Seeking Answers…Finding More Questions Part 5: Will I Choose Life Under the Sun or Life Under the Son? Seeking Answers A Study in Ecclesiastes Lesson.

Seeking AnswersFinding More Questions Part 5: Will I Choose Life Under the Sun or Life Under the Son? Seeking Answers A Study in Ecclesiastes Lesson 5, December 18, 2011

Todays Scripture But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -- Hebrews 11:6

Thought for Today Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. -- Unknown

God has given man a desire for eternity and perpetuity; therefore man cannot be satisfied with what is merely temporal. Mans quest for the eternal, however, is frustrated by his finite limits. -- The King James Study Bible, footnote to Ecclesiastes 3:11 -- ??????

Morality Social Political Commercial Family Sexual What Will Govern Igors Interactions with Others? Ethics

Igors World: The World of the Naturalist Nature: The Whole of Everything There is Nothing More There is nothing out here!!! Problem: If anything exists that is not explained by Cause and Effect, there must be something beyond Nature -- the Supernature A vacuum, void, nothingness

Facts Hypothesis Action Seeking Answers Under the Sun Truth Believe a Lie Resources Himself Sensory Observations Personal Experiences Recall/Journals Experiment Intellect/Reason Pre-conceived Notions Others Family/Friends Teachers/Authority Books/Magazines Media Internet Gods Word

The Process Has Become Fraught with Peril for Igor!! His pursuit of answers to his questions coupled with the growing disparity between his answers and his continued observations and experiences has put him in danger of:

Igors Dilemma: The World of the Naturalist Doesnt Have the Answers Nature: The Whole of Everything There is Nothing More There is nothing out here!!! Problem: If anything exists that is not explained by Cause and Effect, there must be something beyond Nature -- the Supernature A vacuum, void, nothingness

The World of the Dualist Would Spell Doom to Igors Search for Answers Both are independent and self-existent. After Creation, there is no interaction of the Super-natural with the Natural

Facts Hypothesis Action Seeking Answers Above the Sun Truth Believe a Lie Resources Gods Word Any Other Source The Truth Action Salvation/Immortality Put these in proper perspective

Igors Search Takes Him Outside His Former World Nature: The Whole of Everything There is Nothing More

The Supernatural is: self-existent, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent. Does God Interact with Me? The Supernatural Can, Has, Will, or Does Interact With the Natural: Creation (Gen 1:1-2) Propagation (Gen 1:3) Sustenance (Matt 5:45) Judgment (Gen 1:4; Heb 9:27) Providence (Job 10:12 NIV, Gen 50:20) Termination (2 Peter 2:10) Intervention With Cause (Ex 14:21) Without Cause: Natural Law Suspended or Superseded by the Supernatural (John 11:43) Natural Revelation (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20-25) Special Devine Revelation Incarnation (Luke 1:29-33) The Resurrection (Luke 24:1-7) Inspiration (2 Tim 3:16-17)

The Supernatural is: self-existent, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent. God Does Interact with Me!! We Are Not Alone!! The Supernatural Can, Has, Will, or Does Interact With the Natural: Creation (Gen 1:1-2) Propagation (Gen 1:3) Sustenance (Matt 5:45) Judgment (Gen 1:4; Heb 9:27) Providence (Job 10:12 NIV, Gen 50:20) Termination (2 Peter 3:10) Intervention With Cause (Ex 14:21) Without Cause: Natural Law Suspended or Superseded by the Supernatural (John 11:43) Natural Revelation (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20-25) Special Devine Revelation Incarnation (Luke 1:29-33) The Resurrection (Luke 24:1-7) Inspiration (2 Tim 3:16-17) "When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will put on its glory, or rather that greater glory of which Nature is only the first sketch." -- C. S. Lewis

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