Title: Supernatural Truth (2)
Series: Look To The Future
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Matthew 25:41
The US Library of Congress has a list of about 27 categories of Supernatural beings and the list included Centaurs Fairies, Ghosts, Ghouls, Mermaids, Monsters, Vampires, Werewolves, and so on. And on that page (where they list all these creatures) they noted that the word Supernatural was "Used For: Imaginary beings; Mythical creatures". In other words, the creatures that are supernatural DO NOT EXIST! The problem (of course) is that - in their list - they also include: angels; demons; and (of course) Satan. (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tgm010399/)
But why? Of all those creatures mentioned by the Library of Congress, why would angels, demons and Satan be listed as being imaginary OR mythical?
Well (according to the Oxford Dictionary) "Supernatural" means: a manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. In other words, the people who created this list for the Library of Congress believed that anything that could not be understood "scientifically or easily observed in nature must be imaginary. Of course, that makes sense because the term "SUPER-NATURAL means "That which is SUPER (or beyond) that which is NATURAL (what we'd expect)."
But by that standard, the entire Bible is filled with supernatural stuff. Every miracle recorded in Scripture is supernatural. Everything about Jesus - including His death, burial and resurrection - is supernatural. And since we believe that our God is beyond our understanding, He's Supernatural; and, because we believe in God, we also believe what He tells us about angels and demons - and even Satan - is true.
And we make no apologies for that!
ILLUS: Years ago, I had a conversation with a member of my family who thought that she could trip me up by asking me to defend the idea demonic activity. To her, anyone who believed in demons was - putting it k ...
Series: Look To The Future
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Matthew 25:41
The US Library of Congress has a list of about 27 categories of Supernatural beings and the list included Centaurs Fairies, Ghosts, Ghouls, Mermaids, Monsters, Vampires, Werewolves, and so on. And on that page (where they list all these creatures) they noted that the word Supernatural was "Used For: Imaginary beings; Mythical creatures". In other words, the creatures that are supernatural DO NOT EXIST! The problem (of course) is that - in their list - they also include: angels; demons; and (of course) Satan. (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tgm010399/)
But why? Of all those creatures mentioned by the Library of Congress, why would angels, demons and Satan be listed as being imaginary OR mythical?
Well (according to the Oxford Dictionary) "Supernatural" means: a manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. In other words, the people who created this list for the Library of Congress believed that anything that could not be understood "scientifically or easily observed in nature must be imaginary. Of course, that makes sense because the term "SUPER-NATURAL means "That which is SUPER (or beyond) that which is NATURAL (what we'd expect)."
But by that standard, the entire Bible is filled with supernatural stuff. Every miracle recorded in Scripture is supernatural. Everything about Jesus - including His death, burial and resurrection - is supernatural. And since we believe that our God is beyond our understanding, He's Supernatural; and, because we believe in God, we also believe what He tells us about angels and demons - and even Satan - is true.
And we make no apologies for that!
ILLUS: Years ago, I had a conversation with a member of my family who thought that she could trip me up by asking me to defend the idea demonic activity. To her, anyone who believed in demons was - putting it k ...
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