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Thursday 19 March 2020

The Word of God Stands Forever

The Word of God Stands forever
Isaiah the Prophet wrote,
"A voice says, "Cry out." 
And I said, "What shall I cry?" 
"All men are like grass, 
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. 
The grass withers and the flowers fall, 
because the breath of the LORD blows on them. 
Surely the people are grass. 
The grass withers and the flowers fall, 
but the word of our God stands forever." 
                                                          Isaiah 40:6-8.
I make no apologies I believe in God. The Bible that was written to believers does not debate the existence of God. For those who believe strongly in anything need not convincing. So it is with me. I believe strongly that God exists and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. God incarnate. The Saviour of mankind.
Over the centuries however there are many that claim God is not real. Many that have predicted that the word of God would one day fade away. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Many years ago I read this poem,

“Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith's door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.

"How many anvils have you had," said I,
"To wear and bater all these hammers so?"
"Just one," said he, and then, with twinkling eye,
The anvil wears the hammers out, you know."

And so, thought I, the anvil of God's Word,
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The anvil is unharmed - and hammers gone.”
                                                                        Anonymous   
God is real. Jesus Christ is real and just because some sceptic says it is not does not make it so. As C. S. Lewis put it,
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain.
Thus questions I have for you the reader are.
 Do you believe in God?
Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God, God incarnate the Saviour of mankind?