Who Am I – Really?

Oh baby! Do atheists ever hate to hear a Christian's description of who humans are at their core.

“If we say that we have no sin, we are lying to ourselves and the truth is not in us.”

That was written by a man who was a disciple, student and follower of Jesus. “We have erred, strayed from Your ways, just like lost sheep. Worse still, we are often purposely lost. There is no one who is righteous, not a single person. We are miserable offenders. Even our best works are nothing but dressed up sins.”

Most people find it difficult to admit to these truths, because that is where they stop. They refuse to meditate on why God insists that we admit who we really are. For if we can't or won't admit that we are in need of forgiveness, we will be incapable of recognizing and receiving the good news of Jesus' offer of salvation.

Those who lie to themselves about being good are also, to a person, those who reject Jesus. They reject Him as Creator, Saviour and Lord. They are self-righteous with no perception that they are “wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and spiritually naked.”

There is good news in accepting my fallen nature. That good news comes in the fact that it no longer matters. 
I'm saved. 
I'm free. 
I'm forgiven. 
I have no need to dwell on my past. I have no need for self-transformation or endless efforts at self-improvement. Jesus has taken care of it all. The focus is taken completely off of me and it is placed where it belongs. On Jesus the Christ. 

Who am I really? A sinner, saved by Grace.

The Gift of Faith

Atheists laugh at the credulity they imagine Christians to possess. 

Ya, atheists, 

. The same people who believe that everything material came from nothing material un caused by anything. 

 . The same people who have invented more than a dozen Atheist Origin of the Universe Mythologies. Eg. Multi verse>

“A tiny minority of those billions and billions of universes have their constants set in such a way as to give rise to a universe that lasts long enough to give rise to galaxies, stars, planets, chemistry and hence the process of evolution.”

Richard Dawkins

Dawkins also defines and ridicules faith as believing something in the complete absence of evidence. 

. The same people who say, "I don't know how the material universe came into being from literally nothing material without contradicting half a dozen known and accepted laws of physics, but I'm going to believe it happened that way regardless, because the alternative is not acceptable to me."

. The same people who believe that inanimate, inorganic gases evolved into life. Hmm.

While I'm one of the most sceptical people I know, the best and most precious gift I've ever been given is the gift of faith. Taking the same evidence that is before every person on the planet, the gift of faith has allowed me to agree with the conclusion that is presented in the Bible regarding this evidence. I do not however, have enough faith to believe the world-view of atheism. 

The ability to believe God's Word, to trust my Lord and my Saviour, nothing compares in value to me.

Thank you Father for the gift of faith.