What would it take for you to Believe?

The people I meet who do not believe in God always say about him:  

"Why doesn't he show himself?  

Why doesn't he prove to me that he exists?"

How arrogant is that on it's face?   

He needs to prove Himself to you???

  

And if so, does He need to prove himself to everyone?

  

All 7 Billion of us?  

And throughout all history and time?   

What can He do to convince mankind once and for all and forever?

Flood the world?

Destroy a huge tower?

Lead slaves in the desert by a cloud or pillar of fire?

Produce supernatural bread to feed the hungry?

Collapse walls around cities?

Set fire to a water soaked alter?

Guide a boy with a sling and stone to defeat a giant?

Come to Earth in Human form and heal the blind, the lame and the sick?

Turn water into wine?

Fullfill hundreds of  prophecies?

Rise from the Dead?

What would it take for you to believe?   

What would convince you it wasn't a coincidence 

or that it had a scientific explanation?

Once during an asthma attack that was more severe

 than I was used to I called out to God and said,

 "If you are real make this go away".  

And suddenly I could breathe.   

God?  

Nah----just a coincidence I told myself.   

Even though that had never happened to me before.

When I tell you my asthma story,

 does it make you believe?  

Or do you explain it away?

If God showed Himself to you in the way you ask----

would your atheist friends believe you?  

Would they begin to believe in God?

I don't think there is anything He can do

 to make you believe

 if your heart is turned away from accepting Truth.  

In the words of Ravi Zacharias: 

"God has put enough into the world to make faith in Him

 a most reasonable thing.   

But He has left enough out 

to make it impossible to live 

by sheer reason and observation alone."

God is not going to walk up to your house, 

knock on your door 

and introduce Himself.  

You wouldn't believe Him if He did. 

God is not going to coming charging 

through the clouds in a chariot of light.  

You would think you were loosing your mind.

God is not going to heal 

a dying loved one just to prove Himself.  

You would give all the credit to doctors and medicine. 

God is not going to come to you

 in the middle of the night and speak to you.  

You would be sure you were dreaming.

Proof of God is out there----everywhere.  

Look at the complexity of a feather.  

God or Evolution?  

Look at the intricate balance of nature allowing for life on this planet. 

 God or Chance?   

Look at the brilliant simplicity of the DNA molecule.  

God or Star Dust?

God is everywhere.   

Not waiting to prove Himself to you.

He is waiting for You to prove yourself to Him.

Michael Brown

You may remember Michael Brown.

He was shot by a policeman last fall.

The first witnesses claimed Michael Brown was approaching the police

With his arms up in Surrender

"Hands up!  Don't Shoot!"

But the cop killed him anyway.

This story was picked up by the media and went viral.

Celebrities and Athletes embraced the story.

They would raise their hands in the air and chant

"Hands up!  Don't Shoot!"

Unfortunately the witness was lying.


Interviews with over 100 witnesses showed that

Michael Brown fought with the officer and almost got his gun.

These witnesses stated that Michael Brown was charging the cop

In a manner intending harm to the cop.

He was not only resisting arrest,

Michael Brown was very well going to harm

or even kill  that cop.

These witnesses told their story

But the media wouldn't report it,

at least not with the energy that they reported the lie.



The grand jury determined these witnesses were telling the truth.

The cop was innocent.

Michael Brown was guilty


But the media barely reported it.

At least not with the energy that they reported the lie.



And just last week this truth was released to the public

by the US Dept. of Justice.


Did you hear about it?


Did the Celebrities and Athletes speak out

about their mistake  and share the truth?



No.



Even today, many people think that Michael Brown

was an innocent bystander targeted and murdered

by that racist cop

The truth doesn't matter.

The lie had been spread

so far and so many times

that it became the truth.

And people refuse to see reality.

because the lie is easier.




It is more work to set aside your emotions,

your beliefs, your prejudices

and examine all the facts.


Its so much easier to accept and embrace that lie.

People even went to war over this lie!


Led and encouraged by



race hustling community leaders and politicians

The people rioted and created a huge wave of violence

against their very own community.

It's a tragedy.

And it is old news, right?

So why am I bringing it up?

I was thinking about the parallels in this story 

 to the lie that there is no God.

The atheist embraces this lie and spreads it.



They go to war over it.

They refuse to examine the evidence that will reveal the truth.

 

And the lie that there is no God

has been repeated so loudly

in movies, books, schools, etc

 that the masses no longer can see the truth.  

The lie has been spread

so far and so many times

that it has become the truth.

And people refuse to see reality.

Because the lie is easier.

It is more work to step aside your emotions,

your beliefs, your prejudices

and examine all the facts.

Its so much easier to accept and embrace 

The Lie that there is no God.

Parallel to the destructive riots, 

the masses ridicule and mock us,

as they are led and encouraged by

Atheistic professors and scientists.



And as the rioters destroyed their community,

the atheists and their followers destroy their fellow man.


In one businesses went up in flames

in the other, souls will  go "up in flames"

I think this is why most Christians I know are timid

when it comes to discussing their faith openly.


We are timid about praying in public.

We are shy to share our beliefs with others--

Even with our friends and family.

God has given us enough information to know He is real,

We just have to open our minds and see it.  


And yes, it is a harder path to take--

But with Greater Risks come Greater Rewards.

Was this Random?

Below is a "cartoon" of a Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Molecule

As it interacts with other Molecules

These are just some of  the thousands of Molecules that work in our cells every day.

These molecules must bend and twist exactly right in order to function properly

There are 100's to 1000's of atoms in each one.

So knowing this, seeing this, 

How can anyone believe in Evolution??

That all of this is Random???

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In case you want more information regarding the picture above

I've posted below for your reading pleasure!!

Crystal structures of the juxtamembrane regions and tyrosine kinase domains of: a | the unphosphorylated ephrin receptor EPHB2 (Ref. 29); b | unphosphorylated muscle-specific kinase (MUSK; Ref. 34); c | unphosphorylated FLT3 (Ref. 41); d | the unphosphorylated insulin receptor^30, 55; and e | thephosphorylated insulin receptor¹⁴. Backbone representations are shown, and the side chains of selected residues (and ATP in part e) are shown in stick representation. The juxtamembrane regions are coloured orange; the amino-terminal kinase lobes are coloured light blue, with -helix C coloured dark blue; the carboxy-terminal kinase lobes are coloured grey, with the catalytic loops coloured pink and the activation segments coloured green. The amino termini are highlighted by 'N', but, for clarity, the carboxyl termini are not highlighted. The activation segment is largely disordered in part a, and is represented by green spheres. Spheres of the appropriate colour are also used to highlight disordered regions in the other structures. The protein kinase-conserved lysine–glutamic-acid salt bridge is shown in parts a, b, c and e (dashed line). The phosphorylated insulin receptor kinase in part e is configured in the active state. It should be noted that part a shows the structure of a mutant EPHB2, in which Tyr604 and Tyr610 were substituted with phenylalanine residues, but are shown here as tyrosine residues.