As a Christian, I put my faith in Jesus Christ. Why? Because I have sinned against the creator of the universe. I have violated His law. I am deserving of death and eternity in Hell. However, the creator sent His son, Jesus, to take the punishment that I deserve, which means that I can go to Heaven if I repent and put my trust in Him. There is nothing I could have done to earn my way into Heaven, it is only by God's grace and the sacrifice of His Son Jesus. I know this to be true because it is written in God's word (the Bible).
Many people do not put their faith in Jesus Christ. Why? Because they put their faith in science, which they believe proves that God does not exist and that the Bible is not true. They are choosing to reject God's free gift of salvation based on man's fallible theories that prove over and over again to be wrong. The Bible, however, has shown over and over again to be inerrant and true. Here are some examples of the Bible's accuracy (keep in mind that it was written over 2,000 years ago!):
Bible: Says the sun is on a circuit through space (Psalm 19:6)
Science: Thought the sun was stationary until recent years
Bible: Says the earth is a sphere - about 700 B.C. (Isaiah 40:22, Proverbs 8:27, Job 26:10)
Science: Thought the earth was flat - in 1492 people thought Christopher Columbus would sail of the edge of the "flat earth"
Bible: Says the earth hangs on nothing (Job 26:7)
Science: Did not discover this until 1650
Bible: Says that the stars cannot be numbered (Jeremiah 33:22)
Science: Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) said that there were 1,006 stars. In 1608, Galileo used a telescope to determine that the stars cannot be numbered.
Bible: Says that we should wash our hands in running water (Leviticus 15:13)
Science: Thought it was best to wash our hands in a bowl of standing water
Bible: Says that blood is the source of life (Leviticus 17:11)
Science: Thought that sick people should have their blood drained from their body
Basically, many "scientific discoveries" were not really discoveries because the Bible had said it all along. So my question to you is this, where will you put your faith? Will you put it in the inerrant, infallible word of God or the fallible ideas of man? I pray that God would open the eyes of all who are deceived so that they would know the truth and be set free.
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes." Romans 1:16
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
We don't know what tomorrow holds...
...but we know the One who holds tomorrow. We also know that tomorrow is not promised to anybody. With that being said, do you know where you will spend eternity if today happened to be the last day of your life? If you are unsure about where you will spend eternity, then now is the time to give it some serious thought.
God desires that none of us should perish, but because of something that happened in the very beginning with a certain Adam and a certain Eve, we are unable to live up to God's standards and thus many of us WILL perish. The Bible tells us that "there is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:10) and that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). That means that no one is good in God's sight and every single one of us has violated His law. The Ten Commandments give us the standard by which God will judge each one of us. If you have ever lied, God sees you as a liar. If you have ever stolen anything, God sees you as a thief. If you have ever used God's name as a curse word, He sees you as a blasphemer. Many people are deceived into thinking that as long as you are not a murderer you will go to Heaven, but the Bible tells us that God sees hatred as murder. One of the commandments is that you should not commit adultery, but Jesus said that to look at someone with lust is to commit adultery with them in your heart. God will not only judge your actions, but he will also judge your thoughts and the condition of your heart. There is not one sin, whether you get caught or not, that God does not see. So, if you were to die today and assuming that you have done all the things just mentioned, you would stand before God and He would find you guilty of being a lying, thieving, blaspheming, murdering, adulterer.
Since God is perfect, just, holy, and righteous he must punish sin. The Bible tells us that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23) and that "all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone" (Revelation 21:8). God has prescribed a punishment for sinners and that punishment is eternity in Hell. The Bible says "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). You might not agree that eternity in Hell is a fair punishment, but your disagreement will not excuse you when standing before a judge in a courtroom and it certainly will not excuse you when standing before God. Neither will apologizing or saying that you should be set free because you think you are a good person.
