For Christmas my brother got a CD by a band called 'The Script'. Obviously, he has been playing it a fair bit in the last few days and I have found their music very enjoyable. Once song has caught my eye and it is called 'Science and Faith'. It was intresting to me that someone would sing about this and I thought the lyrics were very good.
This is the chorus in that song:-
You won’t find faith or hope down a telescope
You won’t find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything, got the chemicals
But you can’t explain a love like ours.
Its the way we feel, yeah this is real
Its the way we feel, yeah this is real
It's probably easier to listen to the song so here is a link to a youtube clip with lyrics.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
In discussions people often ask you to prove to them God exists, as if you are supposed to rub a magic lamp and He will show Himself. The fact is God is so Holy and Perfect that we would die in His Presence in our current state. In Isaiah 6, Isaiah sees the Lord and says “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.” (V5)
Immediately the Lord forgives His sin and He can live but my point is this - If you are waiting on God to appear to you as Himself then you are wasting your time.
The proof that God exists are often in the things we cannot see. Things such as morality, the Universal laws of science, maths and logic that do not change that cannot come any other way. There also things you can see, such as the many changed lives, the fulfilled prophecies in the Bible and the historical proof of Jesus.
One of my favourite ways of analysing this is that God is like the wind. You cannot see the wind but you can hear it and see it move. Likewise with God.
1 Timothy 6:20
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
I heard this song recently and thought it was interesting too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-BwV0DDUY
ReplyDeleteWould love to know what you think!
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Wow...Interesting!
ReplyDeleteIt's almost as if they are singing about the struggle of giving our lives up to God? Are they a Christian band? I know my brother likes this band.
What do you think? :)
They say that their songs are about God but they won't say that are Christian or atheist or anything like that because the band members all have different ideas. However the main bloke (Mr Mumford, even though I'm not sure that's his real name) is the son of the couple who started Vineyard Music in the UK.
ReplyDeleteI love the song, espcially the lines 'it seems like all my bridges have been burnt/you say that's how this grace thing works'. However the very last lines are very intriguing. If you can facebook me your address I'd be happy to get the album to you.
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Okay :) Well I had no idea! That's really cool :)
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome! Maybe I could also pick it up when we come visit you sooon though!