While we were reading/studying Exodus today, I just had to share this commentary from my Evidence Bible on Exodus 15:4 which answers an objection below to those who feel the need to explain or understand all the things of God, but cant. No one can... God violates the laws of nature and of logic. God can and does defy human logic. His very omniscience is illogical. How can He be aware of every thought of every human heart at one time (see Psalm 139:1-10)? That makes no sense. We struggle to entertain two thoughts at once. Try it (not while you are driving). Opening the Red Sea is not logical. How did the water stand upright on each side of the Hebrews as they walked through on dry land? Where was gravity when this went on? It is not logical to feed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish. How were the fish multiplied? Did new fish appear, or did the two miraculously divide into thousands of pieces? Then again, invisible television waves making live news anchors appear in my home does not make sense either. Neither is it logical that old movies invisibly and instantly (in full color) speed through the air and manifest themselves on my TV screen. Nor does it make sense that a 747 jet floats through the sky, packed with hundreds of people. Instant communication via email with my family in New Zealand (7,000 miles away) does not seem logical. How can I email digital photos to them? Photography, both still and video, makes no sense. Imagine trying to explain the concept to Galileo; he would think you are crazy. So many natural things that we now take for granted defy the logic of earlier days. So it is not logical to reject the idea that the Creator of this universe--the One who created the laws of nature--could turn water into wine, still storms, curse a fig tree, and raise the dead. God made the sea; He can part it if He so desires. He can also walk on it. Since He created the human body, He can fix it without medicine. He can create pillars of salt, pillars of fire, and pillars of goose feathers, if He wants. Virgin birth? No problem. Resurrection--easy (see Acts 26:8). If I acknowledge that a supernatural Creator exists, everything becomes possible. But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ~ Matthew 19:26 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. ~ Proverbs 3:5-6
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:05:43 +0000
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