If I said I was going on vacation for 14 days, I’m sure no one would ask me, ‘Now, did you mean you’ll be back in two weeks, or are you speaking metaphorically, and you’ll actually be returning 14 years from now?’ Yet many people continue to question our all-knowing God when He says He created in six normal-length days and rested on the seventh, ‘Did you mean one week, or a few billion years?’
It drives me crazy when I hear someone say something is millions of years old. The earth is not millions of years old. Want proof? Visit the Answers in Genesis website and you will find all kinds of information on the age of the earth and a lot more stuff. Enjoy.
www.answersingenesis.org
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Neighbors
I used to be in the habit of coming home from work, waving at my neighbor as I pull into my garage, close the garage behind me and go inside. But that was before Jake, my 4 year old, taught me what it means to be a neighbor. Jake doesn't let me or any of our neighbors just wave and go inside. He meets you at the car before you have time to get out. If you try to go inside he makes you promise to come back out. Then he waits on you to come back out. Jake loves his neighbors. He knows all their names and he likes to spend time with them.
Galatians 5:14
The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
We can't show love to our neighbors unless we spend time with them. What do you know about your neighbor? Do you know their name, their kids names, where they are from, what they do for a living, what their favorite football team is? If you know any of these you are doing well but to really show love to them we need to know what their spiritual lives are like. Do they go to church? Do they have a relationship with Christ? If we really love them, like Jesus tells us too, then we should care about where they spend eternity. I encourage you the next time you see your neighbor out when you come home, don't just wave and go inside; talk to them, invite them to church, tell them about Christ.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Galatians 5:14
The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
We can't show love to our neighbors unless we spend time with them. What do you know about your neighbor? Do you know their name, their kids names, where they are from, what they do for a living, what their favorite football team is? If you know any of these you are doing well but to really show love to them we need to know what their spiritual lives are like. Do they go to church? Do they have a relationship with Christ? If we really love them, like Jesus tells us too, then we should care about where they spend eternity. I encourage you the next time you see your neighbor out when you come home, don't just wave and go inside; talk to them, invite them to church, tell them about Christ.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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