ST. PAUL WARNS OF UNREASONABLE MEN WHO HAVE NO FAITH

St. Paul declared, "All men have not faith." Therefore he warned to "beware of unreasonable men." (2 Thessalonians 3:2) This world is filled with unjust, unrighteous and unreasonable men who "have not faith".

THE DEATH OF JESUS WAS A MIRACLE

The Scripture tells us that if the Princes of this world had known who Jesus was, they would not have put to death the very Son of God, the Messiah of Israel. (1 Corinthians 2:8) The Bible says, "This cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, they hated Me without a cause." (John 16:25)

Even though they could find no testimony or witness to corroborate against Him they still put Him to death. (Mark 14:55) Our Blessed Lord Jesus challenged His accusers with the words, "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" (John 8:46) None could!      

JESUS WAS BORN WITHOUT SIN & JESUS LIVED & DIED WITHOUT SIN

Jesus was born without sin.  Jesus lived without sin, and He fulfilled His Father's will to the letter.  Jesus died without sin and is risen again, perfect in every respect.  Praise His Holy name forever.

Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor, publicly stated during Jesus' trial, "I find no fault in this man". Yet, because of public opinion and political pressure, he allowed Jesus to be crucified after he had washed his hands, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person." (Matthew 27:24)

Very definitely the world is filled with unreasonable men who "have not faith!!" Jesus knew this for, "He knew man and what was in man." (John 2:25)

THE BIBLE IS A MIRACLE BOOK

Jesus Christ therefore provided some clear-cut proofs for his followers, so powerful and convincing that when they happened, entire villages, towns and cities believed the preaching of God's word through His humble servants.

Since the great commission is for all who believe, Paul naturally fell into that category.

On may occasions, Paul cast out unclean spirits with great authority in the Mighty Name of Jesus. "And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs of aprons and the diseases departed from them and evil spirits went out of them."

“Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth." 

"And there were seven son of Sceva, a Jew and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus, I know and Paul, I know, but who are ye"? 

"And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them and overcame them and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks, also dwelling at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

“And many that believed came and confessed and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men; and they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed." (Acts 19:11-20)

"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence."  (1 Corinthians 1:18-21, 25-29) 

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness." (1 Corinthians 3:19)

When asked if he thought there is life on other planets in our solar system, the late Albert Einstein answered, "GOD DOESN'T THROW DICE"! In other words, God is highly organized and intelligent and when He populated Planet Earth, He did so because it was created to be inhabited by man. God is not a gambler, God is not a God of chance.

Many very foolish earthlings have made the statement, "I cannot believe in God because I can't understand Him, and I have never seen Him. We know nothing about Him."

HOW FOOLISH AND UNREASONABLE SUCH REASONING IS

We will never be able to understand God and I am glad about that! If I could understand God, then either I would be a God and would not need Him, or He would be a man and He couldn't help me. He however asks only that we believe in Him in order to receive the manifold blessings from His hand which we so desperately need. We are not expected to understand Him! WE ARE ASKED ONLY TO BELIEVE HIM!

No, my friend, God is not unreasonable and here’s my warning to you: Do not allow Satan to fill your ears with garbage and your mind with evil, so that you will be deceived by unbelief, error and evil spirits. Open your heart to Christ and receive His blessings and his miracles in your life.

THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST, ALBERT EINSTEIN, made the statement before he died, that in his opinion, mankind had only been able, over the past 6000 years of man's existence, to gather together 2% of total knowledge.

We have, with our most brilliant minds, over a span of 6000 years, been able to accumulate 2% of total knowledge. It seems logical to me then, to ask the following question: If man knows only 2% of what there is to know, then doesn't it seem rational to conclude that God could exist in the 98% of the knowledge we know nothing about? No wonder God's Word says, "The fool hath said in his heart there is no God". (Psalms 14:1)

Another sign that we are living in the LAST DAYS and also that God's Word is True is the tremendous EXPLOSION of KNOWLEDGE since the days of EINSTEIN, in direct fulfillment of Dan. 12:4. "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased".

SCIENTIFIC PROOF ONLY STRENGTHENS THE TRUTH THAT GOD'S WORK IS INFALLIBLE - TO SAY THE BIBLE IS A MIRACLE BOOK IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT

The Bible tells us also of our Master Himself, and how that when they saw the miracles which He did, multitudes followed Him. (Mark 8) 

His disciples also believed on Him because of the miracles! (John 2:11) Even Thomas believed when he saw the wounds in His side and the nail prints in His hands. 

Scientific evidence seems to point to the fact that Jesus was nailed in the wrists instead of the palms of the hands, as Paintings indicate! The "Shroud of Turin", which most scientists believe is authentic and probably the burial garment of Jesus, has evidence that the nails were placed in the wrists of Jesus instead of the hands, as the King James version says...THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE GREEK WORD "CHEIR" WHICH IS TRANSLATED "HANDS" IN MOST BIBLES, REALLY INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE HANDS BUT THE WRISTS AND PART OF THE FOREARMS AS WELL.

When the Scientists saw the impression of the nails in the wrists, some thought they had found a discrepancy in the Holy Bible, but when they checked the original Greek text, they found that the word "Cheir" covered the entire hand area including the wrist and forearm. For years, critics have stated that if Jesus was nailed in the palms of the hands, the weight of the body would have torn His hands from the nails. 

Now we have both scientific proof (The shroud of Turin) and Biblical (the original Greek text) proving that Jesus Christ was nailed in the wrists.  This proof shuts the mouths of skeptics and infidels again.  (John 20:20 & 27)

JESUS CERTAINLY IS NOT UNREASONABLE AND DOES NOT EXPECT ANYONE TO BELIEVE THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PROVEN.

That is why he said, "Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." (Luke 24: 38-39) "...have ye here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them." (Luke 24:41-43)

COME AND SEE, THEN GO AND TELL

When the women came to the tomb very early in the morning, on the first day, they found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty! The angel of God said, "Come and see the place where the Lord lay. Then go and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead..." (Matthew 28:6-7) There are at least two lessons to learn from this scripture. (1) God gives us ample proof before He expects us to believe anything. (2) Once we do believe, we are duty bound to tell others!

THE MIRACLE OF THE CREATION

"In the Beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.” (Genesis 1:1-4)

God is a Miracle Worker! The reason I know He is a miracle worker is because I know He is God! 

The Bible is a Miracle Book from beginning to end. It begins with a miracle in Genesis when God created the heaven and the earth and it ends with a miracle when God will create the New Heaven and the New Earth!

Praise God, all through God's Holy Word, we read of His miracles in the lives of man.  Salvation is miraculous. God giving His Son to be born of a virgin [the seed of the woman (Genesis)] in order to redeem mankind through His sinless life and victorious death upon Calvary's cross at Golgotha. 

Everything about Jesus spoke of miracles. His birth was a miracle; His life and deeds were a continuous miracle; His death was another miracle and when He arose from the grave and ascended to Heaven, those were supernatural, miraculous events.