The Invitation

A couple of days ago, I read on my Facebook timeline a status from someone who was asking the perennial why concerning the evils of the world. My dear reader, if you are not a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, I want to invite you at this moment to sit with me and consider what I am about to say. I ask you to do your pondering with an honest heart and an open mind.
The issues I mention here are by no means new to our modern world. These issues have been with us since people started multiplying shortly after the creation and started forming families and societies. The root of all the evils that have beset us from the beginning is the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the garden, when they took of the fruit that the LORD explicitly forbade them to eat of. In the Scriptures, we read about the first crime, fraticide, when Cain murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy, (read Genesis chapter 4.)
Since the beginning of human history, people have been asking why do bad things happne to good people, why is there poverty and injustice in the world, why are there wars, oppression, terrorism, etc. Humans have desperately been seeking answers to all these questions and, to this day, have been thoroughly unsuccessful in finding the answers. This is why humanity lives in such unhappiness, bitterness and dissatisfaction. This is why, decade by decade, century by century, millennium by millennium, things change yet stay the same, stuck in the cruel grind of all the issues that we read about in the papers and see on TV news.
My dear readers, the thing is that life for you does not have to be so. There are answers to the perennial questions, and there is a solution to the lack of spiritual life in the human soul. Having said this, I will also state up front that these answers, and this one and complete solution, are hard to believe and to accept for many. I will say this very bluntly: I can not open anyone’s spiritual eyes to the truth of God, for this is the work of God only. What I am is His messenger, and it is His message what I bring to you now.
God exists, and the Bible is His true and only word to us. All other religious books come from the inventions of man. Consider the following: the Bible, Old and New Testaments, were authored by God and penned by about 40 men over the course of about a little over two thousand years, yet as you read through the Bible, you can discern an undeniable continuity of its main theme or message, and human history. How can 40 men, most of whom lived centuries apart and never knew each other, come up with such a perfectly integrated work? How come that, a little over two thousand years after the Lord Jesus fulfilled His work on this Earth and the Bible was completed, it is still the best selling book in the U. S. and many other countries? Why do people buy the Bible, why do they want the Bible? What are they looking for? What are you looking for?
God exists, there is only one God, we are separated from Him because of our own rebellion and disobedience, and this is the answer to the whys of the evils of the world. There are many angry people in this world, enraged, who either say there is no God or who blame God for the wickedness we are all living in. Dear readers, we, the human race, are the ones responsible for the wickedness in the world, not God. We are the ones who disobeyed a direct command of the LORD in the garden, and we all suffer the consequences for it. War, disease, injustice, slavery, oppression, crime, you name it, we own it.
Here is the good news. The one God who exists and who created the universes provided the solution to the problem of our sin and wickedness. This solution is called Jesus, the Christ. Here is the deal: the Sovereign God decreed that some members of the human race be reconciled with Him, separated no more. But God, being pure, holy and sinless, requires that any human who is reconciled to Him also be pure, holy and sinless. Stop here, dear reader, and ask yourself this question: Do you know of anyone like that? Remember, be completely honest with yourself, and with God, for He knows everything. Now consider this next question: Is there anything you, as a human being, can do to become pure, holy and sinless, therefore, acceptable to God and fit for reconciliation with Him? The answer is no, there is absolutely nothing you can do to be acceptable to God. Here is where things get really sad in terms of the thinking of the world: There is no question that every human being desires to have a communion with God; even avowed atheists, in their heart of hearts, desire this. Every human being desires to obtain a spiritual life that is now absent because of sin. For this reason the human race has invented all these religions, philosophies, cults, and all of that. Ask yourself this question: Do all of these religions, philosophies and things fill your empty spirit? No, they do not.
Jesus the Christ does. He is God the Son, pure, holy, sinless, and was sent to this Earth to satisfy the requirements that we can not possibly obtain with our own efforts. Jesus made His chosen human beings acceptable before God, so we can be reconciled with Him. My dear readers, I am sure that many of you have read or heard the statement: “Jesus, the only way.” Consider that this statement does not come from a group of religious nuts who think that they are better than everyone else and that they are right and everyone else is wrong. Keep in mind that statements like this, and the entire gospel of truth which is found only in the person and work of Jesus, are not things that people like me say or come up with. This gospel of truth that is found in the Lord Jesus, this statement that He is the only way to salvation, hope, freedom from the worst kind of oppression, that is, spiritual, and eternal life, is a statement that comes from God Himself. What we Christians say was not invented by us, it is the word of God, which we are commanded to proclaim to everyone in the spirit of love and concern.
My dear reader, if you are seeking to fill your spiritual void, if you are tired of the running around sampling different religions and movements that have not made any difference in your life, consider the Savior Jesus, the Christ of God. Christianity is not about rituals and ceremonies, rules and regulations. Christianity is not a life philosophy of materialism designed to bring you temporary things like health, wealth and happiness that depends on circumstances, while completely ignoring what truly matters, the eternity of your spirit. Christianity is Jesus, it is as simple as that. When Jesus brings you to Himself, you are given the supernatural and divine means to handle this chaotic world with a strong spirit, a clear mind, purpose and hope. You go through this Earth serving the LORD, fighting the good fight, then comes eternal life in heaven. Does that sound good to you? Is that what you have been looking for? Inner peace and spiritual stability now and an eternity in the most gorgeous, wonderful and fantastic existence you could possibly conceive.
Do you hear the invitation of Christ? If so, find a quiet place and simply say, “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner, enter into my heart and transform my life. Send me your Holy Spirit to guide me and lead me in Your ways.” This is how the journey starts. Start praying each day, and keep it simple, just tell God what is in your heart. Start reading your Bible, and do not worry if at first you do not understand much of it. The work of the LORD in your soul and in your life takes time, you can not hurry it, so be patient. Be constant and faithful, that is all. For spiritual growth, take a look at the following on line ministries which faithfully and correctly teach the word of God:
http://truthforlife.org
http://ligonier.org
http://whitehorseinn.org
http://gty.org
http://ptv.org
For those of you who have decided at this moment to start your true spiritual journey following the Lord Jesus Christ, may the Spirit of God guide you and keep you to the end. To those of you who found this post offensive or ridiculous, I leave you in the hands of the LORD Almighty who knows all things. Perhaps you are destined for salvation, but this may not be the appointed time. The work of salvation is the work of the LORD, and all of those who will be His will come to Him, for He has decreed it. Blessed be the name of the LORD Jesus Christ now and forevermore, for His is the power and the glory, Amen.
Zoraida

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