The Power Of God

Many people find it strange that one believes in the "Book of miracles", the Bible. Even if they believe there is a God, the idea of someone receiving or doing a miracle seems to be too much for them. Too "out of this World" to believe.

As I pointed out in a previous post, if a person accepts God, it has to accept Him the way He is. There is no sense in accepting a God according to ones imagination.

God is almighty. He said it in His word and he proved it throughout history. God created the heaven and the earth. He created all living beings. God is the great lawgiver. He set the universe in order. He set the solar-system. He set the laws of nature. He created the elements.

Now with that in mind, I do not know why one finds it so strange or doubtful that the God who created all things is able to do anything with His creation.

Why would it be so unbelievable that the very one who created the human body is also able to heal it from any sickness? A car that breaks down or doesn't run right, can be restored if one replaces the bad part with good new functional parts. Noone wonders why the car works ok again after repairing. Why would someone then doubt that the great maker of the human body is able to supernautrally change the course of nature and take away the sickness?
Why would someone wonder that the one who created the laws of nature is able to master them and walk on the water? If I set some laws then I am also able to abolish them. God set the solar system, so why would He not be able to stop the earth from going around the sun if He wanted?

The wondering ends when one gets into contact with the one who created and experiences the power of God.

Why would anyone believe in God and then think He is not able to do anything? The power of God is unlimited. He proved it by creating. He proved it by showing that He is the master over the laws of nature.

Read your Bible and pray every day!

History - a part of the History of Salvation (Gods purpose)

When we look at the current events in the world, it is impossible to understand them when one does not have the historical background. Looking at Iraq today does not do any good if one doesn't know anything about 1991 and the Gulf War. Looking at Lebanon today does not do any good if one doesn't know anything about the coming into existance of Israel. Looking at the situation in each country does not do too much good if one does not know anything about the history of that country.
But most of all, it makes no sense to look at any major historical and contemporary event without having in mind that there is a God that has a plan with mankind.

We read in the Bible that in the beginning, God created. When we read on, we see what he created and how he did it. But the question that would immediatelly arise, "WHY did he begin to create things?", is not answered right away.

God never does anything without a purpose. He created the heavens and the earth for a purpose. He created all living creatures for a purpose. He created man for a purpose. And Gods purpose is what actually influences the history of mankind the most. The history of mankind is a part of the "History of Salvation", which is the purpose of God unfolding in a plan God has.

As soon as God created man, He began to reveal (make known) Himself and part of His purpose to mankind. The Bible bears witness of that. He began to fellowship with man. That was one purpose: He created man to have fellowship with Him. That is why he created man in His image.

It is one of Gods greatest purposes why He began to create, and that is to come into fellowship with man.

After man chose to not follow what God said them to do, the history of man began. Notice that the History of Salvation began even before that, because it started with the purpose God had in his mind before He started creating.

Now all the time while man began to live his own way apart from God, Gods purpose never changed. He still wanted to have fellowship with his creation. But now in the fallen state of man, God was able to also reveal many different attributes of Himself. Now He had the chance to be a Healer. Now He has the chance to be a Redeemer. Now He had the chance to be a Guide. Now He had the chance to be a Father to His creation. Now He had the Chance to be a Judge. Now He had the chance to be an Attorney. Now He had the chance to show His Love. Now He had a chance to show His grace. Now He had a chance to show His inner most feelings towards His creation.

So when we look at history, we have to bear in mind that all that happens is a part of Gods plan which unfolds on earth, and that while we may focus on some events in world politics, God on the other hand is achieving more and more which brings His plan to an end and His purpose to be fulfilled - that man will come into perfect fellowship with God once again.

Ask yourself: do you know Gods purpose for your life? Did you let God fulfill His purpose in your life? Are you back in fellowship with the one who created you?

"Read your Bible and pray every day."

God

Today many people have an idea about God. Almost everybody has an opinion about God. Some say, God exists. Some say he doesn't. Some say, "God is this", others say "God is that", some say "God is everything" and again others say "God is nothing".

I want to give some of my thoughts on this.

First of all I want to say that to me it makes no sense to say "there is no God". The immediate question is: how do you know?
Secondly I want to say that saying "there is a God and He is like this and that and the other etc." to me makes no sense as well. If you know there is a God, how do you know what He is like?

So then what about God now? Not talking about him at all? No, that would make no sense as well.

Why can people say "Alex exists"? Well, they have met me. They have seen me. They have read my Blog. They talked to me via email, telephone, etc. And why can people say "Alex is like this and that and the other"? Because they made experiences with me. Maybe they were around me for some time. Maybe they saw how I conduct myself. Maybe they heard stories told about me, etc.

There is but one way to have that question answered, "Does God exist or not", and that is to get to know God and make experiences with him. How can you know how God is like if you never met Him and never made any experiences with Him?

Today many people accept that there is a God. But then they do not want to experience God and do not want to know Him personally, but they make up a concept of God in their own mind. "God is like this etc.". What does that produce? Not more than some man-made idea. They run around with a view about how they want God to be, instead of getting in contact with Him in order to find out what he is really like.

God made a way for people to get to know Him. First, he revealed himself to mankind from the beginning on. He came into the life of certain men and women and showed them how he is, and what he is, etc. He saw to it that it was recorded in a book called the Bible.
That is one way to know something about God: reading the Bible to see how God acted towards others.

But God also gave many many promises. A promise is something God says He will do. Whoever meets the conditions of any promise of God will experience it. God made it that way so we can come in contact with Him and get to know Him and see what He is like.
Begin to read the Bible and try if what is written by God in His Word is not true, by coming to Him on the conditions shown in the Bible. God is obligated to fulfill His Word. And He will do it.

Do not say "there is no God", do not say "there is a God, but the way I want Him to be", but come to God and come into His fellowship and let God show Himself to you how He is like.

"Read your Bible and pray every day"

Me

Time to blog

Hello All!

I am starting this blog and I do not know yet what direction it will go. I am pretty sure it will follow my interests and moods. So get ready for some talk about the Bible, comments on contemporary news and much more.

Alex