That is the bad news. Here is the good news. About two thousand years ago, God came to earth in the form of His Son, Jesus Christ. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Jesus was fully God and fully man. Unlike us, he never once sinned in his actions or his thoughts. However, he was tempted just was we are. The Bible tells us "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin" (Hebrews 4:15). About 33 years into His earthly existence, He voluntarily went to the cross and His blood was shed for our sins. He took the punishment that we deserved. God made a way for us by pouring out the wrath that we deserved on His own Son! "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities...And by His stripes we are healed...And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all...Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him" (Isaiah 53:5-10). He was the sinless Lamb of God. After being brutally tortured, mocked, spat on and crucified Jesus died on the cross, was placed in a tomb and on the third day rose from the dead forever defeating sin and death. He is now seated at the right hand of God in Heaven and will return for His people at a time of His choosing. What He requires of you is not that you apologize, is not that you confess, is not that you merely "say" that you believe in Jesus. What He requires is that you repent, which means to turn away from sin, to want nothing to do with sin, to hate sin and to put your trust in Jesus Christ alone. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). If you do this you will receive a new heart with new desires. Jesus said "unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). When you sincerely repent and put your trust in Jesus you WILL be born again. It will no longer be you who lives, but Christ who lives in you. You will no longer seek to please yourself, but Him who created you. You will love what He loves and you will hate what He hates. The Bible - the inerrant, infallible word of God will become like food to you. You will hunger for it. It will provide nourishment for your spirit and it will be the method by which God continually reveals Himself and His love for you. Though there will be trials, tribulations, suffering, mourning, grieving and pain there will be an undeniable hope within you of the place which God has prepared for you in Heaven. For "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).
Salvation cannot be earned. It is a free gift from God. Repent NOW and put your trust in Jesus because the very next breath you take could be your last. Every day 150,000 people die. Don't wait until you are standing before God because by then it will be too late. If you are reading this and you have not yet accepted God's free gift, I pray in the name of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit that today would be your day of salvation. Amen.
God desires that none of us should perish, but because of something that happened in the very beginning with a certain Adam and a certain Eve, we are unable to live up to God's standards and thus many of us WILL perish. The Bible tells us that "there is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:10) and that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). That means that no one is good in God's sight and every single one of us has violated His law. The Ten Commandments give us the standard by which God will judge each one of us. If you have ever lied, God sees you as a liar. If you have ever stolen anything, God sees you as a thief. If you have ever used God's name as a curse word, He sees you as a blasphemer. Many people are deceived into thinking that as long as you are not a murderer you will go to Heaven, but the Bible tells us that God sees hatred as murder. One of the commandments is that you should not commit adultery, but Jesus said that to look at someone with lust is to commit adultery with them in your heart. God will not only judge your actions, but he will also judge your thoughts and the condition of your heart. There is not one sin, whether you get caught or not, that God does not see. So, if you were to die today and assuming that you have done all the things just mentioned, you would stand before God and He would find you guilty of being a lying, thieving, blaspheming, murdering, adulterer.
Since God is perfect, just, holy, and righteous he must punish sin. The Bible tells us that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23) and that "all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone" (Revelation 21:8). God has prescribed a punishment for sinners and that punishment is eternity in Hell. The Bible says "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). You might not agree that eternity in Hell is a fair punishment, but your disagreement will not excuse you when standing before a judge in a courtroom and it certainly will not excuse you when standing before God. Neither will apologizing or saying that you should be set free because you think you are a good person.
That is the bad news. Here is the good news. About two thousand years ago, God came to earth in the form of His Son, Jesus Christ. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Jesus was fully God and fully man. Unlike us, he never once sinned in his actions or his thoughts. However, he was tempted just was we are. The Bible tells us "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin" (Hebrews 4:15). About 33 years into His earthly existence, He voluntarily went to the cross and His blood was shed for our sins. He took the punishment that we deserved. God made a way for us by pouring out the wrath that we deserved on His own Son! "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities...And by His stripes we are healed...And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all...Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him" (Isaiah 53:5-10). He was the sinless Lamb of God. After being brutally tortured, mocked, spat on and crucified Jesus died on the cross, was placed in a tomb and on the third day rose from the dead forever defeating sin and death. He is now seated at the right hand of God in Heaven and will return for His people at a time of His choosing. What He requires of you is not that you apologize, is not that you confess, is not that you merely "say" that you believe in Jesus. What He requires is that you repent, which means to turn away from sin, to want nothing to do with sin, to hate sin and to put your trust in Jesus Christ alone. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). If you do this you will receive a new heart with new desires. Jesus said "unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). When you sincerely repent and put your trust in Jesus you WILL be born again. It will no longer be you who lives, but Christ who lives in you. You will no longer seek to please yourself, but Him who created you. You will love what He loves and you will hate what He hates. The Bible - the inerrant, infallible word of God will become like food to you. You will hunger for it. It will provide nourishment for your spirit and it will be the method by which God continually reveals Himself and His love for you. Though there will be trials, tribulations, suffering, mourning, grieving and pain there will be an undeniable hope within you of the place which God has prepared for you in Heaven. For "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).
Salvation cannot be earned. It is a free gift from God. Repent NOW and put your trust in Jesus because the very next breath you take could be your last. Every day 150,000 people die. Don't wait until you are standing before God because by then it will be too late. If you are reading this and you have not yet accepted God's free gift, I pray in the name of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit that today would be your day of salvation. Amen.
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