I've been talking to a group who doesn't believe in our God. This is what I shared with them, pray for them if you wish. God love them too!
Marx famous saying is true, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." Attempts to reach God are religion. Christianity is God reaching down to a messed up person like me and offering eternal life to those who believe that Jesus died for their sins. Christianity is a restored relationship with the Creator of life itself.
Yes, Christianity is simple. And yes people mess everything up and I do too. Society’s failure is just that, our failure as human beings to love our neighbor. Love tells truth to people, though most lie including me sometimes. It's not that Christians always go around doing what they believe as an ideal either. But it is the goal of being like "Christ," that is what Christian means. But practically Christians never get to the point of doing the loving thing always. But this is the difference between Christianity and every world religion. When we sin, and we do regularly, as we ask our Father in heaven to forgive our sins, He does. This is because He doesn't look our imperfection, He see's His Son Jesus in our place.
I know it may sound like gibberish or foolishness, but the simplicity is with Jesus dying in our place for our sins; and that is Christianity. If Christ didn't rise from the dead, Christians are the people most to be pitied. If it didn't happen we might as well eat, drink, be merry and take advantage of any and everyone to get what we want. If this present chaotic world was all that there was, I would just end it all, because there would be no purpose in life except the survival of the fittest and I'm a broken old man past all the rat race. But I choose the hope of the resurrection of the dead in Christ.
Our souls are eternal; we'll live on in heaven or hell for eternity. Our choices in this life set our destination.
Marx famous saying is true, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." Attempts to reach God are religion. Christianity is God reaching down to a messed up person like me and offering eternal life to those who believe that Jesus died for their sins. Christianity is a restored relationship with the Creator of life itself.
Yes, Christianity is simple. And yes people mess everything up and I do too. Society’s failure is just that, our failure as human beings to love our neighbor. Love tells truth to people, though most lie including me sometimes. It's not that Christians always go around doing what they believe as an ideal either. But it is the goal of being like "Christ," that is what Christian means. But practically Christians never get to the point of doing the loving thing always. But this is the difference between Christianity and every world religion. When we sin, and we do regularly, as we ask our Father in heaven to forgive our sins, He does. This is because He doesn't look our imperfection, He see's His Son Jesus in our place.
I know it may sound like gibberish or foolishness, but the simplicity is with Jesus dying in our place for our sins; and that is Christianity. If Christ didn't rise from the dead, Christians are the people most to be pitied. If it didn't happen we might as well eat, drink, be merry and take advantage of any and everyone to get what we want. If this present chaotic world was all that there was, I would just end it all, because there would be no purpose in life except the survival of the fittest and I'm a broken old man past all the rat race. But I choose the hope of the resurrection of the dead in Christ.
Our souls are eternal; we'll live on in heaven or hell for eternity. Our choices in this life set our destination.
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