You and God

You and God
“God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.”
                                                                                                            Billy Graham.
Billy Graham is right.
I was with a group of very secular people not so long ago. I was the only person of any faith with them. We were having lunch when the topic of God was brought up by one of them who’d gone to a large church and seen a presentation there.
She was impressed with the professionalism of the presentation and the message. The others however said they didn’t think much about religion and sloughed faith off as insignificant.
Everyone knew where I stood and I pointed out that it was a sad thing that they thought so little about faith. Even just from a cultural stand point Christianity had contributed a great deal of positive things.
I think however the reaction of this group who were all well educated, all of whom had at least one degree from university, is not uncommon in our western society.
Sadly people don’t think beyond the here and now. Beyond this life. Yet we all know the ultimate statistic is death. We will all one day pass from this life into eternity.
That is why God sent His One and Only Son into this world because he cared for us. The most famous word in the Bible state,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
            John 3:16,17.
The apostle Paul tells us,
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” 
Romans 5:8.
Before we realized our need for God Christ died for us.
As a Christian I believe it is important that everyone consider what Jesus taught. Consider who Jesus is. If for nothing else than the warning Jesus gave when he said,
“Whoever believes in him (Jesus) is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.   
                                                                                                                John 3:18.
C. S. Lewis said,
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
                                                  C. S. Lewis.
The decision is up to the individual because in creating man with a free will God actually gave man the choice to believe in Him or not.
Please think about it.