And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Genesis 1:6
And God called the firmament Heaven. Genesis 1:8
1 Peter 3:15
15 But sanctify the LORD in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Genesis 1:6
And God called the firmament Heaven. Genesis 1:8
1 Peter 3:15
15 But sanctify the LORD in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
very good Zmouth: Don't forget Genesis 1:7 where he divided the water from under to above.
The main point I have tried to make is that if one takes the Bible seriously and truthfully, one cannot throw away a part of it because they do not believe that part. (i.e. Jesus entered a room where the door was locked and had four walls without walking through the walls. Just appeared...) Is this unbelievable as well?
A full 45% of our college students that believe in God, change their choice when confronted by the liberal secular studies they HAVE to go through. The problem is that we do not teach the Bible literally.
Most Churches stay away from teaching Genesis literally because of verses like Gen 1:7.
They do the same with Revelations.
They simply use allegorical terms to explain why you have to be a member of a specific church to be saved.
They don't give historical accounts to shore up the verses. (i.e. Destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in 70 AD), etc.
When the kids get out there, we lose them to rantings similar to the ones I went through about the sunset/rise being above the ground on a plane vs a sphere.
I, for a long time was writing in an Atheist/Agnostic Forums. Their arguments were about the same as some I have seen in this forum and always were disruptive to the point of trying to destroy the writer. Think what this type of atmosphere does to our kids. Those kids who have a family structure they can lean on come through. WHat about the one who don't. We have got to do a better job and giving them the tools they need to remain in Christ in any atmosphere.http://christianchat.com/images/icons/icon7.png
We have to believe totally in the Bible from the Beginning to the End, from Genesis to Revelations to be able to teach them that to love Jesus is a total commitment.
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