It seems discussing God is nice, but a central question to the issue of Christianity is "Why even bother with all this?" Or "Why is God/Jesus/Christianity relevant to anything?"
The answer is because if what the Bible claims is true, there are eternal consequences at stake.
The Bible says in Romans 10:9 that "If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." This passage from scripture implies that we need some kind of saving. But from what? The Bible says from our own sin. "For all have sinned and all fall short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23. In Biblical terms, to be saved means to have everlasting life in Heaven. To not be saved from our sin, then, is to have everlasting death in hell.
The answer is because if what the Bible claims is true, there are eternal consequences at stake.
The Bible says in Romans 10:9 that "If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." This passage from scripture implies that we need some kind of saving. But from what? The Bible says from our own sin. "For all have sinned and all fall short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23. In Biblical terms, to be saved means to have everlasting life in Heaven. To not be saved from our sin, then, is to have everlasting death in hell.
Now in a nutshell - and I will be happy to elaborate more on any of this if needed - the Bible claims that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin mother, spoke Truth to the world, suffered a hellish death on the cross, and came back to life 3 days later so we could be redeemed and have eternal life with our Creator.
*We should bother, then, with the subject of God, and Jesus, and Christianity because if it is TRUE, it means there is an afterlife and a way to have it. And, of course, if there is no God - any god for that matter - it means we will not have an afterlife. We will either eternally exist one day or eternally cease to exist. But to be evasive and apathetic about the subject is worse than taking any stance at all.
I do realize there are other beliefs on afterlife and how to obtain it. I will be happy to discuss different belief systems if they come up, but for now, let it suffice to say discussions on Christianity are of the most important.
Lastly, I will take a quote from D.Q. McInerny's book called, "Being Logical." He writes, "It is one thing to say 'I don't know' after long and assiduous research into a subject. It is quite another to say, 'I don't know' when you haven't even bothered to look into the matter."
Let us bother then, for there are eternal consequences at stake.
Blessings,
Joe
No comments:
Post a Comment