Editor: Paul Bero, Michigan Prisoner
Artist: Rick Spooner, Michigan
(c) 2018 CON-TRACTS
The artist who drew the artwork of an artist creating a character has a definite creativity talent. He is the creator of his masterpiece.
I personally have met many people who do not believe in God. They believe that everything in the universe came about during an explosion! But what exploded? You cannot explode nothing! And, if you have nothing, how does it explode? Those kinds of questions give me a big headache about the ‘Big Bang’.
Let’s try something: can you borrow a powerful firecracker from someone, and a match. Okay, got it? Now, go get a child’s plastic toy, put the firecracker under it, light the firecracker, stand back,’ bang’ (that was our ‘Big Bang’ if you didn’t notice). Okay, go and inspect it… I’ll wait… I have patience (sometimes!)… Okay, what did you find? A bunch of broken pieces of plastic and pieces of burned paper. That’s it? Nothing else? Look again! I’ll wait… Okay, you found nothing but destruction! Now, go and purchase 3,000 firecrackers, some matches and 3,000 assorted toys made of plastic. One at a time, explode the toys and keep inspecting until all are blown up. Surely you can find something! No? Only more destruction! Hmmm….. then how can nothing explode and it ends up with stars, planets, water, trees, living things, rainbows, flowers, and nice smelling things! Explain, please!
Now I hope I have your attention! Look around you. Start with nature if you want to. Everything in nature shows creativity. A flower comes from a seed. The flower has a stem that raises the beautiful petals up towards the sun that helps it to grow. It took planning. It took thinking for a flower to be created.
What about men and women? It took a creative mind to come up with a way for a sperm and an egg to join inside of the body to form a baby, that cute baby who grows into an adult. That is creative planning. It did not just happen when ‘nothing’ blew up!
Think on this: man can take a tree, cut it down, slice it into boards, get some nails, and create a beautiful home. But, can a man take a bag full of nothing and build anything? No! This is where God enters the picture.
There must be a God. It is the only logical answer to the universe and to life. There simply is no other solution! Open the Bible up. Page 1 of the Bible tells it all. ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth…’ You see, God made it simple for us to understand. There is God, always was God. God is the only One Who had no beginning. Complex, yet simple! It is the only solution that works. Yes, the first sentence on page one of the Bible tells at all. Accept it or not, that is up to you. God tried to clear it up by making it so simple any child can understand it, yet grown men want to believe what actually makes no sense at all!
There is God. God is Creator! If you want more information about our Creator, please visit a Bible-believing church and read a Bible. It’ll do you good! Then, if you still do not believe in God, well, you will someday! Be prepared! Know the truth!
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23)
“For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23a)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17)
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6)
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”(2 Corinthians 5:21)
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”(1 John 1:9)
“… The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”(Mark 1:15)
“Jesus saith… I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”(John 14:6)
“Jesus said… I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”(John 11:25-26)
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”(2 Corinthians5:17)
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”(John 3:36)
O heavenly King, O Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who art in all places and fillest all things; Treasury of good things and Giver of life:
Come and dwell in me and cleanse me from every stain, and save my soul, O gracious Lord.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on me. Lord, cleanse me from my sins. Master, pardon my iniquities. Holy God, visit and heal my infirmities for thy Name’s sake. Lord, have mercy.