God's Social Order

Dr Tackett is blessed with the ability to communicate Gods biblical truth as it pertains to social order. Church, Family, Government, and Labor is ordered and reflects the image of God when understood in a biblical worldview. It is apparent that within all social structure there is a defined order consistent with the very nature of God, if they are blurred, compromised or misunderstood it will perpetuate chaos within the social structure. Richard Shaull writes, God maintains the unity and harmony of the universe against the threats of disorder and chaos, and the king is the divine representative to do the same on earth. The state belongs to the "ontocratic" order; it is the embodiment of cosmic totality; and the king is therefore the guardian, executor, and servant of cosmic order, which is also the basis of order in society. Social institutions and classes constituting the status quo are divinely ordained.
Today all over the world, culture deconstructs Gods natural order. An errant philosophy has taken hold that all history is constructed, that there is no single true history, no single truth, that all societies, all systems of law are mere constructs; they may be deconstructed and reconstructed differently.
Rita Joseph on an article about the disruption of Gods Natural law also writes.
Around the world, legislatures, judiciaries and the media are also caught up in this nonsense, all in a ludicrous attempt to free human activity from the moral constraints, Gods order. Even fundamental institutions like marriage and the family are being ordered differently,
experimentally and it is a direct assult on Gods order and natural law.
We must be able to discern this truth and recognize the assault against Gods social order.
If we believe what we believe is really real. My when we gaze upon the face of God it is obvious, there is no direction in which we can travel that God has not spoken. Are we listening?
God Bless

Science. Should Christians fear looking into the microscope?

Darwin's Theory of Evolution - What do you think? A Theory In Crisis. Darwin's Theory of Evolution is a theory in crisis in light of the tremendous advances we've made in molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics over the past fifty years. We now know that there are in fact tens of thousands of irreducibly complex systems on the cellular level. Specified complexity pervades the microscopic biological world. Molecular biologist Michael Denton wrote, "Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, weighing less than 10-12 grams, each is in effect a veritable micro-miniaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery, made up altogether of one hundred thousand million atoms, far more complicated than any machinery built by man and absolutely without parallel in the non-living world." And we don't need a microscope to observe irreducible complexity. The eye, the ear and the heart are all examples of irreducible complexity, though they were not recognized as such in Darwin's day. Nevertheless, Darwin confessed, "To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree."
Darwin also confessed, "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. Biochemist Micheal Behe has put forth exactly that, the theory of irreducible complexitiy. By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. If it was never functioned the process of evolution would have eliminated the part thus never being able to evolve the other parts in which to function, pointing directy to a Designer/Creator.
Science and philosophy today refuse to look outside of ourselves and never will consider the alternative to evolution no matter how much science points to a designer. We do not need to be afraid to gaze into a microscope.
The scientists, biologists, philosophers and stark Aethiests of today will not look outside the box and gaze upon the face of God. They will all say it looks designed, it appears designed, but remind yourself, it is not design, it is not design.
Michael Behe in his book Darwins Black Box, states. "Now, the black box has been opened up and we know how it works. Applying Darwin's test to the ultra-complex world of molecular machinery and cellular systems that have been discovered over the past 40 years, we can say that Darwin's theory has absolutely broken down."
Remarkable how Paul in Romans 1:18-20 states exactly this which is taking place.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
Yet excuses are plenty.
Be Blessed

Who is man?

If we are to understand who man is, we must understand who God says man is. We where made in the image and likeness of God and we carry that in us. But since the first Sin against God we are fallen, seperated from him through our sin. We are broken therefore we are not inherently good and are in a perpetual conflict within ourselves.
Galatians 5:16-17
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. It is saying that man is Sinful, and when we need a Savior.
Even with the spirit dwelling within us we are still at conflict but we must not buy the alternate philosophies that says man is good and our ultimate objective is self actualization. We need to get in touch with our inner nature. Is Man inherently good? Does man have a propensity for evil? Culture today says no. From a Biblical worldview the scriptural truth says, Put to death your earthly nature.
Colossians 3:5-10
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.b 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator

The Biblical worldview is directly opposite of Cultures view? We need to look at the question of
who is man from both views to understand and be able to discern between them and rely on the truth of God to guide us and reveal who man is?

