This world does not know who Jesus is. Really. If it did, there wouldn’t be human trafficking, drug addiction, murder, adultery, greed, and so on. The world doesn’t remember who Jesus is, or why he came. There wouldn’t be so much misery and doubt if it did. Living as a Christian in a non-Christian world is hard, according to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, while preaching at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL and MARIETTA. He says as a Christian, you know Him, you know why He came. Jesus came to save us from our sins, to give us a new life. He came to give us peace. He came to give us joy in the Holy Spirit. He came so that we can have fellowship with God. As a Christian, you are in a battle with the world. The world is in war with you. There’s greed, self-fulfillment, vices of all kinds that are there to tempt from the father of evil, Satan. He is of the world, and he wants our devotion to be ungodly, he wants us to conform to him. And since we don’t conform, we are ridiculed, mock, attacked from all sides. If you have someone in your family who is a non believer, or who questions the existence of God, they constantly question who are you, and why are you this way? Jesus said “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” (Matthew 5:11-12, KJV) in the Beatitudes while preaching on the Sermon on the Mount. He knew it would be difficult to be a Christian, and he also knew that what saves the Christian is the Word of God….which in effect is Jesus. He also said that “my doctrine is not mine, but he who sent me” (John 7:16, KJV). He was telling them that He only spoke what God told him to speak, therefore He was the Word of God.
So as a Christian, you struggle. You are attacked on all sides by the evil one. You struggle with sin: greed, lust, pride, vanity, impatience, all kinds of wantings. You struggle against illness, poverty, marriage problems, job problems, an unsure future. You may be facing a serious struggle right now, maybe you have had to deal with a difficult situation, maybe you fear one is coming.
What do you do when there seems to be no way out, when your relationship with God is being affected, when you are worried or afraid, when you are in distress and need help? How do you overcome these obstacles, resist temptation, flee from the evil one, or go beyond your ability to believe and understand how these problems can be solved? According to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: the answer lies in the Word of God. The Word of God is Jesus. Believe in Jesus. Invite him into your heart, find and follow the pass to the cross of salvation. That is where you will find peace.
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God bless you.