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Joseph Hamid, a message pastor, posted the following on his Facebook page on December 19, 2019: | |||
:''Here's the difference between believers and unbelievers. What the believers don't understand, they believe. What the unbelievers don't understand, they disbelieve.'' | |||
If you ask a message believer why they believe the message, they are likely to respond with a simple, “''Because I just believe it!''” A Jehovah’s Witness believes the Watchtower Bible and a Scientologist believes in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard, but that doesn’t make them true. | If you ask a message believer why they believe the message, they are likely to respond with a simple, “''Because I just believe it!''” A Jehovah’s Witness believes the Watchtower Bible and a Scientologist believes in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard, but that doesn’t make them true. | ||
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BUT I will tell you that, having viewed an actual human brain myself, having seen countless scans of others brains, having read medical literature about the brain, and having seen evidence in my own thought, I am able to logically conclude that, yes, “I have a brain.” | BUT I will tell you that, having viewed an actual human brain myself, having seen countless scans of others brains, having read medical literature about the brain, and having seen evidence in my own thought, I am able to logically conclude that, yes, “I have a brain.” | ||
If you seriously believe that there is no proof of God, I will tell you to watch a single debate between a knowledgeable Christian apologist and an atheist. I do appreciate that empirical data cannot prove that God exists. However, there are many pointers that lead to God's existence. Add to that the illumination of the Holy Spirit while seeking his nature through his Word, and accept Him at his Word… it’s called faith. | This is childish thinking. But Paul tells us to think differently in 1 Corinthinans 14:20: | ||
:''Brothers and sisters, '''stop thinking like children'''. In regard to evil be infants, but '''in your thinking be adults'''.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Co 14:20.</ref> | |||
If you seriously believe that there is no proof of God, I will tell you to watch a single debate between [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MzPmkNsgU a knowledgeable Christian apologist and an atheist]. I do appreciate that empirical data cannot prove that God exists. However, there are many pointers that lead to God's existence. Add to that the illumination of the Holy Spirit while seeking his nature through his Word, and accept Him at his Word… it’s called faith. | |||
This is true Christian faith - Every scientific discovery brings more evidence of God's existence and strengthens our faith in God. Every archaeological finding brings increased proof that God has protected the canon of scripture for almost 2,000 years. | |||
Meanwhile, every single discovery of fact in the life and ministry of William Branham does just the opposite, making the position of “message believer” an increasingly untenable position. | Meanwhile, every single discovery of fact in the life and ministry of William Branham does just the opposite, making the position of “message believer” an increasingly untenable position. | ||