Do You Believe in What Christ Believed In?

Fasten your seat belts for this short survey of things that our Lord Jesus Christ believed in, many of them questioned by "modern men" (i.e. last days sinners):

• Creation (not evolution) Mt. 19:4, Mk. 13:19
• Adam and Eve (Mt. 19:4, Mk. 10:6)
• Cain and Abel (Mt. 23:35; Lk. 11:51)
• Noe, the ark, and a universal flood that destroyed all mankind (Mt. 24:37-38; Lk. 17:26-27)
• Lot (Luke 17:28-29)
• Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by fire and brimstone from heaven (Mt. 12:23-24; Lk. 17:29)
• Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt (Lk.. 17:32)
• The burning bush (Ex. 3:6; Mt. 22:32)
• Manna from heaven (Ex. 16:15; John 6:49)
• The brasen serpent (Num. 21:4-9; John 3:14)
• Solomon (1 Kings; I have a history book that glosses over the wisest and wealthiest monarch who ever lived!)
• The queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10:1-13; Mt. 12:42)
• The feeding of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17; Lk. 4:25-26)
• The healing of Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5; Lk. 4:27)
• Jonah swallowed by a whale, which is a fish (Jon. 1:17; Mt. 12:40)
• Nineveh converted (Mt. 12:41)
• Hell fire (Mt. 5:22)
• Etc., etc.

Dear friend, you may profess to be a Christian, but if you question any of the things listed above, you've made a liar of Jesus Christ.  Everything above can be supported with the verses of scripture (KJV 1611) listed above. 

If You're Not Giving, You're Not Living

From James Mudge's Poems with Power to Stregthen the Soul.  This is the best compilation of Christian poems I have ever seen.  See if you can find it on Amazon and acquire this treasure trove of inspirational poetry.  Here is one of my favourites from the collection:

BE ALWAYS GIVING

The sun gives ever; so the earth--
What it can give so much 'tis worth
The ocean gives in many ways--
Gives baths, gives fishes, rivers, bays;
So, too, the air, it gives us breath.
When it stops giving, comes in death.
  Give, give, be always giving;
  Who gives not is not living;
  The more you give
  The more you live.

God's love hath in us wealth unheaped
Only by giving it is reaped;
The body withers, and the mind
Is pent up by a selfish rind.
Give strength, give thought, give deeds, give pelf [money],
Give love, give tears, and give thyself.
  Give, give, be always giving,
  Who gives not is not living;
  The more we give
  The more we live. 

Comments and Email Welcome

Comments and/or questions in sincerity and good taste are welcomed.  You may also email me at davidgloria@bellsouth.net.