Is He or isn’t he?
John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11 is the chapter in the Bible that even most lost people know; it is where we find the story of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead. There are so many points in the scripture; so many ways Christ describes the power of the Father; his Sovereignty, or all knowing and control over our lives. The free will that He has given us allows us to waiver, but He is in control of all things. Christ knew that Lazarus was going to die, and Christ knew there was a purpose of God behind it; for Christ to glorify God in it. John 4:4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” In my Bible I have written beside this scripture Romans 8:28; a reference to the control God has over all His creation.
Do you believe in Christ as the Son of God? Do you believe He came to earth as 100% God, 100% man, all to provide you a means to reach heaven? He was not a good man, was not a great prophet, was not the archangel Michael; He was and is God. You must get this right; you must not waiver on your believe in Christ as the eternal Son of God; sitting right now at His Father’s right hand on the throne in heaven. He alone holds the key to your forgiveness of sin and eternal paradise with Him. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. You must believe that there is no other means by which you will enter heaven; but by all other means you will be denied and punished eternally in hell.
There are so many false religions out there. All of them point to many ways to God. All of them point to you doing something to earn your way to God. All of them point to the power of yourself to puff your chest out in pride for that accomplishment. What kind of god do they have who could not do it on his own; their god makes you work your way in to help him? My God is so great that all it requires is the faith in Him to do what I cannot. To humble myself and understand that He is God and He sacrificed His Son for me. That faith and humble repentance is the key to eternal paradise and security. The Apostle John’s gospel focal point is the deity of Christ; he begins his writings with this statement of Christ in the beginning of time as the Word. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. There is no middle ground; either He is God to you, or He is not. This decision and understanding is eternal.
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