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Dear Young Person
Preamble
 ast
year, I felt a crushing blow of defeat on an immoral issue (in my city),
upon close examination and review of events, it became clear to me that
the opposition is not the problem (not darkness at all) but people who
are supposed to be light, but whose light is dim or is hidden under a
bushel. It occurred to me that, we are where we are in the world because
of the church (the body of Christ).
I discovered that there are weeds among wheat (or religious people among
believers). In my own way and understanding, I have written about them
as the "types of Christians" (see Nigeriaworld.com archive). I was
discouraged at the level of spiritual corruption within the church, and
to top it all, the attack or intimidation of/on Believers speaking
truth, is actually coming from religious people within (some think you
don't go far enough, while some think you are too far out - I read all
critic, eat the meat and throw out the bone).
As I sought the Lord, on what He'll want me to do in this critical arena
(Righteousness and Public Policy) in 2014, it was clear to me (perhaps
based on where I am in my parenting life) that, I need to support the
fight for righteousness but I'm to move couple of steps ahead, and
combat the lies this generation have told young ones, especially those
from religious homes. So, from time to time, Uncle Femi would write you
publicly on topics, that I believe the enemy has lied to your
generation, and I expect you to do your own study (hopefully with your
parent) each time, I write you. After your study, discuss the topic with
your youth group.
Definition
Science is the study of... (nature, humans, world, etc.) based on facts
learned (gathered) through experiments (laboratory) or observations.
There are many branches of science, some like engineering (chemistry,
genetic etc.) are purely based on OBJECTIVE laboratory analysis, some
like psychology, anthropology, (Social Sciences) are based on SUBJECTIVE
observations and analysis, and some like Medicine (Medical Sciences)
have a combination of both OBJECTIVE and SUBJECTIVE analysis (both an
art and science).
Faith is the belief, devotion or trust in someone or something without
logical proof (Webster dictionary), the bible defines Faith as being
sure of what you hope for and certain of what we do not see (because of
faith, trust and belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior).
Based on the definitions, some within Christianity and many outside of
Christianity, believe that it is impossible to believe in science as a
fact and also trust or have faith in an unseen God, and be led by Him
based on a set of principles that contradicts human sinful nature. Some
religious denominations are content with simply feeding the emotion of
the people rather than explain faith Spiritually, Intellectually and in
other ways that we exist in this world.
Understanding the nature of humans
1 Thessalonians 5: 23 "May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you
through and through. May your spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ".
As humans we are told by the Apostle Paul that we have a tripartite
being, that we are spirit, that we have a soul and that we have a body,
and while all three work together they function differently. For
instance, we are told that our body is simply a shell created from dust
and would return to dust, it houses who we are (Soul and spirit). We
know that when we accept Christ as Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit,
connects with our spirit confirming that we are God's children and we
know that our soul, has our mind, our will and our emotion.
What we know about human spirit:
- At birth, it is separated from God, hence considered dead
- Rebirth or comes alive [connects with God] when that human accepts Christ (John 3:16, Romans 10: 9-10 and Romans 8: 16)
- Our spirit connecting to the Holy Spirit is supposed to guide us (John 16: 13)
What we know about the human soul:
- It is the abode of the will, mind and emotion, and it is where human life is (Matt. 8: 36)
- It is where decisions are made and intellectual informations that guides us are stored (Romans 12: 2)
- It is where what we feel (Job and king David wrote a lot about anguish of the soul). Also Jesus Matt. 26: 38.
What we know about human body:
- It houses our soul (intellect, emotion, etc. - in the many human
body systems) and spirit (which connects with God's Spirit - the Holy
Spirit can ONLY connect with a rebirth human spirit)
- It should be kept Holy (since it houses God-Holy Spirit within) - 1 Cor
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