Als je vandaag zou sterven, zou je dan naar de hemel gaan?
Als je
vandaag zou sterven, zou je dan naar de hemel gaan?
Misschien gaat
u zelfs naar de kerk, en dat is goed. Maar het is enkel door geloof in Jezus
Christus dat u in de hemel terecht kunt komen. Als je naar de kerk gaat zonder
geloof in Jezus Christus, zul je helaas niet naar de hemel gaan.
Of misschien denk je wel Ah, ik ben goed genoeg om naar de hemel te gaan, ik
heb veel goeds gedaan in mijn leven. Een goed persoon zijn is goed, maar
iedereen heeft gezondigd, niemand is perfect. Het is niet omdat je denkt dat je
goed genoeg bent, dat je naar de hemel gaat, opnieuw, het is door geloof in de
ene God dat u de hemel in komt. Hij vergeeft ons onze zonden, zo zijn wij vrij
van zonde. We moeten de rekening die God voor ons betaalt heeft, door aan het
kruis te gaan, gewoon accepteren.
We worden
gered door genade, door het geloof. (Want door genade zijt gij behouden,
door het geloof, en niet uit uzelf: het is een gave van God Efeze 2:8).
Jezus is het geschenk en je kan hem ontvangen door geloof. Je kan er zeker van
zijn dat je naar de hemel gaat en eeuwig leven zult hebben als je Jezus
Christus in je leven ontvangt, in je hart aanneemt en hem accepteert als God.
God is goed, almachtig, ... (Zeker de moeite van het lezen waard!)
Professor : You are a Christian, arent
you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didnt. How is
this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You cant answer, can you ? Lets start again, young fella. Is GOD
good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From GOD
Professor: Thats right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isnt it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible
things exist in the world, dont they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the
world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have
you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. Im afraid I havent.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science
says your GOD doesnt exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isnt.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat,
white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we dont have anything called cold.
We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we cant go any further
after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to
describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is
not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isnt darkness?
Student : Youre wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You
can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have
no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isnt it? In
reality, darkness isnt. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness
darker, wouldnt you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is
life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the
concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science
cant even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never
seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of
life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive
thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me,
Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of
course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the
argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and
cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not
teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professors brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professors brain, felt
it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the
established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says
that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust
your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess youll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
"Want God had de wereld zo lief dat Hij Zijn enige Zoon heeft gegeven, opdat iedereen die in Hem gelooft niet verloren gaat, maar eeuwig leven heeft." (Johannes 3:16)
Het is misschien wel moeilijk om te beseffen dat Hij Zijn enige Zoon naar de aarde gestuurd heeft om te sterven voor ons aan het kruis, maar Hij heeft ons zo lief, dat Hij het toch gedaan heeft.
