Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2:1-2:4

“In the beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth” Gen.1:1

That Settles All!

Many argue about the existence of God, much more to believe that God causes all things to come to being/existence, simply as a result of His Sovereign acts in creation.

Regardless of one’s belief or non-belief, a sensible Christian would go further in saying/affirming the “God is the reason why he lives”. He believes that without God he is nothing, that God is powerful to put everything in order, and that everything perfectly hold together. (John 15:5; Colossians 1:17)

A Christian therefore is assured of the fact that that God is totally trustworthy in all of many life’s complexities, even his personal relationship with Him bringing him salvation and true meaning in life.

My Cousin Luisa from California sent me this very challenging/enriching story:

Did God create everything that exists?

Does evil exist? Did God create evil?

A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir, he certainly did," the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything; then God created evil. And, since evil exists, & according to the principle that our works define who we are, then we can assume God is evil."

The student became quiet & did not respond to the professor's hypothetical definition. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the religious faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand & said, "May I ask you a question,
professor?"

"Of course," replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists.

Have you never been cold?"

The other students snickered at the young man's question. The young man
replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics
what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Everybody or object
is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, & heat is what
makes a body or matter have or transmit energy Absolute zero (-460F) is the
& gt;total absence of heat; & all matter becomes inert & incapable of reaction at
that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe
how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does.

The student replied , "Once again you are wrong, darkness does not exist
either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton 's prism to break white light into many colors & study the various wave lengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness & illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain
space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct?
Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have already said.
We see it everyday. It is in the daily examples of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime & violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness & cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The student's name--Albert Einstein
A true story.

My Faith Has Found a Resting Place

“My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor creed, I trust the ever living one, His wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument, I need no other plea, it is enough that Jesus died and that He died for me.” William Kirkpatrick