About Faith in Jesus

[stephen]

If the President of the United States came to your town, it would not be a topic for discussion, philosophy or logic. It would be news. A presidential visit is not a “conception” or an article of faith. It’s an event. You can’t reason about it. Whether you are a simple person or a brilliant scholar, you just have to accept it as news.

The gospel is the same—news, good news. Christ has come and sets people free from their sins, heals their bodies, and baptizes them in the Holy Spirit.

News is not logic or reason. It is what happened. Nobody thinks it up, so nobody can reason about it.

Here is how Apostle Paul put it: 1 Corinthians 15:2-5:

“By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you: … that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.”

That was the creed then. And that is the creed now. It is a statement of facts about Christ.

Believing the facts and trusting Jesus saves us.

 

[Jacques]

Amen brother!!!

Our God is MIghty to Save!!

Praise God's Wonderful Name!!!

 

[OnceWasLost]

Theres a guy at my school who tells people he doesn't believe God exits but I think he just does it for attention. If you want to know if God is real, just look around and ask yourself how did all this get here?

Romans 1:20 From the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly observed in what he made. As a result, people have no excuse.
Romans 1:21 They knew God but did not praise and thank him for being God. Instead, their thoughts were pointless, and their misguided minds were plunged into darkness.

So everyone knows God exists because its a fact. But some people choose to deny it anyway. Why do people do that? I don't understand. It seems like a really stupid thing to do to me.

 

[SpiritLedEd]

So everyone knows God exists because its a fact. But some people choose to deny it anyway. Why do people do that? I don't understand.

Many people give up on God when He doesn't meet their expectations. One of my favorite books is "God On Mute - Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer" by Pete Grieg. In it, he talks of being very angry with God because of his wife's illness; yelling "I don't believe You Exist!" at Him;then berating himself for talking to a non-existant deity (he didn't forsake Christianity, by the way) .

There are others who simply don't want God to exist. They buy into the notion that science will eventually explain everything and that people should be the supreme beings.

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness." (Ro 1:18 NIV)

Spirit Led Ed (SLE)

 

[OnceWasLost]

Many people give up on God when He doesn't meet their expectations. One of my favorite books is "God On Mute - Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer" by Pete Grieg. In it, he talks of being very angry with God because of his wife's illness; yelling "I don't believe You Exist!" at Him;then berating himself for talking to a non-existant deity (he didn't forsake Christianity, by the way) .

There are others who simply don't want God to exist. They buy into the notion that science will eventually explain everything and that people should be the supreme beings.

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness." (Ro 1:18 NIV)

Spirit Led Ed (SLE)

Thanks. I guess I can understand being angry with God if things don't go your way, but I know God has a plan for all of us so even if we don't like what's happening now we should understand that its all going to be for the best in the end.

The second group of people I don't understand at all. I suppose I can imagine people being wicked enough to wish God didn't exist so they can sin all they want and not have to pay for it and being too proud to accept God's grace, but they'd have to be really dumb to think that wishing away God would really make Him go away. Maybe that's the powerful delusion that 2nd Thesallonians talks about means, if you wish God didn't exist, God will let you think he doesn't.

 

[SpiritLedEd]

The second group is those who see themselves as too intellegent to believe in a deity. Their swelled heads cause them to reject the idea of any higher power above mankind. They leave no stone unturned in their drive to discredit those who oppose their views.

SLE