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1. An orderly, careful approach1. Facts 2. Faith (trust) 3. Feelings (hope, contentment based on faith, based on facts)
It is critical to establish a belief in the following order because faith can be in the wrong thing or person and feelings can be misleading. In the analogy of a house:
Facts = The foundation Faith = The Structure Feelings = The Paint
The paint or the structure cannot do the job of the foundation; only the foundation can provide the necessary stability for the rest of the house. The foundation must be properly constructed with quality materials on solid ground or, the whole house will fail. |
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2. The Bible (It is worthy of your trust) The Bible is unique and without equal. Written by more than 40 authors over a time period of 1,500 years yet it does not contradict itself. It is full of prophecies about people and nations, which came true. No other book has withstood concerted efforts to burn and ban as the Bible has, yet it still remains a best seller. The message of the Bible has totally changed people’s lives for the good. What many people don’t realize is that the New Testament contains eyewitness accounts of the ministry of Jesus Christ and that most of the authors who recorded these events, died up-holding what they believed. The Bible is well supported by early manuscript evidence and archaeological discoveries continue to support the truthfulness of the Bible. I have seen the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah that is 2000 years old. I have also been to the place of the Red Sea Crossing, Gomorrah and the empty tomb of Jesus. The things told about in the Bible were real events, which happened at real places. One would expect that a book telling about God would be a unique book. Have you ever seriously considered that the Bible could be God’s instructions to us? Recommended Reading: Investigating Faith - What Christians believe and why |
3. An overview of Gods plan
God’s plan for us is not complex. It is simply that He wants a family, so he created the universe and the earth and He created us with many of His own attributes like:
1. The ability to love and need to be loved. 2. The ability to create life and experience a family. 3. The ability to remember things, think and make decisions. 4. The ability to choose between doing good and evil. 5. A physical body so that we can to do the things we think and choose to do.
But unlike God, we are in temporary, mechanical-like bodies contained on the earth. God could have made us perfect in every way, even that we would love him with every fiber of our being, but then we would have become like programmed robots saying “I love you” without choice. Without a choice, the robot’s words are soon meaningless.
God with his awesome power could certainly reveal Himself to us at any time by rolling back the heavens but at that moment our ability to choose would be gone. We would all be convinced that there was a God and would all feel compelled to worship Him, but God desires people that will love Him, even though we don’t have to. So here we are isolated on the earth and exposed to the influences of good and evil so we could choose between them. God wants to have a people to fellowship with Him forever, but He will not force Himself on anyone. God first revealed Himself and His righteous character through the 10 commandants, which because nobody could keep perfectly the system included a sacrificial system using the blood of blameless animals to bridge the gap. This sacrificial system was an object lesson or picture of the coming of Jesus to be the final sacrifice and a bridge to God. Several prophesies relating to Jesus and many aspects of His life were foretold in the Old Testament hundreds of years before His arrival. When Jesus came, He set the righteousness standard even higher than the 10 Commandments by saying things like “if you have lust for another mans wife, you have already committed adultery with her in your heart”. This showed that God’s rightness standards are so high that it is impossible that we can achieve them on our own and God knowing that, sent His Son Jesus to be our only bridge for us to get to Him. This turned our salvation from being something we do, to something God has done for us. We just need to accept it and trust. While many, maybe you included, feel that it is not fair that Jesus is the only way. Is it reasonable to think we can somehow modify or change God’s plan or suggest a more fair way? Many of today’s religions attempt to modify God’s plan through some self-proclaimed prophet’s words. They will not succeed.
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4. Your Choice
This life is your time of choice. Our choice is to accept or reject the wonderful gift that God sent us. I am talking about a personnel relationship with the God of the universe through trusting in His Son. To rejects Jesus, is to reject the only bridge that God has provided us. For those who accept God’s gift, all of the questions at the start of this booklet are answered. The Apostle John in 3:16 & 17, quotes Jesus: For God so loved the world that He gave His only unique Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. I am hopeful that you will seriously consider accepting Jesus as your Savior or at least start a quest to answer these important questions. You know, God has a way that He works inside people, to bring him to Himself. Have you felt in your heart of hearts the pull of God? Has the truth of His love for you, been presented to you time and time again during your life? Was it just a coincidence that you found this or is this another incidence of God knocking at your hearts door? Please accept Jesus as your Savior. There is no need to “clean up your life” before you come to Him. He wants you just as you are. |
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A plan so simple, even a child can understand. For we are all children in God’s Eyes.
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