Thursday, April 30, 2009

One Way To The Pearly Gates

So i have been thinking alot about this constant conflict in the world. That is "Is Jesus Christ the only way to heaven." People ask me this question all the time, asking "How are you so sure that its not what is true for you is true for you, and what is true for me is true for me?" Which is relative truth. Half the time the people that are asking me this do not even know it is relative truth. In fact they don't know anything about what they so called "believe". They are just basing it on one person who has messed them over or worse on the beliefs of a parent or friend without them diving into it themselves. Anyway that is another blog that will be up soon.
So they ask me this and some times I will say, well aside from everything else that makes Jesus real and makes him the only way. Aside from the fact that he was crucified, and aside from the fact that historically (which means it is in your history books) it says that the tomb of Jesus was empty(hallelujah i might add). Aside from all those things all you have to do is look at the fact that Christ followers are the most persecuted group of people in the world. And the thing is we are OK with that.
I was once told "if you don't truly believe in something than you wont die for it" or "if you are not willing to die for something than you are not truly living for it". And it always seems like every time you bring up Jesus people are so quick to talk about you, make fun of you, etc. Even sometimes take physical abuse into there own hands. Now you might think I'm crazy like some kind of urban misfit...(That one was for my brother in the faith Lecrae) but seriously you might think I am just paranoid or crazy. I would say to you in America these things don't take place as outwardly and as massive as in other nations, but if you travel and take a trip overseas to any middle eastern country those places are littered with persecution. Even to the point to where it is illegal and you will be killed if they find you with a bible. Things that in the west we are so blind and numb to. Blind and numb to the fact that there are martyrs all over the world dying for the sake of Jesus Christ every single day. People who allow there kids to be thrown off walls as babies, to allow your wife to be raped and killed, to allow your son to be beaten. All because they wont deny that Jesus is real. Not to mention that their kids and wife would be mad at them if they were to deny Jesus, because of the fact that they believe as well.
Now you might call a person like this stupid in the eyes of the world and they would say right back to you read 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, though you may not believe in the bible he would be showing you what he believes.
So to make it plan these people want to go through these things for Jesus. But like I said we are so blind to the things that go on in the middle east. So my question to a person that doesn't believe that Jesus is the only way or does not believe in Jesus at all would be. What do you believe in? and if what you believe in does not give you the strength to be willing to die for it than maybe you do not really believe in that. Now I am not talking about dying for it in the instance of killing other people like some kind of suicide bomber. I am talking about taking on persecution for what you believe in yourself, and the reason for that is because it truly shows Christ to be real when you are willing to give up those kind of things for him, which I would also tell you to go and read Romans 8:18-25. So to every college professor and college student that doesn't think Christ is real, to all you Darwinism believers, to all you relative truth believers, to all you Christ bashing atheist. I want to see you walk to a man from Turkey who has lost his family, his right hand and is sitting in a fogged up dark watery dripping prison look him dead is his dilated pupils and tell him Jesus Christ is not real. But if you are not willing to allow your baby to be thrown of a city wall, to allow your daughter to be killed, to allow your son to be beaten, to allow your wife to be raped and killed, and for you yourself to be flogged and persecuted for what you believe in. Then Shut up!!! Sit down and keep studying things out and stop talking about things you don't fully understand.
Please know I speak all of these things with all the kindness and passion that is inside of my heart
Love you all