Please allow me to be blunt for a moment.
I believe in God. I believe that He created all things both seen and unseen. I believe that God created man to be in fellowship with Him and that our ability to fellowship with Him was severed when sin entered the life of man.
I believe that God set in motion a plan to bring restoration to the relationship between man and God through the nation of Israel. Out of this nation came The Lord Jesus Christ - fully man, fully God. I believe that, through the obedience and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we have all been given the chance to turn back to God. The call made by Jesus was simple - "Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand" (Matthew 4:17). Jesus offered Himself as the offering for our sins so that we can have eternal life because He is the only one worthy to make that payment in full. What love! This is what saves us all from the penalty of our sins which is eternal death, not of the body, but of our spirit within it. Then, as a gift to help us live a life of righteousness, Jesus sent the same Spirit which was in Him to live in us and work through us to continue the furtherance of His kingdom.
The truth is that all which we see on this earth will fade away. Our time here is short but it's meaning is significant. Out of all eternity we have 100 years or less to make our personal decision. Believe and follow or deny and turn away. I choose to believe. So often I hear "but what if you're wrong"? If I come to the end of my days on this earth to find that I was wrong then I will have lived a good life, have made many good friends and have given and been given much love. Let us turn that question around: But what if I'm right? The things you have accomplished for yourself in your lifetime, those things that stay behind at the time of your last breath...will they have been worth it? Or will you find yourself saying "I would trade it all for one more opportunity to turn to God"?
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! “For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor?” “Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?” For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:33-36 NKJV)
