Life is a sexually transmitted disease, with a 100% mortality rate! In other words, we are all going to die. It is just a question of when the trapdoor opens underneath us and we fall off the planet. At that moment, gravity will no longer work for us and keep our feet connected to earth. The only question for us to be concerned with is \u201cWhat do we fall into?\u201d Do we tumble into the arms of a loving God or do we slide into a place where God does not dwell?
When we stop and take a hard look at this fact, we must decide what our options are. For some, The End is just\u2026The End\u2026that\u2019s it\u2026food for worms. For others an afterlife that involves reincarnation seems to work for them. But on what basis, or worldview are those scenarios based? Man-made philosophies to be sure, and while convenient, perhaps, they have very little intellectual rigor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jesus alternative does have intellectual integrity but produces two tough choices. In John, chapter 1, Jesus calls His first followers. He simply asks them to \u201cCome and See\u201d about Him. This is a call to investigate who He claimed to be and then to decide for oneself. When we come and investigate Jesus we are faced with two choices\u2026both at the extremes of credulity. We either must conclude that Jesus is a loony-tunes wing nut\u2026or\u2026exactly who He claimed to be\u2026Savior and Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus claimed to be God\u2026One with the Father. He asserted that He had the authority to forgive sins and that He was the ONLY way to God. Pretty hard to believe this guy, on first blush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, the opposite is also hard to believe. For if Jesus is bogus then we have to conclude that His followers, the disciples, made the whole story up. His mostly, uneducated \u201cband of brothers\u201d concocted a wild story\u2026that incidentally agreed with all 66 Old Testament prophecies. And, after Jesus was crucified all decided to live the lie going forward. Well, of course they would live the lie\u2026I mean, they all received loads of money, fame and women by the score. Wait\u2026that\u2019s not what they got! All the disciples received their lies was persecution, poverty, and gruesome deaths. Would anyone \u201clive the lie\u201d for this outcome? More poignantly, would anyone knowingly DIE for a lie? Lastly, to ignore this option, you have to account for the growth of Christianity around the world for the last 2,000 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only option NOT open to us is the \u201cJesus was a Good Man\u201d option. When a person claims to be God, one with God the Father and able to forgive sins\u2026He is either nuts or the Son of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are all going to fall off the planet someday. We are all going to die\u2026which hard belief choice makes the most sense to you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Life is a sexually transmitted disease, with a 100% mortality rate! In other words, we are all going to die. It is just a question of when the trapdoor opens underneath us and we fall off the planet. At that moment, gravity will no longer work for us and keep our feet connected to earth. The only question for us … <\/p>\n