By Bob Prichard Via Bulletin Gold
“Cogito, ergo sum”I think, therefore I am” is perhaps the most
famous philosophical statement ever made. Scientist and philosopher
René Descates wrote these wvords in his Discourse on Method (1637).
He reasoned logically that since he was able to think, he knew he
existed. He continued to reason from this point that God exists.
Louis XIV had a different philosophy: “1’etat, c’est moi””I am the
state.” It is not surprising that he would come to this conclusion in view
of the fact that he reigned as king over France for seventy-two years.
His absolute monarchy set a pattern followed in several other European
countries. No doubt his style of tyrannical behavior contributed to the
bloody French revolution of 1789.
Anna B. Warner penned a philosophy for all of us, however, with
her words, “Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so.” In
her 1860 hymn we find words of comfort and strength! This hymn isa
favorite with children, but all of us can benefit from the words written
for her Bible class of West Point cadets.JG Dilh 2i5 oies
Even if you missed every other doctrinal point in the New
Testament, surely you could not miss this one. “For when we were yet
without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely
for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some
would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:6-8).
*And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his
disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that
ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing ye might have life through his name” (John 20:30-31).
“Jesus loves me! He who died, Heaven’s gate to open wide; He will
wash away my sin, Let his little child come in. Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me; Yes, Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so.”
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