Tour 2 Philosophy and Ethics

The longest journey in life is from the head to the heart. In the study of Ethics and philosophy it mentions our linguistic shift of the meaning of ethics and morality. We have philosophically in culture today created our own morality by acting on what "is", not the real meaning of ethics which is what "ought" to be. When we remove the idea of ethics and we act according to what "is" popular behavior, good, bad, right or wrong as humans, we have no absolute standard on which to base morality. Ethics are the "ought" , Morality the "is". So now society takes a census on what is popular or how people act in society and what "is" creates the norm.
The Bible tells us about not conforming to the world but being transformed by the renewing of the mind. To often today Christians act according to a feeling, a mystical sense of Godliness and try to bypass the mind in the study of Gods Word revealed to us. The prophet Jeremiah noted, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, ESV). Similarly, the apostle James said, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:22-25). Ravi Zacharias eloquently states it as such. The world does not understand what the absoluteness of the moral law is all about. Some get caught, some don’t get caught. Yet who of us would like our heart exposed on the front page of the newspaper today? Have there not been days and hours when like Paul, you’ve struggled within yourself, and said, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do…. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:15, 24). Each of us knows this tension and conflict within if we are honest with ourselves.
What as Christians can we learn from this? The answer is in His Word.

What is truth?

The first study "begs the question", what is truth? We as Christians should know truth as an absolute through Gods Word. Dr. Tackett stresses that Jesus Christ came for redemption, salvation, to set the captives free, but one reason that we fall short of noticing is when Pointus Pilate asked the question of Jesus "who are you and why have you come"? Jesus said, "to testify to the truth". Then Pilate says, "What is Truth"? and walks away. He was starring truth in the face, literally. He never waited for the ultimate authority on Truth to give him the answer. Then Dr Tackett poses the question" Do you really believe that what you believe is really real"?
Because if we believe God is Truth. If we really know he is the only truth, and that is our reality beacuse truth is propositionally what confirms reality, what a difference we could make in gently sharing the truth, allowing God to reveal his Truth through us. There is so much knowledge to be gained from this one part of the study to logically understand how we are in a cosmic battle with the lies of the flesh, world and the devil. If you are interested in discussing Truth, Knowledge and logic pertaining to your worldview please post your comments.

God Bless

The Truth Project

I inquired some months back, What is your Worldview? I am now prepared to due a study to see If I live consistently to my worldview. I have also extended this study out to other Chrsitians as well to expose ourselves to what the biblical worldview is, and do we live and conform to that worldview as Christians. A worldview? Through what lens do we see the world around us and how does it pertain to reality? What is Truth? Do we live by absolutes or is it objective? There is no direction we can travel as Christians where God has not given us the Truth. I am ready to be challenged, inspired and look to God for the answers. I will be perpetually commenting on the wisdom and knowledge revealed to me through this study.
God Bless

Ecclesiastes

Solomon at the end of his life, infinite wisdom given by God writes this Philisophical account of his life filled with his quest for fulfiiling his desires with women, treasures and worldly things realizes it has brought him nothing. Vanity, vanity all is vanity he cries, purposeless is his quest for the things of this world, in the end all we have is God and he cries out for lifes meaning. Other adjectives such as vain, empty, temporary what is gained? Solomon seemingly expresses our need to enjoy the God given pleasures in life such as eating, drinking and the fruits of our labor given by God.
Solomon concludes by stating we should follow the commands of our God. Much of the time God is left out of the discussion. But when he is introduced, everything changes. "Life under the sun" becomes "life from the hand of God." Chasing after meaning is transformed into the pursuit of God. This exploration of life's meaninglessness outside of knowing God thus becomes an invitation to know him. It seems like our busy lives consumed by work, money, media and things. We must see the splendor of Gods General revelation in our lives that is plain to see all around us.

