Man believes that he is related to primates, and in the same breath he describes himself as having a highly developed brain. "Highly developed" is a relative term. Compared to what? Can a man catch a Frisbee in his mouth six feet off the ground? Can he single-handedly round up a thousand sheep, sniff out illegal drugs hidden deep within a suitcase, or hear the faintest sound of a burglar open a door in the early hours of the morning? Or can he fly with the agility of a common sparrow?
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I had to smile the other day. I looked up the term "Homo sapiens." This is what it said:
"A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedal primates in the family Homo sapiens - Latin: "wise human" or "knowing human") ... Humans have a highly developed brain."
Man believes that he is related to primates, and in the same breath he describes himself as having a highly developed brain. "Highly developed" is a relative term. Compared to what? Can a man catch a Frisbee in his mouth six feet off the ground? Can he single-handedly round up a thousand sheep, sniff out illegal drugs hidden deep within a suitcase, or hear the faintest sound of a burglar open a door in the early hours of the morning? Or can he fly with the agility of a common sparrow?
Do you think that you are a wise human with a highly developed brain? Are you the master of your own destiny and therefore in complete control? Then let me remind you that you are not. You have no control over your breathing. Your lungs start and stop irrespective of your will. So does your blinking and your swallowing. You can't stop yourself from sleeping or even from dreaming. You probably couldn't even stop a hiccup, a sneeze, or a yawn ... if your life depended on it. Even the mention of the word "yawn" is probably setting you off on one right now. Yawn. Think of it.
Source: LivingWaters.com
Ray Comfort is the Founder/President/CEO of Living Waters Publications. After relocating from New Zealand to Southern California in the late 1980s, Ray introduced a long line of pastors and churches to a biblical teaching which he called Hell's Best Kept Secret. The positive and enthusiastic response that followed took Ray's Living Waters Publications ministry to a whole new level. From humble beginnings, LWP has become an internationally recognized ministry, reaching the lost and equipping Christians with every necessary resource to fulfill the great commission.
Ray Comfort is the co-host (with Kirk Cameron) of the award-winning television program "The Way of the Master," which airs in 70 countries around the world. He also co-hosts a daily radio program by the same name, airing on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network, and hundreds of terrestrial stations. Ray is a best-selling author of more than 60 books. He and his wife, Sue, live in Southern California, where they have three grown children.
