RE: What are your answers?
August 25, 2011 at 2:46 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2011 at 3:24 pm by salty.)
(August 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm)searchingforanswers Wrote: How is the Christian God better than the other religons? He condemns people for lack of faith.
According to the Bible, Jesus was among us, living and teaching, even healing people at one time, and still many did not believe he was the Messiah.
I believe that Christ is better than the god or gods of other religions (including some Christian cults) and extremist views because:
1. God promises to show himself to people who are really seeking him.
2. God promises to never abandon us and he shows his love by the sacrifice that he made to redeem us from sin.
3. God tells us that we have a purpose, that we were created for Jesus and by Jesus, and each person is given gifts and talents to use to bring others to know him so that everyone can be welcomed into paradise.
4. God does not want to see any perish, but people who reject him are essentially accepting his enemy, Lucifer, as their master, he makes it very clear there are only two sides and he created Hell for Lucifer, therefore anyone who serves Lucifer will have a share in his punishment.
5. Salvation is a free gift, given to us by the sacrifice of Jesus, we do not need to log any service hours, we do not need to say a certain number of hail Mary's, we don't need to go to church every day and speak only certain words or wear certain things, or pray in certain positions, all we need to do is believe that Jesus rose from the dead, that his sacrifice was real and that he is God.
6. Heaven is a place where the Lord promises to wipe away all sorrow and suffering. Heaven is also a place where I will see all my family members that have chosen Christ.
7. God promises that when he appears, anyone who calls on his name will be saved, prolonged mercy.
8. Finally, God promises that when we become eternal we will never be tempted again because he will extinguish all sin and evil, and he will judge everyone fairly, according to the things they have done in their lifetime.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6