Apologetic Moment

In one of his lectures, Dr. James N. Anderson gave a good answer to the following question that an atheist may ask- "Can God create a rock so heavy He cannot lift it?" Just reply, "Any rock that God creates He can lift!" Always remember, God cannot defeat Himself because He is Omnipotent! 

Judas Iscariot by John MacArthur

The devil is the father of lies

Notice that Satan lied to Eve when he said to her, “Ye shall be as gods”, or simply put, “You will be god” (Gen. 3:5). The devil knows there is only one true God, and understood that Eve would not be god, but he wanted Eve to trust in herself as god, and be independent from the One True Living God and not trust in Him. 

Satan still uses this lie today. What does Satan want? He does not want people to come into a relationship with God through Christ and go to heaven, but to remain in their sin and rebellion against God, and go to hell; all false religions and cults which includes atheism accommodate the devil's desire. Atheists believe the lie that they can be independent from God, just like Eve believed in the Garden of Eden. The many people who claim to be atheists want to set their own moral standard and say what is right and wrong because they have pleasure in unrighteousness. They make themselves believe they are not accountable to the true living God by deceiving themselves to believe the lie that there is no God. The reason is because they want set their own moral standard that allows them to have pleasure in sin, thus to make them feel comfortable in their practice.

Christ will lead His Sheep Home!

The  Lord Jesus makes intercession for His people (Rom. 8:34), and you can be sure that Christ will not fail because His intercession is based on His finished work. He has already won the victory by His death, burial and resurrection, and His people will endure to the end. Christ is already victorious. Christ cannot fail and He will see His people to the end. You can witness this with Peter when Jesus knew Peter would be going down by denying Him 3 times, but Jesus prayed for Peter that He would not be staying down, but he would be coming up again, and would endure to the end (Luke 22:32). Now compare that with Judas, who betrayed the Lord Jesus. Jesus did not pray for Judas like He did for Peter, and Judas did not go to heaven.

The people who professed to be believers and have turned their backs on Christ and become apostate were not truly saved in the first place (1John 2:19), because if they were truly saved, they would never have become an apostate because Christ intercedes for His Sheep, and His Sheep will endure to the end.

Christ has accomplished salvation for His sheep, and He will lead them home and not lose one (John 10:27-29).  He has given every true believer eternal Life (John 3:16).

You believe in what?

It is amazing how atheists will convince themselves to believe in something that nobody has ever witnessed (evolution), and do not have any evidence for anything that has evolved from one kind to another kind (fossils are not evidence for evolution) , thus have nothing that can be observed and tested. The reason a person is an atheist is not because they do not know their is a God, because they do know there is a God (Rom. 1:18-20), but it is because of their hatred for the true and living God, the God of the Bible. They would rather suppress the truth, and convince themselves to believe the lie because they have pleasure in unrighteousness.

God is always on time! ( John 11:1-44)

We need to remember that God is always on time! God is never early and never late! This is seen in John 11, when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus' sisters wanted Jesus to come to heal their sick brother, but Jesus did not go immediately. When Jesus did arrive, there were those who thought Jesus was too late because He came after Lazarus had died and not before, and there were those who murmured about the Lord, but Jesus was on time according to His Sovereign purposes, and they witnessed something greater than they would have ever expected. The Lord works by His timing not man's timing, and this is important to understand.

Just like when the sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus about their brother's sickness, and Jesus did not do what they wanted, when we (Christians) pray to our Lord and it does not go the way we expected or wanted, always remember God has sovereign purposes in life, and it is not because He is not able (Jesus did more than heal him, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead), and it does not mean He does not love you (Jesus loved Lazarus and his sisters). God uses the means of prayer, and is essential for a believer to pray. It is essential not only for dependance on God, but also development by God and delight with God.

He is God. God is faithful and true, and the Bible says, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 kjv)

Christian Prayer (Giving Thanks)

Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1Thessalonians 5:17-18kjv)

All through scripture we notice that giving thanks to our Lord in everything is very important, not just when things are going well, but even through hard times. God is not only good to us in easy times, but he is good to us when we go through darkness. Think about what the Lord has done for you through the difficult times, how faithful He has been to His Word, loving you (a Christian) perfectly as your Father. Never doubt God's love for you because God has already given us the most precious gift of all, the Lord Jesus Christ, which we should give thanks to God continually. Our God is always faithful and true, so continue and do not cease to give Him thanks.