There are many different opinions when it comes to matters of religion. A large percentage of people feel that there must be something that I can do to please God if I am going to spend eternity in heaven with Him.
There is a real sense where it doesn’t matter what I think and who is right. What matters is what God says and we have to know that He is always right The problem that we have is that we must find out what He has to say before we know if we can believe it. We know that if He has said it, we must believe it.
The only plausible way to know this is through the Bible. Either the Bible is what it claims to be or it is a big hoax. Many people feel that the Bible is not what it claims to be because it has so many errors. The problem with that is most people don’t know what the errors are. I have asked many people what errors are there that they know about, and generally they have no answer for me. The few that I have heard have rather simple answers for them.
I prefer to believe that the Bible is credible, and that it really is God’s message for us. If that is the case, it does not make me right and you wrong. It gives us both an authority to which we can go and get to the bottom line of what God expects.
The God of the Bible is the God of the open door. He stands ready to receive all who believe Him and accept His way to have eternal life. The Bible is very clear about what that way is. It says that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no man comes to the Father except by Him. The Bible also says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but it goes on to tell us that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
You may think that this sounds too simple. God has made it easy for us to come to Him. It was simple for Adam and Eve and they tripped over and turned their backs on God. Mankind has suffered the results of their disbelief ever since, but God has always stood ready to receive us to Himself.
Today would be a great day to turn your heart towards Him and belief. He stands ready to receive you and that reception will guarantee your entrance into heaven and eternity with Him.
Martin Luther recognized that great promise of safety in the Savior. He wrote,
1. A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood
of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
2. Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabbaoth, his name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
3. And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
4. That word above all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours,
thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.
There is a real sense where it doesn’t matter what I think and who is right. What matters is what God says and we have to know that He is always right The problem that we have is that we must find out what He has to say before we know if we can believe it. We know that if He has said it, we must believe it.
The only plausible way to know this is through the Bible. Either the Bible is what it claims to be or it is a big hoax. Many people feel that the Bible is not what it claims to be because it has so many errors. The problem with that is most people don’t know what the errors are. I have asked many people what errors are there that they know about, and generally they have no answer for me. The few that I have heard have rather simple answers for them.
I prefer to believe that the Bible is credible, and that it really is God’s message for us. If that is the case, it does not make me right and you wrong. It gives us both an authority to which we can go and get to the bottom line of what God expects.
The God of the Bible is the God of the open door. He stands ready to receive all who believe Him and accept His way to have eternal life. The Bible is very clear about what that way is. It says that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no man comes to the Father except by Him. The Bible also says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but it goes on to tell us that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
You may think that this sounds too simple. God has made it easy for us to come to Him. It was simple for Adam and Eve and they tripped over and turned their backs on God. Mankind has suffered the results of their disbelief ever since, but God has always stood ready to receive us to Himself.
Today would be a great day to turn your heart towards Him and belief. He stands ready to receive you and that reception will guarantee your entrance into heaven and eternity with Him.
Martin Luther recognized that great promise of safety in the Savior. He wrote,
1. A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood
of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
2. Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabbaoth, his name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
3. And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
4. That word above all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours,
thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.
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