I understand why people have trouble with the Bible and with religion.
I was raised as a Catholic. My Father was Baptist, my grandmother Methodist, a friend that was Assembly of God, and my grandfather used to take us to the 7th Day Adventist church. I spent the whole day on Sundays going to the different churches. It was my favorite day. A lot of socializing and a lot of food.
When I was young I hung out at the monastery with the nuns. I loved it there and even thought at one time of becoming a nun. As I grew older i realized that was not the path for me. As I entered my University years, I started to question everything. I gave up on religion. I still have no love for religion, but God had other plans for me.
Life blindsided me and I was completely lost. I did not at the time know to look for God, because I was completely sure he had given up on me just like I had given up on him. I was wrong.
I am not going to go into any long drawn out explanation about what happened, because I don't really know myself. I just know that unless you experience what I experienced, and what millions of others have experience, nothing I tell anyone is going to make any sense, and it will be impossible for them to believe.
God did not give us a ton of rules, he only gave us ten, and he knows that we have trouble with just that many.
Religion is made by man, and if you are not extremely careful where you worship, you could find yourself in a less than Godly place. The Bible is a history lesson that helps you understand the foundation of the church, what is past and what is prophesied to come. I take Bible study classes twice a week, and have done so regularly for over ten years. Every book has a story to tale and lessons to learn, but much will be lost or misunderstood if you don't know the history of the time the event took place. The true words spoken and what they mean when translated from the original language.
Most people do not have the time or the interest to really study the Bible. They rely on pastors and people they trust, to provide them with truthful information. That does not always happen. And then there is the problem with false prophets.
I think there will be those that will never believe, and if they don't, maybe they were not meant to. I can't say a word against the non believer. I was way to close to being one myself. Why God spoke to me and lifted me, I will probably never know. I can tell you that if he does, all doubt will completely evaporate. You will likely still have little to faith in man, but all doubt in whether or not there is a God will be totally removed.
It does not work the same way with everyone. But almost anyone it has happened to will tell you that it felt like a miracle, or even supernatural.
I ran into this guy's testimony a few weeks back. Mine was not as dramatic as his. I have never been a heavy user of drugs or alcohol. But there were a few things that we shared, that helps me understand, what he experienced.
It is almost 40 minutes long for anyone that wants to watch it. I am not pushing it. I am not trying to convert anyone. It will not be for everyone. I suggest that if it is not for you that you not watch it and that you just scroll by this one. I am only including it as a possible example of what some people experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htSSYOwzWmg&t=0s
I was raised as a Catholic. My Father was Baptist, my grandmother Methodist, a friend that was Assembly of God, and my grandfather used to take us to the 7th Day Adventist church. I spent the whole day on Sundays going to the different churches. It was my favorite day. A lot of socializing and a lot of food.
When I was young I hung out at the monastery with the nuns. I loved it there and even thought at one time of becoming a nun. As I grew older i realized that was not the path for me. As I entered my University years, I started to question everything. I gave up on religion. I still have no love for religion, but God had other plans for me.
Life blindsided me and I was completely lost. I did not at the time know to look for God, because I was completely sure he had given up on me just like I had given up on him. I was wrong.
I am not going to go into any long drawn out explanation about what happened, because I don't really know myself. I just know that unless you experience what I experienced, and what millions of others have experience, nothing I tell anyone is going to make any sense, and it will be impossible for them to believe.
God did not give us a ton of rules, he only gave us ten, and he knows that we have trouble with just that many.
Religion is made by man, and if you are not extremely careful where you worship, you could find yourself in a less than Godly place. The Bible is a history lesson that helps you understand the foundation of the church, what is past and what is prophesied to come. I take Bible study classes twice a week, and have done so regularly for over ten years. Every book has a story to tale and lessons to learn, but much will be lost or misunderstood if you don't know the history of the time the event took place. The true words spoken and what they mean when translated from the original language.
Most people do not have the time or the interest to really study the Bible. They rely on pastors and people they trust, to provide them with truthful information. That does not always happen. And then there is the problem with false prophets.
I think there will be those that will never believe, and if they don't, maybe they were not meant to. I can't say a word against the non believer. I was way to close to being one myself. Why God spoke to me and lifted me, I will probably never know. I can tell you that if he does, all doubt will completely evaporate. You will likely still have little to faith in man, but all doubt in whether or not there is a God will be totally removed.
It does not work the same way with everyone. But almost anyone it has happened to will tell you that it felt like a miracle, or even supernatural.
I ran into this guy's testimony a few weeks back. Mine was not as dramatic as his. I have never been a heavy user of drugs or alcohol. But there were a few things that we shared, that helps me understand, what he experienced.
It is almost 40 minutes long for anyone that wants to watch it. I am not pushing it. I am not trying to convert anyone. It will not be for everyone. I suggest that if it is not for you that you not watch it and that you just scroll by this one. I am only including it as a possible example of what some people experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htSSYOwzWmg&t=0s
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