Have you met an atheist?

I had the privilege today to meet an atheist.   The atheist didn't have horns or fangs.  The atheist didn't have a secret wish to kill me.  The atheist seemed fairly normal until the conversation turned to God and Christians. Until that point in time I had no idea that this person was an atheist.

This person used to think that there was a God and a Savior but not anymore. This person stated that it was through reading the Bible that lead to the decision that there is no God. It is the belief of this person that everybody is deceived and that when the end of life comes the dying person's body will be recycled.  I was told to read the Bible and I would discover the truth.  The truth that there is no God.

I spoke to this person and I tried to tell of Jesus and God but to no avail.  I tried to speak of God's grace and of feeling God in my life, even the times of feeling Him so close that I could feel His breath.  My words fell on unbelieving ears.  I was told that was just my gut speaking.

If this person should somehow happen to discover my blog I would like to tell that person; my gut tells me that Jesus died on the cross for me and for you.  My gut tells me that my body may be recycled back to dust (until rapture) but my soul will meet Jesus.  My gut tells me that the more that I read the Bible the more that I know my Lord and Savior. My gut tells me that I will live in heaven forever with my Lord.  My gut tells me that those that don't accept this free gift will not be in heaven but in hell.

My prayer for this atheist is that the truth will be found!  The truth of Jesus!

John 12:46-48

New King James Version (NKJV)

46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe,[a] I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

The Pope and his wisdom

I was appalled when I read that the Pope had said that all, including atheist, will go to heaven if they do good deeds!! I have to disagree!!  I don't know what Bible he is reading but that is not what mine says!

GOOD DEEDS are not our path to heaven!! JESUS IS!!!  Got that!! JESUS IS!!!!!!!!!!!  Anybody, including those who do not believe can do good deeds!!!

The only way to heaven is through Jesus!!  HE is the truth and the light!  No one comes to the Father except through him.  If you don't go through Jesus you WILL NOT go to heaven!!!

There will be many that are mislead!  Sometimes intentionally, sometimes just out of mistaken belief.  Always check out what you hear especially if it doesn't ring true.  The Pope may be wise but he is misleading many with this statement!!!!

Put the words of the Bible in your heart, hear the true teachers, listen to the Holy Spirit and remember the only way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ!!  He is the ONE!!

Where does your wisdom come from?

John 14:6

New International Version (NIV)

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

1 John 4:1-3

New International Version (NIV)

4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

This post is for YOU!

I don't know who YOU are but this post is for you!  There is someone out there that needs to be reminded of their worth.  Is it YOU?  The holiday is over and maybe you are feeling let down?  Nobody seemed to care what you wanted or even ask.  You feel taken for granted and nobody cared that you were up until midnight getting presents wrapped and making last minute cookies.

For some reason I can't get YOU off of my mind.  I know that you are out there and I have a message for YOU!!  YOU are worth more than silver or gold!!  YOU are worth more than diamonds or rubys!  How do I know this?  The Bible tells me!  Just read the scripture below and remember that when you think that nobody cares there is ONE that does!!  It is the ONE that knit you together!!

Psalm 139:13-18

New International Version (NIV)

¹³ For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a] God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.

Do you know the ONE that knows YOU better than you know yourself?

John 14:6

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.No one comes to the Father except through me.