KNOWLEDGE

"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." 

 (Daniel 12: 4)

   It is my belief that knowledge has increased more since the year 1900 up until today than knowledge increased from the time of Adam's creation up until the year 1900.
   Do you suppose this is a fair and accurate assessment for the increase in knowledge.
   Even as early as 1900 the horse was still the number one method of transportation worldwide; but because of the increase in knowledge in the 20th century man was able to mass produce automobiles and the horse was returned to pasture.
   Then, too, consider the impact of computer technology in addition to the increase in knowledge in medicine and science, which has enabled people to live longer and healthier lives as well as harness diseases before they spread.
   After all, the Bible says "knowledge shall be increased,"   and the Bible has never been wrong.
   Read the Bible:  and your knowledge shall be increased in the knowledge of God.

PADDLE TALES

There were six of us in all---
   marveled that we survived;
Not one perished in the flee.

Walking in ankle-deep water,
  we struggled and strained
  tugging our boats ashore;
   we fell on the ground
   to rest there for a spell.

Needing a fire,
  we gathered sticks and twigs
  and a few dry bones;
  striking rocks to get a blaze going.

Everything we had was wet---
  our clothes, food, harps still in tune---
  from not knowing the swelling currents
  in downstream water this time of year.

We hung our possessions in the trees
   to hopefully dry before the dawn.

Should we go or should we stay?
   we asked ourselves in the night.
'Tis better to die on a desert island,
   than return to Babylon,
   to its misery and darkness.
 
Zeke said we should look to Zion,
   for a sign we should see there,
   as a prophet of God
   he breathed no lies.

Pushing north
   we paddled upstream
   toward the destination
   we had chosen.

The days were long,
   the nights longer,
with fear on every side
   and in the boats with us.

And there it was
   as clear as the moon!

A cross stood in Jerusalem.

CHRIST ALONE

    Anybody can be a Catholic, anybody can be a Hindu, anybody can be a Buddhist, anybody can be a Muslim, and anybody can be a member of any religion in the world today, but it is impossible for people to be a Christian until they meet Christ the Lord.
   Until then, Jesus is no more than an imaginary character in the minds of religious people and with no more value than Santa Claus or Easter Bunny, or a Jack-o-Lantern at Halloween.  They can celebrate Christmas and Easter with all the pomp and pagentry of presents and green trees, yet believing that Jesus is no more than a ceramic baby in a manger scene.
   Unless people believe that Jesus is resurrected from death, they will never trust in Him to be the Savior of their sins while clinging to their religion until the day they die.
   The Bible, however, tells us the truth about knowing Christ:

   "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, you shall be saved."  (Romans 10: 9)

   Christ alone saves the souls of people, not religions.