Into the Fire

(Originally posted on January 6th, 2017 as "A final word on Christmas".)

Your eyebrows might be raised at this picture being associated with Christmas, but I'm going to reproduce a portion of the sermon from the late David Wilkerson titled "Christmas: Resurrection".
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    When I look into the manger in Bethlehem, I see resurrection coming.

     Paul Harvey [also deceased] tells the story of an atheist scientist who traveled to college campuses for decades to lecture on how God couldn't possibly exist. Years later this man became a Christian. Whenever he was asked why he converted, he answered with one simple word: "DNA."
    Inside every human being is this amazing discovery called DNA. It's a unique identifier so accurate that someone can be proven guilty of a crime if his DNA is found at the scene. DNA is complex, yet it can be taken from something as simple as a strand of hair. In it, scientists have discovered a "genetic code" with billions of bits of information that, linked together, are unique to that person.
    Who created this incredible phenomenon that boggles the mind? Who has known the unique genetic code of every human being since Adam and Eve? Only God. He not only numbers every hair on our heads but has impressed our unique DNA into each strand. That's what humbled the atheist scientist: the magnificence of a Creator and his ever-impressive creation.
    God knows the DNA of every person who has ever lived – and he knows how to reconstruct it when he raises us up on the last day. This should put to rest all the strange doctrines that have arisen over the years about the resurrection.  . . .  The truth is our imaginations simply can't fathom the glory of God. Our brains are too finite.
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     Resurrection – it is why he came!
 
Father, turn those hard hearts to Jesus. Only you can touch them. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.