JANUARY 2010

A lot of people have nicknames.  I know a couple of people who are called "Blue" and another friend of mine is called "Coup".  I'm sure you know people who have nicknames too.  I was thinking about this the other day when the Bible verse Acts 4:12 came to me, it says "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."  This verse of course is referring to Jesus Christ (Acts 4:10).   Jesus Christ is the only name in which salvation can be obtained.  There is nothing we can do on our own for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9).  I am thankful that Jesus is my Lord (who leads me daily) as well as Savior.  Is Jesus your Lord and Savior?    

You have probably heard people say things like: There is so much pain and suffering in the world, how can God be real?  Or why does God cause natural disasters like hurricanes, earth quakes and tornados?   These are valid questions.  We need to remember that in the beginning, God made the earth and that it was good (Gen. 1:10).  God made Adam and Eve and He also made the garden of Eden, which was perfect.  Because Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God sent them out of the garden of Eden (Gen. 3:23).  God also told Adam that because of his sin, the ground would be cursed.   Pain and suffering don't prove that God isn't real, they back up what God tells us in the Bible.  We live in a fallen world.  We are sinners too, just like Adam ...
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