Our world had begun to swirl about us with medical issues, various challenges, observations of the tinderboxes of areas of the planet and a sin-saturated society. In addressing our negative attitudes, my wife said, "We need our batteries recharged." That made sense and I opened the Book of Hebrews in two versions of the Bible. What follows is a modest rambling through of the thirteen chapters. My batteries got recharged!
If our mind is not set on the future beyond our demise, then we are very short-sighted. If one says, "Is this all there is," then one will remain discouraged as to what this life is all about and question its worthiness. There are many thorns surrounding the rose bushes of every day life.
The Bible is a the best source for us to obtain a big picture of, "All that there is." The energy source to recharge our batteries is in those pages. We spend hours on the computer, updating ourselves on the political machinations of the secular world, watching movies, becoming engrossed in the latest new publications and reading the latest gossip of the pop culture. All undertaken substantially without real importance to our soul and only with its appeal to our secular selves. Before the Advent of Jesus Christ in the flesh approximately two thousand years, there had developed through Judaism a divinely-established religion that was based on devotion to God, the Creator of all.
God in His infinite wisdom knew that a flesh and blood example of Himself was necessary for humanity to get the big picture of Who He was and to establish guidlines for worship of Him. The coming of the Christ on the world's scene established the perfect representation of a way of life, that, when followed, is a constant energy source for our batteries, when they start to get run down. Christianity in fact is replete with dos and donts. Every day we all confront challenges, behavioral, financial, governmental, criminality, etc. It is very easy to become discouraged, but the Word of God is in the pages of the Christian Bible. It defines a way of life that brings peace and the answer to the ultimate question of life on this earth.
There is life after physical death. Not all of us go up to Heaven. There is an alternative and that is into the fires of Hell. How does one ensure that they go up rather than down? It is simple. If one believes that Jesus is truly Who He said He was, the Son of God, and in faith appropriate and take action on that belief, then we go to Heaven. I have always had a multitude of prayers that need answereing. I focus on, "You know that your prayers are answered because you obey His Commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight." This becomes the basis for my daily life and how to live it. Belief that Jesus is the Messiah, comes first, confession by our mouth of that fact comes second, then a code of behavior comes third, then move on with the confidence, "That there is more, much more," when Christ becomes the center of one's life. I like keeping the batteries charged!!!.
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