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Setting the Groundwork for Salvation.

 Sometimes people have a hard time understanding who Jesus is. Part of setting the ground work may involve a lot of explaining about who the church is and what the bible says who Jesus is. Part of becoming a Christian is understanding the answer to this question. If you are coming from a place where you have no knowledge of God, it can be very difficult to believe in Christ, unless it is explained to you. When it comes to making big choices in our lives, it is very important that we all make informed decisions. This applies to becoming a Christian, or accepting Christ into your life. 

How do you inform yourselves when the way seems uncertain? Our lives are constantly wrapped in darkness from our birth to our last day here. That doesn't mean that we live our lives by blind faith. Just because we don't have the answers to something doesn't mean that we never will. Sometimes we have to act by faith, and let that light guide us as it will. It is not a weakness to seek out the truth, it takes strength to realise that we don't know everything, and that we need each other's wisdom and knowledge to figure things out sometimes. Jesus was a teacher, but he was more than that, but what do you do when you can't figure out what He taught? 

Jesus Christ taught first and foremost by the way he lived His life. His teachings were not just demonstrations or examples, but the essence of the truth. The way of Jesus Christ is love, and almost everybody knows what love is right? When we understand that the basis of what Jesus taught was love, we can go further and apply it to our neighbours and to God Himself. There is a synergy throughout the entire bible, all things go together, that is why it is wrong to take the teachings of Jesus out of context, because what he taught is eternal. 

To understand who Jesus is, is to understand what eternity is. This is why it can take a lifetime to find out who and what God is and said. When truth is revealed to us, we call it a revelation. This is what faith is, it is living in the ever existing revelation of God. When we give our lives to God, this relationship is ever growing, in order to fully understand God we are given bits and pieces of himself, his nature, and His word on a daily basis. To experience this we have to have a hunger and thirst for it. Jesus said "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for Righteousness for they shall be satisfied." (Matthew 5:6) 

Bible illiteracy must be addressed in an age where everyone thinks all things are instant. To believe into Christ first, one must be informed to make an informed choice. A choice that is no longer informed is a blind choice and will result in a superficial salvation. In order for a person to believe, they should count the cost, and the more a person understands the basic doctrines of Christianity I believe the more sincere a person's free choice (for Christ)


will be for salvation. This is Mike. 

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