Earth Hour, there was quite a bit of enthusiasm about this recently. Before we go any further, don't get me wrong, I concede that we should all take care of our planet that God has graciously given us to live in, but... but.. that is just part of the matter, lets attempt to dig a little deeper into this whole thing..
At the bottom line, I gather its about global warming and enlightening us on the impact of our actions and the results that'll we'll incur on ourselves if we don't change our "outward" actions but while the "inward" man remains the same, unchanged in character essentially.
We often hear the phrase 'save the Earth'. But what does it mean really? Does it need saving? If we say that it needs saving, we:
recognize that there is something inherently wrong with the world in which we live in
have an ideal that we hold to, and concur that present and past situations show that things are getting worse, on a personal level and externally (ie when the person gets worse, his actions will ultimately follow as well, and hence our surroundings externally will as well get worse)
So, if we recognize this, the questions that lingers in our mind is why is this so?.... Have things being continuing and continuing as they were before and is life is just merely a cycle of progression 'moving forwards' without end or reason for that matter? If like evolutionists assert, that everything we see happened by random chance, then why bother with the 'saving of the earth'? (Actually this a whole issue in itself, God-willing will be able to address it another time.)
Another thing, what about its occupants?.. I mean the earth's.. Supposedly if we manage to 'save' the earth from getting more polluted and heated etc, what then?, will all be fine and dandy? Assuredly not, for the people remain exactly the same, we have washed ourselves outwardly but inwardly are utterly corrupt. Was the world made for men or men for the world?.. I mean where and which is the focus?... The world was made by God to be lived in by men...
Besides that, many assume that the Earth will last forever, and that we humans can chart its own destiny, as we desire to chart are own as well, and put God out of the picture, so to speak. But will the Earth last forever? Do men live forever? Why do people die? (yes, these are all important questions and topics in themselves, and need to be explained separately as well).
We need to remember that God has created everything. John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." Col 1:16-17 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Heb 11:3 "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." These are but a few of the verses from scripture indicating that God created everything out of nothing (creation ex nihilo, we'll come across this term quite frequently when dealing with creation), and called things into existence by the very Word of His power (Gen 1). So yes, God created everything, and it was all good, "very good" (Gen 1:31). If everything was perfect, then why are we in the situation that we're in now one might ask? ... ..
That's because of sin. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were deceived by the serpent (Gen 3) in the garden of Eden, sin entered the world, and that was the fall of man. God who is perfect and Holy, and Just, and Righteous, and Loving, abhors sin, in any form. As a result of sin, God's curse was brought upon creation (Gen 3:17), death entered the world, Adam brought down into his ruin the old creation, of which he was lord and head. Christ will bring into moral unity with God, and into eternal life, all of the new creation of which He is Lord and Head (Eph 1:22-23). Even the animal and material creation, cursed for man's sake (Gen 3:17), will be delivered by Christ.
Rom 8:21-22 "Because the creature also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and traivaileth in pain together until now."
The Lord Jesus Christ who is verily God Himself, came into this world to redeem us. We realize that a price needs to be paid for our sins, our sins need to be atoned for. We're all sinners, we all come short of the glory of God. Rom 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;". 1 Jn 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." When we do something wrong, in us we ourselves bear witness that the wrong that has been committed against some one has to be atoned for. But what if the wrong that has been committed is against God?..... .. .. With what can we pay, we are bankrupt... our hearts are corrupt, only someone perfect could do so... .. Thanks be to God, that He Himself is our redeemer!!... and not only was He able, but He was willing to come as a man in our midst, to die for us to pay the penalty of sin, "for the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23), but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The Lord Jesus Christ was fully man and is fully God. As Mr. H.C.G Moule has remarked, a Saviour not quite God is a bridge broken at the farther end. Our redeemer has to be perfect, and indeed He is, He is the perfect, spotless, unblemished Lamb of God. And not only did He willing lay down His life for us, wretched, blind, weak, ungodly sinners, He rose again from the grave on the third day victorious!!... Death has lost its sting, the grave has been conquered... Rom 8:31-34 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.".. . . Thats the thing, do we deserve this marvellous gift from God?... no, nothing in us merits this most blessed gift, it is by God's grace that we may have life, and have it abundantly, eternity awaits in His presence... an often quoted verse is ever true.. John 3:16 "For God so lover the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Our Lord says elsewhere as well, John 10:17-18 "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."
