How big is your God?

How big is your God? I believe that your concept of God, and my concept of God, is way too small!

How can we conceive of eternity, infinity, or creation? All things with which our God is intricately and intrinsically related.

How can we comprehend any the following: (Attributes courtesy of http://www.allaboutgod.com/ VisIt them, fabulous site!)

"Trinity: Though the actual word is not used in the Bible, the truth of God revealing Himself in three persons is included. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all called God, given worship as God, exist eternally, and are involved in doing things only God could do. Although, God reveals Himself in three persons, God is One and cannot be divided. All are involved completely whenever One of the Three is active.

Omniscience: “God possesses perfect knowledge and therefore has no need to learn. God has never learned and cannot learn.” Omniscience means all-knowing. God knows everything, and His knowledge is infinite. It is impossible to hide anything from God.


Omnipotence: Literally this word means all-powerful. Since God is infinite and since He possesses power, He possesses infinite power. He does allow His creatures to have some power, but this in no way diminishes His own. “He expends no energy that must be replenished.” When the Bible says God rested on the seventh day, it was to set an example for us and our need for rest, not because He was tired.

Self-existence: When Moses asked who he was talking to in the burning bush, God said, “I AM THE ONE WHO ALWAYS IS.” God has no beginning or end. He just exists. Nothing else in all the universe is self-caused. Only God. In fact, if anything else had created Him, that thing would be God. This is a difficult concept for our minds since everything else we will ever encounter comes from something other than itself. The Bible says, “In the beginning, God.” He was already there.

Eternal: In some ways, this fact about God is similar to His self-existence. God always has been and will forever be, because God dwells in eternity. Time is His creation. It is why God can see the end from the beginning, and why He is never surprised by anything. If He were not eternal, God’s promise of eternal life for those who follow Jesus would have little value.

Omnipresence: This theological term means “always present.” Since God is infinite, His being knows no boundaries. So, clearly He is everywhere. This truth is taught throughout the Bible as the phrase “I am with you always” is repeated 22 times in both the Old and New Testaments. These were even Jesus’ words of assurance just after giving the challenge to His disciples to take His message to the entire world. This is certainly a comforting truth for all who follow Jesus.

Attributes of God – The Conclusion
This is the description of the God of the Bible. All other ideas about God are, according to the Bible, false gods. They are from the imagination of mankind. By learning the attributes of God, you may praise God for who He really is and for how each of His attributes impacts your life in a positive way."

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The solar system is about best thing I can think of which displays the "bigness" of God. The Bible says that "the heavens declare His majesty".

Here are a few amazing facts about the size of the solar system. (Yes, I believe if there is a watch, there must be a watch maker).

First, realize that the speed of light is calculated as the distance that light can travel in a year, at 186,282 miles per SECOND. To reach the known edge of our universe takes ten billion years at the speed of light! My brain just went tilt right there, how about you?

Another example: Imagine that you own a rifle that shoots bullets at the speed of light, 186,282 miles per second. You point it straight up in the sky and pull the trigger. You wait ten seconds. That bullet has already travelled almost two million miles. If you stood at the spot where you fired that rifle, and waited ten billion years, with the bullet still traveling that speed, the bullet would be approaching the outer edge of our universe. My brain goes tilt again, how about yours?

And now modern science knows that after our solar system comes another solar system.
Ane then another solar system and then another, and then another, etc. OK. final brain tilt. I give up.

Like I said at the beginning, I believe that your concept of God, and my concept of God is WAY TO SMALL!

That a God that big, a God that powerful, loves you and me, is pretty unfathomable, don;t you thihk?

But John 3:16 proves that it is true: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life.

Hmm. Eternal...there goes that brain tilt again.

All I can say is, As the old song says, "Oh Happy day, Oh Happy day,
When Jesus washed. Oh when he washed. He washed my sins away!

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Simply Jesus Men's Conference - my reflections

Our wonderful church sponsored a Men's Conference last weekend in Palm Desert, CA

The theme of the conference: Simply Jesus

The goal was to bring men together for a concentrated time of worship, teaching, and prayer,
all focused on the name above all names, Jesus.

We had several guest speakers and there was abundant opportunity for the men to get to know each other and to learn how each might be able to best help the other to reach out to the world with the good news of the gospel.

I have been to a number church conferences but I must say that this one was, for me,
the most meaningful and helpful that I have ever attended.

In Mathew 28:18-20, Jesus gave a commandment for His followers to go into all the world, teaching everything that He had taught, Baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

One reason that this conference was special to me is that a friend whom I had helped lead to the Lord, asked me if I would baptize him right there, the next day, which I did.

The whole experience of being part of helping him find the Lord has been wonderful anyway, but his honoring me by requesting that I baptize him was extra special to me.

The Lord had radically and miraculously saved and transformed my friend over a year ago, and just watching him grow and worship at church every Sunday, side by side with my wife, well, WOW, that is what life is all about to me.

