Biblical Concept: Evangelistic Letter
Hi Christine,
Jeff mentioned that you two were having discussions about God and eternal
life. He asked me to contribute to the discussion, and this I am glad to
do.
Christine, I want you to know that God loves you and wants to a have a personal
relationship with you for all of eternity. John 3:16 says, For God so loved
the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. How can this happen for you personally?
The short answer is: “Believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved” (Acts 16:31). Hey, Christine, if you want to just do
this right now,
cool. Simply pray this to God the Father right now: “Father God, I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
for my eternal salvation.” I hope you pray
it!
However, some people are not ready for the short answer. For example, in John
3:16 it says: “For God so loved
the world.” Who is this
God? Or,
in John 3:16 it says “that He gave
His only begotten Son. Who
is this “only begotten Son”? God gave us the Bible to provide answers about
Himself. Who is the God of the Bible? The Bible declares that He is the Creator of all
things and thus has awesome abilities: “For
since the creation
of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been
clearly seen, being understood through what has been
made, so
that they are without excuse”
(Romans 1:20).
From the complexity
of biological life to the immensity of the universe; God’s attributes, power
and nature are declared. Christine, the
objective person
knows instinctively that the universe and all that it contains is not its own cause and
effect. On an instinctive level objective people know
God
exists. Psalm 97:6 says, “The
heavens declare His righteousness, and all peoples have seen His glory. The Bible also declares that the God of the Bible
is multidimensional in attributes and Persons. God exists and functions on a multidimensional basis;
beyond length, width, height and time. 1 Timothy 6:16 says of God, Who
alone possesses
immortality
and dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see. To
Him be the honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Christine,
the God of the Bible functions apart from time (immortality) and in dimensions
apart from the universe in which we live (unapproachable light). The God of
the Bible is indeed awesome in His abilities and characteristics. The Bible
also declares that God is multidimensional in Person: Father, Son and Spirit. 1
Peter 1:2 says, According
to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the
Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May
grace and peace be yours in fullest measure.
Christine, in
John 3:16 when it says that He gave His only begotten Son, it means that God the Father sent God the Son
(Jesus Christ) to be the Savior of
the
world. God has provided everything for people to have eternal salvation and a
relationship with Him. He wants us to believe it.
That the world needs a Savior is expressed by the following passages: “But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us”
(Romans 5:8). For Christ also died for sins once
for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God,
having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit” (1 Peter 3:18). “For
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
Christine, Jesus Christ, one of the members of the
multidimensional triune God, became a man and died on the cross to satisfy God’s righteous standards
on our
behalf. He did what we could never do
for ourselves: satisfy the
God of the
Bible and His righteous standards. He wants us to believe it.
Christine, I have given you more to think about in relationship to God and the
potential of your eternal relationship with Him. Perhaps you will now want
to pray to God the Father this: Father
God, I believe that
Jesus Christ died for my sins, and that He was buried and raised to give me eternal
life. Amen?
Sincerely,
Pastor-teacher