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Some predictions made in the past have proved to be wrong:
Man has certainly increased in knowledge through the years! Someone has estimated that, if all of man's accumulated knowledge from the beginning of recorded history to 1845 were represented by one inch, what he learned from 1845 until 1945 would amount to three inches and what he learned from 1945 until 1975 would represent the height of the Washington Monument! Can you imagine the “height” of knowledge today? George Seimens has written: “Knowledge is growing exponentially. In many fields the life of knowledge is now measured in months and years.”* Then he quotes Gonzalez who describes the challenges of rapidly diminishing knowledge life: “One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. The ‘half-life of knowledge’ is the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete. Half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago. The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation (ASTD).” * Observe,
however, this prophetic description of mankind today: We can know a lot and yet not know the most important things! The TRUTH is… We have a SIN problem! "For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). The TRUTH is… God LOVES us so much that He gave His Son to save us from our sin. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). If we will accept His offer of salvation on His terms, we can be saved! We accept His offer through: faith (Acts 16:31), repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confession of Christ (cp. Matthew 10:32), and baptism (immersion) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16). We CONTINUE to be cleansed from our sins as we CONTINUE to walk in the light of God’s Word (1 John 1:7). Keep learning! Who knows what man will come up with next.... But, be sure you KNOW and OBEY the TRUTH about Jesus, for only THIS TRUTH can make you free (John 8:32). -- David A. Sargent, Minister Church
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