in the begining

In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
Now the earth was formless and empty,
darkness was over the surface of the deep,
and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

...God created the heavens and the earth... if you don't believe that then you can't believe anything else in the bible.

And God said, "Let there be light,
" and there was light.
And God said,
"Let there be an expanse between
the waters to separate water from water."

So God made the expanse and separated
the water under the expanse from the
water above it. And it was so.
And God said,
"Let the water under the sky
be gathered to one place,
and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
Then God said,
"Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants and trees on the land
that bear fruit with seed in it,
according to their various kinds.
" And it was so.
And God said,
"Let there be lights in the expanse of
the sky to separate the day from the night,
and let them serve as signs to mark
seasons and days and years,
and let them be lights in the expanse
of the sky to give light on the earth."
And it was so.
God made two great lights--
the greater light to govern
the day and the lesser light to govern
the night. He also made the stars.

and that was the first four days of creation. then I'll skip to the sixth day, the day that god created man

Then God said,
"Let us make man
in our image,
in our likeness,
and let them rule
over the fish
of the sea
and the birds
of the air,
over the livestock,
over all the earth,
and over all the creatures
that move along the ground."

and it was so. we aren't just another creation, we're made in Gods image to rule the animal, plants, and earth. we're the babysitters left to watch Gods creations til he returns. and he made us in his image.

Then God said,
"I give you every
seed-bearing plant
on the face
of the whole earth
and every tree
that has fruit with seed in it.
They will be yours for food.

He gave man the earth, to take care of it.

And God saw every thing that he had made, 

and, behold, it was very good. 

And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

the story of Nicodemus

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God.
For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."

This is the story of Nicodemus, I man who wanted to know more about God. he came to Jesus one night to talk about it. he answered like this

In reply Jesus declared,
"I tell you the truth,
no one can see the kingdom of God
unless he is born again.

This story is from john in chapter 3. If you've never heard this story read the entire story please. but he asked Jesus this

"How can a man be born when he is old?"
Nicodemus asked.
"Surely he cannot enter a second time
into his mother's womb to be born!"

Jesus answered,
"I tell you the truth,
no one can enter the kingdom
of God unless he is born
of water and the Spirit.
Flesh gives birth to flesh,
but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

this is talking about being a christian. later in verses 16, 17, and 18 he says

"For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son
into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe stands condemned
already because he has not believed
in the name of God's one and only Son.

it says God loves us and sent his son not to judge the world, but save it. who ever believes in him isn't judged, but those who don't are judged because they didn't believe in Jesus.
then I'll skip down to verse 35 and 36.

The Father loves the Son
and has placed everything in his hands.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever rejects the Son will not see life,
for God's wrath remains on him."

God loves Jesus and gives him power. who ever believes in him has life but those who don't will not see heaven, or have a full life, for God doesn't forgive them that reject it.

Today, Sunday

One day Peter and John
were going up to the temple
at the time of prayer
at three in the afternoon.

Today, at church the pastor preach from the book of acts. In acts 3 it tells of a man crippled from birth. Now Peter and John went to the temple. this man was there begging. he asked for money now in verse 6 he says

Then Peter said,
"Silver or gold I do not have,
but what I have I give you.
In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, walk."

Then the beggar walk. he leaped and praised God. the people gave Peter and John the credit. and they said this in verse 16

By faith in the name of Jesus,
this man whom you see
and know was made strong.
It is Jesus' name and the faith
that comes through him
that has given this complete
healing to him, as you can all see.

I personally think that verse is hard to understand. so I'll reword it.

by our faith in Jesus,
this man was made strong
by Jesus' name which came
through him he has been healed
and you can all see that.

then he told the crowd to repent of there sin. they all knew he was crippled. now you most likely know someone who can't walk or at least seen someone. say your friend Bob was begging for money and he's always been crippled and he was healed. you would be amazed. you would want to know how he was healed and who did it. if that happened would you believe it was Jesus' power, or would deny it?

They replied,
"Believe in the Lord Jesus,
and you will be saved
you and your household."
Acts 16:31

When Peter saw this,
he said to them:
"Men of Israel,
why does this surprise you?
Why do you stare at us
as if by our own power
or godliness we
had made this man walk?
Acts 3:12

Christmas

Christmas is coming up. it's time to start getting presents and decorating. we're almost ready, but are you? are you ready to enjoy holiday and celebrate Jesus' birthday? we don't know when he was born but we celebrate it on December 25th. some people get presents and talk only of Santa clause. his name is St. Nicolas and he gave to the poor and needy. so this year pull out your bible and read Luke chapter two, the true story of Christmas. Christ should be in the center of all your holidays and you should look to him for the holidays. St. Nicolas was rich but he did the right thing with it, gave it to those who needed it. do you do the right things with your money? have a good holiday of give and getting. Merry Christmas!

Today in the town
of David a Savior
has been born to you;
he is Christ the Lord
Luke 2:11