So You Think God is a Nice Guy?

The title seems a tad irreverent doesn't it. We know that God IS love. How can a being BE love? The Bible explains the concept if you care to know.

However, in Psalm 18 there is a stark picture of God that you might not have meditated on recently. This terrifying look comes in the first third of the psalm. Please read verses 6 - 15 before you proceed. I’ll wait.... As my pastor, Juan Moreno, might say, “This passage needs some unpacking!”

The text to this ancient song starts with an amazing claim. When I screamed for him my cry reached God’s Temple and entered his ears (my interpretation).

A scream for help startles. It usually causes a reaction. Caring helpers jump and run to the rescue. This is what David says in verse six,

6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;

to my God I cried for help.

From his temple he heard my voice,

and my cry to him reached his ears.

David’s cry also brought a reaction alright. God heard his servant in a fix and he wasn't the least bit happy about it. In fact the situation exposed one of the most terrifying reactions in history.

7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;

the foundations also of the mountains trembled

and quaked, because he was angry.

The rule is, don't, whatever you do, don't make God angry! You won't like him when he is angry. In this horrific verse the earth is shaken like a ragdoll because of God's anger.

It seems to me that our world is seeing many more “biblical proportion” tragedies, wars and rumors of wars, famines and pestilences these days. Tsunamis come to mind. Over 200,000 swept into eternity in a day or two. Earthquakes are seemingly everywhere. There was even one here in good old Brazil just a few months ago!

I cannot imagine the world being shaken. I mean the entire world! Can you?

“Mike, calm down! It has never been shaken like that! David is just using poetic language for something that happened in his life way back when.” Okay. I admit that he is. However, there is coming a day when this shaking will literally happen. It will be cataclysmic. And when that happens those who experience it will fall on their faces and beg God for his mercy. Wrong. They will shake their fists and curse him! See Revelation 16.21 for a prophecy of coming attractions.

We’ll look at verse 8 and following tomorrow. But before we go think on these things. God has been insulted by science for eons. Know-it-alls have espoused their ignorance in innumerable volumes. They make black holes and evolution sound plausible to the average guy or girl. They make us almost believe that all we see came from a piece of matter no bigger that the period at the end of this sentence.

There is only one thing wrong with all of their theories. They are all LIES. Evolution is a LIE. God is angry and he is coming to a neighborhood like yours in the near future to shake their scientific shoes off. I hope you aren't here to witness it!

Tottering!

I was watching my one year old grandson, Brandon, today. He had on some baggy little shorts, weird flip-flops over his socks, and he was tottering. It made me think about how I often feel these days. Funny how that when we are little and "innocent" and tottering in our baggy pants, with our little potbelly sticking out from under our t-shirt we look precious. When we are older and tottering in our low slung trousers and the same potbelly, we looks pathetic! I guess that the two drastically opposite points of view are based on the viewer's chronological perspective. Brandon is growing and I'm dying. He is cute because the little guy has a lot to learn and we love to see him progress. The old guy has already had his chance at learning and what he is progressing toward is not quite so much fun to ponder. When I have these weird thoughts I praise my God because He never lets go of my hand whether a tottering little guy or an old one. And I found this verse to prove my po...

What Are You Worth?

What are you Worth? Have you ever thought about what you are worth? In investing circles there is a term used to gauge this exact question, it's called Net Worth. You take all of your assets, like property owned, funds in your bank account, clothes, jewelry, car, etc.. You total all of these things. You then take everything you owe, like mortgage, car loan, and credit card debt, and you subtract these items from the first total. This gives you your net worth. That number represents where you are financially. Most people never stop to think about this number because they don't understand anything about it. They never have two nickels to rub together. They live from hand to mouth and know (or at least believe) nothing will ever change so, they fall into the "daily grind" mentality. Psalm 49 should be a great encouragement to such as these. The sons of Korah write about them. These sons write about all of us. They call all people everywhere to listen to their wisdom. Bo...

Church Isn't a Place

Many times we say, I'm going to church on Sunday. What some fail to understand is that "church" isn't a building. I remember our pastor saying, "the church is an organism, not an organization." He was teaching us the Bible truth about the church. Jesus Christ is the head of the body, and the church is his body on earth. Another pastor once said, "God's hands have human fingers." This is a difficult concept for some to grasp, pun intended. However, it is important to understand that God accomplishes his work through human beings. He uses us, the church, to do his will and work. It's not that if we don't do his will that he is stymied. But he does use willing servants. To be in the church, one must be a part of the family. You cannot be in the church if you don't have the Savior. The church is not for the lost; it is for the edification of the saved. The lost can come and hear the message of salvation. But the church is made up of t...

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