The God of All

I have always heard questions like this: "if God is omnipotent, why does He allow the Devil to mess up everything He's done so far?" Why do He allow bad and not Good alone.

Now my first answer to that would be: God is the God of all. The same one created both. And thus it is written in the book of Isaiah 45: 7

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things

Jesus also when He was describing God as perfect used the words in Matthew 5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Though it is hard or rare to think of God as even the God of the devil or angel. He owns the life and breathe of his enemies. He is God and creator of all. To saints and sinners, jew and gentiles, believers and atheist, christians and muslims, angels and demons, earth and skies, friends and enemies, everything that exists owe to him their life.
But this two parables would throw more light than much explanation would.

First is the parable of the field in Matthew 13 : 24 -30 (American Standard Version).

²⁴ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

²⁵ but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

²⁷ And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?

²⁸ And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

²⁹ But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

What about the enemy? Why didn't he just take out the enemy like the US took out Osama Bin Laden? Why wait for the enemy to cause much mess?
The answer is that firstly, to everything there is a time and a season to every purpose under the heaven. The 'taking out of the enemy' or his judgement would happen but not yet. Even the parable above illustrates this.

The next question is that until the taking out is done why not de-capitalize him, or disable his ability to cause more trouble?
The answer is so found in the bible , as in Romans 11:29 (Amplified Version)

For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]

God so sticks to his laws and will not go against one. We can count on him on that. But incidentally we are all beneficiaries of this virtue because we all were one time enemies of God.

One Purpose: That we may all seek him

A lot of questions arise in our hearts each day like "Why am I like this...." or how or whats.. These are question that I have asked and there never seem to be a good answer.

But I stumbled on God's word and seem to find a strong consolation in Acts 17: 24-30. But the emphasis is on 26 - 28. It says

"And he created all the people of the world from one man, Adam, and scattered the nations across the face of the earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall and when. He determined their boundaries" v 26 (The Living Bible)

This is quite explanable. Nations rise and fall. People as well. Some are poor others are rich. Some are born well and died bad. Others the opposite. Some never tasted suffering. Other never taste luxury. Some ladies get advances from rich men only and yet are not half as beautiful as other who suffer dehumanization from their husbands. Some countries are blessed yet corrupt. Some want to be free but were born into tyranny. The inequality seems so unexplanable and vast. But the next verse of the scripture show like. It says

"His purpose in all of this is that they should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way towards him and find him - though he is not far from any one of us" . v 27 (The Living Bible).

Which ever version of the bible you read, the sense is the same.
God intended to give us different abilities, put us in different levels, give us different resources, varying platforms and economy. He gave no man everything in totality just for one purpose - That we may seek him with the great hope to find him. And for real, he is not very far from us because in him we live, move and have our existence (being). v 29.

Some, on getting confuse have attributed the diversity of the world to chance - they call themselves atheist.
Others, have accepted where they found themselves - they are complacent.

But it is glaring, we were born with a quest, God search.

So to all God-seekers, I say well done. Strive to keep your relationship with God because every other thing (world events, economy, relationship) is trying to steer you look away from you maker.

May God be magnified, Amen.

We are witnesses to God and His Christ

There come a time in any legal dispute in court that the judge will ask the parties involved "do you have any witnesses". Either of the parties will then get none, one or more persons or set of persons to help them as witnesses to defend their claim. The availability and credibility of witnesses should ultimately decide the outcome of any independent court case.

Jesus said in Acts 1:8

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Jesus wanted and still wants witnesses to maintain hid claim that

• he came to earth to do the will of the Father.
• he trampled on the devil and took the victory for the world to access.
• a sinful soul could be transformed to become a glorious saint.
• we can have eternal life and literally become children of an unseen God
• man can have power with God and be God's dwelling place
• all he said and did is still very possible with us as he has given us his holy spirit.

This is Jesus' testimony and he is in need of witness hence the release of power to all who would willingly go forth to affirm his claim in their life posing themselves as the real enemy to the god of this world - the devil.

1 john 5:4-12

1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

1Jn 5:5 And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

1Jn 5:7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

1Jn 5:8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

1Jn 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

1Jn 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

1Jn 5:11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

1Jn 5:14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

1Jn 5:15 and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

We are thus victorious who bear in us this great testimony of Christ as witnesses of his love, victory and judgement.

(all scriptural references are from the American Standard Version)

The God-existence question: a little exchange.

I stumbled on a youtube comment that was questioning the existence of God and I tried to comment on the contrary.

Just some hours after, the same guy sends me a youtube mail asking me to seek mental help. He also add more youtube link to buttress his points

Religion is a mental disorder
Part 1 in a series, which argues that religion is a mental disorder.

Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qd0qFSMm7oo

Part 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=z9zuPTng2bc

Here is an excerpt from my reply:

I will take what you have said as an advice but for a while let me let in on some of my records.

I am a software developer with over 6 years of professional experience. I won awards in Mathematics and Chemistry days back when I was in school. I put a lot of problem solving and logical skills in doing my jobs and except for privacy policy, I would have shown you some of my online work. I am very proud of them.

Although I don't ask God to do my job for me, I am wise enough to choose the CREATOR rather than some creations of his....

There has really been the question around me lately and I still wonder my many in this present day would hold tight this extreme falsehold and pretend as though they are really the elites of the society.

I hope to come up with a series of blog to prove my God is and why I believe the bible.

But it must be clear that no evidence could nullify the power of faith because like it is written - "Without faith is it is impossible to please God and he that must come to God must believe that He is and ......." Hebrew 11:6.

Have a great day