Daily Devotional, Year 4 – October 14 (Atheism Exposed: Nature’s Witnesses, Part 17: “Atheism Vs. God’s Two-Edged Sword”)
By admin On December 30th, 2023.
2Th_2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1Jn 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1Jn 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
1Jn 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
1Jn 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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Psa 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Psa 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Psa 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – October 14
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Atheism Exposed: Nature’s Witnesses,
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Part 17:
“Atheism Vs. God’s Two-Edged Sword”
To read Part 1, click here…January 25th (Atheism Exposed: Part 1, “Nature’s Four Witnesses”)
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“For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”
Hebrews 4:12
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It’s always fun and exciting to listen to a good, intelligent, orderly and respectable Internet debate between atheists and Christians.
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And even though we all “root, root, root for the home team” (as that old song sings), we might even learn from listening to the opposition’s arguments.
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John Lennox and Christopher Hitchens debating wikimedia share-alike license
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But as we witness more and more of these atheist/creationist debates, there is a common theme we hear from the atheists.
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Yes, it is almost guaranteed that we will hear the following complaints: “The God of the Bible is a tyrant, evil, hypocritical, and invented by mere men. Christians are hypocrites, evildoers, etc., etc….
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A young lady on a social website was listing some of the Bible’s stupidity, such as “Forbidding to wear garments of wool mingled with cotton, or discovering an unfaithful wife by drinking “bitter water that causeth the curse…thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell….”
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And well, this young lady continued on and one (interjecting numerous exclamation marks in the form of curse-words). And then she concluded by saying “these ridiculous Old Testament laws only prove, without a doubt, that the ‘3!#&!#’ Bible is pure Bull-‘3!#&!#’, written by ‘#%$#!’ men!”
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But we need to understand is, that all those hard-to-understand verses begin to make sense when we realize that the Bible is a prophetic book. In other words, even though these laws and precepts are concerning earthly matters and behaviors, there is a spiritual interpretation which addresses some aspect of the Gospel of Christ.
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And if we keep this in mind we might, by the grace of God, begin to view the Bible through spiritual ‘eyeglasses’, so to speak.
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One great problem is that most people read the Bible from an earthly vantage-point. Even many ministers and Bible teachers read the Bible, largely from an earthly vantage-point, and completely miss the heavenly meaning and message.
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For example, when the Bible forbids wearing clothing made of both wool and linen (cotton), the spiritual message concern our “garments of Salvation”…”my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation” Isaiah 61:10
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God wants us to be clothed with woolen from the Lamb of God. We are not to mingle that garment with the worldly covering of cotton (which symbolizes the commonness of the world).
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SLAVERY
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God wrote rules concerning slavery for a number of reasons. One very important reason is that back in those days, it was common for people to pay their debts by placing themselves in servitude to the one whom they owed money, until their debt was paid. And so, God laid down codes of conduct for both the slaves and also for their masters.
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In the New Testament, Paul gave admonitions for godly conduct to Christians who were slaves.
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Now, today’s skeptics and critics will use these admonitions to accuses God of being a monster or just a fabrication of the men who made up the entire myth of God and God’s Son.
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Now even though most Bible students are not slaves of men, the fact is, we are servants and bondmen of Christ…
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And the unsaved multitudes are servants and prisoners of “the god of this world”, Lucifer, now titled, Satan and The Devil. 2nd Corinthians 4:4
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And so, these admonitions are applicable in many areas of life, including our career in which we are servants to our employer.
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“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”
Hebrews 4:12
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God wrote the Bible as a two-edged sword. In other words, the sword of the spirit the word of God cuts both ways: cuts to save, or cuts to destroy.
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And so, many Bible-skeptics will look at various verses and passages and Bible accounts and use them to disprove the Bible or to prove that God is a monster: things like slavery, or wearing garments of blended materials, etc., not realizing that these were to be understood metaphorically.
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Jesus said “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand”
Matthew 13:13
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… And those skeptics who find seeming contradictions in the Bible or some Bible passages which prove that God is evil, because of this or that thing He did or allowed, only validates the passage that informs us…
Jesus said “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand”
Matthew 13:13
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It is not God’s purpose nor intention to bring humans to Salvation via the wisdom of this world.
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CREATION MOMENTS
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Now, if the reader would like to learn more about the Laws of nature, please bookmark this following daily 2-minute broadcast called, “Creation Moments” in which a different aspect of nature is highlighted each weekday….click here…. “CREATION MOMENTS”
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Poppy Field in Argenteuil, oil painting by Claude Monet – Wikimedia – public domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me the joy of knowing more about the wonders of nature. Help me to see, not only the beauty and poetry of nature, and the wisdom of nature, but also the many pictures of Love: God’s love in nature…
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Beagle and sleeping kitty – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…November 9th (Where Did All the Laws Come From?), or you may also read…December 14 (Atheism Exposed: Nature’s Witnesses, Part 13: “An Open Letter To An Atheist Talk Show Host”)“, or you may also read…APRIL 27 (Strong Delusion in Scripture, Part 1)
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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HEAVENLY OBJECT LESSON
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“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” Isaiah 24:23
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When God created the Moon and the stars, He ordained them to “rule the night” (Gen. 1:16). The Moon, especially when it is full, can light your pathway through the night, as it reflects the light of the Sun.
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So too, the Christian is to be a light to the world: to this sin-darkened world. But as the Moon must reflect the light of the Sun, in order to be a light to the world, so also must the Christian reflect the light of Jesus, to be a spiritual light to this planet in rebellion. Listen…
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“Ye are the light of the world…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16
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However, during an eclipse, the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, preventing that sunlight from shining on the Moon’s face. This is an incredible object-lesson about when the child of God allows the world to come between him and his Lord. Like the eclipse, that person no longer reflects the light of Jesus, because his or her love of this dark world of sin has eclipsed the light from the “Sun of Righteousness” (see Malachi 4:2).
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And so, this is just one of the many poetic truths seen in the Moon. (For more on this subject of an eclipse, you may link to the article… “Lunar Eclipse & Spiritual Eclipse”)
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Dutch Painting: Um_moinho_dominando_a_baía_à_luz_lunar wikimedia US public domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Moon Into Blood Trilogy: 1st Face: The Night Watchman”
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TOMORROW:
October 15 (Noble Bereans, Part 23: “The Messages of the Three Angels of Revelation 14”)
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3 – Three Angels Message – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.