Wednesday, May 14, 2008

TWG - May 14, 2008

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TWG - May 14, 2008
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Genesis 50; Psalm 10; Matthew 15:1-20

Today is May 14, this is time with God, I’m Pastor Dennis - I’ve been waiting here for you. Welcome to our life transforming community. You are part of a devotional community where we put Christ first and our commitment is to spend time with each other and Time with God every day.

It’s a raccoon morning. I got up and looked out the window, and there was Ricky raccoon and his friend wandering down the road looking for their old friend, Tilly (our dog). Every so often Ricky Raccoon emails Tilly. Ricky even has his own email address. I put a picture of the two raccoons wandering down the road on the blog at timewithgod.mypodcast.com. They are hard to see because I didn’t have much time to adjust my camera. Yesterday I didn’t have a conventional Tuesday. Instead I went outside for a while and cut some bender board for the amphitheater stage forms. Then I helped Bill and Mike set the level for the new sidewalk out back. I did some editing and made several phone calls. I spoke to Marcia about VBS and Awana for quite a while. She has a lot on her plate right now! Pray for both of those important ministries. After work I stopped by to visit Doris. She is getting out of Rosehaven on Saturday! After dinner I went back to church for “12” our men’s meeting. We had a great time of fellowship. Wish you were there.

This week’s theme verse is Romans 1:19-20. What may be known about God is plain enough, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

God has revealed himself in two ways: #1 General Revelation; “his invisible qualities” are revealed in creation. And #2 Special Revelation; He has given us extensive revelation through the Word. Today we will work on #1. It seems like an oxymoron to say that “his invisible qualities” have been clearly seen! But it does make a good riddle. Question: “How can you see what you can’t see?” Answer: “With invisible eyes!” The real answer is a little more practical. God has revealed his invisible qualities in nature. We can extrapolate (or conclude) some things about God’s nature from nature itself. Let me give you several examples. The universe was built around the concept of “threes.” Past + Present + Future = Time. Height + Depth + Width = 3 dimensional Space. Motion + Energy + Phenomena = Matter. And it takes all three Time + Space + Matter to = the universe. We see over and over that 3 are 1 and 1 = 3 – a reflection of the trinity in the universe. But there is much more. The universe, as far as we can tell extends on and on with no end therefore it’s creator had to be eternal and all powerful. The design and structure of the vast universe requires that an infinite creator be omnipresent to be able to set it in motion and keep it running. The first cause of the complex micro-universe as seen through the microscope had to be infinitely complex, all wise and omniscient. In order to create life, the creator had to be living. The creator of love had to be loving. So here are some things we can know about the invisible God from the visible universe – He’s a trinity. He is eternal, all powerful, living, omnipresent, all wise, all knowing, and loving (and the list could go on and on.) Those attributes can only describe one thing and it’s not the almighty matter of evolution… it is the almighty God of creation. Need some invisible eyes? Try thinking invisible thoughts about the unseen God and you’ll see him clearly!

Dear Father and creator. Thank you for revealing yourself to us in your creation. Thank you for making me in your image. I believe in you and I will trust in you. Give me the assurance and confidence that comes with knowing you. I will trust and never be afraid!

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