http://cole.reformedblogs.com Just another ReformedBlogs.com weblog Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:38:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If God exists then He must be the greatest of all beings. Indeed, God must be infinitely great. If God was not the greatest then He would not be God. He would be a mere mortal. Now, there can only be one such being because if there were another then ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/02/one-god/ Proverbs 8:13   The fear of the Lord is the hatred of evil The fear of the Lord isn't terrifying for those who believe in Him. I see it as a reverent awe and worshipful response of faith to God. It's our response to a loving Father not a tyrannical ruler. It ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/02/fear-of-the-lord/ Scientists search for causes. They search for an explanation in terms of an efficient cause. Causality or causation denotes the relationship between one event (called cause) and another event (called effect) which is the consequence (result) of the first. A cause is something that brings about an effect. An effect, by ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/principle-of-causality/ The Bible clearly teaches that we are born with a sinful nature. This doesn't mean that babies commit actual sins when they are born or that they go to hell when they die. I believe that all children and babies go to heaven when they die. It's like a poisonous ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/born-with-a-sinful-nature/ Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart.....therefore you shall serve your enemies. (Deut. 28:47-48) Serve the Lord with gladness (Psalm 100:2) Delight yourself in the Lord (Psalm 37:4) Christ endured the cross for the joy set before Him (Hebrews 12:2) The Apostle Paul was sorrowful yet ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/god-commands-us-to-be-happy/  We implore you on behalf of Christ be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin,So that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. Gal. 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/imputation/ I've been sober now for 3 years from drugs and alcohol. Some people think you need A.A. and rehab. I guess some do because of the D.T.'s that some have when they are coming down off of alcohol. The last rehab I went to was a christian rehab. When I ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/for-christians-who-are-tempted-with-drugs-and-alcohol/ For the addict dope is God. It is the Supreme Being in the junkies life. He is subjugated to it's will. He follows it's commandments. The drug is the definition of happiness, and gives the meaning of love. Each shot of junk in his veins is a shot of Divine ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/idolatry/ Words that I can See  Words are so beautiful but mean nothing to me Just the sprinkles of love is all I want to see For the flower has bloomed and is alive again It's spreading it's beauty and showing it within Brightened is the rainbow that circles you around Brightened are the colors that shine ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/a-poem-by-me/ Through millions of years of death and decay God provided the human race with natural resources such as gas, coal, oil, topsoil, etc. So, even before man arrived we see God's grace towards man through His wrath. After all nobody deserves to be created. Also, even before Adam and Eve ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/grace-and-mercy/ This argument is taken from Ronald Nash's book Faith & Reason with my own additions. Now keep in mind we are talking about a specific kind of truth. Truth Exists. This can be shown by reminding us that it is self-defeating to deny the existence of truth. If you say there ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/unchanging-truth/ The Bible clearly teaches that God reveals Himself through creation. For His invisible attributes have been clearly perceived since the beginnig of creation. Before Adam and Eve sinned they lived in a protective state inside the Garden of Eden which was located eastward in the promised land. The destructive forces ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/natural-evil/ But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/john-423-24/ In dealing with the problem of evil we have to admit that we simply don't know all the reasons why God allows evil to take place in every circumstance. To know that we would have to be God. And as I have said before I'm not God. God does however ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/the-ultimate-goal-in-permiting-evil/ In 1970 Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose published the first of the space-time theorems. What it says is this. If the universe contains mass and general relativity is accurate then space and time must have a beginning along with matter and energy. Also, there must exist a cause that brings the ... http://cole.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/01/space-time-theorem-of-general-relativity/