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I am now more
than convinced that
Jesus is the son of
God, who incarnated
2000+ years ago, to
pay the price of the
sins of the human
race and reconcile
it to God. He died
and rose again and
is still alive to
hear my prayers and
answer them. And if
all this is true
(which it is), then
he is coming soon to
judge the world. Yet, I chose to read
another book, which
uncle Peter so
graciously lent me -
The Case for Christ
by Lee Strobell. I
am half way through
with this book. Lee,
so avidly brings
clear conclusions on
the authenticity of
the New Testament,
Jesus Christ, his
historicity and his
deity based on
physical,
historical,
archeological,
psychological,
scientific and other
kind of legalistic
proofs which after
his thorough
research satisfied
his journalist
atheist mind that
Jesus Christ is God.
He was expert in
going to the core of
the criminal cases
based on various
evidences, which
were at times
overlooked even by
the judiciary. He
had several cases to
his account where he
brought the cases to
an altogether
different end, which
would not have
happened if he did
not have those eyes
to see the intricate
details, as he had.
While reading this
book, few thoughts
popped up in my
mind, one of which I
wish to put as
under.
THE CASE
FOR FAITH
 ...
faith is being sure
of what we hope for
and certain of what
we do not see (NIV),
or in other words -
Now faith is the
substance of things
hoped for, the
evidence of things
not seen (KJV) 
[Hebrews
11:1]
Usually in order to solve many
mathematical and scientific
problems, researchers make
certain assumptions and consider
them universally true, even
before conducting their
experiments. They just assume
them to be true - based on what?
One of the major assumptions is
that – the natural
phenomenon/processes and
characteristics of the elements
are uniform and therefore should
provide the same result every
time when conducted in a close
environment.
What it means is –
copper is a
good conductor of electricity
and will remain so unless worked
upon by an external agent to
change this characteristics.
That the pure water shall start
boiling at 100 degree Celsius
and would freeze at 0 degree
Celsius unless mixed with
impurities. That the apple must
fall down on the ground after
getting detached from the tree.
That light must travel at the
speed of 3x108
(precisely 299,792,458 m/s) meter per second.
Speed of light is greater than
that of sound.
What if
'systematic nature' gave away
one day,
could
scientists do anything about it.
No!
-
What if copper
lets the
electricity pass
through it in
one experiment
and not allow in
the second
instance? What
if glass allowed
light pass one
time and stop it
in another
instance?
-
What would happen if light from
sun might take 8 minutes to
reach to earth
on one day and more
on other day and less
on the even other day?
-
What if
gravitational pull kept changing
its nature?
-
What if moon or
earth changed its trajectory and
went its own way?
-
What if Sodium
and Chloride refused to get
together and make salt or
Hydrogen and
Oxygen did not
make water? What
if Plants
started using
hydrogen to make
food and produce
hydrogen
paroxide?
-
If this
happened, what would happen to the laws of
Newton? Could there be any
Doppler effect? Could scientists
derive any exact equations? What about
reflection and
refraction,
evaporation and
condensation,
sexual
reproduction and
DNA science?
Any change in this uniform
nature could create havoc in the
modern scientific world.
Who is behind the uniformity of
the universe or nature? Why scientists
assume that nature is uniform or
systematic and therefore it
should produce the same results
every time the same experiment
is conducted in a give set of
environmental/physical
conditions?
Based on the assumption of
'systematic nature', all
machines and other devices are
made which perform same
universally (example BMW car
engine produce same results in
all the places and therefore
company can claim certain
specifications to be true while
marketing the car, failing which
it may be sued).
Scientists
unknowingly believe in the
creation of that
super-intelligent God, whose
products they are using as
source to produce the
bi-products or derived products
by applying science (which is
nothing but
discovered/derived/developed
knowledge from the nature).
Therefore it can be concluded
that an intelligent God has to
be present to make this
systematic nature which produces
same results always.
Scientists may prove, by
repetitive experiments and
showing consistent results that
– nature is uniform, but they
cannot force the nature to
behave in such a way. That is
God's prerogative. Therefore
scientists who seem to be
against faith - are actually
supposing the nature to be true
- just by faith.
Contrary to the teachings of the
new age saints and gurus, we
must put our faith in God, our
creator. Instead of looking into
our self, we must look for the
grace of God. God is the source
of everything; he only can bring
salvation and redemption from
sin, which is the main reason
behind all problems in the world
around us.
The true spirituality is not in
going deep in 'self' but to be
allowed to call God as our ‘Abba
and father’ or to say ‘Papa and
daddy’. Making this love
relationship is crucial because
God intends to do so. He created
us so that we may have
fellowship with us. God
incarnated as man in Jesus to
reconcile the fallen race to
God.
...
God so loved the
world that he gave
his only begotten
son Jesus Christ,
so that whoever
regardless of his
religion, gender and
other bias
believes in him,
shall not perish but
may have eternal
life in heaven
and abundant life on
Earth. God did
not sent his son to
condemn the world
or to punish them,
but so that the
world may be saved
through him..
[Paraphrased
John 3:16, 17]
Are we ready to put away all our
prejudices today and put faith
in God, a simple faith, a child
like faith so that grace of God
may flow and bless us.
Lets pray.
God,
we come with a simple faith to
start and build a relationship
with you today, regardless of
our religion, our previous
philosophies and the teachings
of the world. We want to learn
from you, bless us, lead us and
give us more faith. Amen
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