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1、 Answers Page 2“It all Begins” Page 8“On the 5th” Page 25“and there was” Page 33“Continual Freewill Offering” Page 61“Knowledge” Page 77“Ephesians 5-11 Website” Page 83“52 Pick-up” Page 92“An Oral Tradition” Page 95“Dear Bob” Page 101 “Notes on Satan” Page 118 “Dear Friends” Page 125 “The Spirit of
2、the Churches” 2 It all begins with this simple notion, A day of rest. In a society such as ours, especially the America of my youth, with so much leisure time, it is had to imagine living in circumstances where life is work and nothing else. Imagine each day progressing into the next with no hope or
3、 thought of any other existence. Imagine a world in which the only law is the law of the ruler who sees no more value in a human life than in any other animal in their possession. Imagine a life in which a random thought of protest uttered out loud would not only cause your death but that death woul
4、d be harsh enough to be an example to others to resist such thoughts. Perhaps there were examples of social equality in civilizations prior to the Hebrews and their belief in a single Omnipotent God. But to have the concept of a day of rest as an unbreakable rule set down by the only God there is, m
5、ade it binding upon even a King. The result would yield something even more unexpected. The “Moody Blues” put it this way: “As new life, will come from death, love will come from leisure, love of love and love of life and giving without measure, gives in return, a wondrous yearn, for promise almost
6、seen, live hand in hand, and together well stand, on the threshold of a dream.” Of coarse we no longer live hand in hand. Weve divided into our little activist sub-groups: but thats how close we got, back when I was a young man before we became so disillusioned. Why, if there is a God, does He allow
7、 things to be so bad? The “Religious Right” has all these rules that seem self serving and contrived. The Atheists at the other extreme want freedom of thought. But God, like any Father, has rules set down for the good of His children. He also gives them their own lives to live, all the while hoping
8、 they wont get hurt too bad in the process of learning for themselves, that what He told them when they were young was true and wise. “But its been six thousand years!” you say. I was having a conversation with a guy on a work site not too long ago about wages and the lack thereof when the conversat
9、ion 3 naturally drifted to the topic of Illegal Immigration. I told him that the answer is a simple one. If we prosecute a couple of employers in each State of the Union and put them in prison for a while the Illegals would pack up and go home of their own accord when the work dried up just like I w
10、ould leave California if there were no work here for me. He was quick to point out that the Illegals are only here trying to better their situation and continued by adding that, while he wasnt a “Bible Thumper”, as a man who had begun going to church as of late he felt a sense of morality must also
11、be taken into consideration. I sensed that I was suddenly being labeled a “Racist” and Un-Christian at the same time. I let it go until now. As to the first point, were all trying to get ahead, to better ourselves. Those who thwarted Americans Rights in a Capitalistic Economy to bargain for a decent
12、 wage in exchange for the labor they had to offer, got Government to turn a blind eye to Illegal Immigration in the 1970s and 80s until we allowed an Amnesty under Reagan. When the process was repeated through the 1990s and on to today, it depreciated the value of labor for the Amnesty recipients ri
13、ght along with the rest of us. If we repeat the process again we get the same results. So to say that someone is seeing them selves “Bettered” in this process is a shortsighted observation and a perversion of the truth. As for the Christian angle, the man who allowed Lazarus to eat the crumbs that f
14、ell from his table did not get his reward in Heaven. But none of this is new. Back before the American Civil War there was a battle raging over the issue of Slavery. If Im not mistaken, one of the solutions tried was called the “Missouri Compromise”. It was agreed that certain rules would be applied
15、 to new States entering the Union to determine whether or not they would become “Slave States” or “Free States”. The result was what would come to be called “Bloody Kansas”. People from both sides of the opinion rushed into the territory to see their vote matter concerning the outcome and it got vio
16、lent. Ive heard “Black” historians, and others, make the case that, if one reads the news articles of the day, it was more about “Free Whites” not wanting to compete with Slaves as labor in the 4 State. So I would ask you, would anyone who traded their labor for money or goods and services want to compete with Slaves in the market place? My opinion is that they would not. Would that make them run to a dangerous place to be protected from that possibility? Or is it more logical to
