We have Forgotten the Golden Rule!

We have Forgotten the Golden Rule.

Jesus taught us to do unto others as you would have done unto you! You don't have to be a Christian to understand this. The golden rule was meant for all of humanity. It was a principle that we used to run our lives by. We used to keep in our minds that there will be a judgment day, and humans used to live their lives with this in mind. Over the past 20 years or so, our society has forgotten God, and deconstructed western morality. Our once Christian society has been replaced with atheism and paganism, and for generations what once used to be a God fearing nation has been overthrown. It seems that most people don't care anymore about this, or about heaven and hell, and are refusing to acknowledge or believe in the basic fundamentals of our ancestors. Even now, people are content to live how they seem fit, but this goes against the fundamental doctrine of God's justice.

God's justice says that we will be repaid for all eternity based on how we lived our lives, and the choices we made. There is something called sin, and if we die unforgiven we end up in a place called hell forever. There are other religions that believe in this form of Justice, so it is fair to say that it is real. People disagree on how we are forgiven, but in most major religions there is the idea of punishment and rewards! We used to believe that the good should be rewarded and the evil punished, but it is the good now that is suppressed, and men pursue evil more than good now. Unfortunately this exists not just in the world, but has slowly taken over the church too. Men and women have forgotten the golden rule taught by Jesus and instead are creating God into their own image!

Why does there have to be any afterlife, why as some say that we just cease to exist after we die! They believe that mankind created religion to ease their conscience, and any idea of having a relationship with God or knowing him, is just insanity! Yes, I'll agree that there is no way of proving God's existence, but I'll disagree that we can't know him or be known that we are forgiven and loved by God! I know this because I have faith in the existence of God despite what other's disbelief tells me. We are living in uncertain times, but we can meet any uncertainty with faith! Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen! God is not asking humans to suspend their disbelief, in order to find him, God draws people to himself through goodness and love. Many people live selfish lives, not holding in their thoughts the presence of God! They believe God is a uncertainty and should be suppressed. If you are right, I am sorry, but if you are wrong, I pray God would forgive you! This is Mike.

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