God created us with an internal moral compass He installed in our hearts. People everywhere have an inner sense of right and wrong. When torn between 2 instincts, we usually know within our souls that one of them is not correct. Even the 3 year old who is caught with a cookie in hand and crumbs all over the floor will readily swear that he did not touch it!
Where there’s a design, there must be a designer; and where there’s a creation, there surely must have been a Creator. Of all the knowledge in the world, how much of it do you really know? 5%, 10%, 90%? Take the 16th century Ming Dynasty in China, can you list in order the 17 emperors that made that dynasty? Of the 1,500 or more languages in the world, how many do you speak? 1,000 perhaps? Certainly not. Could you recite all the chemical compounds in order? With that in mind, why would Atheism and Agnosticism to some extent, offer claims on the absolute certainty that God does not exist? Could God exist then in the % of the knowledge we are missing?
Let suppose there’s no God and that we are here as a result of evolution from some rock or the animal species. Suppose there’s no lasting purpose to life, that we live, struggle through life, with some good days and others not so good, and we die, are buried and that’s all there’s to our being here. If God didn’t exist, those who had spent their life believing in Him wouldn’t have anything to loose, would they? On the other hand, if God in fact existed and if trusting in Him meant eternity in His glorious kingdom, the one who did refuse to believe in Him and died would have lost everything, with no 2nd chance of altering his choice.
In light of the above, would you choose the desolation of Atheism or the experience of the true inner joy that is found in communing now and forever with a God who made you in His own image, has cared for you always and is enamored with your soul? He is indeed the one who has carved your face in the palm of his hand and who has numbered the hairs on your head as inscribed in His Word. Voltaire once observed that “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.” Why? Because deep within the human heart, there’s a need for more than just surviving and dying.
The reality of this God, Father and Creator of the universe can be known to anyone starting today. Jesus the son was given all authority and power as He came to earth to represent God. He was the visible image of the invisible God. John 14:9b tells us “…He who has seen me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘show us the Father’?” Only God the Father and God the Son can claim the following attributes: Omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence and immutability. Only they can create, forgive sin and have authority over death. No other can, assuredly. 1 John 4:9-10 “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. This is real love— not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.”
The same God who created the world and all that it contains, can and wants to create a new life for you. Just hand him all the fragmented pieces and watch with amazement how he makes a beautiful bouquet of it all, even the thorns! Just ask Him -even in the privacy of your own heart- and He will give you the courage to do so. He knows you better than you know yourself. He want your life to convey a message of hope to others, even out the rubbles of the seeming mess you may find yourself in this very second. He destroyed the earth through a flood and remade it again. Don’t be ashamed to hand them to Him. He has already seen them! He's simply interested in the motivation of your heart as you desire to trust Him out of your own volition.
His is a relationship of Love not coercion or slavery! He is the perfect gentleman and will not barge in our will. He will make your will and desires to align in tandem with His; and ultimately spare you the gnawing tug of war you feel between evil and good. You decide! You entrust Him with the health, care and future of your soul. Now is the time!Our response to such great a Love is summed up in 1 John 5:1-5“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children too. We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey His commands. Loving God means keeping [honoring & showing reverence to] His commands...which are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world and achieves this victory through faith. And who can win this battle [in our soul] against the world [the forces that are antagonistic to the life & salvation of our soul]? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.”
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