View a picture of the baptism.

Space prohibits me from telling you all the special moments with the Lord which I experienced during this conference, but I want to mention one more which I value highly.

I was introduced to a fabulous Christian ministry JesusCentral.com Where people of all backgrounds learn about
Jesus.

The JesusCentral.com website is really exceptional in bringing Jesus to the world, especially China, a region of the world in which I also have been involved in reaching for many years now. Users at the JesusCentral.com website even have the option of choosing to view it in Chinese, and Arabic!

The website also contains extensive learning aids for all ages, including a free online course titled "Jesus 101" FREE INTRO COURSE - 6 weeks, 1 hour weekly. next Course Starts: November 16, 2009.

As an ordained minister myself and someone whose goal is to maximize the use of the Internet to spread the good news of Jesus, I have years of experience in web design and marketing, and I can tell you enthusiastically that I recommend JesusCentral.com as one of the most exceptional Christian websites I have seen, both in terms of it's extensive content and in terms of it's technically advanced programming.

I heartily recommend that you familiarize yourself with it and use the resources there to enhance your own education, and to share Jesus with people of all backgrounds to help them learn about Jesus!

Larry Hayden
A disciple of Jesus

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Jesus Is A Friend of Mine (And a friend to you too!)

Today I am going to have a guest speaker speak to you below from John 4:34-38. His name is Jesus.

Jesus is a friend of mine!! Yes I believe that and I cherish that precious reality. He is also a friend and father to the fatherless. Those who reach out to Him will find Him!

Watch the song I sing: Friendship With Jesus. This is the song I have chosen to have sung at my own funeral. It is not a sad song, it is an especially wonderful song!

As friends of Jesus, he expects his disciples (us) to be co-laborers with Him:

John 4:34-38

Jesus said:

"My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me,
and to finish His work. Do you not say, 'There
are still four months and then comes the
harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your
eyes and look at the fields, for they are
already white for harvest!

And he who reaps receives wages, and
gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who
sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and
another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for
which you have not labored; others have
labored, and you have entered into their
labors."

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Larry Hayden

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Hate crimes bill, passed by House, now heads for Senate approval.

The so called "Hate Crimes Bill" passed the House and if it passes the Senate it will become law.

In my opinion this bill is simply TERRIBLE.

Bryan Fischer is director of issues analysis for the American Family Association:

"It could have a chilling effect on free speech and religious freedoms in the nation."

"For the first time in American history we are criminalizing thought," Fischer laments. "Thomas Jefferson said the reach of legislation should extend to actions only and not to opinions -- and now we are punishing people not just for what they did, but what they were thinking when they did it.

"It's also going to have a chilling effect on freedom of speech, especially religious speech. And [in] other places where these hate crimes bills have gone into effect, pastors have wound up in jail or fined for preaching a biblical view of homosexuality."

Using an oft used reprehensible tactic in politics, this bill is attached to a Defense Appropriations bill, an obvious attempt to force it's passing.

What is your opinion? I find it disgusting.

Larry Hayden, a Christian

HB3200 a threat to the U.S. Consitution and Bill of Rights?

Hello my friends and fellow Christian believers.

Today I am posting a copy of an Internet article I just read. It is so revealing about the contents of the proposed Health care bill HB3200, I've made it the sole topic of today's blog.
The statements were written by Michael Connelly, retired attorney who, unlike many members of Congress, actual read HB3200. The facts are very disturbing to me:

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 11:13 AM

Michael Connelly http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/ is a Constitutional Lawyer and has read the entire health care bill and has some comments, not about the bill, but about the effects on our Constitution. It's a broader picture than just health care reform.

The blog will concentrate on my concerns as a retired attorney about the imminent and growing threats to our Constitution and our form of government. We have reason to be very afraid of what is happening.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE BILLS ?

Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.

To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business and put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats and most of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled.

However, as scary as all of that it, it just scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. Instead, it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated. If this law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.

The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people and the businesses they own. The irony is that the Congress doesn't have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with. I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.

This legislation also provides for access by the appointees of the Obama administration of all of your personal healthcare information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital. All of this is a direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures. You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion, regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.

If you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have private insurance that is not deemed "acceptable" to the "Health Choices Administrator" appointed by Obama, there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a "tax" instead of a fine, because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment. However, that doesn't work, because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without the "due process of law".

So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate so much, out of the original ten in the Bill of Rights, that are effectively nullified by this law. It doesn't stop there, though. The 9th Amendment that provides: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people;" The 10th Amendment states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people.." Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork, neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.

I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think you get the idea. This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights. Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to "be bound by oath or affirmation" to support the Constitution. If I was a member of Congress, I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation. If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.

For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they consult the source. Here is a link to the Constitution:

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

And another to the Bill of Rights: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

There, you can see exactly what is about to have taken from us.

Michael Connelly
Retired attorney,
Constitutional Law Instructor
Carrollton, Texas

http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/

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