Hope

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,    

     Hebrews 11:1-3 says, “ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  For by it the elders obtained a good report.  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” 

     There are a lot, and I mean a lot, of things I don’t know.  I don’t know what “Yellowstone” is other than a national park with a geyser in it, nor do I know anything about the Kardashians.  I also don’t know how God did it when He made the universe but this is one thing that I will accept as being true because it is described in the Bible.  The facts of other books still remain as questionable and the only truth that is to be found is in God’s Word.  i am comfortable with this conclusion and have been all of my life, well, most of it anyway.   

     It must be obvious that the world doesn’t know either and the best thing they can come up with is the “Big Bang Theory.”  When you consider the omnipotence of God, it could have been a big bang if you happened to be standing there at the time of creation.  By God’s Word, He did it amd He did it out of things that were not visible.  If I make a bird house, which is highly unlikely, I make it out of wood that is visible and can be cut and nailed or glued together.  God, on the other hand, made the universe out of that which was not visible.  Matter, as we see and touch things, is all made up of atoms.  I don’t see them moving about but even my floor and table are made up of moving parts.  When you burn the wood in a fire, the atoms are dispersed as heat but they still are there.  I don’t understand that either but I accept wha God has said in His Word about the whole process.  Faith as it is connecte with our “hope” is necessary in the acceptance of how our sins were paid for on the cross at Calvary  by the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ and the shedding of His blood for that payment.  An old children’s song began with the words, “Faith is just believing, what God said is true.”    I am surrounded by  many educated people with degrees in medicine and psychology who have no idea what i am talking about when i refer to eternal life, God, Calvary, salvation, or anything else that is mentioned in the scriptures.  My Bible assures me that there is only one God as so stated in Deuteronomy six.  That means that every other theory or paper on religion isn’t worth the paper it is written on..  One thing that stands out in the Bible is the continuity of the Scriptures written though the Holy Spirit with the hands of forty different men over a period of several thousand years.  I stand alone on the Word of God.  Praise Him today for showing us the clear way of salvation.