There is no life apart in Christ, where will we spend eternity?.. in Hell or Heaven?... if any be reading this and has yet to know the Lord Jesus Christ personally as Lord and Saviour, seek Him, ask Him for forgiveness, confess that you're a sinner, repent of you're sins, and receive His gracious gift of eternal life... find an assembly of believers gathered unto the name of the Lord, contact some of your Christian friends for more info, email me too if you wish for any other queries (in the info section), read your Bible and trust and obey it :)...there's lot more to learn, but by His guiding light, He will lead us when we seek earnestly.. :)
For those of us that think things have been continuing as they are forever and will continue to do so, some basic laws of science beg to differ. Now, i am no physicist, but let me try to explain. The laws of thermodynamics are among the most fundamental of physical sciences. Here are its two laws:
The total amount of mass-energy in the universe is constant.
The amount of energy in the universe available for work is running down, or entropy is increasing to a maximum.
If the total amount of mass-energy is limited, and the amount of usable energy is decreasing, then the universe cannot have existed forever, otherwise it would already have exhausted all usable energy and reached what is known as "heat death." Ex: all radioactive atoms would have decayed, every part of the universe would be the same temperature, and no further work would be possible. So basically, things are running down. We see in Genesis, people living long lifespans, but over time, people and creation as well are deteriorating, shorter lifespans, more diseases, mistakes in gene-pool etc... Creation had a beginning, but is deteriorating... what about its Creator?... God?...God is the uncreated creator of the universe... He is eternal.. the great "I AM" (Exo 3:14).. He is ever the same, He is the unchanging God...with Him is no shadow of change..
God is the Creator .. Rom 1:20 "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: " The 'they' referring to unbelievers...
Now, coming back to this Earth hour thing, i hope those reading thus far have been able to follow, and have not fallen asleep or decided to see whats new on Facebook instead.. haha :) . . anyway, yeah, when a person accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord as Saviour, he or she is born again. . John 3.. " Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." (John 3:4-7)
We are a new creature in Christ, His Spirit dwells in us and the "inward" man is changed... God dwelling within us and guiding us... there's a lot more to be explained, nevertheless for the time being hopefully it sufficeth.. we are no longer following our old self's, we have a new nature that guides us... and reveals to us what is sin ie wrong in our lives, and convicts us of our wrong and leads to repentance and changing of thoughts, actions, motives, basically everything, and we are a new creation in Christ! :) The "new man" is the regenerate self as distinguished from the old self, and is a new self as having become a partaker of the divine nature and life, and in no sense the old self made over, or improved. The new self is Christ "formed" in the Christian.
2 Cor 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Rom 6:6 "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. "
Eph 2: 10 " For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
Many people try to be as good as they can, and try to be as righteous as they can, but again, according to whose standard?.. our own? Ours is not the standard, it is God's. And that's why we are accepted in the beloved, we are accepted in Christ, for He alone was the perfect mediator between God and man, we are accepted on account of His perfection and righteousness. Marvellous isn't it?!!... but sadly many of us still try to be as good as we can, thinking that if we be as nice as possible etc, all will be alright while neglecting the One True God. . "perhaps if i try to take care of the earth all will be ok"... it wont...have be right with God first, then the good works..
Rom 10:3 "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."
Isa 64:6 "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Jam 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
Scripture gives us a stark comparison of our own righteousness ie "filthy rags" and the righteousness that of Christ ie "fine linen" which is imputed to us. .
Again, the inward condition is what determines the outward and not the other way around..
Rom 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
You see, all this show of trying to save the earth and this earth hour thing, basically does not do anything. Some people may marvel in the 'unity' being displayed by all the people and nations throughout the world turning off their lights for one hour at night, but is it real unity?... where is that 'unity' the day after, month later, or year later, or for that matter the following hour?... and if its unity, it should manifest itself in other aspects as well, but it does not, does it... IT DOES NOT... its perhaps ppl being united in being not united... :)... the big organizations will feel guilty and pressured if they dont participate in it, and hence they do, to show that they somehow are 'caring'... true there may be some out there who genuinely care about the earth, but again, the emphasis or focus is misplaced... and forget or dont want to realize that is WE who need the fixing!!.. :) Many people liked the idea of turning off the lights and viewing all the major landmarks in darkness and felt it was cool. . but feeling cool about something does not change anything, people will continue to behave according to their own standards... again, its just a show. . perhaps if they really cared, the earth hour would have been carried out in daylight.... heheh... but you see, people want to be seen, they want to be seen that they care... and also some may doubt that people actually turned off their lights if it was carried out in daytime, and this itself shows that people are indeed fundamentally flawed, ie sinful... its indeed ironic i guess, light and darkness with this earth hour thing. .:)
John 8:12 "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
John 3:19-21 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
Again, let me emphasize that its true, we need to take care of our surroundings (Adam and Eve were to tend to the garden and dress it and take care of it in Eden too), but we need to have the right emphasis as well, and to realize that this world is not eternal, we are but pilgrims on a journey, this world is not out home, we who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ patiently await and look forward to His coming again to take us home.. :)
Rev 21:1-8 " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
May the Lord lead and guide us as we go through our lives and may we lean on His Wisdom in discernment, and living lives continually being sanctified and maturing in Him.
