New Song: "Jesus - The Begginning, The Way, The End"

I have written a new song which I am dedicating to the people suffering in Iraq and Syria.

Youtube Video:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9msjXKf7Fo

Lyrics:-

The world is broken

There is suffering

There is pain

There is loneliness

Souls are searching

Searching for healing

Searching for answers

searching for meaning, searching for purpose

Searching for peace

Searching for freedom

Searching for true love … Life ... Life in abundance

Good News ... for all searching …

At the end of all our search

Stands a Man (named-)Jesus

He has all the answers

He has all the keys  

He has all the healing

He has all the freedom

He has all the love

YES IN HIM …

Souls find meaning

Souls find purpose

(When Souls find Jesus)

(When Souls find Jesus)

Souls find answers

Souls find truth

Souls find healing

Souls find freedom

(When Souls find Jesus)

(When Souls find Jesus)

Souls find rest

Souls find comfort

Souls find peace

Souls find joy

(When Souls find Jesus)

(When Souls find Jesus)

Souls find strength

Souls find mercy

Souls find friend

Souls find love

(When Souls find Jesus)

(When Souls find Jesus)

Souls find food  

Souls find LIFE …  life in abundance

The-Lord did say in this broken sinful world we will have trouble …

But-rejoice, Jesus has-overcome all the troubles, all the pain,

all the injustice, all the darkness, all the deaths, all the diseases, of this world  

So, we can now count on Jesus in our times of troubles, darkness, brokenness

He gives souls wings of eagle and strengths of many lions

And, for me, I know my pains and suffering won’t go wasted …

God is using them to prepare me for greater things … yeaa ...

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@ Mitul Saha

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Can one prove God exists?

(Related key-words/phrases, topics:- "Does God exist?", "Is Jesus God?")

A zillion+ dollar question has always been - “Can one prove or disprove the existence of God?”. A related very important question is: “Is believing in God an act of blind faith?”

Here, I am listing two ways (there are more I believe) in which one can make a strong case for God:-

• Via prophecies, fulfilled in history
• Via study of the "reality", in and around us

Via prophecies, fulfilled in history

Many scholars, actually claim that one can make a very strong case for GOD.

They often cite many “prophecies” which they claim to have been fulfilled over the course of human history to make a case for God. For instance, non-trivial prophesies about Jesus’s life made hundreds of years before Jesus came (Book of Isaiah, Book of Daniel found in "dead sea scrolls").

Following two passages from Scriptures are also used to defend why prophecies about future events can be used to make a strong case for the existence of God:-  

- Isaiah 44:7-9: “Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.”

(That is, God of the Bible is suggesting us a great way, via prophesies, to find out if He is real).

- Isaiah 42:9: ”See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you."

(“God” is actually very much expected to prophesy about future events. So, if non-trivial prophecies attributed to “God” are turning out to be true during the course of human history, then one can make a strong case for “God”)

- Also, note Genesis 18:17: "The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do," (Again, it seems God loves to prophesy, which can be used to test Him)

Jesus, also referred to the prophesies in the Old Testament, to justify that He was God (also by fulfilling the relevant ones through Himself) - John 5:30-47.



I believe there is another way of making a very strong case for God:-

If you look around and start studying the “reality” (say, via, physics, chemistry, biology, etc etc), you may end up realizing that it takes lot more faith to believe that there is no God than to believe in One!

As, reality seems to be unbounded and also infinitely complex! (From here one would ask another amazing question - “How does everything work together, to get all the affairs of this world / universe get going?”)  

For instance, where does “space” end? Did time really have a beginning? If yes, then what was before that? - Another time scale? (and before that another time scale, and before that another time scale, … another time scale, …, and so on) Will time keep going forward “infinitely”? What is the smallest indivisible particle? An adult human body has trillions of cells, and each of those seems overwhelmingly complex - How do they all work together, to get a human get going? We realize, our minds are not able to comprehend “all the reality of reality” in our minds :) Our minds seem to be too limited! 

If you keep studying, like this, "all the reality", in and around us, you may at some point conclude that the “reality” seems to be infinitely complex, as a whole. And how “all the reality” comes-together / holds-together, to get all the affairs of this world / universe get going also seems infinitely complex, from an “understanding” point to view. Hence, from here I would jump to the “grand” conclusion that it takes lot more faith to believe that there is no God than to believe in One (who is “behind all the reality”)!

Talking of, “how the incredible complexity of reality around us points to God”, I am reminded of Psalm 19:1-2 - “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.”

And, talking of “how the seemingly infinite complex reality in and around us comes-together / holds-together to get all the affairs of this world / universe get going”, I am reminded of Colossians 1:17 - “... in Him (Jesus) all things hold together.”

How far would God go to love you?

How far would God (King of the Universe) go to love you?

This is a VERY IMPORTANT question!

You have heard that the love of God is deeper than the oceans and higher than the mountains. But, what do these mean, in a given day, for you and me?

There is a lot that can be said in this subject. One mind-blowing fact is that, God (the King of the Universe) is very willing to get hurt (A LOT) in His love for you or me. Think about it - How much are you willing to get hurt for others? Nobody likes to get hurt. And, for others? Jesus let others spit on him, torture him ((Isaiah 52:14: His “appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness”), publicly humiliate/mock him (i.e., Isaiah 53:3: "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not"). He was hung up on cross, nailed, for about SIX hours. He took upon Himself the immense punishments of my dirty sins.

And, He let all these immense hurts and sufferings happen to Him, because He loves you and me SO MUCH. This should give one some idea of what it means when people say “God’s love is deeper than oceans and higher than mountains”.

Romans 8:32 ("He who did not spare His own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?") also gives a very good idea of how deep and great is God's love and care for you and me.

Two more related passages:-

Romans 5:6-8 : “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person — though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die — but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

John 15:13 : “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”

Talking of dying for ungodly, to the very people who tortured and crucified Him, Jesus prayed for them (Luke 23:34) and blessed them with the offer to spend eternity with Him in heaven (Luke 6:28). This is how much God loves people. In the Book of Hosea we see God asks prophet Hosea to marry adulterous Gomar (Hosea 1:2). After the marriage Gomar left Hosea for adultery (Hosea 3:1) but God still asked Hosea to win her back. This was to show that God remains faithful, even when people can be extremely unfaithful. This is God's crazy love for people! 

After crucifixion, Jesus overcame death and rose. But, He still carries the scars from the immensely painful crucifixion tortures on His body and hands. “As if”, He carries my name written with His blood in His palms. “As if”, they are His eternal trophies (http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0254.php) which He shows around and takes pride in!

As of today, Jesus continues to pray for His children earnestly (Romans 8:34, Luke 22:32). How much do I pray for others? Also God is waiting with great anticipation for every person to come to Him, as indicated in the parable Luke 15:11-32. Luke 15:20 indicates "the great anticipated wait of the father" as the father was able to see his son coming from very far away! And, when a person come to God and restores his relationship with God, God throws a huge party (Luke 15:22-24, Luke 15:7)!

Also, God cares about us so much that He even keeps the count of my and your hairs (Luke 12:7)!! Wow, such a "detailed"/deep love - He even cares about the minute details of my life. I am definitely not lost in the sea of His creations or the vastness of the universes. Talking of details, it is obvious from the study of physics/chemistry/biology that God created us (and other entities) with such a great detail and care. So, won't He continue to care A LOT for me and you?

Overall, God cares about me more than me and anyone else! God goes way further than anyone else, has/can/will, to love you.

(partly inspired from various sources)