Reason to BelieveByDewey Maggard
I can think of nothing more tragic than people who have allowed themselves to scoff at those of us who believe in God. In recent times there appears a tremendous number of people on Television or in the Media and in our universities who discount or deny God as our Almight Omnipotent Creator. No longer do we have the “old fashion” concepts about God. No, God has been replaced by science and technology. We are living in the age of increased knowledge. Science is merely the accumulation of knowledge and or the experimentation into whatever strikes the fancy of these “scientists” Our scientists have become imbued with “knowledge” through this experimentation. When we look at achievements or inventions of the past, we find that many of them have been done through experiments. All the inventions of Thomas Edison which we enjoy were all done through thousands of experiments. So we may ask ourselves the question,why is it that humanity makes “science” a god.
An example of the scoffing scientist is one where End Times were being discussed on television. Examples of increased activity in volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and other topics were mentioned as having been foretold in our bible. That there would be these things come upon us in the last days. Then the man dubbed as a scientist- jumped in and said there is no scientific evidence to validate this. Why? because mankind has experienced these calamities since the beginning of time.- Another favorite way these scoffers employ is to say there is no archeological evidence to support thus and thus. We are thus living in a confused society because these same people are demanding proof; demanding black or white.
A favorite way these so-called scholars use to deny the validity of the bible is to say certain prophecies were written after the fact. This is so flimsy and demonstrates their ignorance of the bible. There are numerous examples of prophetic statements in the bible that are true. Overlooked is the fact that it doesn’t really make any difference as to when it was written- it is still fact today. This fact alone is enough for people of faith in God’s word. For example, Jesus said to his diciples that the temple would be destroyed and not one stone would be left unturned. Before this statement was made, Jesus had told his disciples through John 14;29. “And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.” God said he was going to destroy Tyre and gave details as to the appearance of the place after its destruction. He said fishers would spread their nets on some of the ruins. We know that Alexander the Great and his army was the instrument God used to Destroy tyre. Yet an interesting twist to the fate of this city. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had laid seige to this place for 13 years without destroying it or capturing the people. Later on, we find a verse where the Lord has said, I will give the spoils of Egypt to my servant Nebuchadnezzar as a prey for the service he did against Tyre. He said Nebuchadnezzar would spread his pavillion there.(om Egupt) We know through archeology exactly where his pavilion was set up. We also know that Egypt was for centuries a mighty Kingdom. God said, He was going to make them the basest of nations- and we see that this happened.– It does not matter when this was written- this prophecy became fact.
Another striking example of prophecy has to do with the destruction of Babylon. God foretold exactly how the city would be taken. He even mentioned the two-leaved gates would be opened before the new King Isa 45;2. We know that Babylon was eventually destroyed. God said, it would be a desolate place where not even an Arab would pitch his tent therein. In 1952 a group of Archeologists were visiting the site and wished to do some work within the boundaries of old Babylon. They tried to hire Arab workmen to come with them within the boundaries and were astounded that no amount of money or persuasion would entice these Arabs to help them. Here is what God had said before the destruction;
“It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their folds there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.” Isaiah 13:20,21
With these few examples and there are many others, the obdurate reprobates are without excuse in their disbelief of God’s word. There are those who point at the ugly stories in our bible as if to validate their own misbehaviour. Here again, God tells it like it is- or like it was. He is showing us the evil nature of mankind throughout the pages of biblical history. He also shows us the consequences of their despicable acts. I use this word despicable because this behaviour is what we are seeing too much of today. Unfortunately being brought into our living rooms sometimes before we have time to realize the sudden appearance of immoral scenes. Or some scene showing people in the sex act. Unfortunately, there are Television executives who want to give audiences a steady diet of this deplorable conduct. It does appear the evil people in our midst far out number the good, consequently smut and anything goes can be marketed. This was not true a few years ago. During my life time, I have seen the insidious evil creep into the books in our Libraries, into our schools, into our very homes through television.
You can not argue with science, these elite of our society have gradually gained a foothold into the heart of all disciplines. HOwever, if you will use your Bible as your textbook, you shall readily see the how distorted these people have made the truth.