At the bottom line, I gather its about global warming and enlightening us on the impact of our actions and the results that'll we'll incur on ourselves if we don't change our "outward" actions but while the "inward" man remains the same, unchanged in character essentially.
We often hear the phrase 'save the Earth'. But what does it mean really? Does it need saving? If we say that it needs saving, we:
recognize that there is something inherently wrong with the world in which we live in
have an ideal that we hold to, and concur that present and past situations show that things are getting worse, on a personal level and externally (ie when the person gets worse, his actions will ultimately follow as well, and hence our surroundings externally will as well get worse)
So, if we recognize this, the questions that lingers in our mind is why is this so?.... Have things being continuing and continuing as they were before and is life is just merely a cycle of progression 'moving forwards' without end or reason for that matter? If like evolutionists assert, that everything we see happened by random chance, then why bother with the 'saving of the earth'? (Actually this a whole issue in itself, God-willing will be able to address it another time.)
Another thing, what about its occupants?.. I mean the earth's.. Supposedly if we manage to 'save' the earth from getting more polluted and heated etc, what then?, will all be fine and dandy? Assuredly not, for the people remain exactly the same, we have washed ourselves outwardly but inwardly are utterly corrupt. Was the world made for men or men for the world?.. I mean where and which is the focus?... The world was made by God to be lived in by men...
Besides that, many assume that the Earth will last forever, and that we humans can chart its own destiny, as we desire to chart are own as well, and put God out of the picture, so to speak. But will the Earth last forever? Do men live forever? Why do people die? (yes, these are all important questions and topics in themselves, and need to be explained separately as well).
We need to remember that God has created everything. John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." Col 1:16-17 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Heb 11:3 "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." These are but a few of the verses from scripture indicating that God created everything out of nothing (creation ex nihilo, we'll come across this term quite frequently when dealing with creation), and called things into existence by the very Word of His power (Gen 1). So yes, God created everything, and it was all good, "very good" (Gen 1:31). If everything was perfect, then why are we in the situation that we're in now one might ask? ... ..
That's because of sin. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were deceived by the serpent (Gen 3) in the garden of Eden, sin entered the world, and that was the fall of man. God who is perfect and Holy, and Just, and Righteous, and Loving, abhors sin, in any form. As a result of sin, God's curse was brought upon creation (Gen 3:17), death entered the world, Adam brought down into his ruin the old creation, of which he was lord and head. Christ will bring into moral unity with God, and into eternal life, all of the new creation of which He is Lord and Head (Eph 1:22-23). Even the animal and material creation, cursed for man's sake (Gen 3:17), will be delivered by Christ.
Rom 8:21-22 "Because the creature also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and traivaileth in pain together until now."
The Lord Jesus Christ who is verily God Himself, came into this world to redeem us. We realize that a price needs to be paid for our sins, our sins need to be atoned for. We're all sinners, we all come short of the glory of God. Rom 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;". 1 Jn 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." When we do something wrong, in us we ourselves bear witness that the wrong that has been committed against some one has to be atoned for. But what if the wrong that has been committed is against God?..... .. .. With what can we pay, we are bankrupt... our hearts are corrupt, only someone perfect could do so... .. Thanks be to God, that He Himself is our redeemer!!... and not only was He able, but He was willing to come as a man in our midst, to die for us to pay the penalty of sin, "for the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23), but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The Lord Jesus Christ was fully man and is fully God. As Mr. H.C.G Moule has remarked, a Saviour not quite God is a bridge broken at the farther end. Our redeemer has to be perfect, and indeed He is, He is the perfect, spotless, unblemished Lamb of God. And not only did He willing lay down His life for us, wretched, blind, weak, ungodly sinners, He rose again from the grave on the third day victorious!!... Death has lost its sting, the grave has been conquered... Rom 8:31-34 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.".. . . Thats the thing, do we deserve this marvellous gift from God?... no, nothing in us merits this most blessed gift, it is by God's grace that we may have life, and have it abundantly, eternity awaits in His presence... an often quoted verse is ever true.. John 3:16 "For God so lover the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Our Lord says elsewhere as well, John 10:17-18 "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."
There is no life apart in Christ, where will we spend eternity?.. in Hell or Heaven?... if any be reading this and has yet to know the Lord Jesus Christ personally as Lord and Saviour, seek Him, ask Him for forgiveness, confess that you're a sinner, repent of you're sins, and receive His gracious gift of eternal life... find an assembly of believers gathered unto the name of the Lord, contact some of your Christian friends for more info, email me too if you wish for any other queries (in the info section), read your Bible and trust and obey it :)...there's lot more to learn, but by His guiding light, He will lead us when we seek earnestly.. :)
For those of us that think things have been continuing as they are forever and will continue to do so, some basic laws of science beg to differ. Now, i am no physicist, but let me try to explain. The laws of thermodynamics are among the most fundamental of physical sciences. Here are its two laws:
The total amount of mass-energy in the universe is constant.
