Finite By the Infinite
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“[God is] a vindictive bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser , a misogynistic, homophobic racist, an infanticidal, genocidal, phillicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
“The only watchmaker is the blind forces of physics.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
Wow the ingnorance. Physics created the Universe!
Thanks be to God, I am still an atheist.
Quoted in Le Monde, 16 Dec. 1959
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.
Infinite
Infinite
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? 14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
25 “To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.
God says, I placed the stars, everyone so you can see them one day and know, with evidence That I am God.
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion? 32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs? 33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? 34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you? 35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, ‘Here we are!’? 36 Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
5 O Lord, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. 6 A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this. 7 When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever. 8 But You, Lord, are on high forevermore. 9 For behold, Your enemies, O Lord, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Who Dwells in place not made by hands? WHo created Time? WHo Keeps the Atom Together? What is the Source of all things. If the Universe had a beginning, who Caused it?
IN the Beginning God Created, and He has been holding all things together, and will hold all things together
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Time would Fail to try to describe the Infinite. and Infinity is only a number because God Is from everlasting to Everlasting.
and no where is this more apearant than that God Set time to hinge upon the day that God gave himself to save his creation.
2023 years ago, we get that number because God ordained it and spoke it to come to pass.
It is by his sovereign will, that Jesus bore the sins of mankind in his body to be buried with death, and rose from the grave to show all creation, He is truly infinite. He alone can hold this claim, for it was our sins that he bore.
HE IS Everlasting, He has no beginning or end, and He is our Only hope because we are not. We are finite.
Finite
Finite
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? 14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
Who Taught Man? Where the mind Come from? Who made the Laws of Logic?
Sure Little Man down here can learn things, but he cannot know what is not learned.
We are finite, we have a begining and an end. Does the Potter answer to the Clay?
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
The problem is not That God is not powerful enough or, able. The problem is not that he is unskilled as a potter. The problem is we are clay with a free will. We willingly rebelled against him. and this is what that scripture means, the clay rebelled against the potter and conformed to its own will.
8 Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise? 9 He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10 He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? 11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.
Materialism is the thought that all things were not created, rather that all things were formed with materials by natural processes.
And my question has always been to them, where did you get the materials?
We live in a world where Doctors, Physicists, PHDs, MDs, and ADHDs can stand up and say to the universe that it formed itself.
There is no Book that ever Wrote itself. There is no building that built itself, and THere is no Creation that Created itself.
Actually , I was reading this study that calculated the Probability that, Given the right environment and enough time, Protein (which are the building blocks of Life) would be formed by nothing more than chance.
THe Study goes on to conclude that it would take 10 to the 164 times to successfully form a working protein.
THat is 10 with 164 zeros behind it, There are only 10 with 78 zeros number of atoms in the universe.
Appearantly it is more reasonable to them to believe this astronomical impossibility than just Believing Jesus.
The problem with Mankind, is that we have a sin nature. We dont know everything and some of us claim to.
It is not the intelligence that is the problem, it is that we all are sinners. We have an agenda and an Idea of how we want to live. We like the Idea of being Captain of our own ship
If God exists, then we are accountable to our actions. Or I can dismiss accountability by denying him, and I will be able to live how I want.
Mankind certainly has much to say this day and age. Dont believe me? just go to twitter, Instabook, Snaptok and the likes.
Ignorance runs rampant. Wisdom seems to have called in sick. There is enough hot air to fill an Air Balloon!
Want to know the truth?
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
Path To Justice
Path To Justice
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? 14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
So what then?
Justice
We are heading to a Day where we will all stand before God.
There was a man who had made some terrible mistakes in his life, he was asked after he made right what he made wrong, he was asked if he no longer feared standing before the people he wronged.
He said he no longer feared standing before them, but I fear one day that I will Stand before GOD.
Friend you and I are going to stand before God one Day, and Though I am standing before him now, not like then.
Much more near, Have you stood next to lighting? an avalanche? The Sun?
30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Today freind if you have any sin, rebellion in your heart you are in great danger, for it is just one breath away, which breathe I do not know.
I say this in love for I know that God is merciful if we repent and Put our faith in Jesus.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
RObert Deniro said one day, “when I die, I am going to have a couple of things to say to God.
Appearantly it seems better to him to neglect Jesus and the way to everlasting life, and march right up to God and get in His face.
Beloved, not so for us. We have been given a better way, a new and living way. That by his blood we have boldness to come to God. And have an assurance in your heart that when We say Abba Father, like Caleb says to Me Daaaddaaa, God is merciful and by grace we are saved.
In our text God reveals to us there is a Path to justice. WHat I am hoping to encourage you with, is that when we understand God is Infinite, and we are finite, that He is the one who has everything under control.
HE has made a way for us, into salvation, he has made a way to life eternal. But also in this life today.
Do you have any doubts about what God is doing in your life? In family? At work?
Are there any questions not yet answered?
Satan wants more than ever to come along side you and like in the garden, convince you to disbelieve God. And actually we give satan too much credit, YOur flesh, and the World also wants this.
God formed you and made you. he knows everything about you, he is doing something with your life.
The marring doesnt come from God, it comes from us, we are the variable, he is the constant.
THe truth is that God knows his thoughts about you, to prosper you and give you life more abundantly.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen.
The path to Justice and Righteousness is to have Faith in God and what he is doing with this marred clay.
THe answer we all need, richard dawkins included, is to fully surrender to God and allow him to mold and shape you.
When you find yourself marred by sin, or just dificulties in life, our answer, our path is to stay on the potters wheel and trust our Creator.