Old Testament reading: Psalm 14-18
“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” Not, “The fool has proven…” Not, “The fool has demonstrated…” But, “The fool has SAID…” Saying something is true proves nothing. While the infidel may believe what he professes, he can never with any degree of certainty prove it to be true. I believe in God because all the evidence points to Him. The existence of the world is insufficient to explain its origin. The truth of David’s words is seen in this statement by George Wald, professor of Biology at Harvard, “The reasonable view was to believe in spontaneous generation; the only alternative, to believe in a single, primary act of supernatural creation. There is no third position. For this reason many scientists a century ago chose to regard the belief in spontaneous generation as a “philosophical necessity.” It is a symptom of the philosophical poverty of our time that this necessity is no longer appreciated… One has only to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the spontaneous generation of a living organism is impossible. Yet here we are as a result, I believe, of spontaneous generation” (“The Origin of Life”, Scientific American, August 1954 p.46). So we see this Nobel Prize winner admitting that he believes what he knows with absolute certainty to be impossible! How scholarly!
New Testament reading: Luke 6-7
“Among those born of women there has not arisen a greater prophet than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” John was forerunner of Jesus. As a forerunner, he would have not only taught and prepared the people for Jesus’ coming, but he would have also pictured the character and integrity of Jesus. In this respect, John had no equal (the Lord excepted). But what a great blessing and privilege it is to be a member of the kingdom of God (the church – Matt 16:16-18). As dying prior to the establishment of the church, John never enjoyed membership in the kingdom. Contrariwise, all Christians have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son (Col 1:13). This citizenship must be appreciated and protected at all costs. “Hold fast what you have until I come” (Rev 2:25).
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