"Jesus Is Like Melchizedek"

  "This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared. Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied, "You are a priest in the order of Melchizedek,"

 "Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless. For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

 "This new system was established with a solemn oath. Aaron's descendants became priests without such an oath, but there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him, "The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow: 'You are a priest forever.'" Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God." (Hebrews 7:15-22 NLT)

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." (Genesis 1:1-5 KJV)

 Without a doubt, this beginning of the Bible receives many different points of view. Some say this is something that required thousands, maybe millions of years, for God to have created the heaven and earth, as if to say that it couldn't be done in a day. Others, that really don't believe it is true, apply this to be some sort of metaphor, as if convey everything in a completely different light. 

 This is where we make our first test of faith in God's Holy Scriptures, as we draw the line as to if or if not, the Bible is actually the true and infallible Word of God! Basically, it all comes down to faith, not a blind faith, which just goes aimlessly in all sorts of direction, because God has already established the truth; it has been proven time and time again, to be 100% true; so, there is really no doubt, if that is, you are willing to accept it! 

 Once we can get past the doubt, believing that the Bible is historically true, we can actually understand and believe most everything else that we read. The things we don't understand, and there are many, we simply believe it to be so, and trust in God's word, even though can't see how He does things. This is His masterpiece that He has created; we are just a dot on the canvas, and what we can see is limited; at least for now! 

 Yesterday I heard a message that shared about Charles Templeton, who was an Evangelist around the same time that Billy Graham was getting started. Charles was the one people thought was the more powerful speaker, that he could really make an impact upon people's lives: especially in the youths. 

 Long story short, Charles began to start listening and believing in the theory of evolution, and be started doubting the Bible, especially the beginning of Genesis. Once he started to doubt, he started to believe more on the lie and less of the truth. Before he died, he his last book was entitled, "Farwell to God".

 'We must believe in order to understand; we have faith and seek understanding!' With that, I will continue on with what came after John 2:25...

 "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:1-3 KJV)