Light is Good

Dear class,

Happy New Year! Phew...that year sure went by fast! Time to gear ourselves up for another cycle of readings.
If you had been following faithfully, keep it up! If you haven't, time to start!

This year, we will again be adopting a "blended" schedule found in this link:
http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/component/option,com_guides/category,16/month,1/x,8/y,10/

Todays readings are taken from Genesis 1-3 and Romans 1.

A friend posted on facebook a paragraph from "The Economist"
"But the key to [Hell's] survival lies in the writings of St Augustine, who, of all people, ought to have been tolerant of sinners: to paraphrase, "knowledge of the torments of the damned is part of heavenly bliss"... Just as there can be no light without dark, and no sound without silence, so everlasting celestial joys depend on a contrast of everlasting horror" - The Economist, Christmas Specials

And people wonder why there's so much confusion in the "Christian" religion. When man choses to add his own ideas to the Word of God, the result is confusion and destruction (c.f. 2Pe 3:16)

Gen 1:4 clearly tells us that light is good. Goodness from God is not relative but absolute! We don't need a "balance" of forces to tell us of God's goodness.
It would be indeed sad if man would be awed by Heaven's glory only in contrast to hell!

What does happen is the lack of a good thing or experience could make us appreciate it more and use it more wisely. Water is vital to life. Most of the younger Singaporeans would not have had the experience of lack of water or even water rationing. And sometimes we wonder why the older folks are so uptight about water usage! But regardless of our attitude, it does not negate the fact that water is still vital to us.

God is the absolute good (Mat 19:17). This is an attribute that is independent. Let us not be deceived by human philosophy and theories, which can only result in death and destruction (Pro 14:12; 16:25).

in Him
Paul


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But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. ~ Hebrews 3:13
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: ~ Act 17:30