6/10/14

From Gary... Homo sapiens

From reading this sign, one could infer that "Homo sapiens" is just another species; one of many animals. While it is true that we have a lot in common with the animal world, we are different. Human creativity, reason and artistic abilities put us in a class all by ourselves. Wait, that is right, but not right. God made us and placed us at the top of the order of things.  So, this sign is wrong; wrong because it leaves God out of the picture. And, like it or no- God is with us!!!  Now, the very "SMART" (perhaps stupid might be more accurate) among us have reasoned God out of existence (at least in their own minds). Morals, ethics, civility; everything that makes Homo sapiens a social creature is best defined by the Almighty and not Human reason.  Think about this for a minute- Human reason changes with the centuries. Remember, the Greeks viewed the world through pure reason; now the standard is the scientific method. Time will only tell what the common world view will be, in say, 500 years or so.  One thing is a surety, the Christian's standard has been and will be the Scriptures, even unto ten thousand years. But, for those who will not listen, I am quite sure that this will fall on "deaf ears".  Consider this passage from the book of Corinthians for a moment....
 
1 Corinthians, Chapter 2
1Co 2:1  And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
1Co 2:2  For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
1Co 2:3  I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
1Co 2:4  and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1Co 2:5  so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
1Co 2:6  Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;
1Co 2:7  but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
1Co 2:8  the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
1Co 2:9  but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."
1Co 2:10  For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
1Co 2:11  For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,
1Co 2:13  which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.
1Co 2:14  But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
1Co 2:15  But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.
1Co 2:16  For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ
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Humans are taller, better fed, housed and educated (maybe yes, and maybe no on that last one) than ever before.  But, I ask you- are we any better social creatures than those to whom Paul wrote in Corinth? If you answered yes, then perhaps you are deceiving yourself. Only obedience to God and a heart willing to adhere to HIS design for our lives really changes things.  And the closer you are to God, the better a person you will become. Believe that, because it is right!!!