“While most would agree that our circulatory system is vital to life, many of us don’t fully appreciate the almost miraculous workings of that system. Your heart pumps about one-hundred thousand times every day. That means that your heart pumps the equivalent of 10 tons of blood every [...]]]> The following is from Creation Moments, http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/transcript.php?t=2446

“While most would agree that our circulatory system is vital to life, many of us don’t fully appreciate the almost miraculous workings of that system. Your heart pumps about one-hundred thousand times every day. That means that your heart pumps the equivalent of 10 tons of blood every day or 80 million gallons in a lifetime. Your circulatory system brings that blood to every cell in your body through a capillary network that is so large that the combined capillaries of only four people, stretched end to end, would reach from the Earth to the moon! But your circulatory system involves quality as well as quantity. The chemistry of your blood is monitored and adjusted to within incredibly fine limits to keep it in precise balance second by second, day by day, year in, year out. For example, the acidity of your blood is adjusted constantly to within one part in a hundred million. Our circulation system cannot be simply ‘good enough’; it has to work perfectly. So if mindless evolution created us, it had to make the whole system perfect the first time. There is no room for millions of years or for a poorer circulation system to be improved by mutations. Here, the facts clearly support Scripture, strongly indicating that we were created in finished form–not developed slowly by trial and error.”

(Friday Church News Notes, December 25, 2009, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) –

If Thou withdraw Thyself from me, Ah! whither shall I go?

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I do believe, I now believe

That Jesus died for me;

And thro’ His blood, His precious blood,

I shall from sin be free.

What did Thine only Son [...]]]> Father, I stretch my hands to Thee, No other help I know;

If Thou withdraw Thyself from me, Ah! whither shall I go?

(chorus)

I do believe, I now believe

That Jesus died for me;

And thro’ His blood, His precious blood,

I shall from sin be free.

What did Thine only Son endure, Before I drew my breath;

What pain, what labor to secure My soul from endless death!

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O Jesus, could I this believe, I now should feel Thy pow’r;

And all my wants Thou wouldst receive, In this accepted hour.

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Author of faith, to Thee I life My weary, longing eyes;

O let me now receive that gift; My soul without it dies.

I do believe, I now believe

That Jesus died for me;

And thro’ His blood, His precious blood,

I shall from sin be free.

This is another hymn I had never sung until coming here. On Sunday nights, I tried to find new hymns that I never sang before or did not recognize and this is another one that struck a chord with me. Our piano player has gone off to college now, so I do not know when we will sing this one again. This hymn was written by Charles Wesley. We use the Soul Stirring Songs and Hymns hymnal by the Sword of The Lord.

The old Biblical hymns far surpass what poses as worship music today. Christian rock, hip hop, metal do not honor God and only serve to please the flesh.

(2)  Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

(3)  If [...]]]> Eze 33:1-6 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

(2)  Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

(3)  If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

(4)  Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

(5)  He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

(6)  But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

The watchman was responsible for the people of the city. It was up to him to sound the alarm when an invading army was coming. If he fell asleep at his post or decided to not sound a warning, God made sure the watchman paid the penalty for his iniquity. Note the King James translators used the word “iniquity” — there is a difference between sin and iniquity and trespasses. Iniquity is defined as knowing that you are doing the wrong thing and doing it anyway.

The truth can hurt but it must be given out regardless of the consequences to you or to others. Failure to sound the alarm will cause more harm in the long run.