FOLLOW MY HEART???

FOLLOW YOUR HEART? This is a popular mantra nowadays. Is this a worthy piece of advice? The answer is "no." And to do so is foolishness! (See the verse below.)  Rather, pursue wisdom. Do take the time to study Proverbs 2. It sets forth a necessary and ardent quest for wisdom which leads directly to God and His revealed Word. Obeying this Word aligns our hearts and lives with Him, and that is wisdom personified in the seeker. In other words, follow God and not your own heart. The Holy Scriptures have  a principle or directive for every activity of one's life. 
     "He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered" (Prov. 28:26).
     The reading and study of the Word of God for the purpose of discovering the will of God is the greatest of holy disciplines. Yes, and as vital as prayer is, imbibing the Bible is more vital. The Bible is God talking to us. Prayer is us talking to God. Which is more important?And so, loving the Bible, the will of God is revealed. The will of God obeyed produces Christ-likeness and God-honoring character. The old self would rather have its own way. It ever resists what God decrees. We may well become miserable until we turn God's will from a sigh to a song. 
     All heaven is waiting to help those who will discover the will of God and do it.  The sincere Christian is obsessed with finding and doing God's will. Again, study Proverbs 2. Notice the search for wisdom - the intense search, the discovery of God. God speaks, we listen and obey and thereby walk in the light and wonderfully find ourselves on the path of wisdom or God's very best for us. THINK BIBLE! It's God showing us how to live. 

- dick christen

I BELIEVE IN THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY.....

I believe in the Trinity. By this I mean I affirm the Bible's JEHOVAH GOD set forth as Father, Son and Spirit. The three persons are one God and that God is three persons. For instance and most interestingly, in Hebrews chapter 1, the Father calls the Son GOD. Here it is: "But to the Son He says: 'Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom'" (v8). The first chapters of John's Gospel, Colossians and Hebrews, clearly magnify Jesus, His deity and God accomplishments and wonders. And then, in Acts 5:3,4 the Holy Spirit is called God. Ananias and his wife had sold property and gave some of the pecuniary gain to the Apostles and, hypocritically, made as if they were giving all of it. "But Peter said, 'Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.'” 

Our little minds try to comprehend the concept of one in three and three in one by holding up a cube with three dimensions, height, depth, and width, and note that if we take away any one of the dimensions, the entire cube disappears. This helps, however imperfectly so, but the Scriptures do say, "His invisible attribute are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power AND GODHEAD..." (Romans 1:20). Again, substance of water is seen in three manifestations, liquid, ice and steam. This conditions our thoughts to the concept of three in one and one in three. And, because Jehovah is one in three and three in one, our prayers entail all three persons. We pray TO the Father ("Our Father in heaven...", Matthew 6:9), THROUGH the Son ("No one comes to the Father except through me," John 14:6), and IN the Holy Spirit ("but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered," (Romans 8:26). Praying thus we rest assured that we indeed have talked to our great and holy God. 

Yes, I believe in the Trinity that is the Godhead. 

- Dick Christen