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The
most important thing in our lives is to share the Truth found only in the
Lord Jesus Christ. Many people today think that life is just about the
physical world: achieving goals, making money, indulging in pleasure and
whatever else they find to escape reality. Many people forget that physical
life is finite and just live as if there will never be a tomorrow, let
alone an end. We know that there is a God. The love that we feel and experience,
the creativity we express, the beauty we admire and the qualities in loved
ones we treasure are just some of the intangible jewels which were intricately
and thoughtfully designed. No accident or big bang could ever produce such
wonders. Have you ever considered that such attributes as emotion, imagination,
creativity, memory, wisdom and hope are proof of a world beyond the physical?
We are all born with a desire to love and be loved. Where did this come
from?
The Holy Bible
is a
book which has been criticized for centuries. Those who criticize it, however,
are those who generally have not read it. Those who have, and those who
have tried to discredit it have often come to know the Person of this book,
the Lord Jesus Christ, God who, for our sake, became man. If we acknowledge
that there is a God, and if we accept that Jesus is a real historical character,
then we cannot ignore His statements. He never said "I think" or
"Perhaps"
or even "maybe". His statements shocked the "religious" people of
His day. They said of Him that no man spoke with such authority (Luke 4:36,
John 7:46). Either Jesus was a liar, in which case his life would not have
matched His statements and no-one would have even listened to Him, or,
He is who He claims to Be, in which case His words are true and must be
heeded. Every person who is confronted by this truth must respond in some
way to it. The Lord Jesus Christ said that if we believe that He is the
Son of God who took upon Himself the penalty for our rebellion against
God, we would be saved but whoever does not believe is already condemned
because they have not believed in the Son of God, making God a liar (John
3:16-21). There is no middle ground!
Eternal life is found in the Lord
Jesus Christ and in the truth He both taught and lived.
He has
provided salvation for humanity through faith in Him and not works that
we can do:
John
3:16-21,
3:36,
6:35-40,
14:6;
Proverbs 28:13,
Acts 4:12,
Romans 1:16-21,
3:23,
5:8,
6:23,
10:9-13;
Ephesians 2:8-10,
Hebrews 4:12-13,
1 John 5:11-12,
Revelation 20:15.
He has
provided all we need to survive:
Matthew
6:25-34,
11:28-30;
John 14:27,
Philippians 4:6-8,
4:19;
Proverbs 3:5-6,
Psalms 37:4,
2 Timothy 3:16-17,
1 Peter 5:7.
He has
perfect knowledge of us and so can love us perfectly:
Psalm
139:1-18,
Isaiah 45:21-25,
Romans 11:33-36.
It
is not enough to be born in a "Christian family", live in a "Christian"
country or mix with "Christian" people. We must make the Lord Jesus Christ
our personal LORD by faith, that is, agree with His assessment of our rebellious
state, repent from our self-willed rebellion (which God calls Sin) and
take His word, the Holy Bible as our sole source of authority for all matters
in life. No human "priest" has the authority to pronounce forgiveness for
sin, no man can sell you a ticket to heaven and no good works will stand
up in God’s court of law (on judgement day). You are saved if and only
if you come to God on His terms, that is through the Lord Jesus Christ
and Him alone. Salvation is not attainable through possessing riches, doing
good works, having knowledge or any other discriminatory way. God just
asks us to believe in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Behold, now
is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians
6:2).
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