STICK TO THE FORMULA (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:1-8
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Stick to the Formula (3 of 4)
Series: The Math of God
Jeff Strite
Deuteronomy 4:1-8
I have always enjoyed math, in fact, I'd say it was my favorite subject all the way up through high school. There was just always something about the simplicity of figuring out the correct steps that no matter how complex the problem, you'd always come to the same conclusion. There is an innate beauty in mathematical formulas that transcends the chaos of this world and reveals an order that has always demonstrated the creative nature of God.
G.H. Hardy, author of A Mathematician's Apology, once wrote, ''Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.''
Bertrand Russell, mathematician turned philosopher says it this way- ''Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.''
I would like to think that these men and others like them recognize this beauty because they caught a glimpse of the hand of God at work in our universe. Now, Jeff began a series about God's math on Easter Sunday, exploring God's accounting one week and His addition the next. Today we're going to continue with this series on God's math by seeing where God has placed us in His grand equation for salvation. (read Deuteronomy 4:1-8)
As I mentioned before, math has a very precise set of rules. Follow them exactly and you will arrive at the correct result. Skip a step or two or conversely add extra steps and the results can be disastrous. Our role in God's math works similarly.
Moses here stands before the people and presents them with God's equation: Listen+Do=Live. Listen to the statutes and the rules that God gave the nation of Israel through Moses. Follow through on what they command. ...
Series: The Math of God
Jeff Strite
Deuteronomy 4:1-8
I have always enjoyed math, in fact, I'd say it was my favorite subject all the way up through high school. There was just always something about the simplicity of figuring out the correct steps that no matter how complex the problem, you'd always come to the same conclusion. There is an innate beauty in mathematical formulas that transcends the chaos of this world and reveals an order that has always demonstrated the creative nature of God.
G.H. Hardy, author of A Mathematician's Apology, once wrote, ''Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.''
Bertrand Russell, mathematician turned philosopher says it this way- ''Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.''
I would like to think that these men and others like them recognize this beauty because they caught a glimpse of the hand of God at work in our universe. Now, Jeff began a series about God's math on Easter Sunday, exploring God's accounting one week and His addition the next. Today we're going to continue with this series on God's math by seeing where God has placed us in His grand equation for salvation. (read Deuteronomy 4:1-8)
As I mentioned before, math has a very precise set of rules. Follow them exactly and you will arrive at the correct result. Skip a step or two or conversely add extra steps and the results can be disastrous. Our role in God's math works similarly.
Moses here stands before the people and presents them with God's equation: Listen+Do=Live. Listen to the statutes and the rules that God gave the nation of Israel through Moses. Follow through on what they command. ...
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