WHY?
WHY?
Doom and gloom seems to be everywhere today, the strife and struggle so much worse and on top of the hard times, wars, famines, earthquakes, crime, destitution, unemployment, the list goes on and on. So why? What’s it all about, why all the problems, why is there so much hardship today? We can blame the bankers for the financial problems, but are they the real cause and what about wars and natural disasters? For me the answer began to emerge what I asked the question, why Jesus? I also started to look at the whole picture and not just one part. What I want to share with you now, very briefly, is a bit more of the picture.
THE BEGINNING
In the beginning God created the earth, you may not believe that at the moment, but stay with me. He created man and women. Man and Woman were created in His image and He gave them freedom as well as control of the Earth, He gave them dominion over the world. I guess it was all pretty perfect then. What happened next is what is know as “The Fall.” Satan said to man (Adam), “you can be like God if you do what I tell you.” The problem is that we are all free to choose, but once we have chosen we become a slave to what we choose. Man chose to do what Satan said, and therefore man chose to move away from God the creator and he came under the headship of Satan, a slave to Satan. And Satan had lied, man did not become like God, in fact, he became less like God, but we try to be God. Just look around you today, we are still trying to be god.
DOMINION
When you are a slave all that you have belongs to your master, you wife, your children. Dominion of the Earth had passed to Satan and he became the legitimate ruler of the world. God, however, is all powerful and He could easily take back control, but it would be by force and that would make him no better than Satan and would be against the promises made by God to man. Man had lost dominion and, therefore, it had to be a man to get it back, but, of course, man is under Satan and everything man has or gets belongs to Satan. Man is not, therefore, is a position to take dominion back from Satan.
THE PLAN
God had a plan, a very painful plan, but one He was prepared to put into action because of His love for man (men & women). Man had lost dominion over the world so it had to be a man to get it back, but a man who was not under the slavery of Satan, a man without sin, a man not born under sin. God put His plan into action, He sent His own Son to be born as a man, to live and suffer as a man. He was born of an earthly mother, as you and I, but He was conceived by the Spirit of God, so that He would not be under an “earthly” father and the slavery of Satan, hence the importance of the virgin birth.
THE MAN
Make no mistake, Jesus Christ, the Son of God grew up and lived like any other man, suffered all the same hardships, the cruelty, all the temptations that we do and He had no more power to resist them than we do, but resist them He did, all the way to His crucifixion and death, and in doing so He defeated Satan fairly and squarely and won back dominion over the world for man. Jesus Christ, the Son of God was crucified and died, but he conquered death and rose from the dead, He is alive, He is alive today.
TO CHOOSE
So OK, you say, if Satan was defeated , why all the problems? Well, it has a lot to do with God’s promise of freedom. Dominion of the world now truly belongs to Jesus and through Jesus to us. But each one of us, individually, has to choose whether we stay as we are, under the control of the world as it is, or whether we choose freedom through Jesus. It’s like being in prison and Jesus has broken the locks, but we have to push the door ajar and walk through to freedom.
FREEDOM
I feel what saddens God the most of all is not so much the people who choose to stay as they are and where they are, but all the people who don’t know the door is unlocked, that the chains are broken. It is like coming out of prison, finding freedom in Jesus, becoming spiritually alive that Christians call being “born again.” We were all born into the world and all feel the physical pleasures and pains, but to know Jesus is to be spiritually born, as well, into an everlasting life. The choice becomes to stay with Satan and end up in Hell or accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour and spend eternity in Heaven.
TROUBLES?
So when you are “been again” all your troubles disappear? Well, no, often they can get worse because Satan doesn’t want to let you go. But there is another major factor, Jesus has the victory and we are called to stand on His victory and claim it for ourselves, in our own lives. We are given the power and the authority to overcome, and by overcoming “worldly ways” we become worthy to be joint heirs with Jesus, you and me. He is calling everyone of us, individually to join Him. There is nothing, I repeat, nothing that you could have done that will stop you from being forgiven and accepted by Jesus. The Bible tells us that if you are accepted by Jesus, you are accepted by God the Father and that the Holy spirit of God, the Holy Spirit will fill you and enable you to overcome.
QUESTIONS?
I am sure you have many. This sounds too simple or perhaps too complicated. Well, it’s so simple even a child can do it and know that it is ring, but it is also the most profound thing in the world and the most complicated. But the Holy Spirit will open your eyes to know the truth. Want to know more? Ask about a Bible believing church in your area, that accepts the Bible as the Word of God. Simply go to a quiet place and ask Jesus to show you the way. For more information email info@TheTimeIsNow.ws
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