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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was a man with great navigation skill and courage, but some historians wrongly credit his skill and courage to his humanity. Contradicting this error, Christopher Columbus rightly credited it to God. As evidence, consider the following quotes from the writings of Christopher Columbus:
“Who can doubt that this fire was not merely mine, but also the Holy Spirit who encouraged me with a radiance of marvelous illumination from His sacred Scriptures, . . . urging me to press forward?”
“It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from there to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit because He comforted me with rays of marvelous illumination from the Holy Scriptures . . . encouraging me to continue to press forward and without ceasing for a moment they now encourage me make haste.”
“Our Lord Jesus desired to perform a very obvious miracle in the voyage to the Indies, to comfort me and the whole people of God. I spent seven years in the royal court, discussing the matter with many persons of great reputation and wisdom in all the arts; and in the end they concluded that it was all foolishness, so they gave it up.”
“With a hand that could be felt, the Lord opened my mind to the fact that it would be possible . . . and He opened my will to desire to accomplish that project . . . The Lord purposed that there should be something miraculous in this matter of the voyage to the Indies.”
“For the execution of the journey to the Indies I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. It is simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah had prophesied.”
“No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. The working out of all things has been assigned to each person by our Lord, but it all happens according to His sovereign will even though He gives advice. He lacks nothing that it is in the power of men to give Him. Oh what a gracious Lord, who desires that people should perform for Him those things for which He holds Himself responsible! Day and night moment by moment, everyone should express to Him their most devoted gratitude.”
Ungodly historians have rewritten much history in a desperate attempt to discredit Cristopher Columbus. Their attacks aren’t really against Christopher Columbus, but they are attempting to set up ungodly ideology by tearing down anything that might stand in the way. Where details of history don’t exist, historians have made assumptions to put Christopher Columbus in a bad light. However, Christopher Columbus was imperfect in the same way those who now seek to judge him are flawed human beings, sold into sin. But Christopher Columbus communicated with Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit taught him and corrected him, moving him toward righteousness and holiness.
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