I walked into the religious instruction classroom in a secular school and, with tongue-in-cheek, wrote in large letters across the blackboard "I hate religion."
"Man, in this class, you'll get shot," gasped one student in amazement.
"But I'm sold on real Christianity," I responded.
"What's the difference?" half the class chorused.
God's Purpose
"Man, in this class, you'll get shot," gasped one student in amazement.
"But I'm sold on real Christianity," I responded.
"What's the difference?" half the class chorused.
God's Purpose
The point is one can be religious without necessarily being Christian. Let me explain. True, Christianity is a religion, but it's much more than that. It's also much more than believing a creed. It's a relationship with God and people. It's knowing God personally, experiencing His divine love and forgiveness, and communicating this to every life we touch.
We start by realizing that no matter what we have ever done or have failed to do, God loves us and is vitally interested in our total life--both for this life as well as the next. In fact, Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). And again, "I came that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10).
To be continued.
2 comments:
"Life to the full" doesn't mean that those people will have the right to lie, steal, cheat, and be able to behave in the greedy evil ways that those who belong to the financial industry act.
When it's time for humans to walk through the valley of the shadow of death the first ones to trip and fall behind are the suits that work on Wall Street!
This site is blasphemous and you should be ashamed to call yourself a Christian.
If this site is a blasphemous, then why is it calling for God's help and seeking to post God's word among the posts?
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