It is easier to believe in an image in our minds than it is to believe in spoken or written words.
It is easier to believe in an image of Santa Clause than it is to believe in the words of the second chapter of Luke's Gospel concerning the birth of Christ.
It is easier to believe in an image of Easter Bunny than it is to believe in the resurrection of Christ.
It is easier to believe in the faces of gods etched in stones than it is to believe in God of the Bible.
If we believe in a place called heaven that is without God, then we have eliminated sin; by eliminating sin, we have eliminated guilt; and by eliminating guilt, then we will believe that we can live our lives in heaven just as we lived our lives while living on earth because we have created an image of heaven in our imaginations and it is this image that we pursue.
This image is not real, but we can believe it is real simply because of the power that abides in human imagination. We can create this image by ourselves, but we can also believe in this image if it has been sown in our minds from the imaginations of others. This enables us, therefore, to believe that heaven will be a continuation of the life we live here on earth, with all of our earthly pursuits and pleasures, for all eternity, and a place where God does not stand at the door to prevent us from entering therein.
Human imagination is a powerful instrument in the minds of people. We can use our imaginations for good, we can use our imaginations to produce evil things, and we can also use our imaginations to create imaginary places, imaginary faces, imaginary gods, and imaginary ways to arrive in an imaginary heaven.
But when we die, however, where is that heavenly place that we believed would be there while we were living? Has anyone ever been there? Has anyone ever returned to tell us that that place is real?
Truthfully, if we do not believe in God of the Bible while we are living, why should we look for Him after death? For if we are not seekers of God in this life, we can, however, be seekers of a place called heaven without God. After all, how often do people never speak of heaven and God in the same sentence?
If people will not believe in God of the Bible, neither will they believe in the Bible.
It is therefore impossible for people to believe in God without believing in God of the Bible; for just as you and your words are one, God and His words of the Bible are one; and just as you cannot be separated from your words, neither can God be separated from His words of the Bible.
Obviously, God is not an image of a god that people believe in their imaginations from various religions all across the earth; for God is not present in man's religions all across the earth: for God is holy and man's religions are unholy.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO TEACH THAT WHICH THEY DO NOT KNOW.
Many parents teach their children about Santa Claus and Easter Bunny because the parents do not know Christ. The children, in turn, will teach their children about Santa Claus and Easter Bunny in obedience to their parents. This teaching method creates a perpetual revolution, or a wheel within a wheel, with both wheels spinning the same yarn and the same images of Santa Claus and Easter Bunny in the minds of children throughout family generations because the Bible is not included and because the parents have completely ignored the first commandment of God:
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." (Exodus 20: 3-6)
A mental image is a picture that we can see in the window of our minds, which we can believe is real, even though it is not real, because of the power that abides in imagination. This is the danger of imagination that God warns us about in the Bible. For just as young children can believe that Santa Claus and Easter Bunny are real, adults can also believe that imaginary gods and imaginary heavens are real.
It is easier to believe in an image of Santa Clause than it is to believe in the words of the second chapter of Luke's Gospel concerning the birth of Christ.
It is easier to believe in an image of Easter Bunny than it is to believe in the resurrection of Christ.
It is easier to believe in the faces of gods etched in stones than it is to believe in God of the Bible.
If we believe in a place called heaven that is without God, then we have eliminated sin; by eliminating sin, we have eliminated guilt; and by eliminating guilt, then we will believe that we can live our lives in heaven just as we lived our lives while living on earth because we have created an image of heaven in our imaginations and it is this image that we pursue.
This image is not real, but we can believe it is real simply because of the power that abides in human imagination. We can create this image by ourselves, but we can also believe in this image if it has been sown in our minds from the imaginations of others. This enables us, therefore, to believe that heaven will be a continuation of the life we live here on earth, with all of our earthly pursuits and pleasures, for all eternity, and a place where God does not stand at the door to prevent us from entering therein.
Human imagination is a powerful instrument in the minds of people. We can use our imaginations for good, we can use our imaginations to produce evil things, and we can also use our imaginations to create imaginary places, imaginary faces, imaginary gods, and imaginary ways to arrive in an imaginary heaven.
But when we die, however, where is that heavenly place that we believed would be there while we were living? Has anyone ever been there? Has anyone ever returned to tell us that that place is real?
Truthfully, if we do not believe in God of the Bible while we are living, why should we look for Him after death? For if we are not seekers of God in this life, we can, however, be seekers of a place called heaven without God. After all, how often do people never speak of heaven and God in the same sentence?
If people will not believe in God of the Bible, neither will they believe in the Bible.
It is therefore impossible for people to believe in God without believing in God of the Bible; for just as you and your words are one, God and His words of the Bible are one; and just as you cannot be separated from your words, neither can God be separated from His words of the Bible.
Obviously, God is not an image of a god that people believe in their imaginations from various religions all across the earth; for God is not present in man's religions all across the earth: for God is holy and man's religions are unholy.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO TEACH THAT WHICH THEY DO NOT KNOW.
Many parents teach their children about Santa Claus and Easter Bunny because the parents do not know Christ. The children, in turn, will teach their children about Santa Claus and Easter Bunny in obedience to their parents. This teaching method creates a perpetual revolution, or a wheel within a wheel, with both wheels spinning the same yarn and the same images of Santa Claus and Easter Bunny in the minds of children throughout family generations because the Bible is not included and because the parents have completely ignored the first commandment of God:
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." (Exodus 20: 3-6)
A mental image is a picture that we can see in the window of our minds, which we can believe is real, even though it is not real, because of the power that abides in imagination. This is the danger of imagination that God warns us about in the Bible. For just as young children can believe that Santa Claus and Easter Bunny are real, adults can also believe that imaginary gods and imaginary heavens are real.
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