Selfishness

We live in the most selfish world today. Society has all these things to distract us from our beliefs and turn ourselves away from God. There are advertisements, movies, pornography, rap and heavy metal, tv shows that display sexual and offensive material, and even the news can put fear into our lives. All these things consume our lives. We get addicted to them and feel that we need them in order to be happy or to fill in that emptiness inside. These things would not be accepted in His Kingdom. The only thing that matters most is how you live your life according to Him and listen to what he is telling you.

We are saved by grace and not works. Everything you have possessed in this material life will not matter to God. After you die, none of these things will come with you. God does not care for these things that we hold onto in life. The only thing he is interested in is your faith and trust in Him.

I hate it when a person calls them self a Christian yet they don't even believe in God or Jesus. And God must shake his head at this. They may call themselves a Lutheran, or Catholic, or whatever it may be. It's a slap in the face for us who try so hard to be a strong, faithful Christian. They don't even realize what it is to be a Christian. If you have not surrendered your soul to Jesus Christ then you are not a Christian.

A true believer with an intimate relationship with God will only have the knowledge to learn salvation; the deliverance from the power and penalty of sin. Only then, will they understand the atonement accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ. All these people who so call themselves Christians, yet do not know God or believe in him, do not have any idea what it is to be a Christian. If they don't agree with what is written in the Bible, then they just twist the words and their view of God into their own way of thinking. Believing and knowing are not the same things. When you just say you believe in Him but are still not sure what to think about Him and what might happen to you after you die. That; is not knowing the Lord. If you don't know God then you do not believe in Him. When you know God you would never think about giving up and talk about going to Hell. You will know the truth. You will feel something that you cannot describe. The truth will set you free.

One of these days you are going to die. Isn't it foolish not to know what might happen to you when you die? Wouldn't you agree it’s foolish to live your life not knowing what might happen when you die? Or say you don't believe in God and don't know what is on the other side. Not knowing any hope or assurance is a sad way to go through life. The only way you will get assurance of true peace and happiness after death is you're complete surrender to the Lord and acceptance of Jesus Christ as your saviour. Then, you are truly saved.

You have forever been a child of God. He has always loved you. You have everything to gain with God, and everything to lose. If death is inevitable and if you have no assurance at all, then you are truly lost. If you know the truth and cleanse yourself with His words, you will not have to worry because God has a plan for you.