Fallout shelters and God,
“We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.
I grew up during the cold war predominantly in England. There were nuclear weapons stationed all over the United Kingdom at the time. But I cannot remember people wanting to build fallout shelters as was the case in the United States.
Not that a fallout shelter would have done much. Later I found out that my home in England was I believe about seven to ten minutes away from nuclear missiles launched from the Soviet Union. Even in a shelter someone once said, “ a nuclear missile could ruin your whole day even your life.”
There were all sorts of scenarios discussed at the time some credible some not. The bottom line was a nuclear war was not good for mankind as a whole.
Fortunately it, so far at least has not come to be, and I feel safe sitting on my patio here in Canada.
Still a lot of things have happened so far this year in 2016. There’s been the Paris terrorist attack, the Brussels attack, the attack on Pulse night club in Orlando in the United states. Now an attack at Turkey’s main airport.
Still you are more likely in the United states to be killed by gun violence than terrorist.
Martin Luther King Jr. Said,
“We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.
Today in the United States people are not advising we buy fallout shelters but in light of all the violence some are advising people go out and buy a gun for protection. Not that they will help, and besides most people even in the United States will never be touched by gun violence.
What people need to consider however is where will they spend eternity. We know for a fact that we will not get out of this world alive. Whether we go with a bang or a whisper we will all one day enter eternity and stand before God.
What will you then say to Him?
I suppose an Atheist will say I don’t believe in you so you don’t exist. Not that it will negate the fact that God does exist.
Others may say other things, but what you say to Him will not really matter. The only thing that will matter is do you believe in Him or not. Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for your sins.
I as a Christian believe Jesus when talking of himself said,
“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.
Whoever believes in him 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 3:16-18.
We have a choice here in this world to believe in Jesus or not.
Christians believe that through Jesus, God reached down to mankind and said I love you. The apostle Paul writes,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8,9.
We believe that here and now you can know where you will spend eternity. By accepting the saving grace God offers.
Christians believe what the apostle Paul writes,
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23,24.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8.
Christians believe that sin is simply falling short of God’s ideal for our lives. That we do wrong things from time to time. That, that wrong separates us from God and we must confess that sin. The apostle John stating,
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.” 1John 1:9-10.
Thus we as Christians believe it is easy to spend eternity with God. We must first of all as I said, believe He exists. The writer of Hebrews stating.
The choice is up to you. What I have said is what Christians believe.
C. S. Lewis said of Christianity,
“We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.
I grew up during the cold war predominantly in England. There were nuclear weapons stationed all over the United Kingdom at the time. But I cannot remember people wanting to build fallout shelters as was the case in the United States.
Not that a fallout shelter would have done much. Later I found out that my home in England was I believe about seven to ten minutes away from nuclear missiles launched from the Soviet Union. Even in a shelter someone once said, “ a nuclear missile could ruin your whole day even your life.”
There were all sorts of scenarios discussed at the time some credible some not. The bottom line was a nuclear war was not good for mankind as a whole.
Fortunately it, so far at least has not come to be, and I feel safe sitting on my patio here in Canada.
Still a lot of things have happened so far this year in 2016. There’s been the Paris terrorist attack, the Brussels attack, the attack on Pulse night club in Orlando in the United states. Now an attack at Turkey’s main airport.
Still you are more likely in the United states to be killed by gun violence than terrorist.
Martin Luther King Jr. Said,
“We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.
Today in the United States people are not advising we buy fallout shelters but in light of all the violence some are advising people go out and buy a gun for protection. Not that they will help, and besides most people even in the United States will never be touched by gun violence.
What people need to consider however is where will they spend eternity. We know for a fact that we will not get out of this world alive. Whether we go with a bang or a whisper we will all one day enter eternity and stand before God.
What will you then say to Him?
I suppose an Atheist will say I don’t believe in you so you don’t exist. Not that it will negate the fact that God does exist.
Others may say other things, but what you say to Him will not really matter. The only thing that will matter is do you believe in Him or not. Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for your sins.
I as a Christian believe Jesus when talking of himself said,
“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.
Whoever believes in him 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 3:16-18.
We have a choice here in this world to believe in Jesus or not.
Christians believe that through Jesus, God reached down to mankind and said I love you. The apostle Paul writes,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8,9.
We believe that here and now you can know where you will spend eternity. By accepting the saving grace God offers.
Christians believe what the apostle Paul writes,
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23,24.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8.
Christians believe that sin is simply falling short of God’s ideal for our lives. That we do wrong things from time to time. That, that wrong separates us from God and we must confess that sin. The apostle John stating,
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.” 1John 1:9-10.
Thus we as Christians believe it is easy to spend eternity with God. We must first of all as I said, believe He exists. The writer of Hebrews stating.
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
“And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists
and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6.
We must then as John said sincerely confess our sins directly to God. Then accept Christ into our hearts and minds.The choice is up to you. What I have said is what Christians believe.
C. S. Lewis said of Christianity,
"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.
Please think about it.
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