This morning I met a person who I'll nickname "Toast" because of tidbits of social conversation that took place around us. I had just described myself as a "man of faith" to someone in a conversation when Toast jumped in and said that he has no faith, in short, because of all the bad that goes on in the world. Toast was wondering how I could have faith. I told Toast that I did not say it was easy and referred him to the Bible to build his faith.
If we look at Toast's scenario of bad in the world from the standpoint of the question "Why do bad things happen to good people?", we must ask why did the bad happen to Jesus Who was a good person? Clearly, from the Bible, God had a purpose for Jesus to save the world. Through faith, we have to believe the entire story that God sent Jesus to save the world from sins so those who believe will not spend eternal life in hell. Instead, believers will have eternal life in heaven away from all the bad in the world. Eternal life in heaven is guaranteed for sincerely believing in Jesus' life story. Along with believing in Jesus, relationship -building with Him takes place through the Word of God! Please turn to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John for Jesus' magnificent life story!
We have to spend time with God in His Word to become more and more like Jesus and to discover the will God has for each of us. In so doing, we are going to discover that living a Christian life is not easy. We are going to be confronted with Satan's tactics along the way until Jesus returns to keep us from becoming 'toasted' in hell. Amen! Toast is certainly a likeable person, but I do not want him or anyone else to become toast!
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