Numbers

Exostentialism seems alive in Numbers. Disbelief, void of gratitude, repeated acts of rebellion, lack of faith, lawlessness seems to be what the Isreaites are feeling. God has freed the people from slavery but the feeling seems to be, what have you done for us lately? What are we getting for this and where is this land of milk and honey?

Leviticus

Leviticus? As I read it I see Gods clear as to his expectations of The Israelites. Order is of the essence from his covenant with the Levites for how they are to eat, act in every facet of their lives and their priestly laws. Moreover he offers them a way for atonement and forgiveness through sacrificial offerings. It seems as if there is far more to this interaction with Moses and God than I can begin to grasp by reading through it in a three day span. I am immensely intrigued by the Gods Holiness he conveys with precision, TRUST ME, KNOW ME, FOLLOW ME, BE HOLY, BE LIKE ME. I can honestly say I am not sure if this book was so difficult to read because of the abundance of laws and tedious attention to detail God perpetuates toward the lives of the Israelites. I found it redundant and difficult to conceptualize what was taking place due to my limited capacity in our present postmodern world too comprehend the reality that God was so strict with his people out of his love for them. I do leave knowing that God used Moses in remarkable ways and his profetic duty was embraced wholly. The more Christlike we become the more we will move to serve the Lord and His Kingdom.

Exodus

I have been consumed by the pages of Exodus which is the account of Moses freeing Israel from slavery and bondage over them by the hands of the Egyptians. As I see how God went to extreme lengths to make known to the world his absolute power and to move the Egyptians to see His revealed truth. I am referencing to the reality that God hardened Pharaohs heart which in turn causes the curses promised by Moses to materialize upon the Egyptian people. If we have free will and God makes it clear to Moses he will not only allow evil to take place, but apparently take part in the decision, how is that not a contradiction?
Do we really have free will under the omniscience of God presence?
John Piper addresses this as follows:
“There is a genuine inclination in God's heart to spare those who have committed treason against his kingdom. But his motivation is complex, and not every true element in it rises to the level of effective choice. In his great and mysterious heart there are kinds of longings and desires that are real… Yet not all of these longings govern God's actions. He is governed by the depth of his wisdom expressed through a plan that no ordinary human deliberation would ever conceive. There are holy and just reasons for why the affections of God's heart have the nature and intensity and proportion that they do.” What he is saying is that we cannot conceive most of what God does and we cannot figure out Gods plan as I stated in my last blog, which of course works but falls short of any real explanation, as it should. There is other popular views that progress toward a logical explanation.
Dr. Norman Geisler,
“God in His omniscience foreknew exactly how Pharaoh would respond, and He used it to accomplish His purposes. God ordained the means of Pharaoh's free but stubborn action…”
Many wise and reputable commentators propose that when the Bible says that God hardened Pharaoh's heart, what it really means is that God simply facilitated a process that Pharaoh himself initiated. After all, the Bible repeatedly also states that Pharaoh hardened his own heart, i.e. Exodus 8:15 and 32.
But to me it seems like there is more than simple permission to allow his heart to be hardened into straying from Gods Law. God Hardens the Heart. I like the explanation posed in the Pulpit commentary in reference to, God hardening Pharaohs Heart. Through the operation of the moral law placed on all humans by God at creation. These laws by which God is the author, and through which he operates in the soul, ordained hardening as the penalty of evil conduct, of resistance to truth, and all misinprovement and abuse of privilege. God in execution of his judgements, places a wicked man in situations which he knows can only have a hardening effect upon him. He does this in righteousness. God having permitted evil to exist, must thereafter of necessity permit it also to run its whole course in the way of showing itself to be what it really is, as that which aims at the defeat of the Divine purpose and the consequent dissolution of the universe. This involves hardening through a direct judgement in the soul of the individual.
Is the internal providence of God in the workings of the human mind a contradiction to free will.
I think not, The Pharoah was expressing his free will to go against Gods moral laws and holding Gods people in bondage and the Divine work done through Moses and Pharaoh was all part of Gods divine plan.

