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VORTEX
Escaping the Torrents
of Treachery
in the Power of Truth
There are
sometimes situations where a person is tossed about by
desire, hope,
doubt, trouble,
a collision
of past impressions and present mutability,
as if there
were some meeting of mighty ocean currents, creating a whirl-pool.
Such a force has a vortex, sometimes vigorous, and the trend for objects in the vicinity is one, downwards.
In meeting such a case, one realises that it may be helpful to others.
Hence in this case, we meet three major assaults on the Bible, none justified, but all from the forces of the raging waters. The first is on the trinity, the second on morality and the third on the miraculous.
When one
is involved in the dramatics of life, especially in such situations as these,
it is not
always easy to categorise what is affecting one,
for the onset
of wolves may seem a matter of teeth and slobber,
but the
reality may be a plan, a strategy , which the dogs are following.
Hence it
may serve to look at such assaults, and in the provision of this work,
it is hoped that
some will see such strategies and learn to despise them,
to be
encouraged and to find with renewed force,
or even with
simple faith in Christ and His word,
a buttress of
vision of reality for all time,
the answers all along there.
But what
is it like ? It is like London in the 1940’s,
with darkness
of night amplified by air-raid precautions, black-outs,
lights of
night turned off, windows obscured,
while
darkened forces arise to secure destruction.
Using
invisible radar on invisible forces makes them visible,
and when they
are shot down, the dramatics are less intense,
the simple
realities of the enemy’s audacity become apparent,
his
vulnerability, and eventual defeat arising to sight.
The word
of God is NOT ONLY His;
it has
the QUALITIES which one would expect,
and then even
more, from such a source.
When it is
pushed, it responds with strength, like a great tennis champion:
the more it
is assailed,
the more it
is strong,
the more
obvious its defeat,
the more
apparent its victory.
When a
troop arises to overthrow it, incredible intrinsic power is apparent,
to the last
jot and tittle.
It is like
a Spitfire in the night, outmanoeuvring all opposition.
It is like a
missile, immune to defence.
It seems
simple, but its power is overwhelming.
Its message
has not changed since the institution of sin,
but it has
been amplified until in the Lord Jesus Christ
it is a
torrent of protection, a massif of rock,
a light from
heaven with God Himself exhibited in flesh,
and in flesh
attesting His power, concern, love and sacrificial splendour;
arising from
the dead, the very victim victorious,
and the whole
plan announced for millenia.
With God
all things are possible; what is NOT possible is any reality without Him.
It is to the
comfort, assurance and joy of His people,
as well as to
the snatching of burning wood-ends from the fires of folly,
that these
answers are now presented.
May it
bless you who read, and lead you to entire realisation
of the
trustworthiness of the Lord, and of His word,
which in fact
endures while the generations pass,
and changes
not at all. Truth does not have to… it is right.
Occasionally in the text presented, minor or
cosmetic changes are made, not affecting the points in view. One addition, noted,
is made because of omission of a sub-point of a question, which was overlooked
initially. Otherwise, and almost entirely, the materials are viva voce, as
the Latin indicates, 'with the living voice'.
The reader who has a special
interest in answering negative criticisms of the Bible will find these may be
precisely to the point, as many aspects are considered!