LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — Psalm 15:1
One time, I was sitting in an office with several members of my team, and we were reviewing resumes. Quite a few people had applied for a job with our company, and we were tasked with finding the best candidate. At that time, the job market was a lot more difficult than it is today. People were aggressive in their search for jobs as jobs were scarce.
On one side, we set out the job description. While we knew what the job entailed, we were not able to recite from memory the qualifications of the job. They were required to be a licensed healthcare worker in this position. That required specific training, including a college degree. Another qualification listed was a specific length of experience. We were able to take the many resumes and compare them to the qualifications.
As we dug through the pile of papers, we found that no one was qualified for the role we were hiring for based on the qualifications. The requirements of the job as listed were extremely high. No one held the required training, education, and experience.
In this Psalm, David asks a question that should cause us all to reflect and encourage us. at the end of this verse, he asks, who shall dwell in thy holy hill? The question is essentially who is qualified to dwell with God in His holy place? If we look over the qualifications, we will all quickly see that none of us are qualified!
Nothing of ourselves qualifies us for Heaven. Thankfully, the story does not end there. While we may not be qualified of ourselves, we are qualified through the blood of Jesus Christ! God is not looking for money, training, licensure, or anything else. He is simply looking for the blood of Jesus.
Don’t get discouraged when you look at yourself and see sin, fault, and failure. Those are all things of this world. God is looking at your heart. He’s looking to see if the blood of Jesus has been applied. If it has, He says you are worthy and more than qualified!
Jared Dyson
Another Well Ministries
So you think a toy chihuahua and a St Bernard could mate with each other? Consider the mechanics. And even if they could just carry that process further, its not hard to see how if the small dog is small enough and the big dog is big enough, they will be physically unable to mate, and probably uninterested as well. And the definition of same species, if you are unfamiliar, is that two creatures are said to be the same species if they could produce viable offspring.
And I am familiar with the probabilistic arguments regarding creationism and its simply straw man argumentation. Not all things are equally likely to happen, the universe likes to rhyme with itself, things that stick around are usually good at sticking around, and we get more things that can replicate themselves than things that cannot. I recommend using iron man arguments instead of straw man arguments. It will make you more persuasive, addressing the best possible version of your opponents arguments, rather than a watered down version.
And finally, I am not afraid of your threats about the afterlife. I am a child of God. My soul is immortal. I don't need to be saved.