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THE VOCABULARY OF THE EVOLUTIONIST

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When listening to those who promote the hypotheses of evolution, there are certain words you may fail to notice. Perhaps you will catch them in this explanation of how we got here.

 

“It is our belief that billions and billions of years ago the universe may have consisted of a few stellar clouds. We think these clouds went through a process of solidifying and forming what we suppose to be planets. Some of these planets may have been suitable for some form of life.

 If life began on one of these planets, and we believe it did, it is probable that it evolved, through some unknown process, to what we believe could be aliens. One can imagine that these aliens would be far advanced to mankind. They may have had advance space travel and visited earth, depositing primitive life form. Another plausible explanation is planets hosting some kind of life form, may have exploded, and the earth was a fragment of that explosion. It is only reasonable to assume that that life is now in a continuous process of evolution to a higher state.

 Although this process is not observable, nor ever will be, the similarity of some animals, and the strata in the earth eliminates all other theories. Evolution is a field of science, and therefore must be accepted as fact. Religion is a belief system of the ignorant and superstitious. They operate in the realm of faith in a god you can’t see and a Book of unbelievable stories.

 We know evolution is a fact because we believe the evidence. Although many scientific theories of the past have proven to be unscientific, it does not shake our faith that evolution is the only logical answer to the unanswered question about beginnings and existence. We believe science will discover facts in the future that my render some of the facts of science today null and void. That is what we believe, or something like that.”

 

THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH

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THREE RAPTURE POSITIONS

the raptureBy Ken Blue   (Be sure and listen to the great gospel songs)

In a recent article we discussed the matter of whether or not the Bible teaches the event called the rapture. The two main passages on the rapture are found in I Thess. 4:13-18 and I Cor. 15:51-58. As stated, my goal is not to get you to believe in the rapture, but to admit that it is a doctrine taught in the Bible.

There are three main views about the time for the rapture. These are the Pre-Tribulation, the Mid-Tribulation, and the Post-Tribulation views. Of course these call for a period taught in the Bible as the Tribulation. The Bible has hundreds of references to that period and event. Jesus speaks of it in no uncertain terms. “15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matthew 24:15-31.

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These Scriptures, and many like them, confirm that a time is coming upon the earth called The Tribulation. The Tribulation also has a specified number of years. We will deal with that in another article. Let me clarify, I am not implying that the above text concerns the rapture of the Church. The purpose is to call your attention to a time period of The Tribulation. My view is that the rapture of the Church takes place prior to those events.

The question is, if this view is correct, how soon after the rapture will the Tribulation take place? Also, what events will transpire at the moment of the rapture? First, there is nothing in Scripture stating what the time period between the rapture and the Tribulation will be. Many commentators assume it to be forty years. They give their reasons, which we cannot go into now. However, this would give the Jews ample time to build their new temple. The other question is, what events will take place at the rapture? Again, there is no answer to that question. Speculation is that great destruction will take place. The logic is that pilots, engineers, drivers, and millions of others will disappear, thus creating havoc throughout the world. This seems to be a rational conclusion.

If the rapture takes place prior to the Tribulation, and there is an unspecified period of time between the two.  What are the events leading up to the Tribulation? Lord willing, we will cover that question in our next article on this subject.

DOES YOUR CHURCH TEACH COMMANDMENTS OF MEN?

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SOME COMMANDMENTS OF MEN REVEALED

commandBy Ken Blue

“6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” Mark 7:6-9.

A little leaven does leaven the whole. Nowhere is this more evident than in the preaching and teaching of many who assume they are teaching God’s will. Your church may be guilty. If so, you should get back to the Word of God, rightly divided, and get the leaven out.

One of these is the teaching that men who have long sideburns or hair over the collar is against God’s Word. It is not! This is a teaching and commandment of men. Many Christians are judged on these matters and treated as if they are going against God’s commandments. The length of a man’s hair is not a measurement of his love for God.

Another teaching of man is that women must never wear anything but a dress. This is another false doctrine. There is not one thing in the church epistles on how women must dress. These are commandments of men who lay burdens on the backs of believers.

A third doctrine taught by men, is that the only church in the Bride is certain Baptist Churches. This teaching cannot be supported or proven from the Bible. Right division would put the Baptist bride doctrine to bed forever. In fact there is no proof that any church is the bride.

Another false doctrine taught by man is that certain musical instruments are unscriptural, anti-scriptural or that musical instruments are amoral. The issue is how they are used. Most of the brethren are under bondage of this false commandment of men about instruments.

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Another false teaching of men is that God never intended for the unsaved to come to church. The teaching is that the only acceptable evangelism is for the church to “go out” and win people to Christ before they are invited to church. This doctrine is false, unscriptural and anti-scriptural. You should get as many lost people to your church as you can, and then preach the gospel to get them saved.

Another false doctrine taught by some is that it is un-scriptural or anti-scriptural to have Powerpoint and prerecorded music in the services. It is not wrong to use any technology that will help your church.

These are just a few of the many “doctrines of men” found in many Baptist churches. We need to do intense self searching to get the leaven out, and to make sure what we are teaching people is in harmony with the right division of God’s Word, and not the commandments and doctrines of men.

WHERE IS GOD?

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By Ken Blue
” And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD…” Jeremiah 29:13.

Ben Stine has written and produced an excellent documentary film titled Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. In the film he meets with some of the world’s leading atheist and evolutionist. At the conclusion of one such interview, he asks the atheist; “What if, when you die, you discover there is a God?” The answer was, “I would ask Him why He hid Himself?” Everyone should view Stine’s outstanding interview with these mindless men.

The wicked pretend that they cannot find God. However, God has been and can be found by all who want Him. In fact, God is everywhere. The Athenians played the same game with themselves and others. Paul gave them the correct answer. “22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Acts 17:22-31. God can be found by all who seek him.

If you have eyes to see, and want to see, you will find the above text is correct. God is called “The invisible God.” Therefore He cannot be seen by telescope or microscope. However, He can be seen in His creation as He makes Himself known. God can be found in the Scriptures, and in the moral nature of man. “19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,” Romans 1:19-22. Many do not see, because they have purposely closed their eyes.

Mans very nature proves the existence of God. “14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)” Romans 2:14-15. The fact you and I have a standard by which we accuse others and excuse ourselves proves that we have a standard by which we view right and wrong. That ability to have a moral code comes from God.

So, you see, God is not hard to find, He is not playing games with you. You will have your opportunity to tell Him just what you think right before He drop- kicks you through the uprights into hell. You will be able to clearly see for the fraction of a second.

WHEN WILL THE RAPTURE HAPPEN AND THE WORLD END?

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A Rapture of the Saved

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By Ken Blue.

Harold Camping has set multiple dates for the rapture, the return of Christ, and the end of the world. His false predictions have caused many to become atheist and emboldened those who believe in evolution and reject the existence of God. I will not set any date for the end of the world, but I will attempt to clarify what most Christians believe on this subject.

Bible believers accept the Bible teaching of a rapture of all believers. The texts for that even are I Thess 4:13 “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”  

 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:51-57.

Now, whether the honest atheist or evolutionist believes the above text or not is irrelevant. The above text is clear. My point here is to establish that the Bible does teach a rapture of the saved. The world will not end immediately after that event, regardless of Harold Campings teaching.