Pray on in hope. Many a one has had his prayer for others answered after he had been dead. There was a father who had prayed for many years for his sons and daughters, and yet they were not converted but became exceedingly worldly. His time came to die. He gathered his children around his bed, hoping to bear such a witness for Christ at the end that it might be blessed to their conversion. But, unhappy for him, he was in deep distress of soul; he had doubts about his own interest in Christ. He was one of God's children who are put to bed in the dark. This was, above all, the worse fear of his mind, that his dear children would see his distress and be prejudiced against religion. The good man was buried, his sons came to his funeral, and God heard the man's prayer that very day. For as they went away from the grave, one of them said to the other, "Brother, our father died a most unhappy death."
"He did, brother. I was very astonished at it, for I never knew a better man than our father."
"Ah," said the first brother, "if a holy man such as our father found it a hard thing to die, it will be a dreadful thing for us who have no faith when our time comes." That same thought had struck them all and drove them to the cross, and so the good man's prayer was heard in a mysterious way.
From The Power in Prayer by Charles H. Spurgeon 1834-1892
Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Atheists Believe
In the various conversations that I have had with atheists/evolutionists, I have found a consistent pattern. They will often claim to be willing to "convert" if shown evidence for creation and the existence of God. Yet, when you try to present or lead them to such evidence, they are entirely uninterested, and refuse to even look into it. This, however, comes as no surprise. It is not about a sincere search for the truth, but rather about defending and clinging to what they want to believe, which suits their chosen path of sin, and self-diefication. It's just like Jesus said...
"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil."
John 3:19
The apostle Peter explains how people intentionally convince themselves, against the evidence, that there was no flood/judgement of God.
For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:5-7
In the heart of every person is the knowledge of a Supreme Being -- the God of the whole universe who, revealed Himself to us through the people of Israel in the Bible. The hostility of the atheist against our God and His Son Jesus Christ, is clear evidence of this. They know deep down that He is real, and are angry and afraid. Consider the chilling last words of dying atheist George Villiers, The Duke of Buckingham...
"You see, my dear doctor, the apprehensions of death will soon bring the most profligate to a proper use of their understanding. In my life, to purchase a smile from a blockhead, whom I despised, I have frequently treated the virtuous with disrespect, and sported with the holy name of heaven. Now I am haunted by remorse, despised by my aquantance, and, I fear, forsaken by my God."
"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil."
John 3:19
The apostle Peter explains how people intentionally convince themselves, against the evidence, that there was no flood/judgement of God.
For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:5-7
In the heart of every person is the knowledge of a Supreme Being -- the God of the whole universe who, revealed Himself to us through the people of Israel in the Bible. The hostility of the atheist against our God and His Son Jesus Christ, is clear evidence of this. They know deep down that He is real, and are angry and afraid. Consider the chilling last words of dying atheist George Villiers, The Duke of Buckingham...
"You see, my dear doctor, the apprehensions of death will soon bring the most profligate to a proper use of their understanding. In my life, to purchase a smile from a blockhead, whom I despised, I have frequently treated the virtuous with disrespect, and sported with the holy name of heaven. Now I am haunted by remorse, despised by my aquantance, and, I fear, forsaken by my God."
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