09/08/17 ABOUT DUMB ANIMALS

09/07/17 ABOUT DUMB ANIMALS

You can teach a dog to take the posture of prayer.
You can teach an ape to raise his hand and jump up and down in celebration.
You can teach an unsaved human to attend church and follow ritual and decorum.
You CANNOT teach any of them to worship, praise and love Jesus.

DIFFERENT LEVELS
This does not put dogs, apes and unsaved humans on the same level. Unsaved humans are on a much lower level, because they have the capacity and the responsibility to trust, worship and serve God, but choose resist, reject or rebel against Him.

AN ADVANTAGE
But the unsaved human also has an advantage over the two dumb animals mentioned. An unsaved human can believe on the Lord Jesus and be saved, and therefore can worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

A HIGHER RANKING WITH A HIGHER PURPOSE
I am guessing that a dumb animal does not know he has no soul. Sadly, unsaved people live as if they have no soul and live as if they have no need to prepare that soul for eternity.

Dumb animals and unsaved humans can be trained to perform various beneficial services. But only the saved human can surrender his will and life into loving, loyal submission, and sacred service to God and his fellow man.

Not only can humans enter into a real relationship with God, they can be transformed into the image of the Living God. Humans can become partakers of Divine nature and receive eternal life.

WRONG CHOICE
How sad that most humans choose to be dumber than dumb animals.