Friday, April 18, 2008

As a Christian, I believe that Jesus was (is) the only sinless person to ever life. I believe that He is supernaturally God and man. He came to his creation and lived in humanity so that He could offer himself as the sacrifice that satisfies the cost to clean his creation (that accept Him) to be holy enough to be in His presence and someday His glory. Do you realize how awesome God really is? Why we were created in sin? And why the perfect sacrifice had to be given for us to enter a relationship with God the Father?

God is absolutely flawless. 100% truth. All knowing, all powerful, THE Creator. Just, Mighty, Powerful, Loving, Pure, Holy - Don't just read threw those descriptions without letting your brain put meaning behind them. Because God is perfect in a way that is fully unimaginable to his creation (us), just the most insignificant un-perfect thought is not acceptable for God. For example, there is absolutely no falseness in His character trait of truth. Therefore our lack of being completely accurate with God's truth all the time makes us unable to fellowship with Him. Does this make sense? For God to be perfect He cannot fellowship with un-perfect... This is why we need a savior! (I know 'un-perfect' is not good grammar but it helped explain my thoughts)

I think people also get caught up trying to figure out why God created us imperfect. First, we are created to have a relationship with God. Really relationships are the foundation of humanity, if you think about it. For something to be relevant to you, you must have some sort of relationship to it. Now, which would you prefer: for a loved one to love you because they choose to love you and therefore you experience passion, friendship, joy, LOVE!, and everything else wonderful about a good relationship OR commanding someone to love you and out of obligation they obey you? This is why sin exists. Does this make sense? God wants a loving relationship with us! That's why He created us. For us to be His people and Him to be our King! It is really amazing if you can even for a moment wrap your mind around this concept. You can glimpse the beauty of God's ultimate plan!

Besides all the evidence that exists in the study of Apologetics that prove the Bible is accurate and historical, there are several simple facts that make me wonder why people refuse God. Did you know that Christianity is the only 'religion' that has a God that comes to man instead of man working towards God? We can not AND don't claim that we could work our way to God. It is by His grace alone that we are saved! Christianity is the only 'religion' who's Savior is not in the grave! Jesus is alive; I personally can testify to the change in my life that is not by my own power but the Holy Spirit who lives in me. Every true Christian has the fruits of the Spirit. These traits are not what get you to Heaven or make you right before God but are 'markings' that testify to the Truth that live in you.

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