[Biblemat] A) GOD HAS SPOKEN

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Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  A very good Saturday
morning to each and everyone.  May God bless you and yours.
Here is an article from my files:

GOD HAS SPOKEN

     The extremes into which people will allow themselves to be drawn are 
sometimes amazing.  A classic example is the
scientology movement.  It is neither sience nor theology, acc-
ording to current information.  It was founded in 1945 by L. Ron Hubbard, a 
science fiction writer who added more fiction
or fantasy to his workds.  It calls human beings "thetans," a
term that is neither scientific nor Biblical.  It teaches a form
of reincarnation, a doctrine not found in the Bible and certain-
ly not established by science.  Worship of God is not a part
of its practices.  It is secretive with regard to its highest level
of teachings.  Though it is totally human in origin, one denom-
inational preacher is quoted as saying, "I haven't found any-
thing that deals with man better than what Mr. Hubbard has 
written."  What about the Bible?  Is it not greater than human
wisdom?

     Now, what is the point of this writing?  It is an effort to show that, 
once God and His Truth have been rejected, there
is no end to human speculation, which is open to the whole
human imagination.  But we are to cast down every imaginat-
ion "and every high thing that exalts itself against the know-
ledge of God..." (2 Cor. 10:3-6).  

     If one rejects God and His Scriptures, he then cannot say
what is right or what is wrong.  He has neither compass nor
anchor.  He must logically accept all religious philosophies
with their divergent moral and religious standards (Rom. 1:18-
32).  All of the civil laws that have their basis in the truth of
the Scriptures lose their power and validity.  God's truth decl-
ares one standard of right and wrong, one rule of authority
and ethics, one church purchased by Jesus Christ, one form
of worship that is pleasing to God, one day of judgment of all, 
and one hope of eternal life.  

     If the Scriptures are uninspired, and if we can not depend
upon Them for truth, then every man's way is right and un-
challengeable.  Let those who think that the Bible cannot be
understood consider the ultimate conclusion of unbelief in
both the authenticity and the functional perfection of the Word of God.  
Would you reject scientology and at the same
time find a place for Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventism, 
and Calvinism?  Note Heb. 1:1-4; 2:1-
4, and Jno. 4:24.    ---------- Gilbert Alexander.   </HTML>
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