The last Chapters of Genesis

The story of Jacob (Israel) and His Son Joseph consumes the last chapters of Genesis and, astounding! is this compelling account of their lives filled with jealousy, deceit, loyalty, and trust. The loyalty and trust of Gods word Joseph confidently adheres to is faith at its finest.

Jacob the father finds favor in Joseph hence therefore, jealousy and deceit is manifest in the older brothers. Joseph is gifted by God with an ability to reveal interpretations of dreams he and others experience, it serves him well and he trusted he would become a powerful person under God in this time of history. Joseph is sold by his brothers into slavery to a party of Ishmaelites or Midianites, who carry him down to Egypt. They then tell Jacob his father he was ravenously savaged by wild animals. After various vicissitudes he gains the favour of the king of Egypt by the interpretation of his dream, and obtains a high place in the kingdom, for the interpretation revealed a Famine that was to come to the land and motivated Joseph and the King to prepare by stockpiling wheat. The Famine did arrive as God revealed to Joseph. Forced by a famine his brothers come to buy food, and in the incidents that follow and the testimony of Joseph is a powerful message through Gods word. Joseph does not blame his brothers when they come to the his land for food but rather explains these awesome words of Gods will.

Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?"

His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence. 4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

What more can be stated as to this great message of forgiveness but this. The clarity that horrible things happen to God's people and we never really can know what is to come of such circumstances. We desire to know all things as humans and want to be able to logically explain, and think our way out or into everything that is present around us. There is nothing wrong with logic but have we have educated ourselves into imbecility? If we can't explain it, if we have no direct empirical evidence fore whatever it is that we experience, it cannot be true.
Famous Philosopher David Hume argued that a miraculous event, no matter how well attested by historical eyewitness evidence, could not be proven to be a miracle because you could not prove that a natural law had actually been overthrown.
He is saying we need to have a answer for it existing only in nature and the laws therein. It beg the question why are there things existing in nature that cannot be explained. Like the fine tuned constants of this earth, or irreducible comlexity concept popularized by biochemist Micheal Behe.
We need to read the Bible and God will speak his word in miraculous ways. It is obsolute truth that we need to have faith and trust in. Even more in todays Postmodern culture.

The life of Abram

As I spoke in reflection to my first Bible reading it was clear to me that the causality of this universe, earth and life on it, the cause is clear in Genesis. When I get to the the life of Abram we start to see what truth really is. It is abundantly clear he was to live by truth placed by God. Although far from a flawless knowledge of truth Abram through his obedience to the absolutes was seen highly by God and called later in Genesis, Abraham. As a symbol of His pledge, God changed Abram's name to Abraham, which means father of many nations. Abraham knew what the truth was, he knew the laws that where put on every humans heart.
Abram knew what the Lord expected of him and although he did not know exactly Gods plan for him, Abraham had the freedom to live as he wished – But he rather used the freedom to live as he ought. As he ought to live????? Ought, according to whom? or what? is the question that is now being asked. Who decides how we ought to live?
Is truth what we perceive as truth? is it what society, actively believes is true collectively? Or is it something outside of ourselves that exists rather we are here to know truth or not? Truth, It involves not only the willingness to act according to God's truth, but also depending on God to perform his will for us. God promised to give Abraham the land, yet when Abraham got to Canaan, he found that others already owned it. Abraham did not try to buy it, even though he had the means to do so (13:2). Abraham did not try to use force to take over the land although he may have been able. He waited, living in a tent, walking the Promised Land his entire life. When Sarah died, he had to buy a burial plot for her (chapter 23) even though God had promised him the whole land. God said "Go to the land" , "I will give you the land."
Abrahams truth was Gods truth. But if truth is relative to what we perceive or society says is truth we cannot survive, beacause it is not absolute, it is a created belief system within ourselves or by what others tell us is truth. Conveyed simply, God cannot lie, Gods word is truth and it exists rather we use our freedom to seek to listen to what His truth tells us or not.