The amount of energy in the universe available for work is running down, or entropy is increasing to a maximum.
If the total amount of mass-energy is limited, and the amount of usable energy is decreasing, then the universe cannot have existed forever, otherwise it would already have exhausted all usable energy and reached what is known as "heat death." Ex: all radioactive atoms would have decayed, every part of the universe would be the same temperature, and no further work would be possible. So basically, things are running down. We see in Genesis, people living long lifespans, but over time, people and creation as well are deteriorating, shorter lifespans, more diseases, mistakes in gene-pool etc... Creation had a beginning, but is deteriorating... what about its Creator?... God?...God is the uncreated creator of the universe... He is eternal.. the great "I AM" (Exo 3:14).. He is ever the same, He is the unchanging God...with Him is no shadow of change..
God is the Creator .. Rom 1:20 "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: " The 'they' referring to unbelievers...
Now, coming back to this Earth hour thing, i hope those reading thus far have been able to follow, and have not fallen asleep or decided to see whats new on Facebook instead.. haha :) . . anyway, yeah, when a person accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord as Saviour, he or she is born again. . John 3.. " Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." (John 3:4-7)
We are a new creature in Christ, His Spirit dwells in us and the "inward" man is changed... God dwelling within us and guiding us... there's a lot more to be explained, nevertheless for the time being hopefully it sufficeth.. we are no longer following our old self's, we have a new nature that guides us... and reveals to us what is sin ie wrong in our lives, and convicts us of our wrong and leads to repentance and changing of thoughts, actions, motives, basically everything, and we are a new creation in Christ! :) The "new man" is the regenerate self as distinguished from the old self, and is a new self as having become a partaker of the divine nature and life, and in no sense the old self made over, or improved. The new self is Christ "formed" in the Christian.
2 Cor 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Rom 6:6 "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. "
Eph 2: 10 " For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
Many people try to be as good as they can, and try to be as righteous as they can, but again, according to whose standard?.. our own? Ours is not the standard, it is God's. And that's why we are accepted in the beloved, we are accepted in Christ, for He alone was the perfect mediator between God and man, we are accepted on account of His perfection and righteousness. Marvellous isn't it?!!... but sadly many of us still try to be as good as we can, thinking that if we be as nice as possible etc, all will be alright while neglecting the One True God. . "perhaps if i try to take care of the earth all will be ok"... it wont...have be right with God first, then the good works..
Rom 10:3 "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."
Isa 64:6 "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Jam 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
Scripture gives us a stark comparison of our own righteousness ie "filthy rags" and the righteousness that of Christ ie "fine linen" which is imputed to us. .
Again, the inward condition is what determines the outward and not the other way around..
Rom 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
You see, all this show of trying to save the earth and this earth hour thing, basically does not do anything. Some people may marvel in the 'unity' being displayed by all the people and nations throughout the world turning off their lights for one hour at night, but is it real unity?... where is that 'unity' the day after, month later, or year later, or for that matter the following hour?... and if its unity, it should manifest itself in other aspects as well, but it does not, does it... IT DOES NOT... its perhaps ppl being united in being not united... :)... the big organizations will feel guilty and pressured if they dont participate in it, and hence they do, to show that they somehow are 'caring'... true there may be some out there who genuinely care about the earth, but again, the emphasis or focus is misplaced... and forget or dont want to realize that is WE who need the fixing!!.. :) Many people liked the idea of turning off the lights and viewing all the major landmarks in darkness and felt it was cool. . but feeling cool about something does not change anything, people will continue to behave according to their own standards... again, its just a show. . perhaps if they really cared, the earth hour would have been carried out in daylight.... heheh... but you see, people want to be seen, they want to be seen that they care... and also some may doubt that people actually turned off their lights if it was carried out in daytime, and this itself shows that people are indeed fundamentally flawed, ie sinful... its indeed ironic i guess, light and darkness with this earth hour thing. .:)
John 8:12 "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
John 3:19-21 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
Again, let me emphasize that its true, we need to take care of our surroundings (Adam and Eve were to tend to the garden and dress it and take care of it in Eden too), but we need to have the right emphasis as well, and to realize that this world is not eternal, we are but pilgrims on a journey, this world is not out home, we who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ patiently await and look forward to His coming again to take us home.. :)
Rev 21:1-8 " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
May the Lord lead and guide us as we go through our lives and may we lean on His Wisdom in discernment, and living lives continually being sanctified and maturing in Him.
