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NASB | Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
Bible Question: Help. My faith isn't shaken, but I'm suddenly questioning everything that brought me to God. Someone posted their testamony on another board yesterday. It was amazing and left me in awe. The man said that while driving to work, he was lifted up out of his car by a bright light and found himself in heaven in front of God. He said that God showed him heaven and then gave him the ability for a moment to think like God so he could understand the reasoning behind everything God created. He said that God told him if he believed in His Son, all that would be his. Then he found himself back in the car, stopped in the middle of a freeway. This supposedly is a man that didn't believe and at the urging of some friends was baptised anyway. He thought the whole thing a joke until this happened. The more I got to thinking about this last night, the more I got to doubting the more subtle things in my life that I attribute to God. I started questioning whether I wanted God to be behind the things that happened and therefore just believed it to be so. I couldn't sleep last night it upset me so. I've worried about it all morning. The things I felt sure where God are suddenly in question for me. I don't like it. |
Bible Answer: Chynna, Our faith does not rely upon the "things that brought us to God", dear sister. In fact, it isn't even faith that saves you. It is your faith IN CHRIST ALONE that saves you. Our salvation rests upon Christ's redeeming work on our behalf - He was crucified to provide us with forgiveness, He was buried, and He was raised again to provide us with eternal life. This are all historical facts in the Bible and it is the Person and work of Jesus Christ that saves us, NOT our experiences. All of us have different experiences. All of us are drawn to God through difference paths. But it is God Himself who has saved us - freely by the gift of eternal life. The beauty and bane of the internet is that anybody can say anything they want to and people are susceptible to believing it as truth. However, as Christians, we believe that the Word of God (Jesus Christ and His revelation - the Bible) is truth. Anyone can claim visions, dear sister, but Christ alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The beauty of the gospel is not that men are caught up to heaven, it is that heaven now indwells us. If we are going to judge our beliefs by other's beliefs and experiences, our's will usually be different. We must judge our beliefs according to the scriptures, not experiences. I don't believe that God ever "tempts" anyone to become a Christian by the impartation of divine knowledge. We are not saved by what we COULD know if we accept. We are saved by what we DO know according to the scriptures. The free gift of God (salvation) is eternal life in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |
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