The Bible On Trial

Lizards~

About a year ago my wife and I were adopted by a neighbor cat named Sparky. We already had three cats and two dogs, and frankly didn't need another feline mouth to feed. But this was immaterial to this absolutely cute and adorable cat. A modification of Shakespeare's immortal words in the play Julius Caesar, "She came, She saw, She conquered." So now she is a member in good standing (excluding our black and white cat Boo) of our family, and has even been accepted by Maggie our Min-Pin.

There were, however a few things we did not know about Sparky until she took up permanent residence in our household, the most annoying of which (according to my lovely and gracious wife) is that she loves to hunt for lizards in our yard, and then bring them in through the cat door that allows entry into Becky's bathroom, and hence into the house. So far they have nearly always been alive when this happens, and this REALLY upsets Becky, especially if I am at work and not able to capture the creature and deposit it back outside.

We can't be mad at Sparky, because she is only doing what 'comes naturally'. Cats are hunters by nature and are programmed by that nature to share their 'kills' with their 'family'. This is always inconvenient when it involves either dead or (especially) live prey.

In a similar way to cats humans are also programmed by their natures and time-modified genetics toward sinning. Yet unlike animals we humans have the ability to change our natures and the genetic tendencies of our intellects to be able to "practice truth in order to come to the Light" (John 3:19-21) so that we may have eternal life. To DO this we MUST know what is the truth. It is crucial to have a standard of Truth that is reliable and Singular and Absolute. This Truth is found in the Words of Jesus that He gave to His disciples.