Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ

1. Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ

2. Meditation DOESN'T make you a calmer • person: Buddhist practice leaves people just as • aggressive and prejudiced, reveals study • Meditation has long been touted as being able to make the world a better place • But new research suggests this widely-held theory may actually just be a myth • A team of scientists have found it does not make people more compassionate By Stephen Matthews 5 February 2018 “‘If every eight-year-old in the world is taught meditation, the world will be without violence within one generation,’ the Dalai Lama claims. But it appears the respected monk could be wrong. For scientists have revealed the trendy Buddhist practice does not make you more compassionate, less aggressive or prejudiced. “Meditation, incorporating a range of spiritual and religious beliefs, has been touted for decades as being able to make the world a better place. However, researchers from the UK, New Zealand and The Netherlands, have found meditation doesn't change how adults behave towards others. “Scientists have revealed the trendy Buddhist practice of meditation does not make you more compassionate, less aggressive or prejudiced. Dr Miguel Farias, co-author, from Coventry University, said: ‘All world religions promise the world would change for the better if only people were to follow its rules and practices. “‘The popularization of meditation techniques in a secular format is offering the hope of a better self and a better world to many. In the early 1970s, Transcendental Meditation conveyed this message openly, announcing that the rising number of individuals practicing this technique would lead to world peace in the short term’…”

3. Biblical Meditation Joshua 1:8 – “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” Psalm 1:1-3 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nr stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. Psalm 19:14 – Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 77:12 – I will also meditate on all Your work, and talk of Your deeds. Psalm 119:97 – Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Psalm 145:5 – I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works. Malachi 3:6 – Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name. Philippians 4:8 – “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”

4. Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on SETH BORENSTEIN 28 February 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Big Bang, it was cold and black. And then there was light. Now, for the first time, astronomers have glimpsed that dawn of the universe 13.6 billion years ago when the earliest stars were turning on the light in the cosmic darkness… Judd Bowman of Arizona State University, lead author of a study in Wednesday's journal Nature, said the signal came from the very first objects in the universe as it was emerging out of darkness 180 million years after the Big Bang. Seeing the universe just lighting up, even though it was only a faint signal, is even more important than the Big Bang because “we are made of star stuff, and so we are glimpsing at our origin,” said astronomer Richard Ellis, who was not involved in the project. The signal showed unexpectedly cold temperatures and an unusually pronounced wave. When astronomers tried to figure out why, the best explanation was that elusive dark matter may have been at work. If verified, that would be the first confirmation of its kind of dark matter, which is a substantial part of the universe that scientists have been searching for over decades. “If confirmed, this discovery deserves two Nobel Prizes” for both capturing the signal of the first stars and potential dark matter confirmation, said Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who wasn't part of the research team…“It's a time of the universe we really don't know anything about,” Bowman said. He said the discovery is "like the first sentence" in an early chapter of the history of the cosmos… The research does not establish exactly when these stars turned on, except that at 180 million years after the Big Bang, they were on. Scientists had come up with many different time periods for when the first stars switched on, and 180 million years fits with current theory, said Ellis, a professor at University College London.

5. Eternal Security • Aging and Death • Suffering • Liberty and Separation • 1 John and the One Who Cannot Sin • Discipleship OR Present! YIELD!

6. Believer = Disciple “If Christ isn’t Lord of all, He isn’t Lord at all!” Commit! Fruit? YIELD!

7. Believer Abide! Present! Disciple Fruit

8. Eternal Security • Aging and Death • Suffering • Liberty and Separation • 1 John and the One Who Cannot Sin • Discipleship OR Present! YIELD!