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Isaiah 40:31. But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Search the Bible at BibleGateway. I decided to become an astrophysicist at the age of eight. I read all the physics and astronomy books in the children’s section of my library. My family supported my voracious appetite for knowledge. My teachers assigned me lots of extra-curricular projects in the social sciences, which eventually sparked my spiritual quest. In my last year of high school, I studied the Thirty Years’ War for one extra project. I wondered why the Catholics and Protestants shed so much blood over trivial doctrine. I posed tough questions to my teacher, who sent me off to the library to read books on comparative religions. Read More... The Goal Of My Life. It was a real struggle for me to become a Christian for a number of reasons. I had always prided myself in being a self-made man. I was used to being in control of my life. I was also afraid of what my friends would think. I looked at Christianity’s ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ and thought that it was so narrow. Read More... Tunnel Vision. In 1971, the troubles in Northern Ireland were increasingly becoming a danger to me and to my six children. We listened to horror stories of suffering every day on the radio. Our personal horror story came the night I was attacked by two gunmen. One beat me while asking me questions about someone’s whereabouts. Although I wasn’t a Christian, I silently prayed for God to help me. Read More...
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| Written by Associate Pastor Wayne Durden |
| Friday, 15 August 2008 10:46 |
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The two verses we have chosen as our text are very powerful scriptures. Allow me to say early on in this message the God who spoke this world into existence will always do right by His people.
Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" (Genesis 18:25). Note! The scripture says He had compassion on His people. May I remind us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He has compassion on us as well. What about the law of the Kingdom of God; what is it? The law is God's word. It contains the mind of God, it is God. His will runs from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is the book of all books. Please understand this, when God's children are obedient to God's law (His Word) this automatically brings us into conflict with the values of the culture we live in, for our culture as a whole does not subscribe to God's laws. I want to further say, if the laws of the government defies the law of God, we must be obedient to God's law. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up. (Daniel 3:18). There are many people in God's word who put their lives on the line to obey God's word. Remember, obedience to God is better than sacrifice. Oh! that we'll become hungry for God's word. In The Love of Christ, Pastor Durden |
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