Day 2 of bible in 90 days

I see now how God is using his word to give me knowledge and wisdom to his workings

Day1 of bible in 90 days

God will use His Words to speak to me as he wills.
As I stated in my past post toward the challenge I am undergoing. Read the bible in 90 days.
He spoke it all into existence, reminded in true clarity the awestruck power of God and His majesty. There is no way we can fathom or explain in our thoughts or consciousness how it is possible. However we can use logic to help us understand Creation.
This cannot be explained by any science. If we take anything of any material existence we cannot reduce it to coming into existence on its own. Everything needs a cause, causality is clearly at play in Genesis and God spoke all into existence. If there was a cause the cause must have been a creator, a transcendent, personal being outside of time that is perfect, necessary, and eternal.

“For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20)
Richard Dawkins the Atheist who has made it his purpose, in a life in his worldview that really has no purpose, wrote in his past writings “Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose."Maybe that’s because, to the unbiased seeker of truth, they have been designed for a purpose".
There is an inescapable truth that comes to bare when we beg the question. How did it all begin? The truth lies in the pages of Genesis.

What is your view??

I wish to be very careful and subject myself to the same standard I wish out of any individual who correspond on this site. I just dedicated a better part of two months debating many other worldview issues on other blog spots. My effort was focused on stimulating individuals with other worldviews to visit this blog and exchange ideas and logic. I was also moved to do so, with aspirations of reaching individuals who may be visiting such sites and expose them to a Christian worldview. I was really surprised in my experience. I do not wish to categorize all Atheist or stereotype, never-the-less and unfortunately, I was very unsuccessful at focusing on any one premise to a conclusion. I have invited a plethora of people to debate specific issues and responded to many different subjects and was not able to argue one point to a conclusion before a Pandora's box of whatever was in the woodshed was thrown out for debate. I did get one individual to respond from the Atheist Missionary to the post I presented , "Was there a beginning to the universe", I received the like response of those I received on the blogs I appealed too, a non-answer, then, non-related statements to ad nausium. I so far have come to the conclusion that it is very difficult to get Athiests to share their worldview, other than the non-existence of God. It is the only debate the Atheists that I have been exposed too seem to partake in. I know Atheism means: the disbelief in God, but those who do not believe in God ponder only why it is they do not believe in God and try to disprove it by debunking whatever they can come up with? They never ponder their worldview and how it reveals to them through conforming to such principles consistently, that there could be no way there is a God and the worldview in which they posses answer the questions of their existence?I have been left with no real arguments that would be associated with Agnosticism or Atheism for other worldviews such as Naturalism, Darwinism, Materialism, Realism or any other view other than anti-Christian ism. It is difficult to make any steps toward a commonality or argue how the Christian worldview best explains living things, human existence, mind, consciousness, moral values and truth, or the miracles of the universe, its beginning (if there was a beginning) the constants and values that support life. How can we make sense of creation serving as an explanation to the existence of all things when we cannot even ask ourselves, what we believe? How is it that we are here? What is the purpose if any for our existence? Do we even care? It seems that all the debates are against God and trying to disprove Christianity, not rational, logical discussions for other worldviews and why it is we posses such views or can we live consistently to the worldview we posses?I have this blog to grow in the Lord and his wisdom. To learn more and educate myself on other worldview. I know Christianity is being revealed to all, as a rational, logical and above all, life changing, purposeful answer to all questions for the existence of all things. Humankind is being inundated by media, education, political and social-post modernism that teaches us otherwise.Lets have the discussion.SO LETS ASK THE QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A WORLDVIEW?YES, OR NO. IF NO Try to reflect on why it is you have no belief system to answer the questions above, and stay tuned. IF YES Respond with a yes and what your worldview is. Stay tuned and help us debate the question posed on Novemer 10th and prepare to answer it staying consistent to your worldview. Pose a question or certain premise to debate.Thank You and God Bless