{"id":210,"date":"2012-08-08T03:15:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqbooks.com\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2012-08-08T03:17:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T20:17:21","slug":"chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqbooks.com\/?page_id=210","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">RE: Statement in Chapter 3, page 31 of SQ2. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Dear Tom, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">In my last latter, we talked about our favorite subject \u201cTruth.\u201d Now we are going to talk about the vehicle by which we can know truth \u2013 \u201cwords.\u201d It is amazing to me how many people do not understand that words are the conveyor belt of how we know truth. So many people spew out words, not realizing that God will hold them accountable for their words and especially if they are not truthful ones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u201cNoise. Confusion. Smog. Contamination. These are just a few of the negatives we live with each day. Where is God in all this mess and confusion? The psalmist assures us that God is here.\u201d From H. Norman Wright in <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Quiet Times<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">The chapter in SQ2 is a tongue in cheek type of examination of our subject. The title \u201cWhat do quantum mechanics and quarks have to do with God? \u201c is meant to stimulate thinking about our subject. If the questions help us to step \u201cout of the box\u201d and do some serious contemplation it has achieved the intended goal. However, the ending of that chapter takes a serious tone for us to examine. With that ending, \u201cWe produce words and those words are our own personal responsibility. It does matter what we do with them.\u201d We must speculate a little. If God, in His All Knowingness, has a way to record all of the words we utter, then at judgment we will be held accountable for all the words we have spoken, both truth and lies! We need to just take a moment and chew on that thought. What picture pops into our mind? We must remember that in eternity, time is not a factor. All of the words we have ever spoken may be able to be replayed and accounted for. Ouch! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Therefore, God may hold us accountable for all of them; AND the motion, movement, decisions and energy they have created. When we reflect on words in this manner, we must think about what we say and do all of the time.<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span>To this end, when we look at scripture, especially in Psalms and Proverbs, we find some interesting words of wisdom.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Psalm 19:14<\/strong> May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (NKJV) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Psalm 139:4<\/strong> For there is not a <strong>word<\/strong> in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. (NKJV) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Psalm 119:172<\/strong> My tongue shall speak of thy <strong>word<\/strong>: for all thy commandments are righteousness.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">My constant prayer is that my words will be those that educate, uplift and encourage. I constantly strive to speak and write the truth. It is my Lord Jesus who will hold me accountable. My hope is that I do not disappoint Him. As always, my next email will address another of your questions about a concept in chapter four.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">JR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ltr3.ch3.070711<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RE: Statement in Chapter 3, page 31 of SQ2. 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