Perhaps
you have questions about this 'Christianity' thing... well, you are not
alone.
Many have questions but
I believe that there are answers to be found
in the Word of God, the
Bible, and in the lives of people just like you
who have taken their
troubles to Jesus and asked Him to carry their load.
Do you know what? He did, and He still does.
Questions you may be asking God
'I have done some pretty bad
things in my life.
Can Jesus really forgive me
and accept me just as I am?'
Matthew 11:28-29
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden,
and I will give you rest.
"Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me,
for I am gentle
and humble in heart; and you shall find rest
for your souls."
God's Word promises that ALL who seek after God will find rest in Him.
Romans 3:23
"for all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God"
You are not alone. There is no one without sin. No one who is better than anyone else.
Mark 2:17
"And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "it
is not those who are healthy who need a physician,
but those who are sick; I did not come to
call the righteous, but sinners."
Jesus came and died for those who needed help
He died for those who needed a Savior.
He died for YOU!
'I don't go to church now, how can God hear me?'
Jeremiah 29:11-14
'For I know the plans that I have for you,'
declares the Lord,
'plans for welfare and not for calamity
to give you a future and a hope.
'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray
to Me, and I will listen to you.
'And you will seek Me and find Me, when you
search for Me with all your heart
'And I will be found by you,' declares the
Lord,
'and I will restore your fortunes and will
gather you from all the nations
and from all the places where I have driven
you,' declares the Lord,
'and I will bring you back to the place from
where I sent you into exile.'
Wherever you are, God will find you. He has
PROMISED that
He will bring you back into a right relationship
with Him.
All He requires is a change of heart.
From depending on yourself to trusting in
His ability to care for you.
'Do I have to give up everything that's fun in life?'
John 10:10
"The thief comes only to steal, and kill,
and destroy;
I came that they might have life, and might
have it abundantly."
Your relationship with Jesus Christ is about
Freedom.
It is about Love, it is about having ALL that
God intended for us to have and experience.
He promised an ABUNDANT life.
Ephesians 1:3
'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing
in the heavenly places in Christ,'
Jesus wants to give us all the blessing God
has planned for us that are stored in heaven.
Our only requirement is a commitment to follow
Jesus and be obedient to His Word, the Bible.
It was given not as a restriction or curse
but as a blessing for us to know what is good for us.
'What about the hypocrites in
the church?
Can I just do my 'God thing'
at home?'
Hebrews 10:24-25
'and let us consider how to stimulate one
another to love and good deeds,
not forsaking our own assembling together,
as is the habit of some,
but encouraging one another; and all the more,
as you see the day drawing near.'
We come together to worship God, to learn about
His Word and to encourage one another in church.
That requires our attendance.
Ephesians 4:15-16
'but speaking the truth in love, we are to
grow up in all aspects into Him,
who is the head, even Christ, from whom the
whole body,
being fitted and held together by that which
every joint supplies,
according to the proper working of each individual
part,
causes the growth of the body for the
building up of itself in love.'
We were meant to come together, to be the Church
of God.
We are all needed if the Church is going to
work properly
Quite honestly, the Church needs you and you
need the Church!
'What do I have to do to know
for certain that God loves me
and that I am going to heaven?'
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