine