On the Question of God
Is God real? Is Christ really the savior of mankind? Is there a heaven and a hell? Did Jesus die and rise from the dead? If I don’t believe these things does that mean I’m going to hell?
When I ponder these questions I am reminded of the argument for being a Christian that basically says that if you are a Christian and you are wrong then you’ll still be fine, since there’s no hell. But, if you aren’t a Christian and you are wrong then you screwed royally. In other words, better to be safe than sorry. It does make sense, although probably not the best reason to be a Christian
For the past several months, almost a year now, I have been trying to believe in God, to accept Christ, but I can’t. I have gone through every “reason to believe” argument that I can come across, but nothing seems to work. I have been stuck on the aforementioned one because it seems to be so simply easy to follow, but apparently fear does not produce faith. If Paul had said that I am saved by grace through going to church or reading the bible, or being a good person, I would be fine, but apparently I need faith, and that is something I just don’t have.
I wonder if I will ever get it back.
posted by Macbeth54 @ 1:09 PM
2 Comments:
How come some people are full of faith? And others (like us) wonder if they're just faking it.
I trust absolutely that Jesus really came and that God is real, and when I read the words captured by his friends, I am enamoured with him and wish I could follow him around the streets of Jerusalem. But how, exactly? Now we don't deal with him, but with a organization which claims sole right as his mouthpiece. And I can't hear him anymore. When was he stolen from us? Why can we no longer go to the sea to meet with him?
And if we can't touch him, is it faith to resign ourselves to contacting him after death? If that's my expectation I can live well now; but if I expect him to meet me day to day, I am sorely disappointed. Better to lower the expectations and meet him on the shores of the eternal sea; to see the waves lapping his feet as he runs to me.
You have some good and interesting words, but when you say, "I trust absolutely that Jesus really came and that God is real" I must say that is not me. That is the part where I don't have the faith. I just wanted to point that out since you seemed to connect our two views in your first paragraph.
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