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When deception comes.

Most of us like to think that we are good people and in essence most of us are. But if you look at what the Bible teaches about sin and sacrifice understand that we're not so good as we think. In this politically correct climate we are either an optimist or pessimist there is no room to be in between. The ideas of heaven and hell have far vanished from our cultural setting, and this is why more than now that are churches should be preaching an unadulterated version of the gospel which some are doing. Why is it so important to be forgiven of your sins? And are there many ways so call that people say we can have communion in fellowship with God isn't that what we are all looking for anyways? Some will say there are many paths to God but is this really true? I once believed that if I was a good person that I would earn my way to heaven by my good works is that true? Surely the cross of Christ and the gospel is an offense to many people and many are stumbling over this direct thing. Christian say that in order to get to heaven you need to go through Jesus Christ and there is only one way to God do you believe this?

 Many of us are searching for peace of mind but we cannot find peace of mind in the challenges that life's throws at us. We would like to believe that God is good but why is there so much pain and suffering in this world this is a question that many of us ask? Have you ever considered the suffering that great saints and sages alike have gone through throughout the generations? Surely some will say that if there is a God then God must be hiding some kind of truth from us which in essence will reveal the mystery of the suffering of our lives. But it isn't really a mystery why human beings suffer we live in a fallen world and we live in falling bodies which are aging and getting old. Surely no one will live forever but what does Christianity offer us that we can hold onto? What is it exactly through the claims of the Bible that give hope to human beings we can discuss this briefly.

 Many other religions offer a panacea to our suffering which eventually wears off but Christianity offer something completely different it offers a person in the place of our sin and of our suffering a person who is taken upon himself the sins of mankind in order that when we die we wouldn't have to go through an eternity without the comfort and the love of the God who created us. Surely that in and of itself is enough to make anyone want to become a Christian is it not? But why is there such hostility to the Gospel and why are so many people adverse to the claims that not only did Jesus come on earth to forgive man of their sins but he claimed to be God! The reason is because man wants to worship man and we become our own gods when we put aside the God who created us. The secret to happiness is not found in how much money we have or how many accomplishments we can do in this life but the secret of happiness lies in having understood that one man came to the earth to pay for the penalty for Sins this man was the Lord Jesus Christ. God came in the flesh to this earth and order that our unrighteousness may be done away with And us given a new identity that of a saved sinner on his way to heaven. What is it in us that resists this truth could it be that we want to do things our way and that precisely is what causes us so much pain if there's so many people on this earth were doing things their way and as a result many people are suffering from it. Wouldn't it be nice to know that there is a God and that when God came to this earth he did it the Father's way he put aside his will and conformed his will to the Fathers will wouldn't it be nice if many other people on planet earth would do the same put their trust not in themselves but in one God revealed through Jesus Christ. This is the truth.

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