Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

The soul is composed of the mind, will and emotions of a person. In most societies it is seen as the life force, it is what makes human life meaningful. Having a soul is an opportunity to understand the ethereal elements of existence.

Mankind has sensed that existence and created whole religious worship around the desire behind those feelings. The American Natives were found to have different explanations for the natural forces and expressed them in different ways before we discovered their shores..

Romans 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Having awareness of God does not mean you know God.

Genesis 12:1-3 English Standard Version

1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Abram lived in Ur of the Chaldeans and moved to Haran in the land of Canaan. The gods of the Chaldeans and Canaan were pagan gods that Abram would have known about. Strangely enough the Chaldeans held to the notion of Triune gods,  Anu, Enlil, and Ea. The Canaanites had 25 gods they worshiped. None of these gods ever spoke to man..

Abram, the father of three faith based religions, heard God, believed God and obeyed God. Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

This was just a beginning that was passed down from father to son to grandson. Oral traditions are fine but how does one come to know God if those traditions are not upheld?

Exodus 3:6 And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Moses had that burning bush moment when God revealed Himself to be that God, the one God that speaks and makes Himself known to the saving of souls.

Love Him. It is that simple.

Don’t you just love the simplicity of the gospel. It is so easily understood. Why doesn’t everyone get it?

Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples.

My guess is that no one saw that verse coming.

Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

Jesus showed the two on the road to Emmaus how the scriptures testified of His coming, His purpose, His power, and filled their hearts with love.

Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”

The second part of Isaiah 8:16 is the sealing of His teachings.

Ephesians 1:13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

The third person of the Trinity seals the Word in our hearts where it cannot be contaminated.

1 Peter 1:23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

The last part of Isaiah 8:16 is very important. Are you His disciple?

John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

Our love for one another becomes a witness that loving Christ is possible because they can see for themselves that it demonstrates His presence by our love for one another.

Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.