Thoughts on Christ and His Word

Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson got into a lot of trouble this week because he said homosexuality is a sin. The source of his belief is the Bible, which a lot of people today reject as a source of truth. People have their own ideas what is right and what is wrong.  Many years ago God told the prophet Ezekiel that the Israelites were saying "'the way of the Lord is not just!' Hear O house of Israel: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?" Ezekiel 18:25 People think that they can invent their own morality but God's ways are always true, loving and just because He created all things including human beings for His just and loving purposes. And it will be Him at the end of it all who will judge every man, not based on what that person thought was right or wrong but on God's own holy and eternal standards.

Children want what they want and they want it now because they have no concept of the future. They only know the here and now. But God wants is to look into the future. He told the people of Israel while they were in exile: “Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid. Jeremiah 46:27 Even while Israel was in exile God told them to take the long view. Verse 27 says Jacob will again have peace and security. Even though the situation was bad God wanted them to look towards the future at a time when security and peace would return to Israel. We must all have an eternal perspective on life in order to get rid of fear and have peace in our hearts. Paul reminds us of this eternal mindset: Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right