December 2015
Have you ever believed something to be true only to discover later that it was false? This is a dangerous thing when it comes to where you will spend eternity! This issue deals with salvation and Bible myths. In it, we decipher, according to the Word, fact from fiction.
Have you ever believed something to be true only to discover later that it was false? This is a dangerous thing when it comes to where you will spend eternity! This issue deals with salvation and Bible myths. In it, we decipher, according to the Word, fact from fiction.
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we ‘chose’ to upstage Him by<br />
falling into sin?<br />
Has any other ‘god’ done this?<br />
Are you willing to believe that<br />
you just ‘evolved’ from some<br />
ape? Who created the ape? Are<br />
you willing to believe you just<br />
appeared one day due to primemodal<br />
ooze from the sea? Who<br />
created the sea and all the sea<br />
life?<br />
In order for there to be a ‘creation’<br />
there has to be a “Creator.”<br />
However, we are only human.<br />
That being said, we come with<br />
many flaws and doubts. This is<br />
where faith comes in.<br />
The Bible states: “Faith is the<br />
substance of things hoped for;<br />
the evidence of things not seen.”<br />
Hebrews 11:1- KJV<br />
The One True God gives us that<br />
hope which then strengthens our<br />
faith which permits us to have a<br />
unique and very real relationship<br />
with the Lord of Lords.<br />
Allow me to share a gut wrenching<br />
example of God’s intervention:<br />
“I took my two kids to a roller<br />
rink one night back in 1994. My<br />
son was 5, my daughter was 10.<br />
Upon exiting the car, my 5 year<br />
old son decided to run across<br />
the street to the other side and<br />
surprise me. He was so proud to<br />
have made it over there all on his<br />
own he was waving to me with<br />
great glee. I, of course, was very<br />
upset with him. He knew not to<br />
cross the road without holding<br />
my hand. I scolded him for it and<br />
he began running back across<br />
the street toward me.<br />
He tripped and fell on his knees<br />
in the middle of the street. Just<br />
then, a large black sedan with<br />
tinted windows came racing<br />
toward him at 60 mph. I tried to run<br />
to him, but my feet were somehow<br />
cemented to the ground. I<br />
stretched out my arm and cried,<br />
“Oh God!” as I watched my son’s<br />
body being run over just a few<br />
feet in front of me. The car tried<br />
to brake, but it was too late. The<br />
car screeched to a screaming<br />
halt after it ran over my son, but<br />
no one got out. I stood there<br />
in disbelief, with memories of<br />
Justin pulsing thru my mind. “My<br />
son is dead.” I thought.<br />
I yelled to my daughter who was<br />
still by the car to remain there.<br />
Then I prepared myself to find<br />
my little boy’s mangled body.<br />
I began to walk…one step at a<br />
time, and then my body began to<br />
shake. I kept praying for God to<br />
help me, because apparently, no<br />
one else was around. I walked<br />
behind the car. Nothing. I walked<br />
around the car to the other side.<br />
Still nothing.<br />
I took a deep breath and said<br />
a quick prayer, and then I got<br />
on my hands and knees and<br />
looked under the vehicle. He<br />
wasn’t there. I stood up, confused.<br />
Where could he have<br />
gone? For one quick second,<br />
I even looked ‘up’ in a nearby<br />
tree thinking maybe he’d been<br />
thrown? Then…out of the corner<br />
of my eye…I saw him. Justin was<br />
standing up on the curb of the<br />
side of the street he’d originally<br />
crossed over to! I ran over to him<br />
and wrapped my arms around<br />
him. I even asked him, “How did<br />
you get all the way over HERE?”<br />
He looked like he was in shock. I<br />
searched his entire body for injuries.<br />
He didn’t have a scratch on<br />
him. Not even from when he fell<br />
down in the middle of the street<br />
while trying to come back to<br />
me. The One True God had just<br />
miraculously saved my son’s life!<br />
This is The One True God I live<br />
for, pray to, worship, trust, and<br />
believe in. The One who died on<br />
the Cross for my wretched sins.<br />
The One who loves me more<br />
than anyone I’ve ever known<br />
on this planet, and more than<br />
anyone ever will.<br />
Faith is a deliberate choice and<br />
belief so strong in something or<br />
someone that nothing anyone<br />
says or does will ever change<br />
your mind. You just ‘know that<br />
you know.’ The longer you know<br />
Him, the clearer this becomes.<br />
By all accounts, there has never<br />
been a god of any kind ever (other<br />
than Jesus Christ) who has purposefully<br />
died a tragic death just<br />
for us so that we may one day<br />
be with Him and have eternal<br />
life. Not one. The One True God<br />
of the Bible is a God of pure love<br />
and offers the free gift of eternal<br />
life to anyone who wants it. What<br />
do these other (false) gods have<br />
to offer? Money? Power? False<br />
sense of security? Martyrdom?<br />
Nothing. Do not be fooled. What<br />
do they want? Your soul.<br />
The irony here is that with all other<br />
godless religions combined,<br />
none of them provide mankind<br />
with the inner peace, love and<br />
tranquility the Holy Spirit does.<br />
Yet, they’d like to make you think<br />
they do. Another tad of irony; all<br />
other false gods do not adhere to<br />
is an honest accountability from<br />
their members/congregants/<br />
believers compared to those who
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